diff --git a/js/common.js b/js/common.js
index 093428c2..39f52056 100644
--- a/js/common.js
+++ b/js/common.js
@@ -125,6 +125,11 @@ exports.jscQueryString = function() {
     return jsc.elements(queryString);
 }
 
+// provides random characters allowed in base64 encoded strings
+exports.jscBase64String = function() {
+    return jsc.elements(base64String);
+}
+
 // provides a random URL schema supported by the whatwg-url library
 exports.jscSchemas = function() {
     return jsc.elements(schemas);
diff --git a/js/test/Model.js b/js/test/Model.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3763d931
--- /dev/null
+++ b/js/test/Model.js
@@ -0,0 +1,263 @@
+'use strict';
+var common = require('../common');
+
+describe('Model', function () {
+    describe('getExpirationDefault', function () {
+        before(function () {
+            $.PrivateBin.Model.reset();
+            cleanup();
+        });
+
+        jsc.property(
+            'returns the contents of the element with id "pasteExpiration"',
+            'array asciinestring',
+            'string',
+            'small nat',
+            function (keys, value, key) {
+                keys = keys.map(common.htmlEntities);
+                value = common.htmlEntities(value);
+                var content = keys.length > key ? keys[key] : (keys.length > 0 ? keys[0] : 'null'),
+                    contents = '<select id="pasteExpiration" name="pasteExpiration">';
+                keys.forEach(function(item) {
+                    contents += '<option value="' + item + '"';
+                    if (item === content) {
+                        contents += ' selected="selected"';
+                    }
+                    contents += '>' + value + '</option>';
+                });
+                contents += '</select>';
+                $('body').html(contents);
+                var result = common.htmlEntities(
+                    $.PrivateBin.Model.getExpirationDefault()
+                );
+                $.PrivateBin.Model.reset();
+                return content === result;
+            }
+        );
+    });
+
+    describe('getFormatDefault', function () {
+        before(function () {
+            $.PrivateBin.Model.reset();
+            cleanup();
+        });
+
+        jsc.property(
+            'returns the contents of the element with id "pasteFormatter"',
+            'array asciinestring',
+            'string',
+            'small nat',
+            function (keys, value, key) {
+                keys = keys.map(common.htmlEntities);
+                value = common.htmlEntities(value);
+                var content = keys.length > key ? keys[key] : (keys.length > 0 ? keys[0] : 'null'),
+                    contents = '<select id="pasteFormatter" name="pasteFormatter">';
+                keys.forEach(function(item) {
+                    contents += '<option value="' + item + '"';
+                    if (item === content) {
+                        contents += ' selected="selected"';
+                    }
+                    contents += '>' + value + '</option>';
+                });
+                contents += '</select>';
+                $('body').html(contents);
+                var result = common.htmlEntities(
+                    $.PrivateBin.Model.getFormatDefault()
+                );
+                $.PrivateBin.Model.reset();
+                return content === result;
+            }
+        );
+    });
+
+    describe('hasCipherData', function () {
+        before(function () {
+            $.PrivateBin.Model.reset();
+            cleanup();
+        });
+
+        jsc.property(
+            'checks if the element with id "cipherdata" contains any data',
+            'asciistring',
+            function (value) {
+                value = common.htmlEntities(value).trim();
+                $('body').html('<div id="cipherdata">' + value + '</div>');
+                $.PrivateBin.Model.init();
+                var result = $.PrivateBin.Model.hasCipherData();
+                $.PrivateBin.Model.reset();
+                return (value.length > 0) === result;
+            }
+        );
+    });
+
+    describe('getCipherData', function () {
+        before(function () {
+            $.PrivateBin.Model.reset();
+            cleanup();
+        });
+
+        jsc.property(
+            'returns the contents of the element with id "cipherdata"',
+            'asciistring',
+            function (value) {
+                value = common.htmlEntities(value).trim();
+                $('body').html('<div id="cipherdata">' + value + '</div>');
+                $.PrivateBin.Model.init();
+                var result = common.htmlEntities(
+                    $.PrivateBin.Model.getCipherData()
+                );
+                $.PrivateBin.Model.reset();
+                return value === result;
+            }
+        );
+    });
+
+    describe('getPasteId', function () {
+        this.timeout(30000);
+        before(function () {
+            $.PrivateBin.Model.reset();
+            cleanup();
+        });
+
+        jsc.property(
+            'returns the query string without separator, if any',
+            jsc.nearray(common.jscA2zString()),
+            jsc.nearray(common.jscA2zString()),
+            jsc.nearray(common.jscQueryString()),
+            'string',
+            function (schema, address, query, fragment) {
