Merge branch 'next' into develop

104 files changed, 6986 insertions, 8799 deletions

diff --git a/server/tests/api/activitypub/cleaner.ts b/server/tests/api/activitypub/cleaner.ts
index 75ef56ce3..51cf6e599 100644
--- a/server/tests/api/activitypub/cleaner.ts
+++ b/server/tests/api/activitypub/cleaner.ts
@@ -4,24 +4,18 @@ import 'mocha'
 import * as chai from 'chai'
 import {
   cleanupTests,
-  closeAllSequelize,
-  deleteAll,
+  createMultipleServers,
   doubleFollow,
-  getCount,
-  selectQuery,
-  setVideoField,
-  updateQuery,
-  wait
-} from '../../../../shared/extra-utils'
-import { flushAndRunMultipleServers, ServerInfo, setAccessTokensToServers } from '../../../../shared/extra-utils/index'
-import { waitJobs } from '../../../../shared/extra-utils/server/jobs'
-import { addVideoCommentThread, getVideoCommentThreads } from '../../../../shared/extra-utils/videos/video-comments'
-import { getVideo, rateVideo, uploadVideoAndGetId } from '../../../../shared/extra-utils/videos/videos'
+  PeerTubeServer,
+  setAccessTokensToServers,
+  wait,
+  waitJobs
+} from '@shared/extra-utils'
 
 const expect = chai.expect
 
 describe('Test AP cleaner', function () {
-  let servers: ServerInfo[] = []
+  let servers: PeerTubeServer[] = []
   let videoUUID1: string
   let videoUUID2: string
   let videoUUID3: string
@@ -36,7 +30,7 @@ describe('Test AP cleaner', function () {
         videos: { cleanup_remote_interactions: true }
       }
     }
-    servers = await flushAndRunMultipleServers(3, config)
+    servers = await createMultipleServers(3, config)
 
     // Get the access tokens
     await setAccessTokensToServers(servers)
@@ -52,9 +46,9 @@ describe('Test AP cleaner', function () {
     // Create 1 comment per video
     // Update 1 remote URL and 1 local URL on
 
-    videoUUID1 = (await uploadVideoAndGetId({ server: servers[0], videoName: 'server 1' })).uuid
-    videoUUID2 = (await uploadVideoAndGetId({ server: servers[1], videoName: 'server 2' })).uuid
-    videoUUID3 = (await uploadVideoAndGetId({ server: servers[2], videoName: 'server 3' })).uuid
+    videoUUID1 = (await servers[0].videos.quickUpload({ name: 'server 1' })).uuid
+    videoUUID2 = (await servers[1].videos.quickUpload({ name: 'server 2' })).uuid
+    videoUUID3 = (await servers[2].videos.quickUpload({ name: 'server 3' })).uuid
 
     videoUUIDs = [ videoUUID1, videoUUID2, videoUUID3 ]
 
@@ -62,8 +56,8 @@ describe('Test AP cleaner', function () {
 
     for (const server of servers) {
       for (const uuid of videoUUIDs) {
-        await rateVideo(server.url, server.accessToken, uuid, 'like')
-        await addVideoCommentThread(server.url, server.accessToken, uuid, 'comment')
+        await server.videos.rate({ id: uuid, rating: 'like' })
+        await server.comments.createThread({ videoId: uuid, text: 'comment' })
       }
     }
 
@@ -73,9 +67,10 @@ describe('Test AP cleaner', function () {
   it('Should have the correct likes', async function () {
     for (const server of servers) {
       for (const uuid of videoUUIDs) {
-        const res = await getVideo(server.url, uuid)
-        expect(res.body.likes).to.equal(3)
-        expect(res.body.dislikes).to.equal(0)
+        const video = await server.videos.get({ id: uuid })
+
+        expect(video.likes).to.equal(3)
+        expect(video.dislikes).to.equal(0)
       }
     }
   })
@@ -83,9 +78,9 @@ describe('Test AP cleaner', function () {
   it('Should destroy server 3 internal likes and correctly clean them', async function () {
     this.timeout(20000)
 
-    await deleteAll(servers[2].internalServerNumber, 'accountVideoRate')
+    await servers[2].sql.deleteAll('accountVideoRate')
     for (const uuid of videoUUIDs) {
-      await setVideoField(servers[2].internalServerNumber, uuid, 'likes', '0')
+      await servers[2].sql.setVideoField(uuid, 'likes', '0')
     }
 
     await wait(5000)
@@ -93,16 +88,16 @@ describe('Test AP cleaner', function () {
 
     // Updated rates of my video
     {
-      const res = await getVideo(servers[0].url, videoUUID1)
-      expect(res.body.likes).to.equal(2)
-      expect(res.body.dislikes).to.equal(0)
+      const video = await servers[0].videos.get({ id: videoUUID1 })
+      expect(video.likes).to.equal(2)
+      expect(video.dislikes).to.equal(0)
     }
 
     // Did not update rates of a remote video
     {
-      const res = await getVideo(servers[0].url, videoUUID2)
-      expect(res.body.likes).to.equal(3)
-      expect(res.body.dislikes).to.equal(0)
+      const video = await servers[0].videos.get({ id: videoUUID2 })
+      expect(video.likes).to.equal(3)
+      expect(video.dislikes).to.equal(0)
     }
   })
 
@@ -111,7 +106,7 @@ describe('Test AP cleaner', function () {
 
     for (const server of servers) {
       for (const uuid of videoUUIDs) {
-        await rateVideo(server.url, server.accessToken, uuid, 'dislike')
+        await server.videos.rate({ id: uuid, rating: 'dislike' })
       }
     }
 
@@ -119,9 +114,9 @@ describe('Test AP cleaner', function () {
 
     for (const server of servers) {
       for (const uuid of videoUUIDs) {
-        const res = await getVideo(server.url, uuid)
-        expect(res.body.likes).to.equal(0)
-        expect(res.body.dislikes).to.equal(3)
+        const video = await server.videos.get({ id: uuid })
+        expect(video.likes).to.equal(0)
+        expect(video.dislikes).to.equal(3)
       }
     }
   })
@@ -129,10 +124,10 @@ describe('Test AP cleaner', function () {
   it('Should destroy server 3 internal dislikes and correctly clean them', async function () {
     this.timeout(20000)
 
-    await deleteAll(servers[2].internalServerNumber, 'accountVideoRate')
+    await servers[2].sql.deleteAll('accountVideoRate')
 
     for (const uuid of videoUUIDs) {
-      await setVideoField(servers[2].internalServerNumber, uuid, 'dislikes', '0')
+      await servers[2].sql.setVideoField(uuid, 'dislikes', '0')
     }
 
     await wait(5000)
@@ -140,31 +135,31 @@ describe('Test AP cleaner', function () {
 
     // Updated rates of my video
     {
-      const res = await getVideo(servers[0].url, videoUUID1)
-      expect(res.body.likes).to.equal(0)
-      expect(res.body.dislikes).to.equal(2)
+      const video = await servers[0].videos.get({ id: videoUUID1 })
+      expect(video.likes).to.equal(0)
+      expect(video.dislikes).to.equal(2)
     }
 
     // Did not update rates of a remote video
     {
-      const res = await getVideo(servers[0].url, videoUUID2)
-      expect(res.body.likes).to.equal(0)
-      expect(res.body.dislikes).to.equal(3)
+      const video = await servers[0].videos.get({ id: videoUUID2 })
+      expect(video.likes).to.equal(0)
+      expect(video.dislikes).to.equal(3)
     }
   })
 
   it('Should destroy server 3 internal shares and correctly clean them', async function () {
     this.timeout(20000)
 
-    const preCount = await getCount(servers[0].internalServerNumber, 'videoShare')
+    const preCount = await servers[0].sql.getCount('videoShare')
     expect(preCount).to.equal(6)
 
-    await deleteAll(servers[2].internalServerNumber, 'videoShare')
+    await servers[2].sql.deleteAll('videoShare')
     await wait(5000)
     await waitJobs(servers)
 
     // Still 6 because we don't have remote shares on local videos
-    const postCount = await getCount(servers[0].internalServerNumber, 'videoShare')
+    const postCount = await servers[0].sql.getCount('videoShare')
     expect(postCount).to.equal(6)
   })
 
@@ -172,18 +167,18 @@ describe('Test AP cleaner', function () {
     this.timeout(20000)
 
     {
-      const res = await getVideoCommentThreads(servers[0].url, videoUUID1, 0, 5)
-      expect(res.body.total).to.equal(3)
+      const { total } = await servers[0].comments.listThreads({ videoId: videoUUID1 })
+      expect(total).to.equal(3)
     }
 
-    await deleteAll(servers[2].internalServerNumber, 'videoComment')
+    await servers[2].sql.deleteAll('videoComment')
 
     await wait(5000)
     await waitJobs(servers)
 
     {
-      const res = await getVideoCommentThreads(servers[0].url, videoUUID1, 0, 5)
-      expect(res.body.total).to.equal(2)
+      const { total } = await servers[0].comments.listThreads({ videoId: videoUUID1 })
+      expect(total).to.equal(2)
     }
   })
 
@@ -193,7 +188,7 @@ describe('Test AP cleaner', function () {
     async function check (like: string, ofServerUrl: string, urlSuffix: string, remote: 'true' | 'false') {
       const query = `SELECT "videoId", "accountVideoRate".url FROM "accountVideoRate" ` +
         `INNER JOIN video ON "accountVideoRate"."videoId" = video.id AND remote IS ${remote} WHERE "accountVideoRate"."url" LIKE '${like}'`
-      const res = await selectQuery(servers[0].internalServerNumber, query)
+      const res = await servers[0].sql.selectQuery(query)
 
       for (const rate of res) {
         const matcher = new RegExp(`^${ofServerUrl}/accounts/root/dislikes/\\d+${urlSuffix}$`)
@@ -222,7 +217,7 @@ describe('Test AP cleaner', function () {
 
     {
       const query = `UPDATE "accountVideoRate" SET url = url || 'stan'`
-      await updateQuery(servers[1].internalServerNumber, query)
+      await servers[1].sql.updateQuery(query)
 
       await wait(5000)
       await waitJobs(servers)
@@ -239,7 +234,7 @@ describe('Test AP cleaner', function () {
       const query = `SELECT "videoId", "videoComment".url, uuid as "videoUUID" FROM "videoComment" ` +
         `INNER JOIN video ON "videoComment"."videoId" = video.id AND remote IS ${remote} WHERE "videoComment"."url" LIKE '${like}'`
 
-      const res = await selectQuery(servers[0].internalServerNumber, query)
+      const res = await servers[0].sql.selectQuery(query)
 
       for (const comment of res) {
         const matcher = new RegExp(`${ofServerUrl}/videos/watch/${comment.videoUUID}/comments/\\d+${urlSuffix}`)
@@ -265,7 +260,7 @@ describe('Test AP cleaner', function () {
 
     {
       const query = `UPDATE "videoComment" SET url = url || 'kyle'`
-      await updateQuery(servers[1].internalServerNumber, query)
+      await servers[1].sql.updateQuery(query)
 
       await wait(5000)
       await waitJobs(servers)
@@ -277,7 +272,5 @@ describe('Test AP cleaner', function () {
 
   after(async function () {
     await cleanupTests(servers)
-
-    await closeAllSequelize(servers)
   })
 })
diff --git a/server/tests/api/activitypub/client.ts b/server/tests/api/activitypub/client.ts
index be94e219c..c3e4b7f74 100644
--- a/server/tests/api/activitypub/client.ts
+++ b/server/tests/api/activitypub/client.ts
@@ -2,24 +2,21 @@
 
 import 'mocha'
 import * as chai from 'chai'
-import { VideoPlaylistPrivacy } from '@shared/models'
-import { HttpStatusCode } from '../../../../shared/core-utils/miscs/http-error-codes'
 import {
   cleanupTests,
-  createVideoPlaylist,
+  createMultipleServers,
   doubleFollow,
-  flushAndRunMultipleServers,
   makeActivityPubGetRequest,
-  ServerInfo,
+  PeerTubeServer,
   setAccessTokensToServers,
-  setDefaultVideoChannel,
-  uploadVideoAndGetId
-} from '../../../../shared/extra-utils'
+  setDefaultVideoChannel
+} from '@shared/extra-utils'
+import { HttpStatusCode, VideoPlaylistPrivacy } from '@shared/models'
 
 const expect = chai.expect
 
 describe('Test activitypub', function () {
-  let servers: ServerInfo[] = []
+  let servers: PeerTubeServer[] = []
   let video: { id: number, uuid: string, shortUUID: string }
   let playlist: { id: number, uuid: string, shortUUID: string }
 
@@ -64,19 +61,18 @@ describe('Test activitypub', function () {
   before(async function () {
     this.timeout(30000)
 
-    servers = await flushAndRunMultipleServers(2)
+    servers = await createMultipleServers(2)
 
     await setAccessTokensToServers(servers)
     await setDefaultVideoChannel(servers)
 
     {
-      video = await uploadVideoAndGetId({ server: servers[0], videoName: 'video' })
+      video = await servers[0].videos.quickUpload({ name: 'video' })
     }
 
     {
-      const playlistAttrs = { displayName: 'playlist', privacy: VideoPlaylistPrivacy.PUBLIC, videoChannelId: servers[0].videoChannel.id }
-      const resCreate = await createVideoPlaylist({ url: servers[0].url, token: servers[0].accessToken, playlistAttrs })
-      playlist = resCreate.body.videoPlaylist
+      const attributes = { displayName: 'playlist', privacy: VideoPlaylistPrivacy.PUBLIC, videoChannelId: servers[0].store.channel.id }
+      playlist = await servers[0].playlists.create({ attributes })
     }
 
     await doubleFollow(servers[0], servers[1])
diff --git a/server/tests/api/activitypub/fetch.ts b/server/tests/api/activitypub/fetch.ts
index 35fd94eed..422a75d6e 100644
--- a/server/tests/api/activitypub/fetch.ts
+++ b/server/tests/api/activitypub/fetch.ts
@@ -1,61 +1,44 @@
 /* eslint-disable @typescript-eslint/no-unused-expressions,@typescript-eslint/require-await */
 
 import 'mocha'
-
-import {
-  cleanupTests,
-  closeAllSequelize,
-  createUser,
-  doubleFollow,
-  flushAndRunMultipleServers,
-  getVideosListSort,
-  ServerInfo,
-  setAccessTokensToServers,
-  setActorField,
-  setVideoField,
-  uploadVideo,
-  userLogin,
-  waitJobs
-} from '../../../../shared/extra-utils'
 import * as chai from 'chai'
-import { Video } from '../../../../shared/models/videos'
+import { cleanupTests, createMultipleServers, doubleFollow, PeerTubeServer, setAccessTokensToServers, waitJobs } from '@shared/extra-utils'
 
 const expect = chai.expect
 
 describe('Test ActivityPub fetcher', function () {
-  let servers: ServerInfo[]
+  let servers: PeerTubeServer[]
 
   // ---------------------------------------------------------------
 
   before(async function () {
     this.timeout(60000)
 
-    servers = await flushAndRunMultipleServers(3)
+    servers = await createMultipleServers(3)
 
     // Get the access tokens
     await setAccessTokensToServers(servers)
 
     const user = { username: 'user1', password: 'password' }
     for (const server of servers) {
-      await createUser({ url: server.url, accessToken: server.accessToken, username: user.username, password: user.password })
+      await server.users.create({ username: user.username, password: user.password })
     }
 
-    const userAccessToken = await userLogin(servers[0], user)
+    const userAccessToken = await servers[0].login.getAccessToken(user)
 
-    await uploadVideo(servers[0].url, servers[0].accessToken, { name: 'video root' })
-    const res = await uploadVideo(servers[0].url, servers[0].accessToken, { name: 'bad video root' })
-    const badVideoUUID = res.body.video.uuid
-    await uploadVideo(servers[0].url, userAccessToken, { name: 'video user' })
+    await servers[0].videos.upload({ attributes: { name: 'video root' } })
+    const { uuid } = await servers[0].videos.upload({ attributes: { name: 'bad video root' } })
+    await servers[0].videos.upload({ token: userAccessToken, attributes: { name: 'video user' } })
 
     {
       const to = 'http://localhost:' + servers[0].port + '/accounts/user1'
       const value = 'http://localhost:' + servers[1].port + '/accounts/user1'
-      await setActorField(servers[0].internalServerNumber, to, 'url', value)
+      await servers[0].sql.setActorField(to, 'url', value)
     }
 
     {
-      const value = 'http://localhost:' + servers[2].port + '/videos/watch/' + badVideoUUID
-      await setVideoField(servers[0].internalServerNumber, badVideoUUID, 'url', value)
+      const value = 'http://localhost:' + servers[2].port + '/videos/watch/' + uuid
+      await servers[0].sql.setVideoField(uuid, 'url', value)
     }
   })
 
