diff --git a/R/bigsearch.R b/R/bigsearch.R
index a4adabc..788a4ae 100644
--- a/R/bigsearch.R
+++ b/R/bigsearch.R
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 #'    when your records are ready for download.
 #'    
 #' @section Reading data:
-#' We suggest reading data data in with \code{\link[data.table]{fread}} - as it's
+#' We suggest reading data in with \code{\link[data.table]{fread}} - as it's
 #' very fast for the sometimes large datasets you will get from using this function, 
 #' and is usually robust to formatting issues.
 #' 
diff --git a/R/vert_id.R b/R/vert_id.R
index 190f752..b7005b3 100644
--- a/R/vert_id.R
+++ b/R/vert_id.R
@@ -1,19 +1,21 @@
 #' Search by Vertnet occurrence ID
 #'
 #' @export
-#'
 #' @param ids (character) VertNet IDs, one or more. Required.
-#' @param compact (logical) Return a compact data frame. Default: \code{TRUE}
+#' @param compact (logical) Return a compact data frame. That is, remove
+#' empty columns. Default: \code{TRUE}
 #' @param verbose (logical) Print progress and information messages. Default: \code{TRUE}
 #' @param ... Curl arguments passed on to \code{\link[httr]{GET}}
 #'
 #' @return A list, with data frame of search results, and list of metadata
 #' @references \url{http://bit.ly/vertnet-wiki}
+#' @details VertNet IDs can be a variety of things, some URIs (i.e., with http://...), 
+#' while others start with \code{urn}. 
 #'
 #' @examples \dontrun{
-#' vert_id(ids = "urn:occurrence:Arctos:CUMV:Amph:10008:2243441")
-#' ids <- c("urn:occurrence:Arctos:CUMV:Amph:10008:2243441", 
-#'          "urn:occurrence:Arctos:CUMV:Fish:65813:2206324",
+#' vert_id(ids = "urn:catalog:AUM:Fish:13271")
+#' ids <- c("http://arctos.database.museum/guid/MSB:Mamm:56979?seid=1643089", 
+#'          "urn:catalog:CM:Herps:116520",
 #'          "urn:catalog:AUM:Fish:13271")
 #' res <- vert_id(ids)
 #' res$data$occurrenceid
diff --git a/tests/testthat/test-dump.R b/tests/testthat/test-dump.R
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f7c6b2b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/testthat/test-dump.R
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+context("dump")
+
+test_that("dump_links works", {
+  skip_on_cran()
+  
+  aa <- dump_links()
+  expect_is(aa, "list")
+  expect_is(aa$mammals, "list")
+  expect_is(aa$reptiles, "list")
+  expect_is(aa$amphibians, "list")
+  expect_is(aa$fishes, "list")
+  expect_is(aa$birds, "list")
+  expect_named(aa, c('mammals','reptiles','amphibians','fishes','birds'))
+  expect_true(grepl("https", aa$mammals$view))
+  expect_true(grepl("urn:uuid", aa$fishes$data))
+})
diff --git a/tests/testthat/test-vert_id.R b/tests/testthat/test-vert_id.R
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..be4ecc6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/testthat/test-vert_id.R
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+context("vert_id")
+
+test_that("vert_id works", {
+  skip_on_cran()
+  
+  aa <- vert_id(ids = "urn:catalog:AUM:Fish:13271", verbose = FALSE)
+  
+  expect_is(aa, "list")
+  expect_is(aa$meta, "list")
+  expect_is(aa$data, "data.frame")
+  expect_equal(NROW(aa$data), 1)
+  expect_named(aa$meta, c('request_date','response_records','request_origin','last_cursor',
+                          'limit','query_version','matching_records','api_version'))
+  expect_true(grepl("Noturus", aa$data$scientificname))
+})
+
+test_that("vert_id works", {
+  skip_on_cran()
+  
+  ids <- c("http://arctos.database.museum/guid/MSB:Mamm:56979?seid=1643089",
+           "urn:catalog:CM:Herps:116520",
+           "urn:catalog:AUM:Fish:13271")
+  aa <- vert_id(ids, verbose = FALSE)
+  
+  expect_is(aa, "list")
+  expect_is(aa$meta, "list")
+  expect_is(aa$data, "data.frame")
+  expect_equal(NROW(aa$data), 3)
+  expect_named(aa$meta, c('request_date','response_records','request_origin','last_cursor',
+                          'limit','query_version','matching_records','api_version'))
+  expect_true(any(grepl("Noturus", aa$data$scientificname)))
+  expect_true(any(grepl("Zapus", aa$data$scientificname)))
+  expect_true(any(grepl("Bufo", aa$data$scientificname)))
+})