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+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2018 oxarbitrage, and contributors.
+ *
+ * The MIT License
+ *
+ * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+ * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
+ * in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
+ * to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
+ * copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
+ * furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+ *
+ * The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
+ * all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+ *
+ * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+ * IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+ * AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+ * LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
+ * OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN
+ * THE SOFTWARE.
+ */
+
+#include <boost/test/unit_test.hpp>
+
+#include <graphene/chain/asset_object.hpp>
+#include <graphene/app/api.hpp>
+
+#include "../common/database_fixture.hpp"
+
+using namespace graphene::chain;
+using namespace graphene::chain::test;
+using namespace graphene::app;
+
+BOOST_FIXTURE_TEST_SUITE(asset_api_tests, database_fixture)
+
+BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE( asset_holders )
+{
+   graphene::app::asset_api asset_api(db);
+
+   // create an asset and some accounts
+   create_bitasset("USD", account_id_type());
+   auto dan = create_account("dan");
+   auto bob = create_account("bob");
+   auto alice = create_account("alice");
+
+   // send them some bts
+   transfer(account_id_type()(db), dan, asset(100));
+   transfer(account_id_type()(db), alice, asset(200));
+   transfer(account_id_type()(db), bob, asset(300));
+
+   // make call
+   vector<account_asset_balance> holders = asset_api.get_asset_holders(asset_id_type(), 0, 100);
+   BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(holders.size(), 4);
+
+   // by now we can guarantee the order
+   BOOST_CHECK(holders[0].name == "committee-account");
+   BOOST_CHECK(holders[1].name == "bob");
+   BOOST_CHECK(holders[2].name == "alice");
+   BOOST_CHECK(holders[3].name == "dan");
+}
+
+BOOST_AUTO_TEST_SUITE_END()