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+$:.unshift "."
+require File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), 'spec_helper')
+require 'rdf/spec/repository'
+
+# these tests rely on a Virtuoso instance being available, at port 8890, and will otherwise fail
+# the easiest way to do this is with docker ( https://docs.docker.com/get-docker/ ), running the following:
+#   docker run -p 8890:8890 -p 1111:1111 -e DBA_PASSWORD=tester -e SPARQL_UPDATE=true --name virtuoso-testing -d tenforce/virtuoso
+# when finished you can stop with
+#   docker stop virtuoso-testing
+
+describe RDF::Virtuoso::Repository do
+    context('when interating with a virtuoso repository instance') do
+        let(:uri) {"http://localhost:8890/sparql"}
+        let(:update_uri) {"http://localhost:8890/sparql-auth"}
+        let(:repo) {RDF::Virtuoso::Repository.new(uri)}
+        let(:password) {'tester'}
+        let(:username) {'dba'}
+        let(:repo) {
+            RDF::Virtuoso::Repository.new(uri,
+                update_uri: update_uri,
+                username: username,
+                password: password,
+                auth_method: 'digest')                
+        }
+
+        it 'should be able to select' do           
+            query = RDF::Virtuoso::Query.select.where([RDF::Resource('http://localhost:8890/sparql'), :p, :o])
+            expect(repo.select(query).count).to eql 14
+        end
+    end
+end
+    
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