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+require_relative '../test_helper'
+require_relative '../../../../test/unit/api/test_helper'
+
+class APITest <  ActiveSupport::TestCase
+
+  def setup
+    login_api
+  end
+
+  should 'list article children with author.name without filtering for that' do
+  	article = fast_create(Article, :profile_id => user.person.id, :name => "Some thing", author_id: user.person.id)
+  	child1 = fast_create(Article, :parent_id => article.id, :profile_id => user.person.id, :author_id => user.person.id,:name => "Some thing")
+    child2 = fast_create(Article, :parent_id => article.id, :profile_id => user.person.id, :author_id => user.person.id,:name => "Some thing")
+
+    params['fields'] = 'title,id'
+    get "/api/v1/articles/#{article.id}/children?#{params.to_query}"
+    json = JSON.parse(last_response.body)
+    assert_equivalent [child1.author.name, child2.author.name], json["articles"].map { |a| a["author"]["name"] unless a['author'].nil? }
+  end
+
+end
+
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