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+package controllers
+
+import elastic.{ElasticResponse, ElasticClient}
+import exceptions.MissingRequiredParamException
+import models.CerebroRequest
+import org.specs2.Specification
+import org.specs2.mock.Mockito
+import play.api.libs.json.Json
+import play.api.test.FakeApplication
+
+import scala.concurrent.duration.Duration
+import scala.concurrent.{Await, Future}
+
+object DeleteIndexControllerSpec extends Specification with Mockito {
+
+  def is =
+    s2"""
+    DeleteIndexController should                         ${step(play.api.Play.start(FakeApplication()))}
+      invoke deleteIndex                                 $deleteIndex
+      should throw exception if indices param is missing $missingIndices
+                                                         ${step(play.api.Play.stop(FakeApplication()))}
+      """
+
+  val controller = new DeleteIndexController
+
+  def deleteIndex = {
+    val expectedResponse = Json.parse(
+      """
+        |{
+        |  "acknowledged": true
+        |}
+      """.stripMargin
+    )
+    val body = Json.obj("host" -> "somehost", "indices" -> "a,b,c")
+    val client = mock[ElasticClient]
+    client.deleteIndex("a,b,c", "somehost") returns Future.successful(ElasticResponse(200, expectedResponse))
+    val result = Await.result(controller.processElasticRequest(CerebroRequest(body), client), Duration("1s"))
+    there was one(client).deleteIndex("a,b,c", "somehost")
+    result.body mustEqual expectedResponse
+    result.status mustEqual 200
+  }
+
+  def missingIndices = {
+    val body = Json.obj("host" -> "somehost")
+    val client = mock[ElasticClient]
+    controller.processElasticRequest(CerebroRequest(body), client) must throwA[MissingRequiredParamException]
+  }
+
+}