+                var queryString = query.join(''),
+                    clean = jsdom('', {
+                        url: schema.join('') + '://' + address.join('') +
+                             '/?' + queryString + '#' + fragment
+                    }),
+                    result = $.PrivateBin.Model.getPasteId();
+                $.PrivateBin.Model.reset();
+                clean();
+                return queryString === result;
+            }
+        );
+        jsc.property(
+            'throws exception on empty query string',
+            jsc.nearray(common.jscA2zString()),
+            jsc.nearray(common.jscA2zString()),
+            'string',
+            function (schema, address, fragment) {
+                var clean = jsdom('', {
+                        url: schema.join('') + '://' + address.join('') +
+                             '/#' + fragment
+                    }),
+                    result = false;
+                try {
+                    $.PrivateBin.Model.getPasteId();
+                }
+                catch(err) {
+                    result = true;
+                }
+                $.PrivateBin.Model.reset();
+                clean();
+                return result;
+            }
+        );
+    });
+
+    describe('getPasteKey', function () {
+        this.timeout(30000);
+        jsc.property(
+            'returns the fragment of the URL',
+            jsc.nearray(common.jscA2zString()),
+            jsc.nearray(common.jscA2zString()),
+            jsc.array(common.jscQueryString()),
+            jsc.nearray(common.jscBase64String()),
+            function (schema, address, query, fragment) {
+                var fragmentString = fragment.join(''),
+                    clean = jsdom('', {
+                        url: schema.join('') + '://' + address.join('') +
+                             '/?' + query.join('') + '#' + fragmentString
+                    }),
+                    result = $.PrivateBin.Model.getPasteKey();
+                $.PrivateBin.Model.reset();
+                clean();
+                return fragmentString === result;
+            }
+        );
+        jsc.property(
+            'returns the fragment stripped of trailing query parts',
+            jsc.nearray(common.jscA2zString()),
+            jsc.nearray(common.jscA2zString()),
+            jsc.array(common.jscQueryString()),
+            jsc.nearray(common.jscBase64String()),
+            jsc.array(common.jscQueryString()),
+            function (schema, address, query, fragment, trail) {
+                var fragmentString = fragment.join(''),
+                    clean = jsdom('', {
+                        url: schema.join('') + '://' + address.join('') + '/?' +
+                             query.join('') + '#' + fragmentString + '&' + trail.join('')
+                    }),
+                    result = $.PrivateBin.Model.getPasteKey();
+                $.PrivateBin.Model.reset();
+                clean();
+                return fragmentString === result;
+            }
+        );
+        jsc.property(
+            'throws exception on empty fragment of the URL',
+            jsc.nearray(common.jscA2zString()),
+            jsc.nearray(common.jscA2zString()),
+            jsc.array(common.jscQueryString()),
+            function (schema, address, query) {
+                var clean = jsdom('', {
+                        url: schema.join('') + '://' + address.join('') +
+                             '/?' + query.join('')
+                    }),
+                    result = false;
+                try {
+                    $.PrivateBin.Model.getPasteKey();
+                }
+                catch(err) {
+                    result = true;
+                }
+                $.PrivateBin.Model.reset();
+                clean();
+                return result;
+            }
+        );
+    });
+
+    describe('getTemplate', function () {
+        before(function () {
+            $.PrivateBin.Model.reset();
+            cleanup();
+        });
+
+        jsc.property(
+            'returns the contents of the element with id "[name]template"',
+            jsc.nearray(common.jscAlnumString()),
+            jsc.nearray(common.jscA2zString()),
+            jsc.nearray(common.jscAlnumString()),
+            function (id, element, value) {
+                id = id.join('');
+                element = element.join('');
+                value = value.join('').trim();
+
+                // <br>, <hr>, <img> and <wbr> tags can't contain strings,
+                // table tags can't be alone, so test with a <p> instead
+                if (['br', 'col', 'hr', 'img', 'tr', 'td', 'th', 'wbr'].indexOf(element) >= 0) {
+                    element = 'p';
+                }
+
+                $('body').html(
+                    '<div id="templates"><' + element + ' id="' + id +
+                    'template">' + value + '</' + element + '></div>'
+                );
+                $.PrivateBin.Model.init();
+                var template = '<' + element + ' id="' + id + '">' + value +
+                    '</' + element + '>',
+                    result = $.PrivateBin.Model.getTemplate(id).wrap('<p/>').parent().html();
+                $.PrivateBin.Model.reset();
+                return template === result;
+            }
+        );
+    });
+});
+