10 files changed, 831 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/src/contrib/service/auction/.gitignore b/src/contrib/service/auction/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5c3ec20cb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/contrib/service/auction/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+gnunet-auction-create
+gnunet-auction-info
+gnunet-auction-join
+gnunet-service-auction
+test_auction_api
diff --git a/src/contrib/service/auction/Makefile.am b/src/contrib/service/auction/Makefile.am
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ec0ffaf33
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/contrib/service/auction/Makefile.am
@@ -0,0 +1,75 @@
+# This Makefile.am is in the public domain
+AM_CPPFLAGS = -I$(top_srcdir)/src/include
+pkgcfgdir = $(pkgdatadir)/config.d/
+libexecdir = $(pkglibdir)/libexec/
+pkgcfg_DATA = \
+        auction.conf
+if USE_COVERAGE
+        AM_CFLAGS = -fprofile-arcs -ftest-coverage
+endif
+libexec_PROGRAMS = \
+        gnunet-service-auction
+gnunet_service_auction_SOURCES = \
+        gnunet-service-auction.c
+gnunet_service_auction_LDADD = \
+        $(top_builddir)/src/lib/util/libgnunetutil.la \
+        -ljansson \
+        $(GN_LIBINTL)
+bin_PROGRAMS = \
+        gnunet-auction-create \
+        gnunet-auction-info \
+        gnunet-auction-join
+gnunet_auction_create_SOURCES = \
+        gnunet-auction-create.c
+gnunet_auction_create_LDADD = \
+        $(top_builddir)/src/lib/util/libgnunetutil.la \
+        -ljansson \
+        $(GN_LIBINTL)
+gnunet_auction_info_SOURCES = \
+        gnunet-auction-info.c
+gnunet_auction_info_LDADD = \
+        $(top_builddir)/src/lib/util/libgnunetutil.la \
+        -ljansson \
+        $(GN_LIBINTL)
+gnunet_auction_join_SOURCES = \
+        gnunet-auction-join.c
+gnunet_auction_join_LDADD = \
+        $(top_builddir)/src/lib/util/libgnunetutil.la \
+        -ljansson \
+        $(GN_LIBINTL)
+check_PROGRAMS = \
+        test_auction_api
+test_auction_api_SOURCES = \
+        test_auction_api.c
+test_auction_api_LDADD = \
+        $(top_builddir)/src/lib/util/libgnunetutil.la
+check_SCRIPTS = \
+        test_auction_create.sh
+EXTRA_DIST = \
+  auction.h \
+  auction.conf \
+  $(check_SCRIPTS)
+if ENABLE_TEST_RUN
+        AM_TESTS_ENVIRONMENT=export GNUNET_PREFIX=$${GNUNET_PREFIX:-@libdir@};export PATH=$${GNUNET_PREFIX:-@prefix@}/bin:$$PATH;unset XDG_DATA_HOME;unset XDG_CONFIG_HOME;
+        TESTS = $(check_PROGRAMS) $(check_SCRIPTS)
+endif
diff --git a/src/contrib/service/auction/auction.conf b/src/contrib/service/auction/auction.conf
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..deb9ac1fc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/contrib/service/auction/auction.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+[auction]
+START_ON_DEMAND = NO
+BINARY = gnunet-service-auction
+UNIXPATH = $GNUNET_RUNTIME_DIR/gnunet-service-auction.sock
diff --git a/src/contrib/service/auction/auction.h b/src/contrib/service/auction/auction.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..dc8b933f6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/contrib/service/auction/auction.h
@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+/*
+     This file is part of GNUnet.
+     Copyright (C) 2001-2011 GNUnet e.V.
+     GNUnet is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+     under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as published
+     by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License,
+     or (at your option) any later version.
+     GNUnet is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+     WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+     MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+     Affero General Public License for more details.
+     You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
+     along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+     SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL3.0-or-later
+ */
+/**
+ * @author Markus Teich
+ * @file auction/auction.h
+ *
+ * @brief Common type definitions for the auction service and API.
