diff --git a/ietf/utils/tests_draft.py b/ietf/utils/tests_draft.py
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+import debug    # pyflakes:ignore
+import shutil
+import os
+
+from contextlib import closing
+from tempfile import mkdtemp
+
+from ietf.submit.tests import submission_file
+from ietf.utils.test_utils import TestCase
+from ietf.utils.draft import Draft, getmeta
+
+class DraftTests(TestCase):
+
+    def setUp(self):
+        file,_ = submission_file(name='draft-test-draft-class',rev='00',format='txt',templatename='test_submission.txt',group=None)
+        self.draft = Draft(text=file.getvalue(),source='draft-test-draft-class-00.txt',name_from_source=False)
+
+    def test_get_status(self):
+        self.assertEqual(self.draft.get_status(),'Informational')
+    
+    def test_get_authors(self):
+        self.assertTrue(all([u'@' in author for author in self.draft.get_authors()]))
+
+    def test_get_authors_with_firm(self):
+        self.assertTrue(all([u'@' in author for author in self.draft.get_authors_with_firm()]))
+        
+    def test_old_get_refs(self):
+        self.assertEqual(self.draft.old_get_refs()[1][0],u'rfc2119')
+
+    def test_get_meta(self):
+        tempdir = mkdtemp()
+        filename = os.path.join(tempdir,self.draft.source)
+        with closing(open(filename,'w')) as file:
+            file.write(self.draft.text)
+        self.assertEqual(getmeta(filename)['docdeststatus'],'Informational')