@@ -66,20 +49,18 @@ describe('Test ActivityPub fetcher', function () {
     await waitJobs(servers)
 
     {
-      const res = await getVideosListSort(servers[0].url, 'createdAt')
-      expect(res.body.total).to.equal(3)
+      const { total, data } = await servers[0].videos.list({ sort: 'createdAt' })
 
-      const data: Video[] = res.body.data
+      expect(total).to.equal(3)
       expect(data[0].name).to.equal('video root')
       expect(data[1].name).to.equal('bad video root')
       expect(data[2].name).to.equal('video user')
     }
 
     {
-      const res = await getVideosListSort(servers[1].url, 'createdAt')
-      expect(res.body.total).to.equal(1)
+      const { total, data } = await servers[1].videos.list({ sort: 'createdAt' })
 
-      const data: Video[] = res.body.data
+      expect(total).to.equal(1)
       expect(data[0].name).to.equal('video root')
     }
   })
@@ -88,7 +69,5 @@ describe('Test ActivityPub fetcher', function () {
     this.timeout(20000)
 
     await cleanupTests(servers)
-
-    await closeAllSequelize(servers)
   })
 })
diff --git a/server/tests/api/activitypub/helpers.ts b/server/tests/api/activitypub/helpers.ts
index 66d7631b7..57b1cab23 100644
--- a/server/tests/api/activitypub/helpers.ts
+++ b/server/tests/api/activitypub/helpers.ts
@@ -2,11 +2,10 @@
 
 import 'mocha'
 import { expect } from 'chai'
-import { buildRequestStub } from '../../../../shared/extra-utils/miscs/stubs'
-import { isHTTPSignatureVerified, isJsonLDSignatureVerified, parseHTTPSignature } from '../../../helpers/peertube-crypto'
 import { cloneDeep } from 'lodash'
+import { buildAbsoluteFixturePath, buildRequestStub } from '@shared/extra-utils'
 import { buildSignedActivity } from '../../../helpers/activitypub'
-import { buildAbsoluteFixturePath } from '@shared/extra-utils'
+import { isHTTPSignatureVerified, isJsonLDSignatureVerified, parseHTTPSignature } from '../../../helpers/peertube-crypto'
 
 describe('Test activity pub helpers', function () {
   describe('When checking the Linked Signature', function () {
diff --git a/server/tests/api/activitypub/refresher.ts b/server/tests/api/activitypub/refresher.ts
index c717f1a30..81fee0044 100644
--- a/server/tests/api/activitypub/refresher.ts
+++ b/server/tests/api/activitypub/refresher.ts
@@ -2,32 +2,20 @@
 
 import 'mocha'
 import {
-  cleanupTests, closeAllSequelize,
-  createVideoPlaylist,
+  cleanupTests,
+  createMultipleServers,
   doubleFollow,
-  flushAndRunMultipleServers,
-  generateUserAccessToken,
-  getVideo,
-  getVideoPlaylist,
   killallServers,
-  reRunServer,
-  ServerInfo,
+  PeerTubeServer,
   setAccessTokensToServers,
-  setActorField,
   setDefaultVideoChannel,
-  setPlaylistField,
-  setVideoField,
-  uploadVideo,
-  uploadVideoAndGetId,
   wait,
   waitJobs
-} from '../../../../shared/extra-utils'
-import { getAccount } from '../../../../shared/extra-utils/users/accounts'
-import { VideoPlaylistPrivacy } from '../../../../shared/models/videos'
-import { HttpStatusCode } from '../../../../shared/core-utils/miscs/http-error-codes'
+} from '@shared/extra-utils'
+import { HttpStatusCode, VideoPlaylistPrivacy } from '@shared/models'
 
 describe('Test AP refresher', function () {
-  let servers: ServerInfo[] = []
+  let servers: PeerTubeServer[] = []
   let videoUUID1: string
   let videoUUID2: string
   let videoUUID3: string
@@ -37,36 +25,36 @@ describe('Test AP refresher', function () {
   before(async function () {
     this.timeout(60000)
 
-    servers = await flushAndRunMultipleServers(2, { transcoding: { enabled: false } })
+    servers = await createMultipleServers(2, { transcoding: { enabled: false } })
 
     // Get the access tokens
     await setAccessTokensToServers(servers)
     await setDefaultVideoChannel(servers)
 
     {
-      videoUUID1 = (await uploadVideoAndGetId({ server: servers[1], videoName: 'video1' })).uuid
-      videoUUID2 = (await uploadVideoAndGetId({ server: servers[1], videoName: 'video2' })).uuid
-      videoUUID3 = (await uploadVideoAndGetId({ server: servers[1], videoName: 'video3' })).uuid
+      videoUUID1 = (await servers[1].videos.quickUpload({ name: 'video1' })).uuid
+      videoUUID2 = (await servers[1].videos.quickUpload({ name: 'video2' })).uuid
+      videoUUID3 = (await servers[1].videos.quickUpload({ name: 'video3' })).uuid
     }
 
     {
-      const a1 = await generateUserAccessToken(servers[1], 'user1')
-      await uploadVideo(servers[1].url, a1, { name: 'video4' })
+      const token1 = await servers[1].users.generateUserAndToken('user1')
+      await servers[1].videos.upload({ token: token1, attributes: { name: 'video4' } })
 
-      const a2 = await generateUserAccessToken(servers[1], 'user2')
-      await uploadVideo(servers[1].url, a2, { name: 'video5' })
+      const token2 = await servers[1].users.generateUserAndToken('user2')
+      await servers[1].videos.upload({ token: token2, attributes: { name: 'video5' } })
     }
 
     {
-      const playlistAttrs = { displayName: 'playlist1', privacy: VideoPlaylistPrivacy.PUBLIC, videoChannelId: servers[1].videoChannel.id }
-      const res = await createVideoPlaylist({ url: servers[1].url, token: servers[1].accessToken, playlistAttrs })
-      playlistUUID1 = res.body.videoPlaylist.uuid
+      const attributes = { displayName: 'playlist1', privacy: VideoPlaylistPrivacy.PUBLIC, videoChannelId: servers[1].store.channel.id }
+      const created = await servers[1].playlists.create({ attributes })
+      playlistUUID1 = created.uuid
     }
 
     {
-      const playlistAttrs = { displayName: 'playlist2', privacy: VideoPlaylistPrivacy.PUBLIC, videoChannelId: servers[1].videoChannel.id }
-      const res = await createVideoPlaylist({ url: servers[1].url, token: servers[1].accessToken, playlistAttrs })
-      playlistUUID2 = res.body.videoPlaylist.uuid
+      const attributes = { displayName: 'playlist2', privacy: VideoPlaylistPrivacy.PUBLIC, videoChannelId: servers[1].store.channel.id }
+      const created = await servers[1].playlists.create({ attributes })
+      playlistUUID2 = created.uuid
     }
 
     await doubleFollow(servers[0], servers[1])
@@ -80,34 +68,34 @@ describe('Test AP refresher', function () {
       await wait(10000)
 
       // Change UUID so the remote server returns a 404
-      await setVideoField(servers[1].internalServerNumber, videoUUID1, 'uuid', '304afe4f-39f9-4d49-8ed7-ac57b86b174f')
+      await servers[1].sql.setVideoField(videoUUID1, 'uuid', '304afe4f-39f9-4d49-8ed7-ac57b86b174f')
 
-      await getVideo(servers[0].url, videoUUID1)
-      await getVideo(servers[0].url, videoUUID2)
+      await servers[0].videos.get({ id: videoUUID1 })
+      await servers[0].videos.get({ id: videoUUID2 })
 
       await waitJobs(servers)
 
-      await getVideo(servers[0].url, videoUUID1, HttpStatusCode.NOT_FOUND_404)
-      await getVideo(servers[0].url, videoUUID2, HttpStatusCode.OK_200)
+      await servers[0].videos.get({ id: videoUUID1, expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.NOT_FOUND_404 })
+      await servers[0].videos.get({ id: videoUUID2 })
     })
 
     it('Should not update a remote video if the remote instance is down', async function () {
       this.timeout(70000)
 
-      killallServers([ servers[1] ])
+      await killallServers([ servers[1] ])
 
-      await setVideoField(servers[1].internalServerNumber, videoUUID3, 'uuid', '304afe4f-39f9-4d49-8ed7-ac57b86b174e')
+      await servers[1].sql.setVideoField(videoUUID3, 'uuid', '304afe4f-39f9-4d49-8ed7-ac57b86b174e')
 
       // Video will need a refresh
       await wait(10000)
 
-      await getVideo(servers[0].url, videoUUID3)
+      await servers[0].videos.get({ id: videoUUID3 })
       // The refresh should fail
       await waitJobs([ servers[0] ])
 
-      await reRunServer(servers[1])
+      await servers[1].run()
 
-      await getVideo(servers[0].url, videoUUID3, HttpStatusCode.OK_200)
+      await servers[0].videos.get({ id: videoUUID3 })
     })
   })
 
@@ -116,19 +104,21 @@ describe('Test AP refresher', function () {
     it('Should remove a deleted actor', async function () {
       this.timeout(60000)
 
+      const command = servers[0].accounts
+
       await wait(10000)
 
       // Change actor name so the remote server returns a 404
       const to = 'http://localhost:' + servers[1].port + '/accounts/user2'
-      await setActorField(servers[1].internalServerNumber, to, 'preferredUsername', 'toto')
+      await servers[1].sql.setActorField(to, 'preferredUsername', 'toto')
 
-      await getAccount(servers[0].url, 'user1@localhost:' + servers[1].port)
-      await getAccount(servers[0].url, 'user2@localhost:' + servers[1].port)
+      await command.get({ accountName: 'user1@localhost:' + servers[1].port })
+      await command.get({ accountName: 'user2@localhost:' + servers[1].port })
 
       await waitJobs(servers)
 
-      await getAccount(servers[0].url, 'user1@localhost:' + servers[1].port, HttpStatusCode.OK_200)
-      await getAccount(servers[0].url, 'user2@localhost:' + servers[1].port, HttpStatusCode.NOT_FOUND_404)
+      await command.get({ accountName: 'user1@localhost:' + servers[1].port, expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.OK_200 })
+      await command.get({ accountName: 'user2@localhost:' + servers[1].port, expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.NOT_FOUND_404 })
     })
   })
 
@@ -140,15 +130,15 @@ describe('Test AP refresher', function () {
       await wait(10000)
 
       // Change UUID so the remote server returns a 404
-      await setPlaylistField(servers[1].internalServerNumber, playlistUUID2, 'uuid', '304afe4f-39f9-4d49-8ed7-ac57b86b178e')
+      await servers[1].sql.setPlaylistField(playlistUUID2, 'uuid', '304afe4f-39f9-4d49-8ed7-ac57b86b178e')
 
-      await getVideoPlaylist(servers[0].url, playlistUUID1)
-      await getVideoPlaylist(servers[0].url, playlistUUID2)
+      await servers[0].playlists.get({ playlistId: playlistUUID1 })
+      await servers[0].playlists.get({ playlistId: playlistUUID2 })
 
       await waitJobs(servers)
 
-      await getVideoPlaylist(servers[0].url, playlistUUID1, HttpStatusCode.OK_200)
-      await getVideoPlaylist(servers[0].url, playlistUUID2, HttpStatusCode.NOT_FOUND_404)
+      await servers[0].playlists.get({ playlistId: playlistUUID1, expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.OK_200 })
+      await servers[0].playlists.get({ playlistId: playlistUUID2, expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.NOT_FOUND_404 })
     })
   })
 
@@ -156,7 +146,5 @@ describe('Test AP refresher', function () {
     this.timeout(10000)
 
     await cleanupTests(servers)
-
-    await closeAllSequelize(servers)
   })
 })
diff --git a/server/tests/api/activitypub/security.ts b/server/tests/api/activitypub/security.ts
index 61db272f6..94d946563 100644
--- a/server/tests/api/activitypub/security.ts
+++ b/server/tests/api/activitypub/security.ts
@@ -2,45 +2,35 @@
 
 import 'mocha'
 import * as chai from 'chai'
+import { activityPubContextify, buildSignedActivity } from '@server/helpers/activitypub'
 import { buildDigest } from '@server/helpers/peertube-crypto'
-import { HttpStatusCode } from '../../../../shared/core-utils/miscs/http-error-codes'
-import {
-  buildAbsoluteFixturePath,
-  cleanupTests,
-  closeAllSequelize,
-  flushAndRunMultipleServers,
-  killallServers,
-  reRunServer,
-  ServerInfo,
-  setActorField,
-  wait
-} from '../../../../shared/extra-utils'
-import { makeFollowRequest, makePOSTAPRequest } from '../../../../shared/extra-utils/requests/activitypub'
-import { activityPubContextify, buildSignedActivity } from '../../../helpers/activitypub'
-import { HTTP_SIGNATURE } from '../../../initializers/constants'
-import { buildGlobalHeaders } from '../../../lib/job-queue/handlers/utils/activitypub-http-utils'
+import { HTTP_SIGNATURE } from '@server/initializers/constants'
+import { buildGlobalHeaders } from '@server/lib/job-queue/handlers/utils/activitypub-http-utils'
+import { buildAbsoluteFixturePath, cleanupTests, createMultipleServers, killallServers, PeerTubeServer, wait } from '@shared/extra-utils'
+import { makeFollowRequest, makePOSTAPRequest } from '@shared/extra-utils/requests/activitypub'
+import { HttpStatusCode } from '@shared/models'
 
 const expect = chai.expect
 
-function setKeysOfServer (onServer: ServerInfo, ofServer: ServerInfo, publicKey: string, privateKey: string) {
+function setKeysOfServer (onServer: PeerTubeServer, ofServer: PeerTubeServer, publicKey: string, privateKey: string) {
   const url = 'http://localhost:' + ofServer.port + '/accounts/peertube'
 
   return Promise.all([
-    setActorField(onServer.internalServerNumber, url, 'publicKey', publicKey),
-    setActorField(onServer.internalServerNumber, url, 'privateKey', privateKey)
+    onServer.sql.setActorField(url, 'publicKey', publicKey),
+    onServer.sql.setActorField(url, 'privateKey', privateKey)
   ])
 }
 
-function setUpdatedAtOfServer (onServer: ServerInfo, ofServer: ServerInfo, updatedAt: string) {
+function setUpdatedAtOfServer (onServer: PeerTubeServer, ofServer: PeerTubeServer, updatedAt: string) {
   const url = 'http://localhost:' + ofServer.port + '/accounts/peertube'
 
   return Promise.all([
-    setActorField(onServer.internalServerNumber, url, 'createdAt', updatedAt),
-    setActorField(onServer.internalServerNumber, url, 'updatedAt', updatedAt)
+    onServer.sql.setActorField(url, 'createdAt', updatedAt),
+    onServer.sql.setActorField(url, 'updatedAt', updatedAt)
   ])
 }
 
-function getAnnounceWithoutContext (server: ServerInfo) {
+function getAnnounceWithoutContext (server: PeerTubeServer) {
   const json = require(buildAbsoluteFixturePath('./ap-json/peertube/announce-without-context.json'))
   const result: typeof json = {}
 
@@ -56,7 +46,7 @@ function getAnnounceWithoutContext (server: ServerInfo) {
 }
 
 describe('Test ActivityPub security', function () {
-  let servers: ServerInfo[]
+  let servers: PeerTubeServer[]
   let url: string
 
   const keys = require(buildAbsoluteFixturePath('./ap-json/peertube/keys.json'))
@@ -74,7 +64,7 @@ describe('Test ActivityPub security', function () {
   before(async function () {
     this.timeout(60000)
 
-    servers = await flushAndRunMultipleServers(3)
+    servers = await createMultipleServers(3)
 
     url = servers[0].url + '/inbox'
 
@@ -173,8 +163,8 @@ describe('Test ActivityPub security', function () {
       await setUpdatedAtOfServer(servers[0], servers[1], '2015-07-17 22:00:00+00')
 