+ */
+#ifndef AUCTION_H
+#define AUCTION_H
+#include "gnunet_common.h"
+GNUNET_NETWORK_STRUCT_BEGIN
+/**
+ * Auction creation request sent from the client to the service
+ */
+struct GNUNET_AUCTION_ClientCreateMessage
+{
+  /**
+   * Type: GNUNET_MESSAGE_TYPE_AUCTION_CLIENT_CREATE
+   */
+  struct GNUNET_MessageHeader header;
+  /**
+   * When should the auction start
+   */
+  struct GNUNET_TIME_AbsoluteNBO time_start;
+  /**
+   * How long is each round allowed to be maximally
+   */
+  struct GNUNET_TIME_RelativeNBO time_round;
+  /**
+   * Auction parameter m.
+   * 0 for first price auctions.
+   * >0 for M+1st price auctions.
+   */
+  uint16_t m GNUNET_PACKED;
+  /**
+   * Should the auction outcome be public?
+   * 0 for private outcome auctions.
+   * 1 for public outcome auctions.
+   */
+  uint16_t outcome_public GNUNET_PACKED;
+  /**
+   * TODO: Price mapping.
+   */
+  /* DESCRIPTION text copied to end of this message */
+};
+GNUNET_NETWORK_STRUCT_END
+#endif
diff --git a/src/contrib/service/auction/gnunet-auction-create.c b/src/contrib/service/auction/gnunet-auction-create.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..93947b89c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/contrib/service/auction/gnunet-auction-create.c
@@ -0,0 +1,219 @@
+/*
+   This file is part of GNUnet.
+   Copyright (C) 2001, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009 GNUnet e.V.
+   GNUnet is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+   under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as published
+   by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License,
+   or (at your option) any later version.
+   GNUnet is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+   WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+   Affero General Public License for more details.
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
+   along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+     SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL3.0-or-later
+ */
+/**
+ * @file auction/gnunet-auction-create.c
+ * @brief tool to create a new auction
+ * @author Markus Teich
+ */
+#include "platform.h"
+#include <float.h>
+#include "gnunet_util_lib.h"
+#include <jansson.h>
+/* #include "gnunet_auction_service.h" */
+#define FIRST_PRICE 0
+#define OUTCOME_PRIVATE 0
+#define OUTCOME_PUBLIC 1
+static int ret; /** Final status code. */
+static char *fndesc; /** filename of the item description */
+static char *fnprices; /** filename of the price map */
+static struct GNUNET_TIME_Relative dround; /** max round duration */
+static struct GNUNET_TIME_Relative dstart; /** time until auction starts */
+static unsigned int m = FIRST_PRICE; /** auction parameter m */
+static int outcome = OUTCOME_PRIVATE; /** outcome */
+static int interactive; /** keep running in foreground */
+/**
+ * Main function that will be run by the scheduler.
+ *
+ * @param cls closure
+ * @param args remaining command-line arguments
+ * @param cfgfile name of the configuration file used (for saving, can be NULL!)
+ * @param cfg configuration
+ */
+static void
+run (void *cls,
+     char *const *args,
+     const char *cfgfile,
+     const struct GNUNET_CONFIGURATION_Handle *cfg)
+{
+  unsigned int i;
+  double cur, prev = DBL_MAX;
+  json_t *pmap;
+  json_t *parray;
+  json_t *pnode;
+  json_error_t jerr;
+  /* cmdline parsing */
+  if (GNUNET_TIME_UNIT_ZERO.rel_value_us == dstart.rel_value_us)
+  {
+    GNUNET_log (GNUNET_ERROR_TYPE_ERROR,
+                "required argument --regtime missing or invalid (zero)\n");
+    goto fail;
+  }
+  if (GNUNET_TIME_UNIT_ZERO.rel_value_us == dround.rel_value_us)
+  {
+    GNUNET_log (GNUNET_ERROR_TYPE_ERROR,
+                "required argument --roundtime missing or invalid (zero)\n");
+    goto fail;
+  }
+  if (! fndesc)
+  {
+    GNUNET_log (GNUNET_ERROR_TYPE_ERROR,
+                "required argument --description missing\n");
+    goto fail;
+  }
+  if (! fnprices)
+  {
+    GNUNET_log (GNUNET_ERROR_TYPE_ERROR,
+                "required argument --pricemap missing\n");
+    goto fail;
+  }
+  /* parse and check pricemap validity */
+  if (! (pmap = json_load_file (fnprices, JSON_DECODE_INT_AS_REAL, &jerr)))
+  {
+    GNUNET_log (GNUNET_ERROR_TYPE_ERROR,
+                "parsing pricemap json at %d:%d: %s\n",
+                jerr.line, jerr.column, jerr.text);
+    goto fail;
