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+import { beforeEach, beforeAll, afterAll, describe, it, expect } from '@jest/globals'
+import { LocalityDetailsType, SpeciesDetailsType } from '../../../../frontend/src/shared/types'
+import { LogRow } from '../../services/write/writeOperations/types'
+import { newSpeciesBasis, newSpeciesWithoutRequiredFields } from './data'
+import { login, logout, resetDatabase, send, testLogRows, resetDatabaseTimeout, noPermError } from '../utils'
+import { pool } from '../../utils/db'
+
+let createdSpecies: SpeciesDetailsType | null = null
+
+describe('Creating new species works', () => {
+  beforeAll(async () => {
+    await resetDatabase()
+  }, resetDatabaseTimeout)
+  beforeEach(async () => {
+    await login()
+  })
+  afterAll(async () => {
+    await pool.end()
+  })
+
+  it('Request succeeds and returns valid number id', async () => {
+    const { body: resultBody } = await send<{ species_id: number }>('species', 'PUT', {
+      species: { ...newSpeciesBasis, comment: 'species test' },
+    })
+    const { species_id: createdId } = resultBody
+
+    expect(typeof createdId).toEqual('number') // `Invalid result returned on write: ${createdId}`
+
+    const { body } = await send<SpeciesDetailsType>(`species/${createdId}`, 'GET')
+    createdSpecies = body
+  })
+
+  it('Contains correct data', () => {
+    const { species_name, now_ls } = createdSpecies!
+    expect(species_name).toEqual(newSpeciesBasis.species_name) // 'Name is different'
+    const locality = now_ls.find(ls => ls.now_loc.lid === 24750)
+    expect(!!locality).toEqual(true) // 'Locality in locality-species not found'
+  })
+
+  it('Locality-species change was updated also to locality', async () => {
+    const localityFound = createdSpecies!.now_ls.find(ls => ls.now_loc.loc_name.startsWith('Romany'))
+    if (!localityFound) throw new Error('Locality was not found in now_ls')
+    const speciesResult = await send<LocalityDetailsType>(`locality/24750`, 'GET')
+    const update = speciesResult.body.now_lau.find(lau => lau.lid === 24750 && lau.lau_comment === 'species test')
+    if (!update) throw new Error('Update not found')
+    const logRows = update.updates
+    const expectedLogRows: Partial<LogRow>[] = [
+      {
+        oldValue: null,
+        value: '24750',
+        type: 'add',
+        column: 'lid',
+        table: 'now_ls',
+      },
+    ]
+    testLogRows(logRows, expectedLogRows, 2)
+  })
+
+  it('Species without required fields fails', async () => {
+    const res = await send('species', 'PUT', {
+      species: { ...newSpeciesWithoutRequiredFields, comment: 'species test' },
+    })
+    expect(res.status).toEqual(403)
+  })
+
+  it('Creation fails without reference', async () => {
+    const resultNoRef = await send('species', 'PUT', {
+      species: { ...newSpeciesBasis, references: [] },
+    })
+    expect(resultNoRef.status).toEqual(403) // can't create one without a reference
+
+    const resultWithRef = await send('species', 'PUT', {
+      species: { ...newSpeciesBasis },
+    })
+    expect(resultWithRef.status).toEqual(200)
+  })
+
+  it('Creation fails without permissions for non-authenticated and non-privileged users', async () => {
+    logout()
+    const result1 = await send('species', 'PUT', {
+      species: { ...newSpeciesBasis, comment: 'species test' },
+    })
+    expect(result1.body).toEqual(noPermError)
+    expect(result1.status).toEqual(403)
+
+    logout()
+    await login('testEr', 'test')
+    const result2 = await send('species', 'PUT', {
+      species: { ...newSpeciesBasis, comment: 'species test' },
+    })
+    expect(result2.body).toEqual(noPermError)
+    expect(result2.status).toEqual(403)
+  })
+})
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