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+# Copyright (C) 2020  The Software Heritage developers
+# See the AUTHORS file at the top-level directory of this distribution
+# License: GNU General Public License version 3, or any later version
+# See top-level LICENSE file for more information
+
+from django.urls import reverse
+from rest_framework import status
+
+from swh.deposit.config import CONT_FILE_IRI
+from swh.deposit.models import DEPOSIT_STATUS_DETAIL
+from swh.deposit.parsers import parse_xml
+
+
+def test_api_deposit_content_nominal(
+    client, complete_deposit, partial_deposit_only_metadata
+):
+    """Retrieve information on deposit should return 200 response
+
+    """
+
+    for deposit in [complete_deposit, partial_deposit_only_metadata]:
+        expected_deposit = {
+            "deposit_id": str(deposit.id),
+            "deposit_status": deposit.status,
+            "deposit_status_detail": DEPOSIT_STATUS_DETAIL[deposit.status],
+        }
+
+        url = reverse(CONT_FILE_IRI, args=[deposit.collection.name, deposit.id])
+        response = client.get(url)
+        assert response.status_code == status.HTTP_200_OK
+        actual_deposit = dict(parse_xml(response.content))
+        expected_deposit["sword:request"] = actual_deposit["sword:request"]
+        assert actual_deposit == expected_deposit
+
+
+def test_api_deposit_content_unknown(client, complete_deposit, deposit_collection):
+    """Retrieve information on unknown deposit or collection should return 404
+
+    """
+    unknown_deposit_id = 999
+    unknown_collection = "unknown"
+    for collection, deposit_id in [
+        (deposit_collection.name, unknown_deposit_id),
+        (unknown_collection, complete_deposit.id),
+        (complete_deposit.collection.name, complete_deposit.id + 10),
+    ]:
+        url = reverse(CONT_FILE_IRI, args=[collection, deposit_id])
+        response = client.get(url)
+        assert response.status_code == status.HTTP_404_NOT_FOUND