+  }
+  if (-1 == json_unpack_ex (pmap, &jerr, JSON_VALIDATE_ONLY,
+                            "{s:s, s:[]}", "currency", "prices"))
+  {
+    GNUNET_log (GNUNET_ERROR_TYPE_ERROR,
+                "validating pricemap: %s\n", jerr.text);
+    goto fail;
+  }
+  if (! (parray = json_object_get (pmap, "prices")) || ! json_is_array (parray))
+  {
+    GNUNET_log (GNUNET_ERROR_TYPE_ERROR,
+                "could not get `prices` array node from pricemap\n");
+    goto fail;
+  }
+  if (0 == json_array_size (parray))
+  {
+    GNUNET_log (GNUNET_ERROR_TYPE_ERROR, "empty pricemap array\n");
+    goto fail;
+  }
+  json_array_foreach (parray, i, pnode)
+  {
+    if (-1 == json_unpack_ex (pnode, &jerr, 0, "F", &cur))
+    {
+      GNUNET_log (GNUNET_ERROR_TYPE_ERROR,
+                  "validating pricearray index %d: %s\n", i, jerr.text);
+      goto fail;
+    }
+    if (prev <= cur)
+    {
+      GNUNET_log (GNUNET_ERROR_TYPE_ERROR,
+                  "validating pricearray index %d: "
+                  "prices must be strictly monotonically decreasing\n",
+                  i);
+      goto fail;
+    }
+    prev = cur;
+  }
+  return;
+fail:
+  ret = 1;
+  return;
+}
+/**
+ * The main function.
+ *
+ * @param argc number of arguments from the command line
+ * @param argv command line arguments
+ * @return 0 ok, 1 on error
+ */
+int
+main (int argc, char *const *argv)
+{
+  struct GNUNET_GETOPT_CommandLineOption options[] = {
+    GNUNET_GETOPT_option_filename ('d',
+                                   "description",
+                                   "FILE",
+                                   gettext_noop (
+                                     "description of the item to be sold"),
+                                   &fndesc),
+    GNUNET_GETOPT_option_filename ('p',
+                                   "pricemap",
+                                   "FILE",
+                                   gettext_noop ("mapping of possible prices"),
+                                   &fnprices),
+    GNUNET_GETOPT_option_relative_time ('r',
+                                        "roundtime",
+                                        "DURATION",
+                                        gettext_noop ("max duration per round"),
+                                        &dround),
+    GNUNET_GETOPT_option_relative_time ('s',
+                                        "regtime",
+                                        "DURATION",
+                                        gettext_noop (
+                                          "duration until auction starts"),
+                                        &dstart),
+    GNUNET_GETOPT_option_uint ('m',
+                               "m",
+                               "NUMBER",
+                               gettext_noop ("number of items to sell\n"
+                                             "0 for first price auction\n"
+                                             ">0 for vickrey/M+1st price auction"),
+                               &m),
+    GNUNET_GETOPT_option_flag ('u',
+                               "public",
+                               gettext_noop ("public auction outcome"),
+                               &outcome),
+    GNUNET_GETOPT_option_flag ('i',
+                               "interactive",
+                               gettext_noop (
+                                 "keep running in foreground until auction completes"),
+                               &interactive),
+    GNUNET_GETOPT_OPTION_END
+  };
+  if (GNUNET_OK != GNUNET_STRINGS_get_utf8_args (argc, argv, &argc, &argv))
+    return 2;
+  ret = (GNUNET_OK ==
+         GNUNET_PROGRAM_run (argc, argv,
+                             "gnunet-auction-create",
+                             gettext_noop ("create a new auction and "
+                                           "start listening for bidders"),
+                             options,
+                             &run,
+                             NULL)) ? ret : 1;
+  GNUNET_free_nz ((void *) argv);
+  return ret;
+}
diff --git a/src/contrib/service/auction/gnunet-auction-info.c b/src/contrib/service/auction/gnunet-auction-info.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..dded45ce6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/contrib/service/auction/gnunet-auction-info.c
@@ -0,0 +1,86 @@
+/*
+     This file is part of GNUnet.
