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+/*
+ * MIT License
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2020-present Cloudogu GmbH and Contributors
+ *
+ * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+ * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
+ * in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
+ * to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
+ * copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
+ * furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+ *
+ * The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
+ * copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+ *
+ * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+ * IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+ * AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+ * LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
+ * OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
+ * SOFTWARE.
+ */
+
+package sonia.scm.it;
+
+import io.restassured.RestAssured;
+import org.junit.After;
+import org.junit.Before;
+import org.junit.Rule;
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.junit.rules.TemporaryFolder;
+import sonia.scm.it.utils.RepositoryUtil;
+import sonia.scm.it.utils.RestUtil;
+import sonia.scm.it.utils.TestData;
+import sonia.scm.repository.client.api.RepositoryClient;
+import sonia.scm.repository.client.api.RepositoryClientException;
+import sonia.scm.web.VndMediaType;
+
+import javax.ws.rs.core.MediaType;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.util.Objects;
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertThrows;
+import static sonia.scm.it.utils.RepositoryUtil.addAndCommitRandomFile;
+import static sonia.scm.it.utils.RestUtil.given;
+import static sonia.scm.it.utils.TestData.WRITE;
+
+public class ApiKeyITCase {
+
+  @Rule
+  public TemporaryFolder temporaryFolder = new TemporaryFolder();
+
+  @Before
+  public void prepareEnvironment() {
+    TestData.createDefault();
+    TestData.createNotAdminUser("user", "user");
+    TestData.createUserPermission("user", WRITE, "git");
+  }
+
+  @After
+  public void cleanup() {
+    TestData.cleanup();
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void shouldCloneWithRestrictedApiKey() throws IOException {
+    String passphrase = registerApiKey();
+
+    RepositoryClient client = RepositoryUtil.createRepositoryClient("git", temporaryFolder.newFolder(), "user", passphrase);
+
+    assertEquals(1, Objects.requireNonNull(client.getWorkingCopy().list()).length);
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void shouldFailToCommit() throws IOException {
+    String passphrase = registerApiKey();
+
+    RepositoryClient client = RepositoryUtil.createRepositoryClient("git", temporaryFolder.newFolder(), "user", passphrase);
+
+    assertThrows(RepositoryClientException.class, () -> addAndCommitRandomFile(client, "user"));
+  }
+
+
+  public String registerApiKey() {
+    String apiKeysUrl = given(VndMediaType.ME, "user", "user")
+      .when()
+      .get(RestUtil.createResourceUrl("me/"))
+      .then()
+      .statusCode(200)
+      .extract()
+      .body().jsonPath().getString("_links.apiKeys.href");
+    String createUrl = given(VndMediaType.API_KEY_COLLECTION)
+      .when()
+      .get(apiKeysUrl)
+      .then()
+      .statusCode(200)
+      .extract()
+      .body().jsonPath().getString("_links.create.href");
+    String passphrase = new String(RestAssured.given()
+      .contentType(VndMediaType.API_KEY)
+      .accept(MediaType.TEXT_PLAIN)
+      .auth().preemptive().basic("user", "user")
+      .when()
+      .body("{\"displayName\":\"integration test\",\"permissionRole\":\"READ\"}")
+      .post(createUrl)
+      .then()
+      .statusCode(201)
+      .extract()
+      .body()
+      .asByteArray());
+    return passphrase;
+  }
+}