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+# Copyright 2016 The Chromium Authors. All rights reserved.
+# Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
+# license that can be found in the LICENSE file or at
+# https://developers.google.com/open-source/licenses/bsd
+
+"""Unittests for the Project Creation servlet."""
+from __future__ import print_function
+from __future__ import division
+from __future__ import absolute_import
+
+import unittest
+
+import settings
+from framework import permissions
+from proto import project_pb2
+from proto import site_pb2
+from services import service_manager
+from sitewide import projectcreate
+from testing import fake
+from testing import testing_helpers
+
+
+class ProjectCreateTest(unittest.TestCase):
+
+  def setUp(self):
+    services = service_manager.Services()
+    self.servlet = projectcreate.ProjectCreate('req', 'res', services=services)
+
+  def CheckAssertBasePermissions(
+      self, restriction, expect_admin_ok, expect_nonadmin_ok):
+    old_project_creation_restriction = settings.project_creation_restriction
+    settings.project_creation_restriction = restriction
+
+    # Anon users can never do it
+    mr = testing_helpers.MakeMonorailRequest(
+        perms=permissions.GetPermissions(None, {}, None))
+    self.assertRaises(
+        permissions.PermissionException,
+        self.servlet.AssertBasePermission, mr)
+
+    mr = testing_helpers.MakeMonorailRequest()
+    if expect_admin_ok:
+      self.servlet.AssertBasePermission(mr)
+    else:
+      self.assertRaises(
+          permissions.PermissionException,
+          self.servlet.AssertBasePermission, mr)
+
+    mr = testing_helpers.MakeMonorailRequest(
+        perms=permissions.GetPermissions(mr.auth.user_pb, {111}, None))
+    if expect_nonadmin_ok:
+      self.servlet.AssertBasePermission(mr)
+    else:
+      self.assertRaises(
+          permissions.PermissionException,
+          self.servlet.AssertBasePermission, mr)
+
+    settings.project_creation_restriction = old_project_creation_restriction
+
+  def testAssertBasePermission(self):
+    self.CheckAssertBasePermissions(
+        site_pb2.UserTypeRestriction.ANYONE, True, True)
+    self.CheckAssertBasePermissions(
+        site_pb2.UserTypeRestriction.ADMIN_ONLY, True, False)
+    self.CheckAssertBasePermissions(
+        site_pb2.UserTypeRestriction.NO_ONE, False, False)
+
+  def testGatherPageData(self):
+    mr = testing_helpers.MakeMonorailRequest()
+    page_data = self.servlet.GatherPageData(mr)
+    self.assertEqual('', page_data['initial_name'])
+    self.assertEqual('', page_data['initial_summary'])
+    self.assertEqual('', page_data['initial_description'])
+    self.assertEqual([], page_data['labels'])