+     Copyright (C) 2001, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009 GNUnet e.V.
+     GNUnet is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+     under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as published
+     by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License,
+     or (at your option) any later version.
+     GNUnet is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+     WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+     MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+     Affero General Public License for more details.
+     You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
+     along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+     SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL3.0-or-later
+ */
+/**
+ * @file auction/gnunet-auction.c
+ * @brief auction for writing a tool
+ * @author Christian Grothoff
+ */
+#include "platform.h"
+#include "gnunet_util_lib.h"
+/* #include "gnunet_auction_service.h" */
+/**
+ * Final status code.
+ */
+static int ret;
+/**
+ * Main function that will be run by the scheduler.
+ *
+ * @param cls closure
+ * @param args remaining command-line arguments
+ * @param cfgfile name of the configuration file used (for saving, can be NULL!)
+ * @param cfg configuration
+ */
+static void
+run (void *cls,
+     char *const *args,
+     const char *cfgfile,
+     const struct GNUNET_CONFIGURATION_Handle *cfg)
+{
+  /* main code here */
+}
+/**
+ * The main function.
+ *
+ * @param argc number of arguments from the command line
+ * @param argv command line arguments
+ * @return 0 ok, 1 on error
+ */
+int
+main (int argc, char *const *argv)
+{
+  static const struct GNUNET_GETOPT_CommandLineOption options[] = {
+    /* FIMXE: add options here */
+    GNUNET_GETOPT_OPTION_END
+  };
+  if (GNUNET_OK !=
+      GNUNET_STRINGS_get_utf8_args (argc, argv,
+                                    &argc, &argv))
+    return 2;
+  ret = (GNUNET_OK ==
+         GNUNET_PROGRAM_run (argc, argv,
+                             "gnunet-auction",
+                             gettext_noop ("help text"),
+                             options,
+                             &run,
+                             NULL)) ? ret : 1;
+  GNUNET_free_nz ((void *) argv);
+  return ret;
+}
+/* end of gnunet-auction.c */
diff --git a/src/contrib/service/auction/gnunet-auction-join.c b/src/contrib/service/auction/gnunet-auction-join.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..dded45ce6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/contrib/service/auction/gnunet-auction-join.c
@@ -0,0 +1,86 @@
+/*
+     This file is part of GNUnet.
+     Copyright (C) 2001, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009 GNUnet e.V.
+     GNUnet is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+     under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as published
+     by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License,
+     or (at your option) any later version.
+     GNUnet is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+     WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+     MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+     Affero General Public License for more details.
+     You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
+     along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+     SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL3.0-or-later
+ */
+/**
+ * @file auction/gnunet-auction.c
+ * @brief auction for writing a tool
+ * @author Christian Grothoff
+ */
+#include "platform.h"
+#include "gnunet_util_lib.h"
+/* #include "gnunet_auction_service.h" */
+/**
+ * Final status code.
+ */
+static int ret;
+/**
+ * Main function that will be run by the scheduler.
+ *
+ * @param cls closure
+ * @param args remaining command-line arguments
+ * @param cfgfile name of the configuration file used (for saving, can be NULL!)
+ * @param cfg configuration
+ */
+static void
+run (void *cls,
+     char *const *args,
+     const char *cfgfile,
+     const struct GNUNET_CONFIGURATION_Handle *cfg)
+{
+  /* main code here */
+}
+/**
+ * The main function.