       // Invalid peertube actor cache
-      killallServers([ servers[1] ])
-      await reRunServer(servers[1])
+      await killallServers([ servers[1] ])
+      await servers[1].run()
 
       const body = activityPubContextify(getAnnounceWithoutContext(servers[1]))
       const headers = buildGlobalHeaders(body)
@@ -294,7 +284,5 @@ describe('Test ActivityPub security', function () {
     this.timeout(10000)
 
     await cleanupTests(servers)
-
-    await closeAllSequelize(servers)
   })
 })
diff --git a/server/tests/api/check-params/abuses.ts b/server/tests/api/check-params/abuses.ts
index 2054776cc..72f2cbd8f 100644
--- a/server/tests/api/check-params/abuses.ts
+++ b/server/tests/api/check-params/abuses.ts
@@ -1,66 +1,49 @@
 /* eslint-disable @typescript-eslint/no-unused-expressions,@typescript-eslint/require-await */
 
 import 'mocha'
-import { AbuseCreate, AbuseState } from '@shared/models'
 import {
-  addAbuseMessage,
+  AbusesCommand,
+  checkBadCountPagination,
+  checkBadSortPagination,
+  checkBadStartPagination,
   cleanupTests,
-  createUser,
-  deleteAbuse,
-  deleteAbuseMessage,
+  createSingleServer,
   doubleFollow,
-  flushAndRunServer,
-  generateUserAccessToken,
-  getAdminAbusesList,
-  getVideoIdFromUUID,
-  listAbuseMessages,
   makeGetRequest,
   makePostBodyRequest,
-  reportAbuse,
-  ServerInfo,
+  PeerTubeServer,
   setAccessTokensToServers,
-  updateAbuse,
-  uploadVideo,
-  userLogin,
   waitJobs
-} from '../../../../shared/extra-utils'
-import {
-  checkBadCountPagination,
-  checkBadSortPagination,
-  checkBadStartPagination
-} from '../../../../shared/extra-utils/requests/check-api-params'
-import { HttpStatusCode } from '../../../../shared/core-utils/miscs/http-error-codes'
+} from '@shared/extra-utils'
+import { AbuseCreate, AbuseState, HttpStatusCode } from '@shared/models'
 
 describe('Test abuses API validators', function () {
   const basePath = '/api/v1/abuses/'
 
-  let server: ServerInfo
+  let server: PeerTubeServer
 
-  let userAccessToken = ''
-  let userAccessToken2 = ''
+  let userToken = ''
+  let userToken2 = ''
   let abuseId: number
   let messageId: number
 
+  let command: AbusesCommand
+
   // ---------------------------------------------------------------
 
   before(async function () {
     this.timeout(30000)
 
-    server = await flushAndRunServer(1)
+    server = await createSingleServer(1)
 
     await setAccessTokensToServers([ server ])
 
-    const username = 'user1'
-    const password = 'my super password'
-    await createUser({ url: server.url, accessToken: server.accessToken, username: username, password: password })
-    userAccessToken = await userLogin(server, { username, password })
+    userToken = await server.users.generateUserAndToken('user_1')
+    userToken2 = await server.users.generateUserAndToken('user_2')
 
-    {
-      userAccessToken2 = await generateUserAccessToken(server, 'user_2')
-    }
+    server.store.video = await server.videos.upload()
 
-    const res = await uploadVideo(server.url, server.accessToken, {})
-    server.video = res.body.video
+    command = server.abuses
   })
 
   describe('When listing abuses for admins', function () {
@@ -82,7 +65,7 @@ describe('Test abuses API validators', function () {
       await makeGetRequest({
         url: server.url,
         path,
-        statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.UNAUTHORIZED_401
+        expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.UNAUTHORIZED_401
       })
     })
 
@@ -90,8 +73,8 @@ describe('Test abuses API validators', function () {
       await makeGetRequest({
         url: server.url,
         path,
-        token: userAccessToken,
-        statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.FORBIDDEN_403
+        token: userToken,
+        expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.FORBIDDEN_403
       })
     })
 
@@ -126,7 +109,7 @@ describe('Test abuses API validators', function () {
         videoIs: 'deleted'
       }
 
-      await makeGetRequest({ url: server.url, path, token: server.accessToken, query, statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.OK_200 })
+      await makeGetRequest({ url: server.url, path, token: server.accessToken, query, expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.OK_200 })
     })
   })
 
@@ -134,32 +117,32 @@ describe('Test abuses API validators', function () {
     const path = '/api/v1/users/me/abuses'
 
     it('Should fail with a bad start pagination', async function () {
-      await checkBadStartPagination(server.url, path, userAccessToken)
+      await checkBadStartPagination(server.url, path, userToken)
     })
 
     it('Should fail with a bad count pagination', async function () {
-      await checkBadCountPagination(server.url, path, userAccessToken)
+      await checkBadCountPagination(server.url, path, userToken)
     })
 
     it('Should fail with an incorrect sort', async function () {
-      await checkBadSortPagination(server.url, path, userAccessToken)
+      await checkBadSortPagination(server.url, path, userToken)
     })
 
     it('Should fail with a non authenticated user', async function () {
       await makeGetRequest({
         url: server.url,
         path,
-        statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.UNAUTHORIZED_401
+        expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.UNAUTHORIZED_401
       })
     })
 
     it('Should fail with a bad id filter', async function () {
-      await makeGetRequest({ url: server.url, path, token: userAccessToken, query: { id: 'toto' } })
+      await makeGetRequest({ url: server.url, path, token: userToken, query: { id: 'toto' } })
     })
 
     it('Should fail with a bad state filter', async function () {
-      await makeGetRequest({ url: server.url, path, token: userAccessToken, query: { state: 'toto' } })
-      await makeGetRequest({ url: server.url, path, token: userAccessToken, query: { state: 0 } })
+      await makeGetRequest({ url: server.url, path, token: userToken, query: { state: 'toto' } })
+      await makeGetRequest({ url: server.url, path, token: userToken, query: { state: 0 } })
     })
 
     it('Should succeed with the correct params', async function () {
@@ -168,7 +151,7 @@ describe('Test abuses API validators', function () {
         state: 2
       }
 
-      await makeGetRequest({ url: server.url, path, token: userAccessToken, query, statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.OK_200 })
+      await makeGetRequest({ url: server.url, path, token: userToken, query, expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.OK_200 })
     })
   })
 
@@ -177,12 +160,12 @@ describe('Test abuses API validators', function () {
 
     it('Should fail with nothing', async function () {
       const fields = {}
-      await makePostBodyRequest({ url: server.url, path, token: userAccessToken, fields })
+      await makePostBodyRequest({ url: server.url, path, token: userToken, fields })
     })
 
     it('Should fail with a wrong video', async function () {
       const fields = { video: { id: 'blabla' }, reason: 'my super reason' }
-      await makePostBodyRequest({ url: server.url, path: path, token: userAccessToken, fields })
+      await makePostBodyRequest({ url: server.url, path: path, token: userToken, fields })
     })
 
     it('Should fail with an unknown video', async function () {
@@ -190,15 +173,15 @@ describe('Test abuses API validators', function () {
       await makePostBodyRequest({
         url: server.url,
         path,
-        token: userAccessToken,
+        token: userToken,
         fields,
-        statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.NOT_FOUND_404
+        expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.NOT_FOUND_404
       })
     })
 
     it('Should fail with a wrong comment', async function () {
       const fields = { comment: { id: 'blabla' }, reason: 'my super reason' }
-      await makePostBodyRequest({ url: server.url, path: path, token: userAccessToken, fields })
+      await makePostBodyRequest({ url: server.url, path: path, token: userToken, fields })
     })
 
     it('Should fail with an unknown comment', async function () {
@@ -206,15 +189,15 @@ describe('Test abuses API validators', function () {
       await makePostBodyRequest({
         url: server.url,
         path,
-        token: userAccessToken,
+        token: userToken,
         fields,
-        statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.NOT_FOUND_404
+        expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.NOT_FOUND_404
       })
     })
 
     it('Should fail with a wrong account', async function () {
       const fields = { account: { id: 'blabla' }, reason: 'my super reason' }
-      await makePostBodyRequest({ url: server.url, path: path, token: userAccessToken, fields })
+      await makePostBodyRequest({ url: server.url, path: path, token: userToken, fields })
     })
 
     it('Should fail with an unknown account', async function () {
@@ -222,9 +205,9 @@ describe('Test abuses API validators', function () {
       await makePostBodyRequest({
         url: server.url,
         path,
-        token: userAccessToken,
+        token: userToken,
         fields,
-        statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.NOT_FOUND_404
+        expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.NOT_FOUND_404
       })
     })
 
@@ -233,65 +216,65 @@ describe('Test abuses API validators', function () {
       await makePostBodyRequest({
         url: server.url,
         path,
-        token: userAccessToken,
+        token: userToken,
         fields,
-        statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.BAD_REQUEST_400
+        expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.BAD_REQUEST_400
       })
     })
 
     it('Should fail with a non authenticated user', async function () {
-      const fields = { video: { id: server.video.id }, reason: 'my super reason' }
+      const fields = { video: { id: server.store.video.id }, reason: 'my super reason' }
 
-      await makePostBodyRequest({ url: server.url, path, token: 'hello', fields, statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.UNAUTHORIZED_401 })
+      await makePostBodyRequest({ url: server.url, path, token: 'hello', fields, expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.UNAUTHORIZED_401 })
     })
 
     it('Should fail with a reason too short', async function () {
-      const fields = { video: { id: server.video.id }, reason: 'h' }
+      const fields = { video: { id: server.store.video.id }, reason: 'h' }
 
-      await makePostBodyRequest({ url: server.url, path, token: userAccessToken, fields })
+      await makePostBodyRequest({ url: server.url, path, token: userToken, fields })
     })
 
     it('Should fail with a too big reason', async function () {
-      const fields = { video: { id: server.video.id }, reason: 'super'.repeat(605) }
+      const fields = { video: { id: server.store.video.id }, reason: 'super'.repeat(605) }
 
-      await makePostBodyRequest({ url: server.url, path, token: userAccessToken, fields })
+      await makePostBodyRequest({ url: server.url, path, token: userToken, fields })
     })
 
     it('Should succeed with the correct parameters (basic)', async function () {
-      const fields: AbuseCreate = { video: { id: server.video.shortUUID }, reason: 'my super reason' }
+      const fields: AbuseCreate = { video: { id: server.store.video.shortUUID }, reason: 'my super reason' }
 
       const res = await makePostBodyRequest({
         url: server.url,
         path,
-        token: userAccessToken,
+        token: userToken,
         fields,
-        statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.OK_200
+        expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.OK_200
       })
       abuseId = res.body.abuse.id
     })
 
     it('Should fail with a wrong predefined reason', async function () {
-      const fields = { video: { id: server.video.id }, reason: 'my super reason', predefinedReasons: [ 'wrongPredefinedReason' ] }
+      const fields = { video: { id: server.store.video.id }, reason: 'my super reason', predefinedReasons: [ 'wrongPredefinedReason' ] }
 
-      await makePostBodyRequest({ url: server.url, path, token: userAccessToken, fields })
+      await makePostBodyRequest({ url: server.url, path, token: userToken, fields })
     })
 
     it('Should fail with negative timestamps', async function () {
-      const fields = { video: { id: server.video.id, startAt: -1 }, reason: 'my super reason' }
+      const fields = { video: { id: server.store.video.id, startAt: -1 }, reason: 'my super reason' }
 
-      await makePostBodyRequest({ url: server.url, path, token: userAccessToken, fields })
+      await makePostBodyRequest({ url: server.url, path, token: userToken, fields })
     })
 
     it('Should fail mith misordered startAt/endAt', async function () {
-      const fields = { video: { id: server.video.id, startAt: 5, endAt: 1 }, reason: 'my super reason' }
+      const fields = { video: { id: server.store.video.id, startAt: 5, endAt: 1 }, reason: 'my super reason' }
 
-      await makePostBodyRequest({ url: server.url, path, token: userAccessToken, fields })
+      await makePostBodyRequest({ url: server.url, path, token: userToken, fields })
     })
 
     it('Should succeed with the corret parameters (advanced)', async function () {
       const fields: AbuseCreate = {
         video: {
-          id: server.video.id,
+          id: server.store.video.id,
           startAt: 1,
           endAt: 5
         },
@@ -299,37 +282,37 @@ describe('Test abuses API validators', function () {
         predefinedReasons: [ 'serverRules' ]
       }
 
-      await makePostBodyRequest({ url: server.url, path, token: userAccessToken, fields, statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.OK_200 })
+      await makePostBodyRequest({ url: server.url, path, token: userToken, fields, expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.OK_200 })
     })
   })
 
   describe('When updating an abuse', function () {
 
     it('Should fail with a non authenticated user', async function () {
-      await updateAbuse(server.url, 'blabla', abuseId, {}, HttpStatusCode.UNAUTHORIZED_401)
+      await command.update({ token: 'blabla', abuseId, body: {}, expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.UNAUTHORIZED_401 })
     })
 
     it('Should fail with a non admin user', async function () {
-      await updateAbuse(server.url, userAccessToken, abuseId, {}, HttpStatusCode.FORBIDDEN_403)
+      await command.update({ token: userToken, abuseId, body: {}, expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.FORBIDDEN_403 })
     })
 
     it('Should fail with a bad abuse id', async function () {
-      await updateAbuse(server.url, server.accessToken, 45, {}, HttpStatusCode.NOT_FOUND_404)
+      await command.update({ abuseId: 45, body: {}, expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.NOT_FOUND_404 })
     })
 
     it('Should fail with a bad state', async function () {
       const body = { state: 5 }
-      await updateAbuse(server.url, server.accessToken, abuseId, body, HttpStatusCode.BAD_REQUEST_400)
+      await command.update({ abuseId, body, expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.BAD_REQUEST_400 })
     })
 
     it('Should fail with a bad moderation comment', async function () {
       const body = { moderationComment: 'b'.repeat(3001) }
-      await updateAbuse(server.url, server.accessToken, abuseId, body, HttpStatusCode.BAD_REQUEST_400)
+      await command.update({ abuseId, body, expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.BAD_REQUEST_400 })
     })
 
     it('Should succeed with the correct params', async function () {
       const body = { state: AbuseState.ACCEPTED }
-      await updateAbuse(server.url, server.accessToken, abuseId, body)
+      await command.update({ abuseId, body })
     })
   })
 
@@ -337,23 +320,23 @@ describe('Test abuses API validators', function () {
     const message = 'my super message'
 
     it('Should fail with an invalid abuse id', async function () {
-      await addAbuseMessage(server.url, userAccessToken2, 888, message, HttpStatusCode.NOT_FOUND_404)
+      await command.addMessage({ token: userToken2, abuseId: 888, message, expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.NOT_FOUND_404 })
     })
 
     it('Should fail with a non authenticated user', async function () {
-      await addAbuseMessage(server.url, 'fake_token', abuseId, message, HttpStatusCode.UNAUTHORIZED_401)
+      await command.addMessage({ token: 'fake_token', abuseId, message, expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.UNAUTHORIZED_401 })
     })
 
     it('Should fail with an invalid logged in user', async function () {
-      await addAbuseMessage(server.url, userAccessToken2, abuseId, message, HttpStatusCode.FORBIDDEN_403)
+      await command.addMessage({ token: userToken2, abuseId, message, expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.FORBIDDEN_403 })
     })
 
     it('Should fail with an invalid message', async function () {
-      await addAbuseMessage(server.url, userAccessToken, abuseId, 'a'.repeat(5000), HttpStatusCode.BAD_REQUEST_400)
+      await command.addMessage({ token: userToken, abuseId, message: 'a'.repeat(5000), expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.BAD_REQUEST_400 })
     })
 
     it('Should suceed with the correct params', async function () {
-      const res = await addAbuseMessage(server.url, userAccessToken, abuseId, message)
+      const res = await command.addMessage({ token: userToken, abuseId, message })
       messageId = res.body.abuseMessage.id
     })
   })
@@ -361,96 +344,90 @@ describe('Test abuses API validators', function () {
   describe('When listing abuse messages', function () {
 
     it('Should fail with an invalid abuse id', async function () {
-      await listAbuseMessages(server.url, userAccessToken, 888, HttpStatusCode.NOT_FOUND_404)
+      await command.listMessages({ token: userToken, abuseId: 888, expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.NOT_FOUND_404 })
     })
 
     it('Should fail with a non authenticated user', async function () {
-      await listAbuseMessages(server.url, 'fake_token', abuseId, HttpStatusCode.UNAUTHORIZED_401)
+      await command.listMessages({ token: 'fake_token', abuseId, expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.UNAUTHORIZED_401 })
     })
 
     it('Should fail with an invalid logged in user', async function () {
-      await listAbuseMessages(server.url, userAccessToken2, abuseId, HttpStatusCode.FORBIDDEN_403)
+      await command.listMessages({ token: userToken2, abuseId, expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.FORBIDDEN_403 })
     })
 
     it('Should succeed with the correct params', async function () {
-      await listAbuseMessages(server.url, userAccessToken, abuseId)
+      await command.listMessages({ token: userToken, abuseId })
     })
   })
 
   describe('When deleting an abuse message', function () {
-
     it('Should fail with an invalid abuse id', async function () {
-      await deleteAbuseMessage(server.url, userAccessToken, 888, messageId, HttpStatusCode.NOT_FOUND_404)
+      await command.deleteMessage({ token: userToken, abuseId: 888, messageId, expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.NOT_FOUND_404 })
     })
 
     it('Should fail with an invalid message id', async function () {
-      await deleteAbuseMessage(server.url, userAccessToken, abuseId, 888, HttpStatusCode.NOT_FOUND_404)
+      await command.deleteMessage({ token: userToken, abuseId, messageId: 888, expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.NOT_FOUND_404 })
     })
 
     it('Should fail with a non authenticated user', async function () {
-      await deleteAbuseMessage(server.url, 'fake_token', abuseId, messageId, HttpStatusCode.UNAUTHORIZED_401)
+      await command.deleteMessage({ token: 'fake_token', abuseId, messageId, expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.UNAUTHORIZED_401 })
     })
 
     it('Should fail with an invalid logged in user', async function () {
-      await deleteAbuseMessage(server.url, userAccessToken2, abuseId, messageId, HttpStatusCode.FORBIDDEN_403)
+      await command.deleteMessage({ token: userToken2, abuseId, messageId, expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.FORBIDDEN_403 })
     })
 
     it('Should succeed with the correct params', async function () {
-      await deleteAbuseMessage(server.url, userAccessToken, abuseId, messageId)
+      await command.deleteMessage({ token: userToken, abuseId, messageId })
     })
   })
 
   describe('When deleting a video abuse', function () {
 
     it('Should fail with a non authenticated user', async function () {
-      await deleteAbuse(server.url, 'blabla', abuseId, HttpStatusCode.UNAUTHORIZED_401)
+      await command.delete({ token: 'blabla', abuseId, expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.UNAUTHORIZED_401 })
     })
 
     it('Should fail with a non admin user', async function () {
-      await deleteAbuse(server.url, userAccessToken, abuseId, HttpStatusCode.FORBIDDEN_403)
+      await command.delete({ token: userToken, abuseId, expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.FORBIDDEN_403 })
     })
 
     it('Should fail with a bad abuse id', async function () {
-      await deleteAbuse(server.url, server.accessToken, 45, HttpStatusCode.NOT_FOUND_404)
+      await command.delete({ abuseId: 45, expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.NOT_FOUND_404 })
     })
 
     it('Should succeed with the correct params', async function () {
-      await deleteAbuse(server.url, server.accessToken, abuseId)
+      await command.delete({ abuseId })
     })
   })
 
   describe('When trying to manage messages of a remote abuse', function () {
     let remoteAbuseId: number
-    let anotherServer: ServerInfo
+    let anotherServer: PeerTubeServer
 
     before(async function () {
       this.timeout(50000)
 
