diff --git a/tests/testthat/test_box.R b/tests/testthat/test_box.R
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+++ b/tests/testthat/test_box.R
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+context("box")
+
+check_api <- function() {
+  code <- NA
+  try(code <- httr::status_code(httr::GET(osem_endpoint())))
+  if (is.na(code)) skip("API not available")
+}
+
+try({
+  boxes <- osem_boxes()
+})
+
+test_that("a box can be converted to sf object", {
+  check_api()
+  
+  box <- osem_box(boxes$X_id[[1]])
+  box_sf <- sf::st_as_sf(box)
+  
+  expect_true(sf::st_is_simple(box_sf))
+  expect_true("sf" %in% class(box_sf))
+})
+
+test_that("a box converted to sf object keeps all attributes", {
+  check_api()
+  
+  box <- osem_box(boxes$X_id[[1]])
+  box_sf <- sf::st_as_sf(box)
+  
+  expect_true(all(names(box) %in% names(box_sf)))
+})
diff --git a/tests/testthat/test_phenomena.R b/tests/testthat/test_phenomena.R
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+++ b/tests/testthat/test_phenomena.R
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+context("phenomena")
+
+check_api <- function() {
+  code <- NA
+  try(code <- httr::status_code(httr::GET(osem_endpoint())))
+  if (is.na(code)) skip("API not available")
+}
+
+try({
+  boxes <- osem_boxes()
+  all_phen <- unique(unlist(boxes$phenomena))
+})
+
+test_that("phenomena from boxes is a list of counts", {
+  check_api()
+  
+  phenomena <- osem_phenomena(boxes)
+  
+  expect_true(is.numeric(unlist(phenomena)))
+  expect_true(is.list(phenomena))
+})
+
+test_that("phenomena from boxes has all phenomena", {
+  check_api()
+  
+  phenomena <- osem_phenomena(boxes)
+  
+  expect_true(all(all_phen %in% names(phenomena)))
+  expect_true(all(names(phenomena) %in% all_phen))
+})
+
+test_that("phenomena from a not sensebox data.frame returns error", {
+  expect_error(osem_phenomena(list()), "no applicable method")
+  expect_error(osem_phenomena(data.frame()), "no applicable method")
+  boxes_df <- boxes
+  class(boxes_df) <- c("data.frame")
+  expect_error(osem_phenomena(boxes_df), "no applicable method")
+})