+ *
+ * @param argc number of arguments from the command line
+ * @param argv command line arguments
+ * @return 0 ok, 1 on error
+ */
+int
+main (int argc, char *const *argv)
+{
+  static const struct GNUNET_GETOPT_CommandLineOption options[] = {
+    /* FIMXE: add options here */
+    GNUNET_GETOPT_OPTION_END
+  };
+  if (GNUNET_OK !=
+      GNUNET_STRINGS_get_utf8_args (argc, argv,
+                                    &argc, &argv))
+    return 2;
+  ret = (GNUNET_OK ==
+         GNUNET_PROGRAM_run (argc, argv,
+                             "gnunet-auction",
+                             gettext_noop ("help text"),
+                             options,
+                             &run,
+                             NULL)) ? ret : 1;
+  GNUNET_free_nz ((void *) argv);
+  return ret;
+}
+/* end of gnunet-auction.c */
diff --git a/src/contrib/service/auction/gnunet-service-auction.c b/src/contrib/service/auction/gnunet-service-auction.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c20f0bdbe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/contrib/service/auction/gnunet-service-auction.c
@@ -0,0 +1,155 @@
+/*
+   This file is part of GNUnet.
+   Copyright (C) 2009 GNUnet e.V.
+   GNUnet is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+   under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as published
+   by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License,
+   or (at your option) any later version.
+   GNUnet is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+   WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+   Affero General Public License for more details.
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
+   along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+     SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL3.0-or-later
+ */
+/**
+ * @file auction/gnunet-service-auction.c
+ * @brief service for executing auctions
+ * @author Markus Teich
+ */
+#include "platform.h"
+#include "gnunet_util_lib.h"
+#include "auction.h"
+/**
+ * Check AUCTION CREATE messages from the client.
+ *
+ * @param cls the client we received this message from
+ * @param msg the actual message received
+ * @return #GNUNET_OK (always)
+ */
+static int
+check_create (void *cls, const struct GNUNET_AUCTION_ClientCreateMessage *msg)
+{
+  /* always well-formed due to arbitrary length description */
+  return GNUNET_OK;
+}
+/**
+ * Handler for CREATE messages.
+ *
+ * @param cls the client we received this message from
+ * @param msg the actual message received
+ */
+static void
+handle_create (void *cls, const struct GNUNET_AUCTION_ClientCreateMessage *msg)
+{
+  struct GNUNET_SERVICE_Client *client = cls;
+//      struct GNUNET_MQ_Handle *mq;
+//      struct GNUNET_MQ_Envelope *env;
+//      struct GNUNET_AUCTION_blabla em;
+  //uint16_t size;
+  GNUNET_log (GNUNET_ERROR_TYPE_DEBUG,
+              "Received CREATE message from client\n");
+  //size = ntohs (msg->header.size);
+  /**TODO: create auction and return auction object */
+//      mq = GNUNET_SERVICE_client_get_mq (client);
+//      setup_info_message (&em);
+//      env = GNUNET_MQ_msg_copy (&em.header);
+//      GNUNET_MQ_send (mq, env);
+  GNUNET_SERVICE_client_continue (client);
+}
+/**
+ * Task run during shutdown.
+ *
+ * @param cls unused
+ */
+static void
+cleanup_task (void *cls)
+{
+  /* FIXME: do clean up here */
+}
+/**
+ * Callback called when a client connects to the service.
+ *
+ * @param cls closure for the service
+ * @param c the new client that connected to the service
+ * @param mq the message queue used to send messages to the client
+ * @return @a c
+ */
+static void *
+client_connect_cb (void *cls,
+                   struct GNUNET_SERVICE_Client *c,
+                   struct GNUNET_MQ_Handle *mq)
+{
+  return c;
+}
+/**
+ * Callback called when a client disconnected from the service
+ *
+ * @param cls closure for the service
+ * @param c the client that disconnected
+ * @param internal_cls should be equal to @a c
+ */
+static void
+client_disconnect_cb (void *cls,
+                      struct GNUNET_SERVICE_Client *c,
+                      void *internal_cls)
+{
+  GNUNET_assert (c == internal_cls);
+}
+/**
+ * Process auction requests.
+ *
+ * @param cls closure
+ * @param cfg configuration to use
+ * @param service the initialized service
+ */
+static void
+run (void *cls,
+     const struct GNUNET_CONFIGURATION_Handle *cfg,
+     struct GNUNET_SERVICE_Handle *service)
+{
+  /* FIXME: do setup here */
+  GNUNET_SCHEDULER_add_shutdown (&cleanup_task, NULL);
+}
+/**
+ * Define "main" method using service macro.
