diff --git a/integration/playwright.config.ts b/integration/playwright.config.ts
index 4339300c..f8111cd5 100644
--- a/integration/playwright.config.ts
+++ b/integration/playwright.config.ts
@@ -29,6 +29,10 @@ const config: PlaywrightTestConfig = {
         ...devices['iPhone 11'],
       },
     },
+    {
+      name: 'API',
+      testDir: 'src/api',
+    },
   ],
 };
 
diff --git a/integration/src/api/submitting-a-rapid-review.spec.ts b/integration/src/api/submitting-a-rapid-review.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..739dd438
--- /dev/null
+++ b/integration/src/api/submitting-a-rapid-review.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,94 @@
+import { expect, test } from './test';
+import { jsonBody } from './utils';
+
+test.asAnAuthenticatedAPIUser(
+  'can submit a rapid review',
+  async ({ apiFetch, preprint }) => {
+    const response = await apiFetch(`/api/v2/rapid-reviews`, {
+      method: 'POST',
+      body: JSON.stringify({
+        preprint: preprint.uuid,
+        ynNovel: 'N/A',
+        ynFuture: 'N/A',
+        ynReproducibility: 'N/A',
+        ynMethods: 'N/A',
+        ynCoherent: 'N/A',
+        ynLimitations: 'N/A',
+        ynEthics: 'N/A',
+        ynNewData: 'N/A',
+        ynAvailableData: 'N/A',
+        ynAvailableCode: 'N/A',
+        ynRecommend: 'N/A',
+        ynPeerReview: 'N/A',
+      }),
+      headers: {
+        'Content-Type': 'application/json',
+      },
+    });
+
+    expect(response.status).toBe(201);
+    expect(await jsonBody(response)).toMatchSnapshot('success.json');
+  },
+);
+
+test.asAnAnonymousAPIUser(
+  'not allowed to submit a rapid review',
+  async ({ fetch, preprint }) => {
+    const response = await fetch(`/api/v2/rapid-reviews`, {
+      method: 'POST',
+      body: JSON.stringify({
+        preprint: preprint.uuid,
+        ynNovel: 'N/A',
+        ynFuture: 'N/A',
+        ynReproducibility: 'N/A',
+        ynMethods: 'N/A',
+        ynCoherent: 'N/A',
+        ynLimitations: 'N/A',
+        ynEthics: 'N/A',
+        ynNewData: 'N/A',
+        ynAvailableData: 'N/A',
+        ynAvailableCode: 'N/A',
+        ynRecommend: 'N/A',
+        ynPeerReview: 'N/A',
+      }),
+      headers: {
+        'Content-Type': 'application/json',
+      },
+    });
+
+    expect(response.status).toBe(403);
+    expect(await jsonBody(response)).toMatchSnapshot('no-api-key.json');
+  },
+);
+
+test.asAnAuthenticatedAPIUser(
+  'not allowed to submit multiple rapid reviews',
+  async ({ apiFetch, preprint, rapidReview }, { fixme }) => {
+    const response = await apiFetch(`/api/v2/rapid-reviews`, {
+      method: 'POST',
+      body: JSON.stringify({
+        preprint: preprint.uuid,
+        ynNovel: 'N/A',
+        ynFuture: 'N/A',
+        ynReproducibility: 'N/A',
+        ynMethods: 'N/A',
+        ynCoherent: 'N/A',
+        ynLimitations: 'N/A',
+        ynEthics: 'N/A',
+        ynNewData: 'N/A',
+        ynAvailableData: 'N/A',
+        ynAvailableCode: 'N/A',
+        ynRecommend: 'N/A',
+        ynPeerReview: 'N/A',
+      }),
+      headers: {
+        'Content-Type': 'application/json',
+      },
+    });
+
+    fixme(true, 'A successful response is returned');
+
+    expect(response.status).toBe(403);
+    expect(await jsonBody(response)).toMatchSnapshot('duplicate.json');
+  },
+);
diff --git a/integration/src/api/submitting-a-rapid-review.spec.ts-snapshots/no-api-key-API-linux.json b/integration/src/api/submitting-a-rapid-review.spec.ts-snapshots/no-api-key-API-linux.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a7d96977
--- /dev/null
+++ b/integration/src/api/submitting-a-rapid-review.spec.ts-snapshots/no-api-key-API-linux.json
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+{