-      anotherServer = await flushAndRunServer(2)
+      anotherServer = await createSingleServer(2)
       await setAccessTokensToServers([ anotherServer ])
 
       await doubleFollow(anotherServer, server)
 
-      const server2VideoId = await getVideoIdFromUUID(anotherServer.url, server.video.uuid)
-      await reportAbuse({
-        url: anotherServer.url,
-        token: anotherServer.accessToken,
-        reason: 'remote server',
-        videoId: server2VideoId
-      })
+      const server2VideoId = await anotherServer.videos.getId({ uuid: server.store.video.uuid })
+      await anotherServer.abuses.report({ reason: 'remote server', videoId: server2VideoId })
 
       await waitJobs([ server, anotherServer ])
 
-      const res = await getAdminAbusesList({ url: server.url, token: server.accessToken, sort: '-createdAt' })
-      remoteAbuseId = res.body.data[0].id
+      const body = await command.getAdminList({ sort: '-createdAt' })
+      remoteAbuseId = body.data[0].id
     })
 
     it('Should fail when listing abuse messages of a remote abuse', async function () {
-      await listAbuseMessages(server.url, server.accessToken, remoteAbuseId, HttpStatusCode.BAD_REQUEST_400)
+      await command.listMessages({ abuseId: remoteAbuseId, expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.BAD_REQUEST_400 })
     })
 
     it('Should fail when creating abuse message of a remote abuse', async function () {
-      await addAbuseMessage(server.url, server.accessToken, remoteAbuseId, 'message', HttpStatusCode.BAD_REQUEST_400)
+      await command.addMessage({ abuseId: remoteAbuseId, message: 'message', expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.BAD_REQUEST_400 })
     })
 
     after(async function () {
diff --git a/server/tests/api/check-params/accounts.ts b/server/tests/api/check-params/accounts.ts
index d1712cff6..141d869b7 100644
--- a/server/tests/api/check-params/accounts.ts
+++ b/server/tests/api/check-params/accounts.ts
@@ -1,26 +1,26 @@
 /* eslint-disable @typescript-eslint/no-unused-expressions,@typescript-eslint/require-await */
 
 import 'mocha'
-
-import { cleanupTests, flushAndRunServer, ServerInfo } from '../../../../shared/extra-utils'
 import {
   checkBadCountPagination,
   checkBadSortPagination,
-  checkBadStartPagination
-} from '../../../../shared/extra-utils/requests/check-api-params'
-import { getAccount } from '../../../../shared/extra-utils/users/accounts'
-import { HttpStatusCode } from '../../../../shared/core-utils/miscs/http-error-codes'
+  checkBadStartPagination,
+  cleanupTests,
+  createSingleServer,
+  PeerTubeServer
+} from '@shared/extra-utils'
+import { HttpStatusCode } from '@shared/models'
 
 describe('Test accounts API validators', function () {
   const path = '/api/v1/accounts/'
-  let server: ServerInfo
+  let server: PeerTubeServer
 
   // ---------------------------------------------------------------
 
   before(async function () {
     this.timeout(30000)
 
-    server = await flushAndRunServer(1)
+    server = await createSingleServer(1)
   })
 
   describe('When listing accounts', function () {
@@ -38,8 +38,9 @@ describe('Test accounts API validators', function () {
   })
 
   describe('When getting an account', function () {
+
     it('Should return 404 with a non existing name', async function () {
-      await getAccount(server.url, 'arfaze', HttpStatusCode.NOT_FOUND_404)
+      await server.accounts.get({ accountName: 'arfaze', expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.NOT_FOUND_404 })
     })
   })
 
diff --git a/server/tests/api/check-params/blocklist.ts b/server/tests/api/check-params/blocklist.ts
index 5ed8810ce..7d5fae5cf 100644
--- a/server/tests/api/check-params/blocklist.ts
+++ b/server/tests/api/check-params/blocklist.ts
@@ -1,43 +1,38 @@
 /* eslint-disable @typescript-eslint/no-unused-expressions,@typescript-eslint/require-await */
 
 import 'mocha'
-
 import {
+  checkBadCountPagination,
+  checkBadSortPagination,
+  checkBadStartPagination,
   cleanupTests,
-  createUser,
+  createMultipleServers,
   doubleFollow,
-  flushAndRunMultipleServers,
   makeDeleteRequest,
   makeGetRequest,
   makePostBodyRequest,
-  ServerInfo,
-  setAccessTokensToServers,
-  userLogin
-} from '../../../../shared/extra-utils'
-import {
-  checkBadCountPagination,
-  checkBadSortPagination,
-  checkBadStartPagination
-} from '../../../../shared/extra-utils/requests/check-api-params'
-import { HttpStatusCode } from '../../../../shared/core-utils/miscs/http-error-codes'
+  PeerTubeServer,
+  setAccessTokensToServers
+} from '@shared/extra-utils'
+import { HttpStatusCode } from '@shared/models'
 
 describe('Test blocklist API validators', function () {
-  let servers: ServerInfo[]
-  let server: ServerInfo
+  let servers: PeerTubeServer[]
+  let server: PeerTubeServer
   let userAccessToken: string
 
   before(async function () {
     this.timeout(60000)
 
-    servers = await flushAndRunMultipleServers(2)
+    servers = await createMultipleServers(2)
     await setAccessTokensToServers(servers)
 
     server = servers[0]
 
     const user = { username: 'user1', password: 'password' }
-    await createUser({ url: server.url, accessToken: server.accessToken, username: user.username, password: user.password })
+    await server.users.create({ username: user.username, password: user.password })
 
-    userAccessToken = await userLogin(server, user)
+    userAccessToken = await server.login.getAccessToken(user)
 
     await doubleFollow(servers[0], servers[1])
   })
@@ -54,7 +49,7 @@ describe('Test blocklist API validators', function () {
           await makeGetRequest({
             url: server.url,
             path,
-            statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.UNAUTHORIZED_401
+            expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.UNAUTHORIZED_401
           })
         })
 
@@ -77,7 +72,7 @@ describe('Test blocklist API validators', function () {
             url: server.url,
             path,
             fields: { accountName: 'user1' },
-            statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.UNAUTHORIZED_401
+            expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.UNAUTHORIZED_401
           })
         })
 
@@ -87,7 +82,7 @@ describe('Test blocklist API validators', function () {
             token: server.accessToken,
             path,
             fields: { accountName: 'user2' },
-            statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.NOT_FOUND_404
+            expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.NOT_FOUND_404
           })
         })
 
@@ -97,7 +92,7 @@ describe('Test blocklist API validators', function () {
             token: server.accessToken,
             path,
             fields: { accountName: 'root' },
-            statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.CONFLICT_409
+            expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.CONFLICT_409
           })
         })
 
@@ -107,7 +102,7 @@ describe('Test blocklist API validators', function () {
             token: server.accessToken,
             path,
             fields: { accountName: 'user1' },
-            statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.NO_CONTENT_204
+            expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.NO_CONTENT_204
           })
         })
       })
@@ -117,7 +112,7 @@ describe('Test blocklist API validators', function () {
           await makeDeleteRequest({
             url: server.url,
             path: path + '/user1',
-            statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.UNAUTHORIZED_401
+            expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.UNAUTHORIZED_401
           })
         })
 
@@ -126,7 +121,7 @@ describe('Test blocklist API validators', function () {
             url: server.url,
             path: path + '/user2',
             token: server.accessToken,
-            statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.NOT_FOUND_404
+            expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.NOT_FOUND_404
           })
         })
 
@@ -135,7 +130,7 @@ describe('Test blocklist API validators', function () {
             url: server.url,
             path: path + '/user1',
             token: server.accessToken,
-            statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.NO_CONTENT_204
+            expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.NO_CONTENT_204
           })
         })
       })
@@ -149,7 +144,7 @@ describe('Test blocklist API validators', function () {
           await makeGetRequest({
             url: server.url,
             path,
-            statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.UNAUTHORIZED_401
+            expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.UNAUTHORIZED_401
           })
         })
 
@@ -172,7 +167,7 @@ describe('Test blocklist API validators', function () {
             url: server.url,
             path,
             fields: { host: 'localhost:9002' },
-            statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.UNAUTHORIZED_401
+            expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.UNAUTHORIZED_401
           })
         })
 
@@ -182,7 +177,7 @@ describe('Test blocklist API validators', function () {
             token: server.accessToken,
             path,
             fields: { host: 'localhost:9003' },
-            statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.NO_CONTENT_204
+            expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.NO_CONTENT_204
           })
         })
 
@@ -192,7 +187,7 @@ describe('Test blocklist API validators', function () {
             token: server.accessToken,
             path,
             fields: { host: 'localhost:' + server.port },
-            statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.CONFLICT_409
+            expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.CONFLICT_409
           })
         })
 
@@ -202,7 +197,7 @@ describe('Test blocklist API validators', function () {
             token: server.accessToken,
             path,
             fields: { host: 'localhost:' + servers[1].port },
-            statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.NO_CONTENT_204
+            expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.NO_CONTENT_204
           })
         })
       })
@@ -212,7 +207,7 @@ describe('Test blocklist API validators', function () {
           await makeDeleteRequest({
             url: server.url,
             path: path + '/localhost:' + servers[1].port,
-            statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.UNAUTHORIZED_401
+            expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.UNAUTHORIZED_401
           })
         })
 
@@ -221,7 +216,7 @@ describe('Test blocklist API validators', function () {
             url: server.url,
             path: path + '/localhost:9004',
             token: server.accessToken,
-            statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.NOT_FOUND_404
+            expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.NOT_FOUND_404
           })
         })
 
@@ -230,7 +225,7 @@ describe('Test blocklist API validators', function () {
             url: server.url,
             path: path + '/localhost:' + servers[1].port,
             token: server.accessToken,
-            statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.NO_CONTENT_204
+            expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.NO_CONTENT_204
           })
         })
       })
@@ -247,7 +242,7 @@ describe('Test blocklist API validators', function () {
           await makeGetRequest({
             url: server.url,
             path,
-            statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.UNAUTHORIZED_401
+            expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.UNAUTHORIZED_401
           })
         })
 
@@ -256,7 +251,7 @@ describe('Test blocklist API validators', function () {
             url: server.url,
             token: userAccessToken,
             path,
-            statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.FORBIDDEN_403
+            expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.FORBIDDEN_403
           })
         })
 
@@ -279,7 +274,7 @@ describe('Test blocklist API validators', function () {
             url: server.url,
             path,
             fields: { accountName: 'user1' },
-            statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.UNAUTHORIZED_401
+            expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.UNAUTHORIZED_401
           })
         })
 
@@ -289,7 +284,7 @@ describe('Test blocklist API validators', function () {
             token: userAccessToken,
             path,
             fields: { accountName: 'user1' },
-            statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.FORBIDDEN_403
+            expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.FORBIDDEN_403
           })
         })
 
@@ -299,7 +294,7 @@ describe('Test blocklist API validators', function () {
             token: server.accessToken,
             path,
             fields: { accountName: 'user2' },
-            statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.NOT_FOUND_404
+            expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.NOT_FOUND_404
           })
         })
 
@@ -309,7 +304,7 @@ describe('Test blocklist API validators', function () {
             token: server.accessToken,
             path,
             fields: { accountName: 'root' },
-            statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.CONFLICT_409
+            expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.CONFLICT_409
           })
         })
 
@@ -319,7 +314,7 @@ describe('Test blocklist API validators', function () {
             token: server.accessToken,
             path,
             fields: { accountName: 'user1' },
-            statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.NO_CONTENT_204
+            expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.NO_CONTENT_204
           })
         })
       })
@@ -329,7 +324,7 @@ describe('Test blocklist API validators', function () {
           await makeDeleteRequest({
             url: server.url,
             path: path + '/user1',
-            statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.UNAUTHORIZED_401
+            expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.UNAUTHORIZED_401
           })
         })
 
@@ -338,7 +333,7 @@ describe('Test blocklist API validators', function () {
             url: server.url,
             path: path + '/user1',
             token: userAccessToken,
-            statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.FORBIDDEN_403
+            expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.FORBIDDEN_403
           })
         })
 
@@ -347,7 +342,7 @@ describe('Test blocklist API validators', function () {
             url: server.url,
             path: path + '/user2',
             token: server.accessToken,
-            statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.NOT_FOUND_404
+            expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.NOT_FOUND_404
           })
         })
 
@@ -356,7 +351,7 @@ describe('Test blocklist API validators', function () {
             url: server.url,
             path: path + '/user1',
             token: server.accessToken,
-            statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.NO_CONTENT_204
+            expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.NO_CONTENT_204
           })
         })
       })
@@ -370,7 +365,7 @@ describe('Test blocklist API validators', function () {
           await makeGetRequest({
             url: server.url,
             path,
-            statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.UNAUTHORIZED_401
+            expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.UNAUTHORIZED_401
           })
         })
 
@@ -379,7 +374,7 @@ describe('Test blocklist API validators', function () {
             url: server.url,
             token: userAccessToken,
             path,
-            statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.FORBIDDEN_403
+            expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.FORBIDDEN_403
           })
         })
 
@@ -402,7 +397,7 @@ describe('Test blocklist API validators', function () {
             url: server.url,
             path,
             fields: { host: 'localhost:' + servers[1].port },
-            statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.UNAUTHORIZED_401
+            expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.UNAUTHORIZED_401
           })
         })
 
@@ -412,7 +407,7 @@ describe('Test blocklist API validators', function () {
             token: userAccessToken,
             path,
             fields: { host: 'localhost:' + servers[1].port },
-            statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.FORBIDDEN_403
+            expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.FORBIDDEN_403
           })
         })
 
@@ -422,7 +417,7 @@ describe('Test blocklist API validators', function () {
             token: server.accessToken,
             path,
             fields: { host: 'localhost:9003' },
-            statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.NO_CONTENT_204
+            expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.NO_CONTENT_204
           })
         })
 
@@ -432,7 +427,7 @@ describe('Test blocklist API validators', function () {
             token: server.accessToken,
             path,
             fields: { host: 'localhost:' + server.port },
-            statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.CONFLICT_409
+            expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.CONFLICT_409
           })
         })
 