+ */
+GNUNET_SERVICE_MAIN
+  ("auction",
+  GNUNET_SERVICE_OPTION_NONE,
+  &run,
+  &client_connect_cb,
+  &client_disconnect_cb,
+  NULL,
+  GNUNET_MQ_hd_var_size (create,
+                         GNUNET_MESSAGE_TYPE_AUCTION_CLIENT_CREATE,
+                         struct GNUNET_AUCTION_ClientCreateMessage,
+                         NULL),
+  GNUNET_MQ_handler_end ())
+/* end of gnunet-service-auction.c */
diff --git a/src/contrib/service/auction/test_auction_api.c b/src/contrib/service/auction/test_auction_api.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1eac9b5c4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/contrib/service/auction/test_auction_api.c
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+/*
+     This file is part of GNUnet.
+     Copyright (C) 2009 GNUnet e.V.
+     GNUnet is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+     under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as published
+     by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License,
+     or (at your option) any later version.
+     GNUnet is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+     WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+     MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+     Affero General Public License for more details.
+     You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
+     along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+     SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL3.0-or-later
+ */
+/**
+ * @file auction/test_auction_api.c
+ * @brief testcase for auction.c
+ */
+#include "platform.h"
+static int
+check ()
+{
+  return 0;
+}
+int
+main (int argc, char *argv[])
+{
+  int ret;
+  ret = check ();
+  return ret;
+}
+/* end of test_auction_api.c */
diff --git a/src/contrib/service/auction/test_auction_create.sh b/src/contrib/service/auction/test_auction_create.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..b0f4de738
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/contrib/service/auction/test_auction_create.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,80 @@
+#! /bin/sh
+trap 'rm -f test.json' EXIT
+# missing required cmdline args
+gnunet-auction-create      -r 1 -d foo -p test.json && exit 1
+gnunet-auction-create -s 1      -d foo -p test.json && exit 1
+gnunet-auction-create -s 1 -r 1        -p test.json && exit 1
+gnunet-auction-create -s 1 -r 1 -d foo              && exit 1
+# no pricemap
+rm -f test.json
+gnunet-auction-create -s 1 -r 1 -d foo -p test.json && exit 1
+# json errors
+cat <<DOG >test.json
+[,]
+DOG
+gnunet-auction-create -s 1 -r 1 -d foo -p test.json && exit 1
+cat <<DOG >test.json
+bla
+DOG
+gnunet-auction-create -s 1 -r 1 -d foo -p test.json && exit 1
+# unexpected structures
+cat <<DOG >test.json
+{"foo": "bar"}
+DOG
+gnunet-auction-create -s 1 -r 1 -d foo -p test.json && exit 1
+cat <<DOG >test.json
+{"currency": "foo"}
+DOG
+gnunet-auction-create -s 1 -r 1 -d foo -p test.json && exit 1
+cat <<DOG >test.json
+{"prices": []}
+DOG
+gnunet-auction-create -s 1 -r 1 -d foo -p test.json && exit 1
+cat <<DOG >test.json
+{"currency": "foo", "prices": "bar"}
+DOG
+gnunet-auction-create -s 1 -r 1 -d foo -p test.json && exit 1
+# wrong array content
+cat <<DOG >test.json
+{"currency": "foo", "prices": []}
+DOG
+gnunet-auction-create -s 1 -r 1 -d foo -p test.json && exit 1
+cat <<DOG >test.json
+{"currency": "foo", "prices": ["bar"]}
+DOG
+gnunet-auction-create -s 1 -r 1 -d foo -p test.json && exit 1
+cat <<DOG >test.json
+{"currency": "foo", "prices": [null]}
+DOG
+gnunet-auction-create -s 1 -r 1 -d foo -p test.json && exit 1
+cat <<DOG >test.json
+{"currency": "foo", "prices": [1, 2]}
+DOG
+gnunet-auction-create -s 1 -r 1 -d foo -p test.json && exit 1
+# correct example
+cat <<DOG >test.json
+{"currency": "foo", "prices": [2, 1]}
+DOG
+gnunet-auction-create -s 1 -r 1 -d foo -p test.json || exit 1
+rm -f test.json