diff --git a/src/app/+search-page/paginated-search-options.model.spec.ts b/src/app/+search-page/paginated-search-options.model.spec.ts
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+import 'rxjs/add/observable/of';
+import { SortDirection, SortOptions } from '../core/cache/models/sort-options.model';
+import { PaginationComponentOptions } from '../shared/pagination/pagination-component-options.model';
+import { PaginatedSearchOptions } from './paginated-search-options.model';
+import { ViewMode } from './search-options.model';
+
+describe('PaginatedSearchOptions', () => {
+  let options: PaginatedSearchOptions;
+  const sortOptions = new SortOptions('test.field', SortDirection.DESC);
+  const pageOptions = Object.assign(new PaginationComponentOptions(), { pageSize: 40, page: 1 });
+  const filters = { 'f.test': ['value'], 'f.example': ['another value', 'second value'] };
+  const query = 'search query';
+  const scope = '0fde1ecb-82cc-425a-b600-ac3576d76b47';
+  const baseUrl = 'www.rest.com';
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    options = new PaginatedSearchOptions();
+    options.sort = sortOptions;
+    options.pagination = pageOptions;
+    options.filters = filters;
+    options.query = query;
+    options.scope = scope;
+    options.view = ViewMode.Grid;
+  });
+
+  describe('when toRestUrl is called', () => {
+
+    it('should generate a string with all parameters that are present', () => {
+      const outcome = options.toRestUrl(baseUrl);
+      expect(outcome).toEqual('www.rest.com?' +
+        'sort=test.field,DESC&' +
+        'page=0&' +
+        'size=40&' +
+        'query=search query&' +
+        'scope=0fde1ecb-82cc-425a-b600-ac3576d76b47&' +
+        'f.test=value,query&' +
+        'f.example=another value,query&' +
+        'f.example=second value,query'
+      );
+    });
+
+  });
+});
diff --git a/src/app/+search-page/search-options.model.spec.ts b/src/app/+search-page/search-options.model.spec.ts
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+import 'rxjs/add/observable/of';
+import { PaginatedSearchOptions } from './paginated-search-options.model';
+import { SearchOptions, ViewMode } from './search-options.model';
+
+describe('SearchOptions', () => {
+  let options: PaginatedSearchOptions;
+  const filters = { 'f.test': ['value'], 'f.example': ['another value', 'second value'] };
+  const query = 'search query';
+  const scope = '0fde1ecb-82cc-425a-b600-ac3576d76b47';
+  const baseUrl = 'www.rest.com';
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    options = new SearchOptions();
+    options.filters = filters;
+    options.query = query;
+    options.scope = scope;
+    options.view = ViewMode.Grid;
+  });
+
+  describe('when toRestUrl is called', () => {
+
+    it('should generate a string with all parameters that are present', () => {
+      const outcome = options.toRestUrl(baseUrl);
+      expect(outcome).toEqual('www.rest.com?' +
+        'query=search query&' +
+        'scope=0fde1ecb-82cc-425a-b600-ac3576d76b47&' +
+        'f.test=value,query&' +
+        'f.example=another value,query&' +
+        'f.example=second value,query'
+      );
+    });
+
+  });
+});