@@ -442,7 +437,7 @@ describe('Test blocklist API validators', function () {
             token: server.accessToken,
             path,
             fields: { host: 'localhost:' + servers[1].port },
-            statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.NO_CONTENT_204
+            expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.NO_CONTENT_204
           })
         })
       })
@@ -452,7 +447,7 @@ describe('Test blocklist API validators', function () {
           await makeDeleteRequest({
             url: server.url,
             path: path + '/localhost:' + servers[1].port,
-            statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.UNAUTHORIZED_401
+            expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.UNAUTHORIZED_401
           })
         })
 
@@ -461,7 +456,7 @@ describe('Test blocklist API validators', function () {
             url: server.url,
             path: path + '/localhost:' + servers[1].port,
             token: userAccessToken,
-            statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.FORBIDDEN_403
+            expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.FORBIDDEN_403
           })
         })
 
@@ -470,7 +465,7 @@ describe('Test blocklist API validators', function () {
             url: server.url,
             path: path + '/localhost:9004',
             token: server.accessToken,
-            statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.NOT_FOUND_404
+            expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.NOT_FOUND_404
           })
         })
 
@@ -479,7 +474,7 @@ describe('Test blocklist API validators', function () {
             url: server.url,
             path: path + '/localhost:' + servers[1].port,
             token: server.accessToken,
-            statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.NO_CONTENT_204
+            expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.NO_CONTENT_204
           })
         })
       })
diff --git a/server/tests/api/check-params/bulk.ts b/server/tests/api/check-params/bulk.ts
index 07b920ba7..bc9d7784d 100644
--- a/server/tests/api/check-params/bulk.ts
+++ b/server/tests/api/check-params/bulk.ts
@@ -1,19 +1,11 @@
 /* eslint-disable @typescript-eslint/no-unused-expressions,@typescript-eslint/require-await */
 
 import 'mocha'
-import {
-  cleanupTests,
-  createUser,
-  flushAndRunServer,
-  ServerInfo,
-  setAccessTokensToServers,
-  userLogin
-} from '../../../../shared/extra-utils'
-import { makePostBodyRequest } from '../../../../shared/extra-utils/requests/requests'
-import { HttpStatusCode } from '../../../../shared/core-utils/miscs/http-error-codes'
+import { cleanupTests, createSingleServer, makePostBodyRequest, PeerTubeServer, setAccessTokensToServers } from '@shared/extra-utils'
+import { HttpStatusCode } from '@shared/models'
 
 describe('Test bulk API validators', function () {
-  let server: ServerInfo
+  let server: PeerTubeServer
   let userAccessToken: string
 
   // ---------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -21,13 +13,13 @@ describe('Test bulk API validators', function () {
   before(async function () {
     this.timeout(120000)
 
-    server = await flushAndRunServer(1)
+    server = await createSingleServer(1)
     await setAccessTokensToServers([ server ])
 
     const user = { username: 'user1', password: 'password' }
-    await createUser({ url: server.url, accessToken: server.accessToken, username: user.username, password: user.password })
+    await server.users.create({ username: user.username, password: user.password })
 
-    userAccessToken = await userLogin(server, user)
+    userAccessToken = await server.login.getAccessToken(user)
   })
 
   describe('When removing comments of', function () {
@@ -38,7 +30,7 @@ describe('Test bulk API validators', function () {
         url: server.url,
         path,
         fields: { accountName: 'user1', scope: 'my-videos' },
-        statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.UNAUTHORIZED_401
+        expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.UNAUTHORIZED_401
       })
     })
 
@@ -48,7 +40,7 @@ describe('Test bulk API validators', function () {
         token: server.accessToken,
         path,
         fields: { accountName: 'user2', scope: 'my-videos' },
-        statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.NOT_FOUND_404
+        expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.NOT_FOUND_404
       })
     })
 
@@ -58,7 +50,7 @@ describe('Test bulk API validators', function () {
         token: server.accessToken,
         path,
         fields: { accountName: 'user1', scope: 'my-videoss' },
-        statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.BAD_REQUEST_400
+        expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.BAD_REQUEST_400
       })
     })
 
@@ -68,7 +60,7 @@ describe('Test bulk API validators', function () {
         token: userAccessToken,
         path,
         fields: { accountName: 'user1', scope: 'instance' },
-        statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.FORBIDDEN_403
+        expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.FORBIDDEN_403
       })
     })
 
@@ -78,7 +70,7 @@ describe('Test bulk API validators', function () {
         token: server.accessToken,
         path,
         fields: { accountName: 'user1', scope: 'instance' },
-        statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.NO_CONTENT_204
+        expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.NO_CONTENT_204
       })
     })
   })
diff --git a/server/tests/api/check-params/config.ts b/server/tests/api/check-params/config.ts
index 9549070ef..87cb2287e 100644
--- a/server/tests/api/check-params/config.ts
+++ b/server/tests/api/check-params/config.ts
@@ -1,26 +1,21 @@
 /* eslint-disable @typescript-eslint/no-unused-expressions,@typescript-eslint/require-await */
 
-import { omit } from 'lodash'
 import 'mocha'
-import { CustomConfig } from '../../../../shared/models/server/custom-config.model'
-
+import { omit } from 'lodash'
 import {
   cleanupTests,
-  createUser,
-  flushAndRunServer,
-  immutableAssign,
+  createSingleServer,
   makeDeleteRequest,
   makeGetRequest,
   makePutBodyRequest,
-  ServerInfo,
-  setAccessTokensToServers,
-  userLogin
-} from '../../../../shared/extra-utils'
-import { HttpStatusCode } from '../../../../shared/core-utils/miscs/http-error-codes'
+  PeerTubeServer,
+  setAccessTokensToServers
+} from '@shared/extra-utils'
+import { CustomConfig, HttpStatusCode } from '@shared/models'
 
 describe('Test config API validators', function () {
   const path = '/api/v1/config/custom'
-  let server: ServerInfo
+  let server: PeerTubeServer
   let userAccessToken: string
   const updateParams: CustomConfig = {
     instance: {
@@ -201,7 +196,7 @@ describe('Test config API validators', function () {
   before(async function () {
     this.timeout(30000)
 
-    server = await flushAndRunServer(1)
+    server = await createSingleServer(1)
 
     await setAccessTokensToServers([ server ])
 
@@ -209,8 +204,8 @@ describe('Test config API validators', function () {
       username: 'user1',
       password: 'password'
     }
-    await createUser({ url: server.url, accessToken: server.accessToken, username: user.username, password: user.password })
-    userAccessToken = await userLogin(server, user)
+    await server.users.create({ username: user.username, password: user.password })
+    userAccessToken = await server.login.getAccessToken(user)
   })
 
   describe('When getting the configuration', function () {
@@ -218,7 +213,7 @@ describe('Test config API validators', function () {
       await makeGetRequest({
         url: server.url,
         path,
-        statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.UNAUTHORIZED_401
+        expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.UNAUTHORIZED_401
       })
     })
 
@@ -227,7 +222,7 @@ describe('Test config API validators', function () {
         url: server.url,
         path,
         token: userAccessToken,
-        statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.FORBIDDEN_403
+        expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.FORBIDDEN_403
       })
     })
   })
@@ -238,7 +233,7 @@ describe('Test config API validators', function () {
         url: server.url,
         path,
         fields: updateParams,
-        statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.UNAUTHORIZED_401
+        expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.UNAUTHORIZED_401
       })
     })
 
@@ -248,7 +243,7 @@ describe('Test config API validators', function () {
         path,
         fields: updateParams,
         token: userAccessToken,
-        statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.FORBIDDEN_403
+        expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.FORBIDDEN_403
       })
     })
 
@@ -260,47 +255,53 @@ describe('Test config API validators', function () {
         path,
         fields: newUpdateParams,
         token: server.accessToken,
-        statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.BAD_REQUEST_400
+        expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.BAD_REQUEST_400
       })
     })
 
     it('Should fail with a bad default NSFW policy', async function () {
-      const newUpdateParams = immutableAssign(updateParams, {
+      const newUpdateParams = {
+        ...updateParams,
+
         instance: {
           defaultNSFWPolicy: 'hello'
         }
-      })
+      }
 
       await makePutBodyRequest({
         url: server.url,
         path,
         fields: newUpdateParams,
         token: server.accessToken,
-        statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.BAD_REQUEST_400
+        expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.BAD_REQUEST_400
       })
     })
 
     it('Should fail if email disabled and signup requires email verification', async function () {
       // opposite scenario - success when enable enabled - covered via tests/api/users/user-verification.ts
-      const newUpdateParams = immutableAssign(updateParams, {
+      const newUpdateParams = {
+        ...updateParams,
+
         signup: {
           enabled: true,
           limit: 5,
           requiresEmailVerification: true
         }
-      })
+      }
 
       await makePutBodyRequest({
         url: server.url,
         path,
         fields: newUpdateParams,
         token: server.accessToken,
-        statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.BAD_REQUEST_400
+        expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.BAD_REQUEST_400
       })
     })
 
     it('Should fail with a disabled webtorrent & hls transcoding', async function () {
-      const newUpdateParams = immutableAssign(updateParams, {
+      const newUpdateParams = {
+        ...updateParams,
+
         transcoding: {
           hls: {
             enabled: false
@@ -309,14 +310,14 @@ describe('Test config API validators', function () {
             enabled: false
           }
         }
-      })
+      }
 
       await makePutBodyRequest({
         url: server.url,
         path,
         fields: newUpdateParams,
         token: server.accessToken,
-        statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.BAD_REQUEST_400
+        expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.BAD_REQUEST_400
       })
     })
 
@@ -326,7 +327,7 @@ describe('Test config API validators', function () {
         path,
         fields: updateParams,
         token: server.accessToken,
-        statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.OK_200
+        expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.OK_200
       })
     })
   })
@@ -336,7 +337,7 @@ describe('Test config API validators', function () {
       await makeDeleteRequest({
         url: server.url,
         path,
-        statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.UNAUTHORIZED_401
+        expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.UNAUTHORIZED_401
       })
     })
 
@@ -345,7 +346,7 @@ describe('Test config API validators', function () {
         url: server.url,
         path,
         token: userAccessToken,
-        statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.FORBIDDEN_403
+        expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.FORBIDDEN_403
       })
     })
   })
diff --git a/server/tests/api/check-params/contact-form.ts b/server/tests/api/check-params/contact-form.ts
index c7f9c1b47..1df9993da 100644
--- a/server/tests/api/check-params/contact-form.ts
+++ b/server/tests/api/check-params/contact-form.ts
@@ -1,14 +1,12 @@
 /* eslint-disable @typescript-eslint/no-unused-expressions,@typescript-eslint/require-await */
 
 import 'mocha'
-
-import { cleanupTests, flushAndRunServer, immutableAssign, killallServers, reRunServer, ServerInfo } from '../../../../shared/extra-utils'
-import { sendContactForm } from '../../../../shared/extra-utils/server/contact-form'
-import { MockSmtpServer } from '../../../../shared/extra-utils/miscs/email'
-import { HttpStatusCode } from '../../../../shared/core-utils/miscs/http-error-codes'
+import { cleanupTests, createSingleServer, killallServers, MockSmtpServer, PeerTubeServer } from '@shared/extra-utils'
+import { ContactFormCommand } from '@shared/extra-utils/server'
+import { HttpStatusCode } from '@shared/models'
 
 describe('Test contact form API validators', function () {
-  let server: ServerInfo
+  let server: PeerTubeServer
   const emails: object[] = []
   const defaultBody = {
     fromName: 'super name',
@@ -17,6 +15,7 @@ describe('Test contact form API validators', function () {
     body: 'Hello, how are you?'
   }
   let emailPort: number
+  let command: ContactFormCommand
 
   // ---------------------------------------------------------------
 
@@ -26,86 +25,51 @@ describe('Test contact form API validators', function () {
     emailPort = await MockSmtpServer.Instance.collectEmails(emails)
 
     // Email is disabled
-    server = await flushAndRunServer(1)
+    server = await createSingleServer(1)
+    command = server.contactForm
   })
 
   it('Should not accept a contact form if emails are disabled', async function () {
-    await sendContactForm(immutableAssign(defaultBody, { url: server.url, expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.CONFLICT_409 }))
+    await command.send({ ...defaultBody, expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.CONFLICT_409 })
   })
 
   it('Should not accept a contact form if it is disabled in the configuration', async function () {
     this.timeout(10000)
 
-    killallServers([ server ])
+    await killallServers([ server ])
 
     // Contact form is disabled
-    await reRunServer(server, { smtp: { hostname: 'localhost', port: emailPort }, contact_form: { enabled: false } })
-    await sendContactForm(immutableAssign(defaultBody, { url: server.url, expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.CONFLICT_409 }))
+    await server.run({ smtp: { hostname: 'localhost', port: emailPort }, contact_form: { enabled: false } })
+    await command.send({ ...defaultBody, expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.CONFLICT_409 })
   })
 
   it('Should not accept a contact form if from email is invalid', async function () {
     this.timeout(10000)
 
-    killallServers([ server ])
+    await killallServers([ server ])
 
     // Email & contact form enabled
-    await reRunServer(server, { smtp: { hostname: 'localhost', port: emailPort } })
-
-    await sendContactForm(immutableAssign(defaultBody, {
-      url: server.url,
-      expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.BAD_REQUEST_400,
-      fromEmail: 'badEmail'
-    }))
-    await sendContactForm(immutableAssign(defaultBody, {
-      url: server.url,
-      expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.BAD_REQUEST_400,
-      fromEmail: 'badEmail@'
-    }))
-    await sendContactForm(immutableAssign(defaultBody, {
-      url: server.url,
-      expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.BAD_REQUEST_400,
-      fromEmail: undefined
-    }))
+    await server.run({ smtp: { hostname: 'localhost', port: emailPort } })
+
+    await command.send({ ...defaultBody, fromEmail: 'badEmail', expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.BAD_REQUEST_400 })
+    await command.send({ ...defaultBody, fromEmail: 'badEmail@', expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.BAD_REQUEST_400 })
+    await command.send({ ...defaultBody, fromEmail: undefined, expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.BAD_REQUEST_400 })
   })
 
   it('Should not accept a contact form if from name is invalid', async function () {
-    await sendContactForm(immutableAssign(defaultBody, {
-      url: server.url,
-      expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.BAD_REQUEST_400,
-      fromName: 'name'.repeat(100)
-    }))
-    await sendContactForm(immutableAssign(defaultBody, {
-      url: server.url,
-      expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.BAD_REQUEST_400,
-      fromName: ''
-    }))
-    await sendContactForm(immutableAssign(defaultBody, {
-      url: server.url,
-      expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.BAD_REQUEST_400,
-      fromName: undefined
-    }))
+    await command.send({ ...defaultBody, fromName: 'name'.repeat(100), expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.BAD_REQUEST_400 })
+    await command.send({ ...defaultBody, fromName: '', expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.BAD_REQUEST_400 })
+    await command.send({ ...defaultBody, fromName: undefined, expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.BAD_REQUEST_400 })
   })
 
   it('Should not accept a contact form if body is invalid', async function () {
-    await sendContactForm(immutableAssign(defaultBody, {
-      url: server.url,
-      expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.BAD_REQUEST_400,
-      body: 'body'.repeat(5000)
-    }))
-    await sendContactForm(immutableAssign(defaultBody, {
-      url: server.url,
-      expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.BAD_REQUEST_400,
-      body: 'a'
-    }))
-    await sendContactForm(immutableAssign(defaultBody, {
-      url: server.url,
-      expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.BAD_REQUEST_400,
-      body: undefined
-    }))
+    await command.send({ ...defaultBody, body: 'body'.repeat(5000), expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.BAD_REQUEST_400 })
+    await command.send({ ...defaultBody, body: 'a', expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.BAD_REQUEST_400 })
+    await command.send({ ...defaultBody, body: undefined, expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.BAD_REQUEST_400 })
   })
 
   it('Should accept a contact form with the correct parameters', async function () {
-    await sendContactForm(immutableAssign(defaultBody, { url: server.url }))
+    await command.send(defaultBody)
   })
 
   after(async function () {
diff --git a/server/tests/api/check-params/custom-pages.ts b/server/tests/api/check-params/custom-pages.ts
index 74ca3384c..9fbbea315 100644
--- a/server/tests/api/check-params/custom-pages.ts
+++ b/server/tests/api/check-params/custom-pages.ts
@@ -1,21 +1,20 @@
 /* eslint-disable @typescript-eslint/no-unused-expressions,@typescript-eslint/require-await */
 
 import 'mocha'
-import { HttpStatusCode } from '../../../../shared/core-utils/miscs/http-error-codes'
 import {
   cleanupTests,
-  createUser,
-  flushAndRunServer,
-  ServerInfo,
-  setAccessTokensToServers,
-  userLogin
-} from '../../../../shared/extra-utils'
-import { makeGetRequest, makePutBodyRequest } from '../../../../shared/extra-utils/requests/requests'
+  createSingleServer,
+  makeGetRequest,
+  makePutBodyRequest,
+  PeerTubeServer,
+  setAccessTokensToServers
+} from '@shared/extra-utils'
+import { HttpStatusCode } from '@shared/models'
 
 describe('Test custom pages validators', function () {
   const path = '/api/v1/custom-pages/homepage/instance'
 