+  "message": "Access Denied - You don't have permission to: access private pages"
+}
diff --git a/integration/src/api/submitting-a-rapid-review.spec.ts-snapshots/success-API-linux.json b/integration/src/api/submitting-a-rapid-review.spec.ts-snapshots/success-API-linux.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..203d0004
--- /dev/null
+++ b/integration/src/api/submitting-a-rapid-review.spec.ts-snapshots/success-API-linux.json
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+{
+  "status": 201,
+  "message": "created",
+  "data": [
+    {
+      "uuid": "...",
+      "createdAt": "...",
+      "updatedAt": "...",
+      "isPublished": false,
+      "isFlagged": false,
+      "ynNovel": "N/A",
+      "ynFuture": "N/A",
+      "ynReproducibility": "N/A",
+      "ynMethods": "N/A",
+      "ynCoherent": "N/A",
+      "ynLimitations": "N/A",
+      "ynEthics": "N/A",
+      "ynNewData": "N/A",
+      "ynRecommend": "N/A",
+      "ynPeerReview": "N/A",
+      "ynAvailableCode": "N/A",
+      "ynAvailableData": "N/A",
+      "author": 0,
+      "preprint": 0
+    }
+  ]
+}
diff --git a/integration/src/api/test.ts b/integration/src/api/test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..fa7cacb6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/integration/src/api/test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+import { test as baseTest } from '@playwright/test';
+import {
+  dataFixtures,
+  fakerFixtures,
+  httpFixtures,
+  userDataFixtures,
+  userFixtures,
+} from '../fixtures';
+
+const dataTest = baseTest
+  .extend(fakerFixtures)
+  .extend(httpFixtures)
+  .extend(dataFixtures);
+
+const asAnAnonymousAPIUser = dataTest;
+
+const asAnAuthenticatedAPIUser = dataTest
+  .extend(userFixtures)
+  .extend(userDataFixtures)
+  .extend({
+    storageState: async ({}, use) => {
+      await use('state/logged-in-user.json');
+    },
+  });
+
+export const test = {
+  asAnAnonymousAPIUser,
+  asAnAuthenticatedAPIUser,
+};
+
+export { expect } from '@playwright/test';
diff --git a/integration/src/api/utils.ts b/integration/src/api/utils.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..72643378
--- /dev/null
+++ b/integration/src/api/utils.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+import { Body } from 'node-fetch';
+
+export async function jsonBody<T extends Body>(message: T): Promise<Buffer> {
+  return Buffer.from(
+    JSON.stringify(await message.json(), jsonReplacer, 2) + '\n',
+  );
+}
+
+function jsonReplacer(key: string, value: unknown) {
+  if (['author', 'createdAt', 'preprint', 'updatedAt', 'uuid'].includes(key)) {
+    switch (typeof value) {
+      case 'number':
+        return 0;
+      default:
+        return '...';
+    }
+  }
+
+  return value;
+}
diff --git a/integration/src/fixtures.ts b/integration/src/fixtures.ts
index cf906fef..8aa413bd 100644
--- a/integration/src/fixtures.ts
+++ b/integration/src/fixtures.ts
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ type DataFixtures = {
 };
 
 type UserFixtures = {
+  apiFetch: Fetch;
   apiHeaders: AuthHeaders;
   apiKey: ApiKey;
   user: User;
@@ -116,6 +117,15 @@ export const userFixtures: Fixtures<
   {},
   HttpFixtures & PlaywrightTestArgs & PlaywrightTestOptions
 > = {
+  apiFetch: async (
+    // Types needed due to https://github.com/microsoft/playwright/issues/9125
+    { apiHeaders, fetch }: PlaywrightTestOptions & HttpFixtures & UserFixtures,
+    use: (r: Fetch) => Promise<void>,
+  ) => {
+    await use((url, init = {}) =>
+      fetch(url, { ...init, headers: { ...apiHeaders, ...init.headers } }),
+    );
+  },
   apiHeaders: async ({ apiKey }, use) => {
     await use({
       'X-API-App': apiKey.app,