2 files changed, 49 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/server/tests/helpers/index.ts b/server/tests/helpers/index.ts
index 551208245..03b971770 100644
--- a/server/tests/helpers/index.ts
+++ b/server/tests/helpers/index.ts
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 import './core-utils'
 import './comment-model'
+import './request'
diff --git a/server/tests/helpers/request.ts b/server/tests/helpers/request.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..95a74fdfa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/tests/helpers/request.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+/* tslint:disable:no-unused-expression */
+
+import 'mocha'
+import { doRequest, doRequestAndSaveToFile } from '../../helpers/requests'
+import { get4KFileUrl, root, wait } from '../../../shared/utils'
+import { join } from 'path'
+import { pathExists, remove } from 'fs-extra'
+import { expect } from 'chai'
+
+describe('Request helpers', function () {
+  const destPath1 = join(root(), 'test-output-1.txt')
+  const destPath2 = join(root(), 'test-output-2.txt')
+
+  it('Should throw an error when the bytes limit is exceeded for request', async function () {
+    try {
+      await doRequest({ uri: get4KFileUrl() }, 3)
+    } catch {
+      return
+    }
+
+    throw new Error('No error thrown by do request')
+  })
+
+  it('Should throw an error when the bytes limit is exceeded for request and save file', async function () {
+    try {
+      await doRequestAndSaveToFile({ uri: get4KFileUrl() }, destPath1, 3)
+    } catch {
+
+      await wait(500)
+      expect(await pathExists(destPath1)).to.be.false
+      return
+    }
+
+    throw new Error('No error thrown by do request and save to file')
+  })
+
+  it('Should succeed if the file is below the limit', async function () {
+    await doRequest({ uri: get4KFileUrl() }, 5)
+    await doRequestAndSaveToFile({ uri: get4KFileUrl() }, destPath2, 5)
+
+    expect(await pathExists(destPath2)).to.be.true
+  })
+
+  after(async function () {
+    await remove(destPath1)
+    await remove(destPath2)
+  })
+})