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+import { request } from 'graphql-request'
+import { create, cleanDatabase } from './seed/factories'
+import { host } from './jest/helpers'
+
+describe('filter for searchQuery', () => {
+  const query = (searchQuery) => {
+    return `
+    {
+      findPosts(filter: "${searchQuery}", limit: 10) {
+        title
+      }
+    }
+    `
+  }
+
+  describe('given some posts', () => {
+    beforeEach(async () => {
+      await create('post', {
+        title:   'Hamlet',
+        content: 'To be, or not to be: that is the question'
+      })
+      await create('post', {
+        title:   'Threepenny Opera',
+        content: 'And the shark, it has teeth, And it wears them in the face.'  
+      })
+    })
+
+    afterEach(async () => {
+      await cleanDatabase()
+    })
+
+    describe('result set', () => {
+      describe('includes posts if search term', () => {
+        it('matches title', async () => {
+          const data = await request(host, query('Hamlet'))
+          expect(data).toEqual({findPosts: [{title: 'Hamlet'}]})
+        })
+
+        it('matches a part of the title', async () => {
+          const data = await request(host, query('let'))
+          expect(data).toEqual({findPosts: [{title: 'Hamlet'}]})
+        })
+
+        it('matches a part of the content', async () => {
+          const data = await request(host, query('shark'))
+          expect(data).toEqual({findPosts: [{title: 'Threepenny Opera'}]})
+        })
+      })
+    })
+  })
+})