diff --git a/ui/src/api_tests/api.spec.ts b/ui/src/api_tests/api.spec.ts
index f6dfb1614..5db9ee647 100644
--- a/ui/src/api_tests/api.spec.ts
+++ b/ui/src/api_tests/api.spec.ts
@@ -1,13 +1,85 @@
 import fetch from 'node-fetch';
 
+import {
+  LoginForm,
+  LoginResponse,
+  GetPostsForm,
+  GetPostsResponse,
+  CommentForm,
+  CommentResponse,
+  ListingType,
+  SortType,
+} from '../interfaces';
+
+let baseUrl = 'https://test.lemmy.ml';
+let apiUrl = `${baseUrl}/api/v1`;
+let auth: string;
+
+beforeAll(async () => {
+  console.log('Logging in as test user.');
+  let form: LoginForm = {
+    username_or_email: 'tester',
+    password: 'tester',
+  };
+
+  let res: LoginResponse = await fetch(`${apiUrl}/user/login`, {
+    method: 'POST',
+    headers: {
+      'Content-Type': 'application/json',
+    },
+    body: wrapper(form),
+  }).then(d => d.json());
+
+  auth = res.jwt;
+});
+
+test('Get test user posts', async () => {
+  let form: GetPostsForm = {
+    type_: ListingType[ListingType.All],
+    sort: SortType[SortType.TopAll],
+    auth,
+  };
+
+  let res: GetPostsResponse = await fetch(
+    `${apiUrl}/post/list?type_=${form.type_}&sort=${form.sort}&auth=${auth}`
+  ).then(d => d.json());
+
+  // console.debug(res);
+
+  expect(res.posts[0].id).toBe(2);
+});
+
+test('Create test comment', async () => {
+  let content = 'A jest test comment';
+  let form: CommentForm = {
+    post_id: 2,
+    content,
+    auth,
+  };
+
+  let res: CommentResponse = await fetch(`${apiUrl}/comment`, {
+    method: 'POST',
+    headers: {
+      'Content-Type': 'application/json',
+    },
+    body: wrapper(form),
+  }).then(d => d.json());
+
+  expect(res.comment.content).toBe(content);
+});
+
 test('adds 1 + 2 to equal 3', () => {
   let sum = (a: number, b: number) => a + b;
   expect(sum(1, 2)).toBe(3);
 });
 
-test('Get communism.lemmy.ml nodeinfo href', async () => {
-  let url = 'https://communism.lemmy.ml/.well-known/nodeinfo';
-  let href = 'https://communism.lemmy.ml/nodeinfo/2.0.json';
+test(`Get ${baseUrl} nodeinfo href`, async () => {
+  let url = `${baseUrl}/.well-known/nodeinfo`;
+  let href = `${baseUrl}/nodeinfo/2.0.json`;
   let res = await fetch(url).then(d => d.json());
   expect(res.links.href).toBe(href);
 });
+
+function wrapper(form: any): string {
+  return JSON.stringify(form);
+}
diff --git a/ui/src/interfaces.ts b/ui/src/interfaces.ts
index 12430836c..011f04083 100644
--- a/ui/src/interfaces.ts
+++ b/ui/src/interfaces.ts
@@ -654,7 +654,7 @@ export interface CommentForm {
   post_id: number;
   parent_id?: number;
   edit_id?: number;
-  creator_id: number;
+  creator_id?: number;
   removed?: boolean;
   deleted?: boolean;
   reason?: string;