diff --git a/tests/legacy/ApiTest.php b/tests/legacy/ApiTest.php
index c4b6c373fe..743af75e0a 100644
--- a/tests/legacy/ApiTest.php
+++ b/tests/legacy/ApiTest.php
@@ -1215,60 +1215,7 @@ class ApiTest extends FixtureTest
 		//self::assertArrayHasKey('direct_message', $result);
 	}
 
-	/**
-	 * Test the api_direct_messages_box() function.
-	 *
-	 * @return void
-	 */
-	public function testApiDirectMessagesBoxWithVerbose()
-	{
-		/*
-		$result = api_direct_messages_box('json', 'sentbox', 'true');
-		self::assertEquals(
-			[
-				'$result' => [
-					'result'  => 'error',
-					'message' => 'no mails available'
-				]
-			],
-			$result
-		);
-		*/
-	}
 
-	/**
-	 * Test the api_direct_messages_box() function with a RSS result.
-	 *
-	 * @return void
-	 */
-	public function testApiDirectMessagesBoxWithRss()
-	{
-		//$result = api_direct_messages_box('rss', 'sentbox', 'false');
-		//self::assertXml($result, 'direct-messages');
-	}
-
-	/**
-	 * Test the api_direct_messages_box() function without an authenticated user.
-	 *
-	 * @return void
-	 */
-	public function testApiDirectMessagesBoxWithUnallowedUser()
-	{
-		//$this->expectException(\Friendica\Network\HTTPException\UnauthorizedException::class);
-		//BasicAuth::setCurrentUserID();
-		//api_direct_messages_box('json', 'sentbox', 'false');
-	}
-
-	/**
-	 * Test the api_direct_messages_sentbox() function.
-	 *
-	 * @return void
-	 */
-	public function testApiDirectMessagesSentbox()
-	{
-		//$result = api_direct_messages_sentbox('json');
-		//self::assertArrayHasKey('direct_message', $result);
-	}
 
 	/**
 	 * Test the api_direct_messages_conversation() function.
diff --git a/tests/src/Module/Api/Twitter/DirectMessages/SentTest.php b/tests/src/Module/Api/Twitter/DirectMessages/SentTest.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3343716622
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/src/Module/Api/Twitter/DirectMessages/SentTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace Friendica\Test\src\Module\Api\Twitter\DirectMessages;
+
+use Friendica\App\Router;
+use Friendica\DI;
+use Friendica\Factory\Api\Twitter\DirectMessage;
+use Friendica\Module\Api\Twitter\DirectMessages\Sent;
+use Friendica\Test\src\Module\Api\ApiTest;
+
+class SentTest extends ApiTest
+{
+	/**
+	 * Test the api_direct_messages_box() function.
+	 *
+	 * @return void
+	 */
+	public function testApiDirectMessagesBoxWithVerbose()
+	{
+		$directMessage = new DirectMessage(DI::logger(), DI::dba(), DI::twitterUser());
+
+		$sent     = new Sent($directMessage, DI::dba(), DI::app(), DI::l10n(), DI::baseUrl(), DI::args(), DI::logger(), DI::profiler(), DI::apiResponse(), ['REQUEST_METHOD' => Router::GET], ['extension' => 'json']);
+		$response = $sent->run([
+			'friendica_verbose' => true,
+		]);
+
+		$json = $this->toJson($response);
+
+		self::assertEquals('error', $json->result);
+		self::assertEquals('no mails available', $json->message);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Test the api_direct_messages_box() function with a RSS result.
+	 *
+	 * @return void
+	 */
+	public function testApiDirectMessagesBoxWithRss()
+	{
+		$directMessage = new DirectMessage(DI::logger(), DI::dba(), DI::twitterUser());
+
+		$sent     = new Sent($directMessage, DI::dba(), DI::app(), DI::l10n(), DI::baseUrl(), DI::args(), DI::logger(), DI::profiler(), DI::apiResponse(), ['REQUEST_METHOD' => Router::GET], ['extension' => 'rss']);
+		$response = $sent->run();
+
+		self::assertXml((string)$response->getBody(), 'direct-messages');
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Test the api_direct_messages_box() function without an authenticated user.
+	 *
+	 * @return void
+	 */
+	public function testApiDirectMessagesBoxWithUnallowedUser()
+	{
+		self::markTestIncomplete('Needs BasicAuth as dynamic method for overriding first');
+
+		//$this->expectException(\Friendica\Network\HTTPException\UnauthorizedException::class);
+		//BasicAuth::setCurrentUserID();
+		//api_direct_messages_box('json', 'sentbox', 'false');
+	}
+}