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+const assert = require('assert')
+const {net} = require('electron');
+
+describe('net module', function() {
+  describe('HTTP basics', function() {
+    it ('should be able to fetch google.com', function(done) {
+      let response_event_emitted = false;
+      let data_event_emitted = false;
+      let end_event_emitted = false;
+      let finish_event_emitted = false;
+      const urlRequest =  net.request({
+        method: 'GET',
+        url: 'https://www.google.com'
+      })
+      urlRequest.on('response', function(response) {
+        response_event_emitted = true;
+        const statusCode = response.statusCode
+        assert(typeof statusCode === 'number')
+        assert.equal(statusCode, 200)
+        const statusMessage = response.statusMessage
+        const rawHeaders = response.rawHeaders
+        assert(typeof rawHeaders === 'string')
+        assert(rawHeaders.length > 0)
+        const httpVersion = response.httpVersion;
+        assert(typeof httpVersion === 'string')
+        assert(httpVersion.length > 0)
+        const httpVersionMajor = response.httpVersionMajor;
+        assert(typeof httpVersionMajor === 'number')
+        assert(httpVersionMajor >= 1)
+        const httpVersionMinor = response.httpVersionMinor;
+        assert(typeof rawHeaders === 'number')
+        assert(httpVersionMinor >= 0)
+        let body = '';
+        response.on('data', function(buffer) {
+          data_event_emitted = true;
+          body += buffer.toString()
+          assert(typeof body === 'string')
+          assert(body.length > 0)
+        });
+        response.on('end', function() {
+          end_event_emitted = true;
+        })
+      });
+      urlRequest.on('finish', function() {
+        finish_event_emitted = true;
+      })
+      urlRequest.on('error', function(error) {
+        assert.ifError(error);
+      })
+      urlRequest.on('close', function() {
+        asset(response_event_emitted)
+        assert(data_event_emitted)
+        assert(end_event_emitted)
+        assert(finish_event_emitted)
+        done()
+      })
+      urlRequest.end();
+    })
+
+    it ('should be able to post data', function(done) {
+      let response_event_emitted = false;
+      let data_event_emitted = false;
+      let end_event_emitted = false;
+      let finish_event_emitted = false;
+      let urlRequest =  net.request({
+        method: 'POST',
+        url: 'http://httpbin.org/post'
+      });
+      urlRequest.on('response', function(response) {
+        response_event_emitted = true;
+        const statusCode = response.statusCode
+        assert(typeof statusCode === 'number')
+        assert.equal(statusCode, 200)
+        const statusMessage = response.statusMessage
+        const rawHeaders = response.rawHeaders
+        assert(typeof rawHeaders === 'string')
+        assert(rawHeaders.length > 0)
+        const httpVersion = response.httpVersion;
+        assert(typeof httpVersion === 'string')
+        assert(httpVersion.length > 0)
+        const httpVersionMajor = response.httpVersionMajor;
+        assert(typeof httpVersionMajor === 'number')
+        assert(httpVersionMajor >= 1)
+        const httpVersionMinor = response.httpVersionMinor;
+        assert(typeof rawHeaders === 'number')
+        assert(httpVersionMinor >= 0)
+        let body = '';
+        response.on('data', function(buffer) {
+          data_event_emitted = true;
+          body += buffer.toString()
+          assert(typeof body === 'string')
+          assert(body.length > 0)
+        });
+        response.on('end', function() {
+          end_event_emitted = true;
+        })
+      });
+      urlRequest.on('finish', function() {
+        finish_event_emitted = true;
+      })
+      urlRequest.on('error', function(error) {
+        assert.ifError(error);
+      })
+      urlRequest.on('close', function() {
+        asset(response_event_emitted)
+        assert(data_event_emitted)
+        assert(end_event_emitted)
+        assert(finish_event_emitted)
+        done()
+      })
+      for (let i = 0; i < 100; ++i) {
+        urlRequest.write('Hello World!');
+      }
+      urlRequest.end();
+    })
+  })
+  describe('ClientRequest API', function() {
+    it ('should be able to set a custom HTTP header', function() {
+      assert(false)
+    })
+    it ('should be able to abort an HTTP request', function() {
+      assert(false)
+    })
+    it ('should be able to pipe into a request', function() {
+    
+    })
+    it ('should be able to create a request with options', function() {
+    
+    })
+    it ('should be able to specify a custom session', function() {
+    })
+    it ('should support chunked encoding', function() {
+    
+    })
+
+  })
+})
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