diff --git a/tests/manual_tests/__init__.py b/tests/manual_tests/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..e69de29bb2d1d6434b8b29ae775ad8c2e48c5391
diff --git a/tests/manual_tests/list_comments_by_author_last_update_test.py b/tests/manual_tests/list_comments_by_author_last_update_test.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..d7c950f92f1488b3cf4ad5c91165a30f765371b0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/manual_tests/list_comments_by_author_last_update_test.py
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+#!/usr/bin/python3
+
+from .test_base import run_test
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+ reference_hive_node_url = 'https://api.hive.blog'
+ test_hive_node_url = 'http://127.0.0.1:8080'
+
+ payload = {
+ "jsonrpc":"2.0",
+ "method":"database_api.list_comments",
+ "params" : {
+ "start" : ['steemit', '1970-01-01T00:00:00', '', ''],
+ "limit" : 10,
+ "order" : 'by_author_last_update'
+ },
+ "id":1
+ }
+
+ run_test(reference_hive_node_url, test_hive_node_url, payload, ['author', 'permlink', 'updated_at'])
diff --git a/tests/manual_tests/list_comments_by_cashout_test.py b/tests/manual_tests/list_comments_by_cashout_test.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..69847e06e03cbdc5f137bbd22d38437477186dd3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/manual_tests/list_comments_by_cashout_test.py
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+#!/usr/bin/python3
+from .test_base import run_test
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+ reference_hive_node_url = 'https://api.hive.blog'
+ test_hive_node_url = 'http://127.0.0.1:8080'
+
+ payload = {
+ "jsonrpc":"2.0",
+ "method":"database_api.list_comments",
+ "params" : {
+ "start" : ['1970-01-01T00:00:00', '', ''],
+ "limit" : 10,
+ "order" : 'by_cashout_time'
+ },
+ "id":1
+ }
+
+ run_test(reference_hive_node_url, test_hive_node_url, payload, ['author', 'permlink', 'parent_author', 'parent_permlink', 'created'])
diff --git a/tests/manual_tests/list_comments_by_parent_test.py b/tests/manual_tests/list_comments_by_parent_test.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..00a0ce719728e4df0cee8c6150ff6a4f87696325
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/manual_tests/list_comments_by_parent_test.py
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+#!/usr/bin/python3
+from .test_base import run_test
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+ reference_hive_node_url = 'https://api.hive.blog'
+ test_hive_node_url = 'http://127.0.0.1:8080'
+
+ payload = {
+ "jsonrpc":"2.0",
+ "method":"database_api.list_comments",
+ "params" : {
+ "start" : ['steemit', 'firstpost', '', ''],
+ "limit" : 10,
+ "order" : 'by_parent'
+ },
+ "id":1
+ }
+
+ run_test(reference_hive_node_url, test_hive_node_url, payload, ['author', 'permlink', 'parent_author', 'parent_permlink', 'created'])
diff --git a/tests/manual_tests/list_comments_by_permlink.py b/tests/manual_tests/list_comments_by_permlink.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..a5ef3e3339c49b317af35cb243bf3c149d07c3d8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/manual_tests/list_comments_by_permlink.py
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+#!/usr/bin/python3
+from .test_base import run_test
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+ reference_hive_node_url = 'https://api.hive.blog'
+ test_hive_node_url = 'http://127.0.0.1:8080'
+
+ payload = {
+ "jsonrpc" : "2.0",
+ "method" : "database_api.list_comments",
+ "params" : {
+ "start" : ['', ''],
+ "limit" : 10,
+ "order" : 'by_permlink'
+ },
+ "id" : 1
+ }
+
+ run_test(reference_hive_node_url, test_hive_node_url, payload, ['author', 'permlink'])
diff --git a/tests/manual_tests/list_comments_by_root_test.py b/tests/manual_tests/list_comments_by_root_test.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..5b9a6a0926141ecbd3d81d7f317953037bc4f1e4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/manual_tests/list_comments_by_root_test.py
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+#!/usr/bin/python3
+from .test_base import run_test
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+ reference_hive_node_url = 'https://api.hive.blog'
+ test_hive_node_url = 'http://127.0.0.1:8080'
+
+ payload = {
+ "jsonrpc" : "2.0",
+ "method" : "database_api.list_comments",
+ "params" : {
+ "start" : ['steemit', 'firstpost', '', ''],
+ "limit" : 20,
+ "order" : 'by_root'
+ },
+ "id":1
+ }
+
+ run_test(reference_hive_node_url, test_hive_node_url, payload, ['author', 'permlink', 'root_author', 'root_permlink', 'created'])
+
diff --git a/tests/manual_tests/list_comments_by_update_test.py b/tests/manual_tests/list_comments_by_update_test.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..5c5bcd2742be431cbfd17f78599de43923a866da
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/manual_tests/list_comments_by_update_test.py
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+#!/usr/bin/python3
+from .test_base import run_test
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+ reference_hive_node_url = 'https://api.hive.blog'
+ test_hive_node_url = 'http://127.0.0.1:8080'
+
+ payload = {
+ "jsonrpc":"2.0",
+ "method":"database_api.list_comments",
+ "params" : {
+ "start" : ['steemit', '1970-01-01T00:00:00', '', ''],
+ "limit" : 10,
+ "order" : 'by_update'
+ },
+ "id":1
+ }
+
+ run_test(reference_hive_node_url, test_hive_node_url, payload, ['author', 'permlink', 'parent_author', 'parent_permlink', 'updated_at'])
diff --git a/tests/manual_tests/test_base.py b/tests/manual_tests/test_base.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..0e35eb29f1319d0850fc9160ebec8b326a5bb615
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/manual_tests/test_base.py
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+def run_test(reference_node_url, test_node_url, payload, table_keys):
+ import prettytable
+ from requests import post
+ from json import dumps
+
+ print("Querying reference node")
+ resp = post(reference_node_url, dumps(payload))
+
+ json = resp.json()
+ table = prettytable.PrettyTable()
+ table.field_names = table_keys
+ for row in json['result']['comments']:
+ table.add_row([row[key] for key in table_keys])
+ print(table)
+
+ print("Querying test node")
+ resp = post(test_node_url, dumps(payload))
+
+ json = resp.json()
+ table = prettytable.PrettyTable()
+ table.field_names = table_keys
+ for row in json['result']:
+ table.add_row([row[key] for key in table_keys])
+ print(table)