-  let server: ServerInfo
+  let server: PeerTubeServer
   let userAccessToken: string
 
   // ---------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -23,13 +22,13 @@ describe('Test custom pages validators', function () {
   before(async function () {
     this.timeout(120000)
 
-    server = await flushAndRunServer(1)
+    server = await createSingleServer(1)
     await setAccessTokensToServers([ server ])
 
     const user = { username: 'user1', password: 'password' }
-    await createUser({ url: server.url, accessToken: server.accessToken, username: user.username, password: user.password })
+    await server.users.create({ username: user.username, password: user.password })
 
-    userAccessToken = await userLogin(server, user)
+    userAccessToken = await server.login.getAccessToken(user)
   })
 
   describe('When updating instance homepage', function () {
@@ -39,7 +38,7 @@ describe('Test custom pages validators', function () {
         url: server.url,
         path,
         fields: { content: 'super content' },
-        statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.UNAUTHORIZED_401
+        expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.UNAUTHORIZED_401
       })
     })
 
@@ -49,7 +48,7 @@ describe('Test custom pages validators', function () {
         path,
         token: userAccessToken,
         fields: { content: 'super content' },
-        statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.FORBIDDEN_403
+        expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.FORBIDDEN_403
       })
     })
 
@@ -59,7 +58,7 @@ describe('Test custom pages validators', function () {
         path,
         token: server.accessToken,
         fields: { content: 'super content' },
-        statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.NO_CONTENT_204
+        expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.NO_CONTENT_204
       })
     })
   })
@@ -70,7 +69,7 @@ describe('Test custom pages validators', function () {
       await makeGetRequest({
         url: server.url,
         path,
-        statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.OK_200
+        expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.OK_200
       })
     })
   })
diff --git a/server/tests/api/check-params/debug.ts b/server/tests/api/check-params/debug.ts
index 37bf0f99b..a55786359 100644
--- a/server/tests/api/check-params/debug.ts
+++ b/server/tests/api/check-params/debug.ts
@@ -1,21 +1,12 @@
 /* eslint-disable @typescript-eslint/no-unused-expressions,@typescript-eslint/require-await */
 
 import 'mocha'
-
-import {
-  cleanupTests,
-  createUser,
-  flushAndRunServer,
-  ServerInfo,
-  setAccessTokensToServers,
-  userLogin
-} from '../../../../shared/extra-utils'
-import { makeGetRequest } from '../../../../shared/extra-utils/requests/requests'
-import { HttpStatusCode } from '../../../../shared/core-utils/miscs/http-error-codes'
+import { cleanupTests, createSingleServer, makeGetRequest, PeerTubeServer, setAccessTokensToServers } from '@shared/extra-utils'
+import { HttpStatusCode } from '@shared/models'
 
 describe('Test debug API validators', function () {
   const path = '/api/v1/server/debug'
-  let server: ServerInfo
+  let server: PeerTubeServer
   let userAccessToken = ''
 
   // ---------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -23,7 +14,7 @@ describe('Test debug API validators', function () {
   before(async function () {
     this.timeout(120000)
 
-    server = await flushAndRunServer(1)
+    server = await createSingleServer(1)
 
     await setAccessTokensToServers([ server ])
 
@@ -31,8 +22,8 @@ describe('Test debug API validators', function () {
       username: 'user1',
       password: 'my super password'
     }
-    await createUser({ url: server.url, accessToken: server.accessToken, username: user.username, password: user.password })
-    userAccessToken = await userLogin(server, user)
+    await server.users.create({ username: user.username, password: user.password })
+    userAccessToken = await server.login.getAccessToken(user)
   })
 
   describe('When getting debug endpoint', function () {
@@ -41,7 +32,7 @@ describe('Test debug API validators', function () {
       await makeGetRequest({
         url: server.url,
         path,
-        statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.UNAUTHORIZED_401
+        expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.UNAUTHORIZED_401
       })
     })
 
@@ -50,7 +41,7 @@ describe('Test debug API validators', function () {
         url: server.url,
         path,
         token: userAccessToken,
-        statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.FORBIDDEN_403
+        expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.FORBIDDEN_403
       })
     })
 
@@ -60,7 +51,7 @@ describe('Test debug API validators', function () {
         path,
         token: server.accessToken,
         query: { startDate: new Date().toISOString() },
-        statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.OK_200
+        expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.OK_200
       })
     })
   })
diff --git a/server/tests/api/check-params/follows.ts b/server/tests/api/check-params/follows.ts
index c03dd5c9c..2bc9f6b96 100644
--- a/server/tests/api/check-params/follows.ts
+++ b/server/tests/api/check-params/follows.ts
@@ -1,33 +1,29 @@
 /* eslint-disable @typescript-eslint/no-unused-expressions,@typescript-eslint/require-await */
 
 import 'mocha'
-
-import {
-  cleanupTests,
-  createUser,
-  flushAndRunServer,
-  makeDeleteRequest, makeGetRequest,
-  makePostBodyRequest,
-  ServerInfo,
-  setAccessTokensToServers,
-  userLogin
-} from '../../../../shared/extra-utils'
 import {
   checkBadCountPagination,
   checkBadSortPagination,
-  checkBadStartPagination
-} from '../../../../shared/extra-utils/requests/check-api-params'
-import { HttpStatusCode } from '../../../../shared/core-utils/miscs/http-error-codes'
+  checkBadStartPagination,
+  cleanupTests,
+  createSingleServer,
+  makeDeleteRequest,
+  makeGetRequest,
+  makePostBodyRequest,
+  PeerTubeServer,
+  setAccessTokensToServers
+} from '@shared/extra-utils'
+import { HttpStatusCode } from '@shared/models'
 
 describe('Test server follows API validators', function () {
-  let server: ServerInfo
+  let server: PeerTubeServer
 
   // ---------------------------------------------------------------
 
   before(async function () {
     this.timeout(30000)
 
-    server = await flushAndRunServer(1)
+    server = await createSingleServer(1)
 
     await setAccessTokensToServers([ server ])
   })
@@ -36,64 +32,68 @@ describe('Test server follows API validators', function () {
     let userAccessToken = null
 
     before(async function () {
-      const user = {
-        username: 'user1',
-        password: 'password'
-      }
-
-      await createUser({ url: server.url, accessToken: server.accessToken, username: user.username, password: user.password })
-      userAccessToken = await userLogin(server, user)
+      userAccessToken = await server.users.generateUserAndToken('user1')
     })
 
     describe('When adding follows', function () {
       const path = '/api/v1/server/following'
 
-      it('Should fail without hosts', async function () {
+      it('Should fail with nothing', async function () {
         await makePostBodyRequest({
           url: server.url,
           path,
           token: server.accessToken,
-          statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.BAD_REQUEST_400
+          expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.BAD_REQUEST_400
         })
       })
 
-      it('Should fail if hosts is not an array', async function () {
+      it('Should fail if hosts is not composed by hosts', async function () {
         await makePostBodyRequest({
           url: server.url,
           path,
+          fields: { hosts: [ 'localhost:9002', 'localhost:coucou' ] },
           token: server.accessToken,
-          fields: { hosts: 'localhost:9002' },
-          statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.BAD_REQUEST_400
+          expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.BAD_REQUEST_400
         })
       })
 
-      it('Should fail if the array is not composed by hosts', async function () {
+      it('Should fail if hosts is composed with http schemes', async function () {
         await makePostBodyRequest({
           url: server.url,
           path,
-          fields: { hosts: [ 'localhost:9002', 'localhost:coucou' ] },
+          fields: { hosts: [ 'localhost:9002', 'http://localhost:9003' ] },
+          token: server.accessToken,
+          expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.BAD_REQUEST_400
+        })
+      })
+
+      it('Should fail if hosts are not unique', async function () {
+        await makePostBodyRequest({
+          url: server.url,
+          path,
+          fields: { urls: [ 'localhost:9002', 'localhost:9002' ] },
           token: server.accessToken,
-          statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.BAD_REQUEST_400
+          expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.BAD_REQUEST_400
         })
       })
 
-      it('Should fail if the array is composed with http schemes', async function () {
+      it('Should fail if handles is not composed by handles', async function () {
         await makePostBodyRequest({
           url: server.url,
           path,
-          fields: { hosts: [ 'localhost:9002', 'http://localhost:9003' ] },
+          fields: { handles: [ 'hello@example.com', 'localhost:9001' ] },
           token: server.accessToken,
-          statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.BAD_REQUEST_400
+          expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.BAD_REQUEST_400
         })
       })
 
-      it('Should fail if hosts are not unique', async function () {
+      it('Should fail if handles are not unique', async function () {
         await makePostBodyRequest({
           url: server.url,
           path,
-          fields: { urls: [ 'localhost:9002', 'localhost:9002' ] },
+          fields: { urls: [ 'hello@example.com', 'hello@example.com' ] },
           token: server.accessToken,
-          statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.BAD_REQUEST_400
+          expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.BAD_REQUEST_400
         })
       })
 
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ describe('Test server follows API validators', function () {
           path,
           fields: { hosts: [ 'localhost:9002' ] },
           token: 'fake_token',
-          statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.UNAUTHORIZED_401
+          expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.UNAUTHORIZED_401
         })
       })
 
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ describe('Test server follows API validators', function () {
           path,
           fields: { hosts: [ 'localhost:9002' ] },
           token: userAccessToken,
-          statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.FORBIDDEN_403
+          expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.FORBIDDEN_403
         })
       })
     })
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ describe('Test server follows API validators', function () {
         await makeGetRequest({
           url: server.url,
           path,
-          statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.OK_200,
+          expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.OK_200,
           query: {
             state: 'accepted',
             actorType: 'Application'
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ describe('Test server follows API validators', function () {
         await makeGetRequest({
           url: server.url,
           path,
-          statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.OK_200,
+          expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.OK_200,
           query: {
             state: 'accepted'
           }
@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@ describe('Test server follows API validators', function () {
           url: server.url,
           path: path + '/toto@localhost:9002',
           token: 'fake_token',
-          statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.UNAUTHORIZED_401
+          expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.UNAUTHORIZED_401
         })
       })
 
@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@ describe('Test server follows API validators', function () {
           url: server.url,
           path: path + '/toto@localhost:9002',
           token: userAccessToken,
-          statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.FORBIDDEN_403
+          expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.FORBIDDEN_403
         })
       })
 
@@ -240,7 +240,7 @@ describe('Test server follows API validators', function () {
           url: server.url,
           path: path + '/toto',
           token: server.accessToken,
-          statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.BAD_REQUEST_400
+          expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.BAD_REQUEST_400
         })
       })
 
@@ -249,7 +249,7 @@ describe('Test server follows API validators', function () {
           url: server.url,
           path: path + '/toto@localhost:9003',
           token: server.accessToken,
-          statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.NOT_FOUND_404
+          expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.NOT_FOUND_404
         })
       })
     })
@@ -262,7 +262,7 @@ describe('Test server follows API validators', function () {
           url: server.url,
           path: path + '/toto@localhost:9002/accept',
           token: 'fake_token',
-          statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.UNAUTHORIZED_401
+          expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.UNAUTHORIZED_401
         })
       })
 
@@ -271,7 +271,7 @@ describe('Test server follows API validators', function () {
           url: server.url,
           path: path + '/toto@localhost:9002/accept',
           token: userAccessToken,
-          statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.FORBIDDEN_403
+          expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.FORBIDDEN_403
         })
       })
 
@@ -280,7 +280,7 @@ describe('Test server follows API validators', function () {
           url: server.url,
           path: path + '/toto/accept',
           token: server.accessToken,
-          statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.BAD_REQUEST_400
+          expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.BAD_REQUEST_400
         })
       })
 
@@ -289,7 +289,7 @@ describe('Test server follows API validators', function () {
           url: server.url,
           path: path + '/toto@localhost:9003/accept',
           token: server.accessToken,
-          statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.NOT_FOUND_404
+          expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.NOT_FOUND_404
         })
       })
     })
@@ -302,7 +302,7 @@ describe('Test server follows API validators', function () {
           url: server.url,
           path: path + '/toto@localhost:9002/reject',
           token: 'fake_token',
-          statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.UNAUTHORIZED_401
+          expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.UNAUTHORIZED_401
         })
       })
 
@@ -311,7 +311,7 @@ describe('Test server follows API validators', function () {
           url: server.url,
           path: path + '/toto@localhost:9002/reject',
           token: userAccessToken,
-          statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.FORBIDDEN_403
+          expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.FORBIDDEN_403
         })
       })
 
@@ -320,7 +320,7 @@ describe('Test server follows API validators', function () {
           url: server.url,
           path: path + '/toto/reject',
           token: server.accessToken,
-          statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.BAD_REQUEST_400
+          expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.BAD_REQUEST_400
         })
       })
 
@@ -329,7 +329,7 @@ describe('Test server follows API validators', function () {
           url: server.url,
           path: path + '/toto@localhost:9003/reject',
           token: server.accessToken,
-          statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.NOT_FOUND_404
+          expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.NOT_FOUND_404
         })
       })
     })
@@ -342,7 +342,7 @@ describe('Test server follows API validators', function () {
           url: server.url,
           path: path + '/localhost:9002',
           token: 'fake_token',
-          statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.UNAUTHORIZED_401
+          expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.UNAUTHORIZED_401
         })
       })
 
@@ -351,7 +351,7 @@ describe('Test server follows API validators', function () {
           url: server.url,
           path: path + '/localhost:9002',
           token: userAccessToken,
-          statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.FORBIDDEN_403
+          expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.FORBIDDEN_403
         })
       })
 
@@ -360,7 +360,7 @@ describe('Test server follows API validators', function () {
           url: server.url,
           path: path + '/example.com',
           token: server.accessToken,
-          statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.NOT_FOUND_404
+          expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.NOT_FOUND_404
         })
       })
     })
diff --git a/server/tests/api/check-params/jobs.ts b/server/tests/api/check-params/jobs.ts
index 3c1d2049b..23d95d8e4 100644
--- a/server/tests/api/check-params/jobs.ts
+++ b/server/tests/api/check-params/jobs.ts
@@ -1,26 +1,21 @@
 /* eslint-disable @typescript-eslint/no-unused-expressions,@typescript-eslint/require-await */
 
 import 'mocha'
-
-import {
-  cleanupTests,
-  createUser,
-  flushAndRunServer,
-  ServerInfo,
-  setAccessTokensToServers,
-  userLogin
-} from '../../../../shared/extra-utils'
 import {
   checkBadCountPagination,
   checkBadSortPagination,
-  checkBadStartPagination
-} from '../../../../shared/extra-utils/requests/check-api-params'
-import { makeGetRequest } from '../../../../shared/extra-utils/requests/requests'
-import { HttpStatusCode } from '../../../../shared/core-utils/miscs/http-error-codes'
+  checkBadStartPagination,
+  cleanupTests,
+  createSingleServer,
+  makeGetRequest,
+  PeerTubeServer,
+  setAccessTokensToServers
+} from '@shared/extra-utils'
+import { HttpStatusCode } from '@shared/models'
 
 describe('Test jobs API validators', function () {
   const path = '/api/v1/jobs/failed'
-  let server: ServerInfo
+  let server: PeerTubeServer
   let userAccessToken = ''
 
   // ---------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -28,7 +23,7 @@ describe('Test jobs API validators', function () {
   before(async function () {
     this.timeout(120000)
 
-    server = await flushAndRunServer(1)
+    server = await createSingleServer(1)
 
     await setAccessTokensToServers([ server ])
 
@@ -36,8 +31,8 @@ describe('Test jobs API validators', function () {
       username: 'user1',
       password: 'my super password'
     }
-    await createUser({ url: server.url, accessToken: server.accessToken, username: user.username, password: user.password })
-    userAccessToken = await userLogin(server, user)
+    await server.users.create({ username: user.username, password: user.password })
+    userAccessToken = await server.login.getAccessToken(user)
   })
 
   describe('When listing jobs', function () {
@@ -77,7 +72,7 @@ describe('Test jobs API validators', function () {
       await makeGetRequest({
         url: server.url,
         path,
-        statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.UNAUTHORIZED_401
+        expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.UNAUTHORIZED_401
       })
     })
 
