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+var test_helper = require('../support/test_helper');
+var RedisPool = require('redis-mpool');
+var querystring = require('querystring');
+
+var assert = require('../support/assert');
+var CartodbWindshaft = require(__dirname + '/../../lib/cartodb/cartodb_windshaft');
+var serverOptions = require(__dirname + '/../../lib/cartodb/server_options')();
+var server = new CartodbWindshaft(serverOptions);
+var TemplateMaps = require('../../lib/cartodb/template_maps.js');
+var NamedMapsCacheEntry = require('../../lib/cartodb/cache/model/named_maps_entry');
+
+describe('named static maps', function() {
+    // configure redis pool instance to use in tests
+    var redisPool = new RedisPool(global.environment.redis);
+
+    var templateMaps = new TemplateMaps(redisPool, {
+        max_user_templates: global.environment.maxUserTemplates
+    });
+
+    var wadusLayer = {
+        type: 'cartodb',
+        options: {
+            sql: 'select 1 cartodb_id, null::geometry the_geom_webmercator',
+            cartocss: '#layer { marker-fill: <%= color %>; }',
+            cartocss_version: '2.3.0'
+        }
+    };
+
+    var username = 'localhost';
+
+    var templateName = 'valid_template';
+    var template = {
+        version: '0.0.1',
+        name: templateName,
+        auth: {
+            method: 'open'
+        },
+        "placeholders": {
+            "color": {
+                "type": "css_color",
+                "default": "#cc3300"
+            }
+        },
+        layergroup: {
+            layers: [
+                wadusLayer
+            ]
+        }
+    };
+
+    var tokenAuthTemplateName = 'auth_valid_template';
+    var tokenAuthTemplate = {
+        version: '0.0.1',
+        name: tokenAuthTemplateName,
+        auth: {
+            method: 'token',
+            valid_tokens: ['valid1', 'valid2']
+        },
+        placeholders: {
+            color: {
+                "type": "css_color",
+                "default": "#cc3300"
+            }
+        },
+        layergroup: {
+            layers: [
+                wadusLayer
+            ]
+        }
+    };
+
+
+    var namedMapLayer = {
+        type: 'named',
+        options: {
+            name: templateName,
+            config: {},
+            auth_tokens: []
+        }
+    };
+
+    var nestedNamedMapTemplateName = 'nested_template';
+    var nestedNamedMapTemplate = {
+        version: '0.0.1',
+        name: nestedNamedMapTemplateName,
+        auth: {
+            method: 'open'
+        },
+        layergroup: {
+            layers: [
+                namedMapLayer
+            ]
+        }
+    };
+
+    before(function (done) {
+        templateMaps.addTemplate(username, nestedNamedMapTemplate, function (err) {
+            if (err) {
+                return done(err);
+            }
+            templateMaps.addTemplate(username, tokenAuthTemplate, function (err) {
+                if (err) {
+                    return done(err);
+                }
+                templateMaps.addTemplate(username, template, function (err) {
+                    return done(err);
+                });
+            });
+        });
+    });
+
+    after(function (done) {
+        templateMaps.delTemplate(username, nestedNamedMapTemplateName, function (err) {
+            if (err) {
+                return done(err);
+            }
+            templateMaps.delTemplate(username, tokenAuthTemplateName, function (err) {
+                if (err) {
+                    return done(err);
+                }
+                templateMaps.delTemplate(username, templateName, function (err) {
+                    return done(err);
+                });
+            });
+        });
+    });
+
+    function getStaticMap(name, options, callback) {
+
+        var url = '/api/v1/map/static/named/' + name + '/640/480.png';
+        if (options.params) {
+            url = url + '?' + querystring.stringify(options.params);
+        }
+        var requestOptions = {
+            url: url,
+            method: 'GET',
+            headers: {
+                host: username
+            }
+        };
+
+        console.log(url);
+
+        var statusCode = options.status || 200;
+
+        var expectedResponse = {
+            status: statusCode,
+            headers: {
+                'Content-Type': statusCode === 200 ? 'image/png' : 'application/json; charset=utf-8'
+            }
+        };
+
+        assert.response(server,
+            requestOptions,
+            expectedResponse,
+            function (res, err) {
+                return callback(err, res);
+            }
+        );
+    }
+
+    it('should return a 404 error for nonexistent template name', function (done) {
+        var nonexistentName = 'nonexistent';
+        getStaticMap(nonexistentName, { status: 404 }, function(err, res) {
+            assert.ok(!err);
+            var parsed = JSON.parse(res.body);
+            assert.equal(parsed.error, "Template '" + nonexistentName + "' of user '" + username + "' not found");
+            done();
+        });
+    });
+
+    it('should return 403 if not properly authorized', function(done) {
+        getStaticMap(tokenAuthTemplateName, { status: 403 }, function(err, res) {
+            assert.ok(!err);
+            var parsed = JSON.parse(res.body);
+            assert.equal(parsed.error, 'Unauthorized template instantiation');
+            done();
+        });
+    });
+
+    it('should return 200 if properly authorized', function(done) {
+        getStaticMap(tokenAuthTemplateName, { params: { auth_token: 'valid1' } }, function(err, res) {
+            assert.ok(!err);
+            test_helper.checkSurrogateKey(res, new NamedMapsCacheEntry(username, tokenAuthTemplateName).key());
+            done();
+        });
+    });
+
+});