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+// @TODO: remove when lodash can be upgraded
+import defaults from 'lodash.defaultsdeep';
+import { model as User } from '../../website/src/models/user'
+import { model as Group } from '../../website/src/models/group'
+import i18n from '../../common/script/src/i18n';
+require('coffee-script');
+i18n.translations = require('../../website/src/libs/i18n.js').translations;
+
+afterEach(() => {
+  sandbox.restore();
+});
+
+export function generateUser(options={}) {
+  return new User(options)._doc;
+}
+
+export function generateGroup(options={}) {
+  return new Group(options)._doc;
+}
+
+export function generateRes(options={}) {
+  let defaultRes = {
+    send: sandbox.stub(),
+    json: sandbox.stub(),
+    locals: {
+      user: generateUser(options.localsUser),
+      group: generateGroup(options.localsGroup),
+    },
+  };
+
+  return defaults(options, defaultRes);
+}
+
+export function generateReq(options={}) {
+  let defaultReq = {
+    body: {},
+    query: {},
+  };
+
+  return defaults(options, defaultReq);
+}