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+import {
+  generateUser,
+  requester,
+} from '../../helpers/api.helper';
+
+describe('DELETE /user', () => {
+  let api;
+
+  beforeEach((done) => {
+    generateUser().then((usr) => {
+      api = requester(usr);
+      done();
+    }).catch(done);
+  });
+
+  it('deletes the user', (done) => {
+    api.del('/user')
+      .then((fetchedUser) => {
+        return api.get('/user')
+      })
+      .then((deletedUser) => {
+        done('Unexpected user');
+      })
+      .catch((err) => {
+        expect(err.response.status).to.eql(401);
+        done();
+      });
+  });
+});