diff --git a/InvenTree/InvenTree/test_api.py b/InvenTree/InvenTree/test_api.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4ec173bf7d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/InvenTree/InvenTree/test_api.py
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+""" Low level tests for the InvenTree API """
+
+from rest_framework.test import APITestCase
+from rest_framework import status
+
+from django.urls import reverse
+
+from django.contrib.auth import get_user_model
+
+
+class APITests(APITestCase):
+    """ Tests for the InvenTree API """
+
+    username = 'test_user'
+    password = 'test_pass'
+
+    def setUp(self):
+
+        # Create a user (but do not log in!)
+        User = get_user_model()
+        User.objects.create_user(self.username, 'user@email.com', self.password)
+
+    def test_get_token_fail(self):
+        """ Ensure that an invalid user cannot get a token """
+
+        token_url = reverse('api-token')
+
+        response = self.client.post(token_url, format='json', data={'username': 'bad', 'password': 'also_bad'})
+
+        self.assertEqual(response.status_code, status.HTTP_400_BAD_REQUEST)
+        self.assertFalse('token' in response.data)
+        
+    def test_get_token_pass(self):
+        """ Ensure that a valid user can request an API token """
+
+        token_url = reverse('api-token')
+
+        # POST to retreive a token
+        response = self.client.post(token_url, format='json', data={'username': self.username, 'password': self.password})
+
+        self.assertEqual(response.status_code, status.HTTP_200_OK)
+        self.assertTrue('token' in response.data)
+        self.assertTrue('pk' in response.data)
+        self.assertTrue(len(response.data['token']) > 0)
+
diff --git a/InvenTree/InvenTree/test_views.py b/InvenTree/InvenTree/test_views.py
index 150a6a4f30..171dcbb05f 100644
--- a/InvenTree/InvenTree/test_views.py
+++ b/InvenTree/InvenTree/test_views.py
@@ -10,13 +10,16 @@ import os
 class ViewTests(TestCase):
     """ Tests for various top-level views """
 
+    username = 'test_user'
+    password = 'test_pass'
+
     def setUp(self):
 
         # Create a user
         User = get_user_model()
-        User.objects.create_user('username', 'user@email.com', 'password')
+        User.objects.create_user(self.username, 'user@email.com', self.password)
 
-        self.client.login(username='username', password='password')
+        self.client.login(username=self.username, password=self.password)
 
     def test_api_doc(self):
         """ Test that the api-doc view works """
diff --git a/InvenTree/users/urls.py b/InvenTree/users/urls.py
index 6082ef14df..312789b55b 100644
--- a/InvenTree/users/urls.py
+++ b/InvenTree/users/urls.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ from . import views
 user_urls = [
     url(r'^(?P<pk>[0-9]+)/?$', views.UserDetail.as_view(), name='user-detail'),
 
-    url(r'token', views.GetAuthToken.as_view()),
+    url(r'token', views.GetAuthToken.as_view(), name='api-token'),
 
     url(r'^$', views.UserList.as_view()),
 ]