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+defmodule Test.EpochtalkServerWeb.Controllers.Notification do
+  use Test.Support.ConnCase, async: true
+  alias EpochtalkServer.Models.Notification
+
+  describe "counts/2" do
+    test "when unauthenticated, returns Unauthorized error", %{conn: conn} do
+      response =
+        conn
+        |> get(Routes.notification_path(conn, :counts))
+        |> json_response(401)
+
+      assert response["error"] == "Unauthorized"
+      assert response["message"] == "No resource found"
+    end
+
+    @tag :authenticated
+    test "when authenticated, returns number of notifications user has", %{conn: conn} do
+      response =
+        conn
+        |> get(Routes.notification_path(conn, :counts))
+        |> json_response(200)
+
+      assert response["mentions"] == 0
+      assert response["message"] == 0
+    end
+  end
+end