diff --git a/gemeinsamforschen/pom.xml b/gemeinsamforschen/pom.xml
index 5a64238d7df507d87d4847ae40e923fbecbacd3a..f10c541c1e44bb43155bdb3c9d9730032ae6ab4b 100644
--- a/gemeinsamforschen/pom.xml
+++ b/gemeinsamforschen/pom.xml
@@ -146,6 +146,17 @@
             <version>3.0.1</version>
             <scope>provided</scope>
         </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.glassfish.jersey.test-framework.providers</groupId>
+            <artifactId>jersey-test-framework-provider-inmemory</artifactId>
+            <version>${jersey.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.glassfish.jersey.test-framework</groupId>
+            <artifactId>jersey-test-framework-util</artifactId>
+            <version>2.27</version>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
 
     </dependencies>
 
diff --git a/gemeinsamforschen/src/main/java/unipotsdam/gf/core/management/user/User.java b/gemeinsamforschen/src/main/java/unipotsdam/gf/core/management/user/User.java
index 2bc14ae52197262a69a27da74c5874daf1475daf..18376324134d68a1520717640b2fa0ea90c574a4 100644
--- a/gemeinsamforschen/src/main/java/unipotsdam/gf/core/management/user/User.java
+++ b/gemeinsamforschen/src/main/java/unipotsdam/gf/core/management/user/User.java
@@ -1,14 +1,13 @@
 package unipotsdam.gf.core.management.user;
 
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonIgnoreProperties;
+
 /**
  * Created by dehne on 31.05.2018.
  */
+@JsonIgnoreProperties(ignoreUnknown = true)
 public class User {
 
-    // the email is the id!
-    public String getId() {
-        return this.email;
-    }
     private String name;
     private String password;
     private String email;
@@ -35,6 +34,11 @@ public class User {
         this.isStudent = isStudent;
     }
 
+    // the email is the id!
+    public String getId() {
+        return this.email;
+    }
+
     public String getName() {
         return name;
     }
@@ -68,7 +72,6 @@ public class User {
     }
 
 
-
     public Boolean getStudent() {
         return isStudent;
     }
diff --git a/gemeinsamforschen/src/test/java/unipotsdam/gf/modules/communication/view/CommunicationViewTest.java b/gemeinsamforschen/src/test/java/unipotsdam/gf/modules/communication/view/CommunicationViewTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..27f5517d1cd2aece4096cab23af9d4b745a1f7d7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gemeinsamforschen/src/test/java/unipotsdam/gf/modules/communication/view/CommunicationViewTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,76 @@
+package unipotsdam.gf.modules.communication.view;
+
+import org.glassfish.jersey.server.ResourceConfig;
+import org.glassfish.jersey.test.JerseyTest;
+import org.glassfish.jersey.test.util.runner.ConcurrentRunner;
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
+import unipotsdam.gf.core.management.user.User;
+import unipotsdam.gf.modules.communication.model.chat.ChatRoom;
+
+import javax.ws.rs.client.Entity;
+import javax.ws.rs.core.Application;
+import javax.ws.rs.core.Response;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.List;
+
+import static javax.ws.rs.core.Response.Status.BAD_REQUEST;
+import static javax.ws.rs.core.Response.Status.NOT_FOUND;
+import static javax.ws.rs.core.Response.Status.OK;
+import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.is;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertNotNull;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertThat;
+
+@RunWith(ConcurrentRunner.class)
+public class CommunicationViewTest extends JerseyTest {
+
+
+    private final static String CHAT_ENDPOINT = "chat";
+
+    @Override
+    protected Application configure() {
+        CommunicationView communicationView = new CommunicationView();
+        ResourceConfig resourceConfig = new ResourceConfig();
+        resourceConfig.register(communicationView);
+        return resourceConfig;
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void getChatRoomInformation() {
+        Response responseOk = target().path("chat/info/1").request().get();
+        assertThat(responseOk.getStatus(), is(OK.getStatusCode()));
+        assertNotNull(responseOk.readEntity(ChatRoom.class));
+
+        Response responseNotFound = target().path("/chat/info/").request().get();
+        assertThat(responseNotFound.getStatus(), is(NOT_FOUND.getStatusCode()));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void getChatHistory() {
+        String path = "chat/history/";
+        Response responseOk = target().path(path + "1").request().get();
+        assertThat(responseOk.getStatus(), is(OK.getStatusCode()));
+        assertNotNull(responseOk.readEntity(List.class));
+
+        Response responseNotFound = target().path(path).request().get();
+        assertThat(responseNotFound.getStatus(), is(NOT_FOUND.getStatusCode()));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void createChatRoom() {
+        String path = "chat/create";
+        Response responseOk = target().path("chat/create").queryParam("name", "test").request().post(null);
+        assertThat(responseOk.getStatus(), is(OK.getStatusCode()));
+        assertNotNull(responseOk.readEntity(String.class));
+
+        ArrayList<User> users = new ArrayList<>();
+        users.add(new User("test", "test", "test", true));
+        responseOk = target().path("chat/create").queryParam("name", "test").request().post(Entity.json(users));
+        assertThat(responseOk.getStatus(), is(OK.getStatusCode()));
+        assertNotNull(responseOk.readEntity(String.class));
+
+        Response responseBadRequest = target().path("chat/create").request().post(Entity.json(users));
+        assertThat(responseBadRequest.getStatus(), is(BAD_REQUEST.getStatusCode()));
+    }
+
+}