@@ -86,7 +81,7 @@ describe('Test jobs API validators', function () {
         url: server.url,
         path,
         token: userAccessToken,
-        statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.FORBIDDEN_403
+        expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.FORBIDDEN_403
       })
     })
 
diff --git a/server/tests/api/check-params/live.ts b/server/tests/api/check-params/live.ts
index 933d8abf2..700b4724d 100644
--- a/server/tests/api/check-params/live.ts
+++ b/server/tests/api/check-params/live.ts
@@ -2,69 +2,64 @@
 
 import 'mocha'
 import { omit } from 'lodash'
-import { LiveVideo, VideoCreateResult, VideoPrivacy } from '@shared/models'
-import { HttpStatusCode } from '../../../../shared/core-utils/miscs/http-error-codes'
 import {
   buildAbsoluteFixturePath,
   cleanupTests,
-  createUser,
-  flushAndRunServer,
-  getLive,
-  getMyUserInformation,
-  immutableAssign,
+  createSingleServer,
+  LiveCommand,
   makePostBodyRequest,
   makeUploadRequest,
-  runAndTestFfmpegStreamError,
+  PeerTubeServer,
   sendRTMPStream,
-  ServerInfo,
   setAccessTokensToServers,
-  stopFfmpeg,
-  updateCustomSubConfig,
-  updateLive,
-  uploadVideoAndGetId,
-  userLogin,
-  waitUntilLivePublished
-} from '../../../../shared/extra-utils'
+  stopFfmpeg
+} from '@shared/extra-utils'
+import { HttpStatusCode, VideoCreateResult, VideoPrivacy } from '@shared/models'
 
 describe('Test video lives API validator', function () {
   const path = '/api/v1/videos/live'
-  let server: ServerInfo
+  let server: PeerTubeServer
   let userAccessToken = ''
   let channelId: number
   let video: VideoCreateResult
   let videoIdNotLive: number
+  let command: LiveCommand
 
   // ---------------------------------------------------------------
 
   before(async function () {
     this.timeout(30000)
 
-    server = await flushAndRunServer(1)
+    server = await createSingleServer(1)
 
     await setAccessTokensToServers([ server ])
 
-    await updateCustomSubConfig(server.url, server.accessToken, {
-      live: {
-        enabled: true,
-        maxInstanceLives: 20,
-        maxUserLives: 20,
-        allowReplay: true
+    await server.config.updateCustomSubConfig({
+      newConfig: {
+        live: {
+          enabled: true,
+          maxInstanceLives: 20,
+          maxUserLives: 20,
+          allowReplay: true
+        }
       }
     })
 
     const username = 'user1'
     const password = 'my super password'
-    await createUser({ url: server.url, accessToken: server.accessToken, username: username, password: password })
-    userAccessToken = await userLogin(server, { username, password })
+    await server.users.create({ username: username, password: password })
+    userAccessToken = await server.login.getAccessToken({ username, password })
 
     {
-      const res = await getMyUserInformation(server.url, server.accessToken)
-      channelId = res.body.videoChannels[0].id
+      const { videoChannels } = await server.users.getMyInfo()
+      channelId = videoChannels[0].id
     }
 
     {
-      videoIdNotLive = (await uploadVideoAndGetId({ server, videoName: 'not live' })).id
+      videoIdNotLive = (await server.videos.quickUpload({ name: 'not live' })).id
     }
+
+    command = server.live
   })
 
   describe('When creating a live', function () {
@@ -96,37 +91,37 @@ describe('Test video lives API validator', function () {
     })
 
     it('Should fail with a long name', async function () {
-      const fields = immutableAssign(baseCorrectParams, { name: 'super'.repeat(65) })
+      const fields = { ...baseCorrectParams, name: 'super'.repeat(65) }
 
       await makePostBodyRequest({ url: server.url, path, token: server.accessToken, fields })
     })
 
     it('Should fail with a bad category', async function () {
-      const fields = immutableAssign(baseCorrectParams, { category: 125 })
+      const fields = { ...baseCorrectParams, category: 125 }
 
       await makePostBodyRequest({ url: server.url, path, token: server.accessToken, fields })
     })
 
     it('Should fail with a bad licence', async function () {
-      const fields = immutableAssign(baseCorrectParams, { licence: 125 })
+      const fields = { ...baseCorrectParams, licence: 125 }
 
       await makePostBodyRequest({ url: server.url, path, token: server.accessToken, fields })
     })
 
     it('Should fail with a bad language', async function () {
-      const fields = immutableAssign(baseCorrectParams, { language: 'a'.repeat(15) })
+      const fields = { ...baseCorrectParams, language: 'a'.repeat(15) }
 
       await makePostBodyRequest({ url: server.url, path, token: server.accessToken, fields })
     })
 
     it('Should fail with a long description', async function () {
-      const fields = immutableAssign(baseCorrectParams, { description: 'super'.repeat(2500) })
+      const fields = { ...baseCorrectParams, description: 'super'.repeat(2500) }
 
       await makePostBodyRequest({ url: server.url, path, token: server.accessToken, fields })
     })
 
     it('Should fail with a long support text', async function () {
-      const fields = immutableAssign(baseCorrectParams, { support: 'super'.repeat(201) })
+      const fields = { ...baseCorrectParams, support: 'super'.repeat(201) }
 
       await makePostBodyRequest({ url: server.url, path, token: server.accessToken, fields })
     })
@@ -138,7 +133,7 @@ describe('Test video lives API validator', function () {
     })
 
     it('Should fail with a bad channel', async function () {
-      const fields = immutableAssign(baseCorrectParams, { channelId: 545454 })
+      const fields = { ...baseCorrectParams, channelId: 545454 }
 
       await makePostBodyRequest({ url: server.url, path, token: server.accessToken, fields })
     })
@@ -148,31 +143,31 @@ describe('Test video lives API validator', function () {
         username: 'fake',
         password: 'fake_password'
       }
-      await createUser({ url: server.url, accessToken: server.accessToken, username: user.username, password: user.password })
+      await server.users.create({ username: user.username, password: user.password })
 
-      const accessTokenUser = await userLogin(server, user)
-      const res = await getMyUserInformation(server.url, accessTokenUser)
-      const customChannelId = res.body.videoChannels[0].id
+      const accessTokenUser = await server.login.getAccessToken(user)
+      const { videoChannels } = await server.users.getMyInfo({ token: accessTokenUser })
+      const customChannelId = videoChannels[0].id
 
-      const fields = immutableAssign(baseCorrectParams, { channelId: customChannelId })
+      const fields = { ...baseCorrectParams, channelId: customChannelId }
 
       await makePostBodyRequest({ url: server.url, path, token: userAccessToken, fields })
     })
 
     it('Should fail with too many tags', async function () {
-      const fields = immutableAssign(baseCorrectParams, { tags: [ 'tag1', 'tag2', 'tag3', 'tag4', 'tag5', 'tag6' ] })
+      const fields = { ...baseCorrectParams, tags: [ 'tag1', 'tag2', 'tag3', 'tag4', 'tag5', 'tag6' ] }
 
       await makePostBodyRequest({ url: server.url, path, token: server.accessToken, fields })
     })
 
     it('Should fail with a tag length too low', async function () {
-      const fields = immutableAssign(baseCorrectParams, { tags: [ 'tag1', 't' ] })
+      const fields = { ...baseCorrectParams, tags: [ 'tag1', 't' ] }
 
       await makePostBodyRequest({ url: server.url, path, token: server.accessToken, fields })
     })
 
     it('Should fail with a tag length too big', async function () {
-      const fields = immutableAssign(baseCorrectParams, { tags: [ 'tag1', 'my_super_tag_too_long_long_long_long_long_long' ] })
+      const fields = { ...baseCorrectParams, tags: [ 'tag1', 'my_super_tag_too_long_long_long_long_long_long' ] }
 
       await makePostBodyRequest({ url: server.url, path, token: server.accessToken, fields })
     })
@@ -214,7 +209,7 @@ describe('Test video lives API validator', function () {
     })
 
     it('Should fail with save replay and permanent live set to true', async function () {
-      const fields = immutableAssign(baseCorrectParams, { saveReplay: true, permanentLive: true })
+      const fields = { ...baseCorrectParams, saveReplay: true, permanentLive: true }
 
       await makePostBodyRequest({ url: server.url, path, token: server.accessToken, fields })
     })
@@ -227,16 +222,18 @@ describe('Test video lives API validator', function () {
         path,
         token: server.accessToken,
         fields: baseCorrectParams,
-        statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.OK_200
+        expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.OK_200
       })
 
       video = res.body.video
     })
 
     it('Should forbid if live is disabled', async function () {
-      await updateCustomSubConfig(server.url, server.accessToken, {
-        live: {
-          enabled: false
+      await server.config.updateCustomSubConfig({
+        newConfig: {
+          live: {
+            enabled: false
+          }
         }
       })
 
@@ -245,17 +242,19 @@ describe('Test video lives API validator', function () {
         path,
         token: server.accessToken,
         fields: baseCorrectParams,
-        statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.FORBIDDEN_403
+        expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.FORBIDDEN_403
       })
     })
 
     it('Should forbid to save replay if not enabled by the admin', async function () {
-      const fields = immutableAssign(baseCorrectParams, { saveReplay: true })
-
-      await updateCustomSubConfig(server.url, server.accessToken, {
-        live: {
-          enabled: true,
-          allowReplay: false
+      const fields = { ...baseCorrectParams, saveReplay: true }
+
+      await server.config.updateCustomSubConfig({
+        newConfig: {
+          live: {
+            enabled: true,
+            allowReplay: false
+          }
         }
       })
 
@@ -264,17 +263,19 @@ describe('Test video lives API validator', function () {
         path,
         token: server.accessToken,
         fields,
-        statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.FORBIDDEN_403
+        expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.FORBIDDEN_403
       })
     })
 
     it('Should allow to save replay if enabled by the admin', async function () {
-      const fields = immutableAssign(baseCorrectParams, { saveReplay: true })
-
-      await updateCustomSubConfig(server.url, server.accessToken, {
-        live: {
-          enabled: true,
-          allowReplay: true
+      const fields = { ...baseCorrectParams, saveReplay: true }
+
+      await server.config.updateCustomSubConfig({
+        newConfig: {
+          live: {
+            enabled: true,
+            allowReplay: true
+          }
         }
       })
 
@@ -283,15 +284,17 @@ describe('Test video lives API validator', function () {
         path,
         token: server.accessToken,
         fields,
-        statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.OK_200
+        expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.OK_200
       })
     })
 
     it('Should not allow live if max instance lives is reached', async function () {
-      await updateCustomSubConfig(server.url, server.accessToken, {
-        live: {
-          enabled: true,
-          maxInstanceLives: 1
+      await server.config.updateCustomSubConfig({
+        newConfig: {
+          live: {
+            enabled: true,
+            maxInstanceLives: 1
+          }
         }
       })
 
@@ -300,16 +303,18 @@ describe('Test video lives API validator', function () {
         path,
         token: server.accessToken,
         fields: baseCorrectParams,
-        statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.FORBIDDEN_403
+        expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.FORBIDDEN_403
       })
     })
 
     it('Should not allow live if max user lives is reached', async function () {
-      await updateCustomSubConfig(server.url, server.accessToken, {
-        live: {
-          enabled: true,
-          maxInstanceLives: 20,
-          maxUserLives: 1
+      await server.config.updateCustomSubConfig({
+        newConfig: {
+          live: {
+            enabled: true,
+            maxInstanceLives: 20,
+            maxUserLives: 1
+          }
         }
       })
 
@@ -318,7 +323,7 @@ describe('Test video lives API validator', function () {
         path,
         token: server.accessToken,
         fields: baseCorrectParams,
-        statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.FORBIDDEN_403
+        expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.FORBIDDEN_403
       })
     })
   })
@@ -326,110 +331,112 @@ describe('Test video lives API validator', function () {
   describe('When getting live information', function () {
 
     it('Should fail without access token', async function () {
-      await getLive(server.url, '', video.id, HttpStatusCode.UNAUTHORIZED_401)
+      await command.get({ token: '', videoId: video.id, expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.UNAUTHORIZED_401 })
     })
 
     it('Should fail with a bad access token', async function () {
-      await getLive(server.url, 'toto', video.id, HttpStatusCode.UNAUTHORIZED_401)
+      await command.get({ token: 'toto', videoId: video.id, expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.UNAUTHORIZED_401 })
     })
 
     it('Should fail with access token of another user', async function () {
-      await getLive(server.url, userAccessToken, video.id, HttpStatusCode.FORBIDDEN_403)
+      await command.get({ token: userAccessToken, videoId: video.id, expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.FORBIDDEN_403 })
     })
 
     it('Should fail with a bad video id', async function () {
-      await getLive(server.url, server.accessToken, 'toto', HttpStatusCode.BAD_REQUEST_400)
+      await command.get({ videoId: 'toto', expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.BAD_REQUEST_400 })
     })
 
     it('Should fail with an unknown video id', async function () {
-      await getLive(server.url, server.accessToken, 454555, HttpStatusCode.NOT_FOUND_404)
+      await command.get({ videoId: 454555, expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.NOT_FOUND_404 })
     })
 
     it('Should fail with a non live video', async function () {
-      await getLive(server.url, server.accessToken, videoIdNotLive, HttpStatusCode.NOT_FOUND_404)
+      await command.get({ videoId: videoIdNotLive, expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.NOT_FOUND_404 })
     })
 
     it('Should succeed with the correct params', async function () {
-      await getLive(server.url, server.accessToken, video.id)
-      await getLive(server.url, server.accessToken, video.shortUUID)
+      await command.get({ videoId: video.id })
+      await command.get({ videoId: video.uuid })
+      await command.get({ videoId: video.shortUUID })
     })
   })
 
   describe('When updating live information', async function () {
 
     it('Should fail without access token', async function () {
-      await updateLive(server.url, '', video.id, {}, HttpStatusCode.UNAUTHORIZED_401)
+      await command.update({ token: '', videoId: video.id, fields: {}, expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.UNAUTHORIZED_401 })
     })
 
     it('Should fail with a bad access token', async function () {
-      await updateLive(server.url, 'toto', video.id, {}, HttpStatusCode.UNAUTHORIZED_401)
+      await command.update({ token: 'toto', videoId: video.id, fields: {}, expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.UNAUTHORIZED_401 })
     })
 
     it('Should fail with access token of another user', async function () {
-      await updateLive(server.url, userAccessToken, video.id, {}, HttpStatusCode.FORBIDDEN_403)
+      await command.update({ token: userAccessToken, videoId: video.id, fields: {}, expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.FORBIDDEN_403 })
     })
 
     it('Should fail with a bad video id', async function () {
-      await updateLive(server.url, server.accessToken, 'toto', {}, HttpStatusCode.BAD_REQUEST_400)
+      await command.update({ videoId: 'toto', fields: {}, expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.BAD_REQUEST_400 })
     })
 
     it('Should fail with an unknown video id', async function () {
-      await updateLive(server.url, server.accessToken, 454555, {}, HttpStatusCode.NOT_FOUND_404)
+      await command.update({ videoId: 454555, fields: {}, expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.NOT_FOUND_404 })
     })
 
     it('Should fail with a non live video', async function () {
-      await updateLive(server.url, server.accessToken, videoIdNotLive, {}, HttpStatusCode.NOT_FOUND_404)
+      await command.update({ videoId: videoIdNotLive, fields: {}, expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.NOT_FOUND_404 })
     })
 
     it('Should fail with save replay and permanent live set to true', async function () {
       const fields = { saveReplay: true, permanentLive: true }
 
-      await updateLive(server.url, server.accessToken, video.id, fields, HttpStatusCode.BAD_REQUEST_400)
+      await command.update({ videoId: video.id, fields, expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.BAD_REQUEST_400 })
     })
 
     it('Should succeed with the correct params', async function () {
-      await updateLive(server.url, server.accessToken, video.id, { saveReplay: false })
-      await updateLive(server.url, server.accessToken, video.shortUUID, { saveReplay: false })
+      await command.update({ videoId: video.id, fields: { saveReplay: false } })
+      await command.update({ videoId: video.uuid, fields: { saveReplay: false } })
+      await command.update({ videoId: video.shortUUID, fields: { saveReplay: false } })
     })
 
     it('Should fail to update replay status if replay is not allowed on the instance', async function () {
-      await updateCustomSubConfig(server.url, server.accessToken, {
-        live: {
-          enabled: true,
-          allowReplay: false
+      await server.config.updateCustomSubConfig({
+        newConfig: {
+          live: {
+            enabled: true,
+            allowReplay: false
+          }
         }
       })
 
