diff --git a/tests/unit/test_httpcommon.cpp b/tests/unit/test_httpcommon.cpp
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+/**
+ * @file tests/test_httpcommon.cpp
+ * @brief Test src/httpcommon.*.
+ */
+#include <src/httpcommon.h>
+
+#include <tests/conftest.cpp>
+
+class HttpCommonTest : public ::testing::TestWithParam<std::tuple<std::string, std::string>> {};
+
+TEST_P(HttpCommonTest, UrlEscape) {
+  auto [input, expected] = GetParam();
+  ASSERT_EQ(http::url_escape(input), expected);
+}
+
+TEST_P(HttpCommonTest, UrlGetHost) {
+  auto [input, expected] = GetParam();
+  ASSERT_EQ(http::url_get_host(input), expected);
+}
+
+TEST_P(HttpCommonTest, DownloadFile) {
+  auto [url, filename] = GetParam();
+  ASSERT_TRUE(http::download_file(url, filename));
+}
+
+INSTANTIATE_TEST_SUITE_P(
+  UrlEscapeTests,
+  HttpCommonTest,
+  ::testing::Values(
+    std::make_tuple("igdb_0123456789", "igdb_0123456789"),
+    std::make_tuple("../../../", "..%2F..%2F..%2F"),
+    std::make_tuple("..*\\", "..%2A%5C")
+      )
+);
+
+INSTANTIATE_TEST_SUITE_P(
+  UrlGetHostTests,
+  HttpCommonTest,
+  ::testing::Values(
+    std::make_tuple("https://images.igdb.com/example.txt", "images.igdb.com"),
+    std::make_tuple("http://localhost:8080", "localhost"),
+    std::make_tuple("nonsense!!}{::", "")
+      )
+);
+
+INSTANTIATE_TEST_SUITE_P(
+  DownloadFileTests,
+  HttpCommonTest,
+  ::testing::Values(
+    std::make_tuple("https://httpbin.org/base64/aGVsbG8h", "hello.txt"),
+    std::make_tuple("https://httpbin.org/redirect-to?url=/base64/aGVsbG8h", "hello-redirect.txt")
+      )
+);