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+"""
+Unit tests for the bio application badge utilities.
+
+"""
+from django.test import TestCase
+from django.contrib.auth.models import User
+
+from bio.badges import award_badge, NEWS_PIN
+from bio.models import Badge, BadgeOwnership
+
+
+class AwardBadgeTestCase(TestCase):
+    fixtures = ['badges.json']
+
+    def setUp(self):
+        self.user = User.objects.create_user('user', 'user@example.com', 'pw')
+
+    def test_unknown_badge(self):
+        award_badge(4096, self.user)
+        self.assertEqual(BadgeOwnership.objects.count(), 0)
+
+    def test_user_has_the_badge(self):
+        badge = Badge.objects.get(numeric_id=NEWS_PIN)
+        bo = BadgeOwnership(profile=self.user.profile, badge=badge, count=7)
+        bo.save()
+
+        award_badge(badge.numeric_id, self.user)
+        bo = BadgeOwnership.objects.get(profile=self.user.profile, badge=badge)
+        self.assertEqual(bo.count, 8)
+
+    def test_user_does_not_have_the_badge(self):
+        badge = Badge.objects.get(numeric_id=NEWS_PIN)
+        award_badge(badge.numeric_id, self.user)
+        bo = BadgeOwnership.objects.get(profile=self.user.profile, badge=badge)
+        self.assertEqual(bo.count, 1)