diff --git a/datastore_server/sourceTest/core-plugins/generic-test/1/dss/drop-boxes/metaproject-api/metaproject-api.py b/datastore_server/sourceTest/core-plugins/generic-test/1/dss/drop-boxes/metaproject-api/metaproject-api.py
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+++ b/datastore_server/sourceTest/core-plugins/generic-test/1/dss/drop-boxes/metaproject-api/metaproject-api.py
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+SPACE_CODE = "META"
+PROJECT_ID = "/META/META"
+EXPERIMENT_ID = "/META/META/META"
+
+def create_project_and_experiment(transaction):
+    space = transaction.createNewSpace(SPACE_CODE, None)
+    space.setDescription("A demo space")
+    project = transaction.createNewProject(PROJECT_ID)
+    project.setDescription("A demo project")
+    exp = transaction.createNewExperiment(EXPERIMENT_ID, 'SIRNA_HCS')
+    exp.setPropertyValue("DESCRIPTION", "A sample experiment")
+    return exp
+    
+def process(transaction):
+  create_project_and_experiment(transaction)
+
+  existing_metaproject = transaction.getMetaproject("TEST_METAPROJECTS", "test")
+  copy_metaproject = transaction.createNewMetaproject("COPY_TEST_METAPROJCTS", existing_metaproject.getDescription(), "test")
+  
+  print existing_metaproject.getDescription()
+  
+  # existing_attached_sample = transaction.getSample("TEST-SPACE/EV-TEST")
+  
+  new_metaproject = transaction.createNewMetaproject("TEST_META", "description", "test")
+  
+  sample = transaction.createNewSample("/META/METASAMPLE", "NORMAL")
+  new_metaproject.addEntity(sample)
diff --git a/datastore_server/sourceTest/core-plugins/generic-test/1/dss/drop-boxes/metaproject-api/plugin.properties b/datastore_server/sourceTest/core-plugins/generic-test/1/dss/drop-boxes/metaproject-api/plugin.properties
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+++ b/datastore_server/sourceTest/core-plugins/generic-test/1/dss/drop-boxes/metaproject-api/plugin.properties
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+incoming-dir = ${root-dir}/incoming-metaproject-api-test
+incoming-dir-create = true
+incoming-data-completeness-condition = auto-detection
+top-level-data-set-handler = ch.systemsx.cisd.etlserver.registrator.api.v2.JythonTopLevelDataSetHandlerV2
+script-path = metaproject-api.py
+storage-processor = ch.systemsx.cisd.etlserver.DefaultStorageProcessor
diff --git a/datastore_server/sourceTest/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/openbis/datastoreserver/systemtests/MetaprojectDropboxApiSystemTest.java b/datastore_server/sourceTest/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/openbis/datastoreserver/systemtests/MetaprojectDropboxApiSystemTest.java
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+++ b/datastore_server/sourceTest/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/openbis/datastoreserver/systemtests/MetaprojectDropboxApiSystemTest.java
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+/*
+ * Copyright 2012 ETH Zuerich, CISD
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package ch.systemsx.cisd.openbis.datastoreserver.systemtests;
+
+import java.io.File;
+import java.io.IOException;
+
+import org.testng.annotations.Test;
+
+import ch.systemsx.cisd.common.filesystem.FileUtilities;
+import ch.systemsx.cisd.openbis.dss.generic.shared.IEncapsulatedOpenBISService;
+import ch.systemsx.cisd.openbis.dss.generic.shared.ServiceProvider;
+import ch.systemsx.cisd.openbis.generic.shared.basic.dto.Metaproject;
+
+/**
+ * @author Jakub Straszewski
+ */
+public class MetaprojectDropboxApiSystemTest extends SystemTestCase
+{
+    // for jython script locate
+    // metaproject-api-data-set-handler.py
+
+    @Override
+    protected File getIncomingDirectory()
+    {
+        return new File(rootDir, "incoming-metaproject-api-test");
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testCreateMetaproject() throws Exception
+    {
+        IEncapsulatedOpenBISService openBISService = ServiceProvider.getOpenBISService();
+
+        runDropbox();
+
+        assertMetaprojectCreated(openBISService);
+    }
+
+    private void assertMetaprojectCreated(IEncapsulatedOpenBISService openBISService)
+    {
+        Metaproject oldProject = openBISService.tryGetMetaproject("TEST_METAPROJECTS", "test");
+        Metaproject newProject = openBISService.tryGetMetaproject("COPY_TEST_METAPROJCTS", "test");
+
+        assertEquals(oldProject.getDescription(), newProject.getDescription());
+    }
+
+    private void runDropbox() throws IOException, Exception
+    {
+        File exampleDataSet = new File(workingDirectory, "my-data");
+        createExampleDataSet(exampleDataSet);
+        moveFileToIncoming(exampleDataSet);
+        waitUntilDataSetImported();
+    }
+
+    private void createExampleDataSet(File exampleDataSet)
+    {
+        exampleDataSet.mkdirs();
+        FileUtilities.writeToFile(new File(exampleDataSet, "file.txt"), "hello world");
+    }
+
+}