diff --git a/.eslintrc.json b/.eslintrc.json
index 48e35cb..8f2d3ac 100644
--- a/.eslintrc.json
+++ b/.eslintrc.json
@@ -3,7 +3,8 @@
   "env": {
     "node": true,
     "browser": true,
-    "es2021": true
+    "es2021": true,
+    "jest": true
   },
   "plugins": ["import", "react", "jsx-a11y", "css-modules"],
   "extends": [
@@ -39,4 +40,4 @@
       }
     }
   }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/__tests__/routes.js b/__tests__/routes.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5abc219
--- /dev/null
+++ b/__tests__/routes.js
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+const request = require('supertest');
+
+const server = 'http://localhost:3000';
+
+describe('Snippets route', () => {
+  describe('GET', () => {
+    xit('responds with 200 status and json', () => {
+      return request(server)
+        .get('/snippets')
+        .expect(200)
+        .expect('Content-Type', 'application/json')
+        .end((err, res) => {
+          if (err) throw err;
+        });
+    });
+    xit('responds with data that has keys: title, comments, storedCode, language', () => {
+      return request(server)
+        .get('/snippets')
+        .expect((res) => {
+          if (!res.body.hasOwnProperty('title')) {
+            throw new Error("Expected 'title' key!");
+          }
+          if (!res.body.hasOwnProperty('comments')) {
+            throw new Error("Expected 'comments' key!");
+          }
+          if (!res.body.hasOwnProperty('language')) {
+            throw new Error("Expected 'language' key!");
+          }
+          if (!res.body.hasOwnProperty('storedCode')) {
+            throw new Error("Expected 'storedCode' key!");
+          }
+        })
+        .end((err, res) => {
+          if (err) throw err;
+        });
+    });
+    xit('responds with data that has key, tags, and value of an array', () => {
+      return request(server)
+        .get('/snippets')
+        .expect((res) => {
+          if (!res.body.hasOwnProperty('tags')) {
+            throw new Error("Expected 'tags' key!");
+          }
+          if (!Array.isArray(res.body.tags)) {
+            throw new Error("Expected 'tags' to be an array!");
+          }
+        })
+        .end((err, res) => {
+          if (err) throw err;
+        });
+    });
+  });
+  describe('POST', () => {});
+  describe('PUT', () => {});
+  describe('DELETE', () => {});
+});
+
+describe('Authentication route', () => {
+  describe('GET', () => {});
+  describe('POST', () => {});
+});
+
+describe('Invalid route', () => {
+  describe('GET', () => {});
+});
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index a287341..29c43fe 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@
     "nodemon": "^2.0.22",
     "sass-loader": "^13.2.2",
     "style-loader": "^3.3.2",
+    "supertest": "^6.3.3",
     "webpack": "^5.82.1",
     "webpack-cli": "^5.1.1",
     "webpack-dev-server": "^4.15.0"