diff --git a/apps/recipe/tests.py b/apps/recipe/tests.py
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+from http.cookies import SimpleCookie
+
+
+from rest_framework.test import APITestCase
+from rest_framework import status
+
+from account.models import User
+from recipe.models import Recipe
+
+
+class BaseTestCase(APITestCase):
+
+    def setUp(self):
+        self.username = 'sedragurda'
+        self.password = 'sedragurdaredips19'
+        self.email = 'sedragurda@desoz.com'
+        self.user = User.objects.create_user(username=self.username, email=self.email, password=self.password)
+        tokkens = User.create_jwt_tokens(self.user)
+        self.client.cookies = SimpleCookie({'access_token': tokkens.get('access_token'),
+                                            'refresh_token': tokkens.get('refresh_token')})
+        self.test_recipe = Recipe.objects.create(title={"en-GB": "test title"}, description={"en-GB": "test description"},
+                                                 state=2, author="Test Author", created_by=self.user,
+                                                 modified_by=self.user)
+
+    def test_recipe_list(self):
+        response = self.client.get("/api/web/recipes/")
+        self.assertEqual(response.status_code, status.HTTP_200_OK)
+
+    def test_recipe_detail(self):
+        print(self.test_recipe.id)
+        response = self.client.get(f"/api/web/recipes/{self.test_recipe.id}/")
+        print(response.json())
+        self.assertEqual(response.status_code, status.HTTP_200_OK)