diff --git a/apps/api/src/__tests__/e2e_noAuth/index.test.ts b/apps/api/src/__tests__/e2e_noAuth/index.test.ts
index e0aca36..dfe6aeb 100644
--- a/apps/api/src/__tests__/e2e_noAuth/index.test.ts
+++ b/apps/api/src/__tests__/e2e_noAuth/index.test.ts
@@ -102,6 +102,33 @@ describe("E2E Tests for API Routes with No Authentication", () => {
     });
   });
 
+  describe("POST /v0/search", () => {
+    it("should require not authorization", async () => {
+      const response = await request(TEST_URL).post("/v0/search");
+      expect(response.statusCode).not.toBe(401);
+    });
+
+    it("should return no error response with an invalid API key", async () => {
+      const response = await request(TEST_URL)
+        .post("/v0/search")
+        .set("Authorization", `Bearer invalid-api-key`)
+        .set("Content-Type", "application/json")
+        .send({ query: "test" });
+      expect(response.statusCode).not.toBe(401);
+    });
+
+    it("should return a successful response with a valid API key", async () => {
+      const response = await request(TEST_URL)
+        .post("/v0/search")
+        .set("Content-Type", "application/json")
+        .send({ query: "test" });
+      expect(response.statusCode).toBe(200);
+      expect(response.body).toHaveProperty("success");
+      expect(response.body.success).toBe(true);
+      expect(response.body).toHaveProperty("data");
+    });
+  });
+
   describe("GET /v0/crawl/status/:jobId", () => {
     it("should not require authorization", async () => {
       const response = await request(TEST_URL).get("/v0/crawl/status/123");
diff --git a/apps/api/src/__tests__/e2e_withAuth/index.test.ts b/apps/api/src/__tests__/e2e_withAuth/index.test.ts
index ba01a7c..f0887eb 100644
--- a/apps/api/src/__tests__/e2e_withAuth/index.test.ts
+++ b/apps/api/src/__tests__/e2e_withAuth/index.test.ts
@@ -133,6 +133,34 @@ const TEST_URL = "http://127.0.0.1:3002";
       });
     });
 
+    describe("POST /v0/search", () => {
+      it("should require authorization", async () => {
+        const response = await request(TEST_URL).post("/v0/search");
+        expect(response.statusCode).toBe(401);
+      });
+
+      it("should return an error response with an invalid API key", async () => {
+        const response = await request(TEST_URL)
+          .post("/v0/search")
+          .set("Authorization", `Bearer invalid-api-key`)
+          .set("Content-Type", "application/json")
+          .send({ query: "test" });
+        expect(response.statusCode).toBe(401);
+      });
+
+      it("should return a successful response with a valid API key", async () => {
+        const response = await request(TEST_URL)
+          .post("/v0/search")
+          .set("Authorization", `Bearer ${process.env.TEST_API_KEY}`)
+          .set("Content-Type", "application/json")
+          .send({ query: "test" });
+        expect(response.statusCode).toBe(200);
+        expect(response.body).toHaveProperty("success");
+        expect(response.body.success).toBe(true);
+        expect(response.body).toHaveProperty("data");
+      }, 20000);
+    });
+
     describe("GET /v0/crawl/status/:jobId", () => {
       it("should require authorization", async () => {
         const response = await request(TEST_URL).get("/v0/crawl/status/123");