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+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+#
+# MIT Licensed; see the LICENSE file in this repository.
+#
+
+test_description="Test api file"
+
+. lib/test-lib.sh
+
+test_init_ipfs
+
+
+test_launch_ipfs_daemon
+test_kill_ipfs_daemon
+
+test_expect_success "version always works" '
+  ipfs version >/dev/null
+'
+
+test_expect_success "swarm peers fails when offline" '
+  test_must_fail ipfs swarm peers >/dev/null
+'
+
+test_expect_success "swarm peers fails when offline and API specified" '
+  test_must_fail ipfs swarm peers --api="$API_MADDR" >/dev/null
+'
+
+test_expect_success "pin ls succeeds when offline" '
+  ipfs pin ls >/dev/null
+'
+
+test_expect_success "pin ls fails when offline and API specified" '
+  test_must_fail ipfs pin ls --api="$API_MADDR" >/dev/null
+'
+
+test_expect_success "id succeeds when offline" '
+  ipfs id >/dev/null
+'
+
+test_expect_success "id fails when offline API specified" '
+  test_must_fail ipfs id --api="$API_MADDR" >/dev/null
+'
+
+test_expect_success "create API file" '
+  echo "$API_MADDR" > "$IPFS_PATH/api"
+'
+
+test_expect_success "version always works" '
+  ipfs version >/dev/null
+'
+
+test_expect_success "id succeeds when offline and API file exists" '
+  ipfs id >/dev/null
+'
+
+test_expect_success "pin ls succeeds when offline and API file exists" '
+  ipfs pin ls >/dev/null
+'
+
+test_launch_ipfs_daemon
+
+test_expect_success "version always works" '
+  ipfs version >/dev/null
+'
+
+test_expect_success "id succeeds when online" '
+  ipfs id >/dev/null
+'
+
+test_expect_success "swarm peers succeeds when online" '
+  ipfs swarm peers >/dev/null
+'
+
+test_expect_success "pin ls succeeds when online" '
+  ipfs pin ls >/dev/null
+'
+
+test_expect_success "remove API file when daemon is running" '
+  rm "$IPFS_PATH/api"
+'
+
+test_expect_success "version always works" '
+  ipfs version >/dev/null
+'
+
+test_expect_success "swarm peers fails when the API file is missing" '
+  test_must_fail ipfs swarm peers >/dev/null
+'
+
+test_expect_success "id fails when daemon is running but API file is missing (locks repo)" '
+  test_must_fail ipfs pin ls >/dev/null
+'
+
+test_expect_success "pin ls fails when daemon is running but API file is missing (locks repo)" '
+  test_must_fail ipfs pin ls >/dev/null
+'
+
+test_kill_ipfs_daemon
+
+test_done