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+test_that("textMetadata works", {
+  skip_if_offline()
+  m <- new("KorAPConnection") %>% textMetadata(c("WUD17/B96/57558", "WUD17/A97/08541"))
+  expect("textType" %in% names(m), "textMetadata value should contain a textType column")
+})
+
+
+test_that("textMetadata works for unknown text sigles", {
+  skip_if_offline()
+  m <- new("KorAPConnection") %>% textMetadata(c("WUD17/B96/57558", "unknownsigle"))
+  expect("errors" %in% names(m), "textMetadata should return an errors column if a text does not exist")
+})