diff --git a/cookbook/tests/api/__init__.py b/cookbook/tests/api/__init__.py
deleted file mode 100644
index e69de29bb..000000000
diff --git a/cookbook/tests/api/test_api_recipe.py b/cookbook/tests/api/test_api_recipe.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 9bd679011..000000000
--- a/cookbook/tests/api/test_api_recipe.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,31 +0,0 @@
-from cookbook.models import Recipe
-from cookbook.tests.views.test_views import TestViews
-from django.contrib import auth
-from django.urls import reverse
-
-
-class TestApiShopping(TestViews):
-
-    def setUp(self):
-        super(TestApiShopping, self).setUp()
-        self.internal_recipe = Recipe.objects.create(
-            name='Test',
-            internal=True,
-            created_by=auth.get_user(self.user_client_1)
-        )
-
-    def test_shopping_view_permissions(self):
-        self.batch_requests(
-            [
-                (self.anonymous_client, 403),
-                (self.guest_client_1, 200),
-                (self.user_client_1, 200),
-                (self.user_client_2, 200),
-                (self.admin_client_1, 200),
-                (self.superuser_client, 200)
-            ],
-            reverse(
-                'api:recipe-detail', args={self.internal_recipe.id})
-        )
-
-    # TODO add tests for editing
diff --git a/cookbook/tests/pytest/api/test_api_recipe.py b/cookbook/tests/pytest/api/test_api_recipe.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c1b103ca6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cookbook/tests/pytest/api/test_api_recipe.py
@@ -0,0 +1,104 @@
+import json
+
+import pytest
+from django.urls import reverse
+from django_scopes import scopes_disabled
+
+from cookbook.models import Food, Ingredient, Step, Recipe
+
+LIST_URL = 'api:recipe-list'
+DETAIL_URL = 'api:recipe-detail'
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("arg", [
+    ['a_u', 403],
+    ['g1_s1', 200],
+    ['u1_s1', 200],
+    ['a1_s1', 200],
+])
+def test_list_permission(arg, request):
+    c = request.getfixturevalue(arg[0])
+    assert c.get(reverse(LIST_URL)).status_code == arg[1]
+
+
+def test_list_space(recipe_1_s1, u1_s1, u1_s2, space_2):
+    assert len(json.loads(u1_s1.get(reverse(LIST_URL)).content)) == 1
+    assert len(json.loads(u1_s2.get(reverse(LIST_URL)).content)) == 0
+
+    with scopes_disabled():
+        recipe_1_s1.space = space_2
+        recipe_1_s1.save()
+
+    assert len(json.loads(u1_s1.get(reverse(LIST_URL)).content)) == 0
+    assert len(json.loads(u1_s2.get(reverse(LIST_URL)).content)) == 1
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("arg", [
+    ['a_u', 403],
+    ['g1_s1', 200],
+    ['u1_s1', 200],
+    ['a1_s1', 200],
+    ['g1_s2', 404],
+    ['u1_s2', 404],
+    ['a1_s2', 404],
+])
+def test_update(arg, request, recipe_1_s1):
+    with scopes_disabled():
+        c = request.getfixturevalue(arg[0])
+        r = c.patch(
+            reverse(
+                DETAIL_URL,
+                args={recipe_1_s1.id}
+            ),
+            {'name': 'new'},
+            content_type='application/json'
+        )
+        response = json.loads(r.content)
+        assert r.status_code == arg[1]
+        if r.status_code == 200:
+            assert response['name'] == 'new'
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("arg", [
+    ['a_u', 403],
+    ['g1_s1', 201],
+    ['u1_s1', 201],
+    ['a1_s1', 201],
+])
+def test_add(arg, request, u1_s2):
+    c = request.getfixturevalue(arg[0])
+    r = c.post(
+        reverse(LIST_URL),
+        {'name': 'test', 'waiting_time': 0, 'working_time': 0, 'keywords': [], 'steps': []},
+        content_type='application/json'
+    )
+    response = json.loads(r.content)
+    print(r.content)
+    assert r.status_code == arg[1]
+    if r.status_code == 201:
+        assert response['id'] == 1
+        r = c.get(reverse(DETAIL_URL, args={response['id']}))
+        assert r.status_code == 200
+        r = u1_s2.get(reverse(DETAIL_URL, args={response['id']}))
+        assert r.status_code == 404
+
+
+def test_delete(u1_s1, u1_s2, recipe_1_s1):
+    with scopes_disabled():
+        r = u1_s2.delete(
+            reverse(
+                DETAIL_URL,
+                args={recipe_1_s1.id}
+            )
+        )
+        assert r.status_code == 404
+
+        r = u1_s1.delete(
+            reverse(
+                DETAIL_URL,
+                args={recipe_1_s1.id}
+            )
+        )
+
+        assert r.status_code == 204
+        assert not Recipe.objects.filter(pk=recipe_1_s1.id).exists()