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+defmodule Pleroma.Plugs.UserIsAdminPlugTest do
+  use Pleroma.Web.ConnCase, async: true
+
+  alias Pleroma.Plugs.UserIsAdminPlug
+  import Pleroma.Factory
+
+  test "accepts a user that is admin", %{conn: conn} do
+    user = insert(:user, info: %{"is_admin" => true})
+
+    conn =
+      build_conn()
+      |> assign(:user, user)
+
+    ret_conn =
+      conn
+      |> UserIsAdminPlug.call(%{})
+
+    assert conn == ret_conn
+  end
+
+  test "denies a user that isn't admin", %{conn: conn} do
+    user = insert(:user)
+
+    conn =
+      build_conn()
+      |> assign(:user, user)
+      |> UserIsAdminPlug.call(%{})
+
+    assert conn.status == 403
+  end
+
+  test "denies when a user isn't set", %{conn: conn} do
+    conn =
+      build_conn()
+      |> UserIsAdminPlug.call(%{})
+
+    assert conn.status == 403
+  end
+end