diff --git a/spec/controllers/api/v1/bookmarks_controller_spec.rb b/spec/controllers/api/v1/bookmarks_controller_spec.rb
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+require 'rails_helper'
+
+RSpec.describe Api::V1::BookmarksController, type: :controller do
+  render_views
+
+  let(:user)  { Fabricate(:user) }
+  let(:token) { Fabricate(:accessible_access_token, resource_owner_id: user.id, scopes: 'read') }
+
+  describe 'GET #index' do
+    context 'without token' do
+      it 'returns http unauthorized' do
+        get :index
+        expect(response).to have_http_status :unauthorized
+      end
+    end
+
+    context 'with token' do
+      context 'without read scope' do
+        before do
+          allow(controller).to receive(:doorkeeper_token) do
+            Fabricate(:accessible_access_token, resource_owner_id: user.id, scopes: '')
+          end
+        end
+
+        it 'returns http forbidden' do
+          get :index
+          expect(response).to have_http_status :forbidden
+        end
+      end
+
+      context 'without valid resource owner' do
+        before do
+          token = Fabricate(:accessible_access_token, resource_owner_id: user.id, scopes: 'read')
+          user.destroy!
+
+          allow(controller).to receive(:doorkeeper_token) { token }
+        end
+
+        it 'returns http unprocessable entity' do
+          get :index
+          expect(response).to have_http_status :unprocessable_entity
+        end
+      end
+
+      context 'with read scope and valid resource owner' do
+        before do
+          allow(controller).to receive(:doorkeeper_token) do
+            Fabricate(:accessible_access_token, resource_owner_id: user.id, scopes: 'read')
+          end
+        end
+
+        it 'shows bookmarks owned by the user' do
+          bookmarked_by_user = Fabricate(:bookmark, account: user.account)
+          bookmarked_by_others = Fabricate(:bookmark)
+
+          get :index
+
+          expect(assigns(:statuses)).to match_array [bookmarked_by_user.status]
+        end
+
+        it 'adds pagination headers if necessary' do
+          bookmark = Fabricate(:bookmark, account: user.account)
+
+          get :index, params: { limit: 1 }
+
+          expect(response.headers['Link'].find_link(['rel', 'next']).href).to eq "http://test.host/api/v1/bookmarks?limit=1&max_id=#{bookmark.id}"
+          expect(response.headers['Link'].find_link(['rel', 'prev']).href).to eq "http://test.host/api/v1/bookmarks?limit=1&since_id=#{bookmark.id}"
+        end
+
+        it 'does not add pagination headers if not necessary' do
+          get :index
+
+          expect(response.headers['Link']).to eq nil
+        end
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/spec/controllers/api/v1/statuses/bookmarks_controller_spec.rb b/spec/controllers/api/v1/statuses/bookmarks_controller_spec.rb
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+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+require 'rails_helper'
+
+describe Api::V1::Statuses::BookmarksController do
+  render_views
+
+  let(:user)  { Fabricate(:user, account: Fabricate(:account, username: 'alice')) }
+  let(:app)   { Fabricate(:application, name: 'Test app', website: 'http://testapp.com') }
+  let(:token) { Fabricate(:accessible_access_token, resource_owner_id: user.id, scopes: 'write', application: app) }
+
+  context 'with an oauth token' do
+    before do
+      allow(controller).to receive(:doorkeeper_token) { token }
+    end
+
+    describe 'POST #create' do
+      let(:status) { Fabricate(:status, account: user.account) }
+
+      before do
+        post :create, params: { status_id: status.id }
+      end
+
+      it 'returns http success' do
+        expect(response).to have_http_status(:success)
+      end
+
+      it 'updates the bookmarked attribute' do
+        expect(user.account.bookmarked?(status)).to be true
+      end
+
+      it 'return json with updated attributes' do
+        hash_body = body_as_json
+
+        expect(hash_body[:id]).to eq status.id.to_s
+        expect(hash_body[:bookmarked]).to be true
+      end
+    end
+
+    describe 'POST #destroy' do
+      let(:status) { Fabricate(:status, account: user.account) }
+
+      before do
+        Bookmark.find_or_create_by!(account: user.account, status: status)
+        post :destroy, params: { status_id: status.id }
+      end
+
+      it 'returns http success' do
+        expect(response).to have_http_status(:success)
+      end
+
+      it 'updates the bookmarked attribute' do
+        expect(user.account.bookmarked?(status)).to be false
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/spec/fabricators/bookmark_fabricator.rb b/spec/fabricators/bookmark_fabricator.rb
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+Fabricator(:bookmark) do
+  account
+  status
+end