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+package org.alfresco.rest.people;
+
+import org.alfresco.rest.RestTest;
+import org.alfresco.rest.model.RestErrorModel;
+import org.alfresco.rest.model.RestPersonModel;
+import org.alfresco.utility.constants.UserRole;
+import org.alfresco.utility.model.SiteModel;
+import org.alfresco.utility.model.TestGroup;
+import org.alfresco.utility.model.UserModel;
+import org.alfresco.utility.testrail.ExecutionType;
+import org.alfresco.utility.testrail.annotation.TestRail;
+import org.springframework.http.HttpStatus;
+import org.testng.annotations.BeforeClass;
+import org.testng.annotations.Test;
+
+/**
+ * 
+ * @author Cristina Axinte
+ *
+ */
+public class GetPeopleCoreTests extends RestTest
+{
+    UserModel userModel;
+    SiteModel siteModel;
+    UserModel searchedUser;
+    UserModel adminUser, managerUser;
+    UserModel inexistentUser;
+
+    @BeforeClass(alwaysRun = true)
+    public void dataPreparation() throws Exception
+    {
+        adminUser = dataUser.getAdminUser();
+        userModel = dataUser.createRandomTestUser();
+        siteModel = dataSite.usingUser(userModel).createPublicRandomSite();
+        searchedUser = dataUser.createRandomTestUser();
+        managerUser = dataUser.usingAdmin().createRandomTestUser();
+        dataUser.usingUser(userModel).addUserToSite(managerUser, siteModel, UserRole.SiteManager);
+        inexistentUser = new UserModel("inexistentUser", "password");
+    }
+    
+    @Test(groups = { TestGroup.REST_API, TestGroup.PEOPLE, TestGroup.CORE })
+    @TestRail(section = { TestGroup.REST_API, TestGroup.PEOPLE }, executionType = ExecutionType.REGRESSION, description = "Verify inexistent user cannot get a person with Rest API and response is 401")
+    public void inexistentUserIsUnauthorizedToGetPerson() throws Exception
+    {
+        restClient.authenticateUser(inexistentUser).withCoreAPI().usingUser(searchedUser).getPerson();
+        restClient.assertStatusCodeIs(HttpStatus.UNAUTHORIZED);
+        restClient.assertLastError().containsSummary(RestErrorModel.AUTHENTICATION_FAILED);
+    }
+    
+    @Test(groups = { TestGroup.REST_API, TestGroup.PEOPLE, TestGroup.CORE })
+    @TestRail(section = { TestGroup.REST_API, TestGroup.PEOPLE }, executionType = ExecutionType.REGRESSION, description = "Verify user cannot get a person that doesn't exists with Rest API and response is 404")
+    public void userCannotGetInexistentPerson() throws Exception
+    {
+        restClient.authenticateUser(managerUser).withCoreAPI().usingUser(inexistentUser).getPerson();
+        restClient.assertStatusCodeIs(HttpStatus.NOT_FOUND);
+        restClient.assertLastError().containsSummary(String.format(inexistentUser.getUsername(), RestErrorModel.ENTITY_NOT_FOUND));
+    }
+}