-      await updateLive(server.url, server.accessToken, video.id, { saveReplay: true }, HttpStatusCode.FORBIDDEN_403)
+      await command.update({ videoId: video.id, fields: { saveReplay: true }, expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.FORBIDDEN_403 })
     })
 
     it('Should fail to update a live if it has already started', async function () {
       this.timeout(40000)
 
-      const resLive = await getLive(server.url, server.accessToken, video.id)
-      const live: LiveVideo = resLive.body
+      const live = await command.get({ videoId: video.id })
 
-      const command = sendRTMPStream(live.rtmpUrl, live.streamKey)
+      const ffmpegCommand = sendRTMPStream(live.rtmpUrl, live.streamKey)
 
-      await waitUntilLivePublished(server.url, server.accessToken, video.id)
-      await updateLive(server.url, server.accessToken, video.id, {}, HttpStatusCode.BAD_REQUEST_400)
+      await command.waitUntilPublished({ videoId: video.id })
+      await command.update({ videoId: video.id, fields: {}, expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.BAD_REQUEST_400 })
 
-      await stopFfmpeg(command)
+      await stopFfmpeg(ffmpegCommand)
     })
 
     it('Should fail to stream twice in the save live', async function () {
       this.timeout(40000)
 
-      const resLive = await getLive(server.url, server.accessToken, video.id)
-      const live: LiveVideo = resLive.body
+      const live = await command.get({ videoId: video.id })
 
-      const command = sendRTMPStream(live.rtmpUrl, live.streamKey)
+      const ffmpegCommand = sendRTMPStream(live.rtmpUrl, live.streamKey)
 
-      await waitUntilLivePublished(server.url, server.accessToken, video.id)
+      await command.waitUntilPublished({ videoId: video.id })
 
-      await runAndTestFfmpegStreamError(server.url, server.accessToken, video.id, true)
+      await command.runAndTestStreamError({ videoId: video.id, shouldHaveError: true })
 
-      await stopFfmpeg(command)
+      await stopFfmpeg(ffmpegCommand)
     })
   })
 
diff --git a/server/tests/api/check-params/logs.ts b/server/tests/api/check-params/logs.ts
index dac1e6b98..05372257a 100644
--- a/server/tests/api/check-params/logs.ts
+++ b/server/tests/api/check-params/logs.ts
@@ -1,21 +1,12 @@
 /* eslint-disable @typescript-eslint/no-unused-expressions,@typescript-eslint/require-await */
 
 import 'mocha'
-
-import {
-  cleanupTests,
-  createUser,
-  flushAndRunServer,
-  ServerInfo,
-  setAccessTokensToServers,
-  userLogin
-} from '../../../../shared/extra-utils'
-import { makeGetRequest } from '../../../../shared/extra-utils/requests/requests'
-import { HttpStatusCode } from '../../../../shared/core-utils/miscs/http-error-codes'
+import { cleanupTests, createSingleServer, makeGetRequest, PeerTubeServer, setAccessTokensToServers } from '@shared/extra-utils'
+import { HttpStatusCode } from '@shared/models'
 
 describe('Test logs API validators', function () {
   const path = '/api/v1/server/logs'
-  let server: ServerInfo
+  let server: PeerTubeServer
   let userAccessToken = ''
 
   // ---------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -23,7 +14,7 @@ describe('Test logs API validators', function () {
   before(async function () {
     this.timeout(120000)
 
-    server = await flushAndRunServer(1)
+    server = await createSingleServer(1)
 
     await setAccessTokensToServers([ server ])
 
@@ -31,8 +22,8 @@ describe('Test logs API validators', function () {
       username: 'user1',
       password: 'my super password'
     }
-    await createUser({ url: server.url, accessToken: server.accessToken, username: user.username, password: user.password })
-    userAccessToken = await userLogin(server, user)
+    await server.users.create({ username: user.username, password: user.password })
+    userAccessToken = await server.login.getAccessToken(user)
   })
 
   describe('When getting logs', function () {
@@ -41,7 +32,7 @@ describe('Test logs API validators', function () {
       await makeGetRequest({
         url: server.url,
         path,
-        statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.UNAUTHORIZED_401
+        expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.UNAUTHORIZED_401
       })
     })
 
@@ -50,7 +41,7 @@ describe('Test logs API validators', function () {
         url: server.url,
         path,
         token: userAccessToken,
-        statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.FORBIDDEN_403
+        expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.FORBIDDEN_403
       })
     })
 
@@ -59,7 +50,7 @@ describe('Test logs API validators', function () {
         url: server.url,
         path,
         token: server.accessToken,
-        statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.BAD_REQUEST_400
+        expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.BAD_REQUEST_400
       })
     })
 
@@ -69,7 +60,7 @@ describe('Test logs API validators', function () {
         path,
         token: server.accessToken,
         query: { startDate: 'toto' },
-        statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.BAD_REQUEST_400
+        expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.BAD_REQUEST_400
       })
     })
 
@@ -79,7 +70,7 @@ describe('Test logs API validators', function () {
         path,
         token: server.accessToken,
         query: { startDate: new Date().toISOString(), endDate: 'toto' },
-        statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.BAD_REQUEST_400
+        expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.BAD_REQUEST_400
       })
     })
 
@@ -89,7 +80,7 @@ describe('Test logs API validators', function () {
         path,
         token: server.accessToken,
         query: { startDate: new Date().toISOString(), level: 'toto' },
-        statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.BAD_REQUEST_400
+        expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.BAD_REQUEST_400
       })
     })
 
@@ -99,7 +90,7 @@ describe('Test logs API validators', function () {
         path,
         token: server.accessToken,
         query: { startDate: new Date().toISOString() },
-        statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.OK_200
+        expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.OK_200
       })
     })
   })
diff --git a/server/tests/api/check-params/plugins.ts b/server/tests/api/check-params/plugins.ts
index a833fe6ff..33f84ecbc 100644
--- a/server/tests/api/check-params/plugins.ts
+++ b/server/tests/api/check-params/plugins.ts
@@ -1,27 +1,22 @@
 /* eslint-disable @typescript-eslint/no-unused-expressions,@typescript-eslint/require-await */
 
 import 'mocha'
-import { HttpStatusCode } from '@shared/core-utils'
 import {
   checkBadCountPagination,
   checkBadSortPagination,
   checkBadStartPagination,
   cleanupTests,
-  createUser,
-  flushAndRunServer,
-  immutableAssign,
-  installPlugin,
+  createSingleServer,
   makeGetRequest,
   makePostBodyRequest,
   makePutBodyRequest,
-  ServerInfo,
-  setAccessTokensToServers,
-  userLogin
+  PeerTubeServer,
+  setAccessTokensToServers
 } from '@shared/extra-utils'
-import { PeerTubePlugin, PluginType } from '@shared/models'
+import { HttpStatusCode, PeerTubePlugin, PluginType } from '@shared/models'
 
 describe('Test server plugins API validators', function () {
-  let server: ServerInfo
+  let server: PeerTubeServer
   let userAccessToken = null
 
   const npmPlugin = 'peertube-plugin-hello-world'
@@ -37,7 +32,7 @@ describe('Test server plugins API validators', function () {
   before(async function () {
     this.timeout(30000)
 
-    server = await flushAndRunServer(1)
+    server = await createSingleServer(1)
 
     await setAccessTokensToServers([ server ])
 
@@ -46,17 +41,17 @@ describe('Test server plugins API validators', function () {
       password: 'password'
     }
 
-    await createUser({ url: server.url, accessToken: server.accessToken, username: user.username, password: user.password })
-    userAccessToken = await userLogin(server, user)
+    await server.users.create({ username: user.username, password: user.password })
+    userAccessToken = await server.login.getAccessToken(user)
 
     {
-      const res = await installPlugin({ url: server.url, accessToken: server.accessToken, npmName: npmPlugin })
+      const res = await server.plugins.install({ npmName: npmPlugin })
       const plugin = res.body as PeerTubePlugin
       npmVersion = plugin.version
     }
 
     {
-      const res = await installPlugin({ url: server.url, accessToken: server.accessToken, npmName: themePlugin })
+      const res = await server.plugins.install({ npmName: themePlugin })
       const plugin = res.body as PeerTubePlugin
       themeVersion = plugin.version
     }
@@ -74,7 +69,7 @@ describe('Test server plugins API validators', function () {
       ]
 
       for (const p of paths) {
-        await makeGetRequest({ url: server.url, path: p, statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.NOT_FOUND_404 })
+        await makeGetRequest({ url: server.url, path: p, expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.NOT_FOUND_404 })
       }
     })
 
@@ -82,7 +77,7 @@ describe('Test server plugins API validators', function () {
       await makeGetRequest({
         url: server.url,
         path: '/themes/' + pluginName + '/' + npmVersion + '/static/images/chocobo.png',
-        statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.NOT_FOUND_404
+        expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.NOT_FOUND_404
       })
     })
 
@@ -97,7 +92,7 @@ describe('Test server plugins API validators', function () {
       ]
 
       for (const p of paths) {
-        await makeGetRequest({ url: server.url, path: p, statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.BAD_REQUEST_400 })
+        await makeGetRequest({ url: server.url, path: p, expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.BAD_REQUEST_400 })
       }
     })
 
@@ -111,14 +106,14 @@ describe('Test server plugins API validators', function () {
       ]
 
       for (const p of paths) {
-        await makeGetRequest({ url: server.url, path: p, statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.BAD_REQUEST_400 })
+        await makeGetRequest({ url: server.url, path: p, expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.BAD_REQUEST_400 })
       }
     })
 
     it('Should fail with an unknown auth name', async function () {
       const path = '/plugins/' + pluginName + '/' + npmVersion + '/auth/bad-auth'
 
-      await makeGetRequest({ url: server.url, path, statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.NOT_FOUND_404 })
+      await makeGetRequest({ url: server.url, path, expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.NOT_FOUND_404 })
     })
 
     it('Should fail with an unknown static file', async function () {
@@ -130,7 +125,7 @@ describe('Test server plugins API validators', function () {
       ]
 
       for (const p of paths) {
-        await makeGetRequest({ url: server.url, path: p, statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.NOT_FOUND_404 })
+        await makeGetRequest({ url: server.url, path: p, expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.NOT_FOUND_404 })
       }
     })
 
@@ -138,7 +133,7 @@ describe('Test server plugins API validators', function () {
       await makeGetRequest({
         url: server.url,
         path: '/themes/' + themeName + '/' + themeVersion + '/css/assets/fake.css',
-        statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.NOT_FOUND_404
+        expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.NOT_FOUND_404
       })
     })
 
@@ -152,11 +147,11 @@ describe('Test server plugins API validators', function () {
       ]
 
       for (const p of paths) {
-        await makeGetRequest({ url: server.url, path: p, statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.OK_200 })
+        await makeGetRequest({ url: server.url, path: p, expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.OK_200 })
       }
 
       const authPath = '/plugins/' + pluginName + '/' + npmVersion + '/auth/fake-auth'
-      await makeGetRequest({ url: server.url, path: authPath, statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.FOUND_302 })
+      await makeGetRequest({ url: server.url, path: authPath, expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.FOUND_302 })
     })
   })
 
@@ -174,7 +169,7 @@ describe('Test server plugins API validators', function () {
         path,
         token: 'fake_token',
         query: baseQuery,
-        statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.UNAUTHORIZED_401
+        expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.UNAUTHORIZED_401
       })
     })
 
@@ -184,7 +179,7 @@ describe('Test server plugins API validators', function () {
         path,
         token: userAccessToken,
         query: baseQuery,
-        statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.FORBIDDEN_403
+        expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.FORBIDDEN_403
       })
     })
 
@@ -201,7 +196,7 @@ describe('Test server plugins API validators', function () {
     })
 
     it('Should fail with an invalid plugin type', async function () {
-      const query = immutableAssign(baseQuery, { pluginType: 5 })
+      const query = { ...baseQuery, pluginType: 5 }
 
       await makeGetRequest({
         url: server.url,
@@ -212,7 +207,7 @@ describe('Test server plugins API validators', function () {
     })
 
     it('Should fail with an invalid current peertube engine', async function () {
-      const query = immutableAssign(baseQuery, { currentPeerTubeEngine: '1.0' })
+      const query = { ...baseQuery, currentPeerTubeEngine: '1.0' }
 
       await makeGetRequest({
         url: server.url,
@@ -228,7 +223,7 @@ describe('Test server plugins API validators', function () {
         path,
         token: server.accessToken,
         query: baseQuery,
-        statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.OK_200
+        expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.OK_200
       })
     })
   })
@@ -245,7 +240,7 @@ describe('Test server plugins API validators', function () {
         path,
         token: 'fake_token',
         query: baseQuery,
-        statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.UNAUTHORIZED_401
+        expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.UNAUTHORIZED_401
       })
     })
 
@@ -255,7 +250,7 @@ describe('Test server plugins API validators', function () {
         path,
         token: userAccessToken,
         query: baseQuery,
-        statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.FORBIDDEN_403
+        expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.FORBIDDEN_403
       })
     })
 
@@ -272,7 +267,7 @@ describe('Test server plugins API validators', function () {
     })
 
     it('Should fail with an invalid plugin type', async function () {
-      const query = immutableAssign(baseQuery, { pluginType: 5 })
+      const query = { ...baseQuery, pluginType: 5 }
 
       await makeGetRequest({
         url: server.url,
@@ -288,7 +283,7 @@ describe('Test server plugins API validators', function () {
         path,
         token: server.accessToken,
         query: baseQuery,
-        statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.OK_200
+        expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.OK_200
       })
     })
   })
@@ -302,7 +297,7 @@ describe('Test server plugins API validators', function () {
           url: server.url,
           path: path + suffix,
           token: 'fake_token',
-          statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.UNAUTHORIZED_401
+          expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.UNAUTHORIZED_401
         })
       }
     })
@@ -313,7 +308,7 @@ describe('Test server plugins API validators', function () {
           url: server.url,
           path: path + suffix,
           token: userAccessToken,
-          statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.FORBIDDEN_403
+          expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.FORBIDDEN_403
         })
       }
     })
@@ -324,7 +319,7 @@ describe('Test server plugins API validators', function () {
           url: server.url,
           path: path + suffix,
           token: server.accessToken,
-          statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.BAD_REQUEST_400
+          expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.BAD_REQUEST_400
         })
       }
 
@@ -333,7 +328,7 @@ describe('Test server plugins API validators', function () {
           url: server.url,
           path: path + suffix,
           token: server.accessToken,
-          statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.BAD_REQUEST_400
+          expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.BAD_REQUEST_400
         })
       }
     })
@@ -344,7 +339,7 @@ describe('Test server plugins API validators', function () {
           url: server.url,
           path: path + suffix,
           token: server.accessToken,
-          statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.NOT_FOUND_404
+          expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.NOT_FOUND_404
         })
       }
     })
@@ -355,7 +350,7 @@ describe('Test server plugins API validators', function () {
           url: server.url,
           path: path + suffix,
           token: server.accessToken,
-          statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.OK_200
+          expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.OK_200
         })
       }
     })
@@ -371,7 +366,7 @@ describe('Test server plugins API validators', function () {
         path: path + npmPlugin + '/settings',
         fields: { settings },
         token: 'fake_token',
-        statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.UNAUTHORIZED_401
+        expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.UNAUTHORIZED_401
       })
     })
 
@@ -381,7 +376,7 @@ describe('Test server plugins API validators', function () {
         path: path + npmPlugin + '/settings',
         fields: { settings },
         token: userAccessToken,
-        statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.FORBIDDEN_403
+        expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.FORBIDDEN_403
       })
     })
 
@@ -391,7 +386,7 @@ describe('Test server plugins API validators', function () {
         path: path + 'toto/settings',
         fields: { settings },
         token: server.accessToken,
-        statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.BAD_REQUEST_400
+        expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.BAD_REQUEST_400
       })
 
       await makePutBodyRequest({
@@ -399,7 +394,7 @@ describe('Test server plugins API validators', function () {
         path: path + 'peertube-plugin-TOTO/settings',
         fields: { settings },
         token: server.accessToken,
-        statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.BAD_REQUEST_400
+        expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.BAD_REQUEST_400
       })
     })
 
@@ -409,7 +404,7 @@ describe('Test server plugins API validators', function () {
         path: path + 'peertube-plugin-toto/settings',
         fields: { settings },
         token: server.accessToken,
-        statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.NOT_FOUND_404
+        expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.NOT_FOUND_404
       })
     })
 
@@ -419,7 +414,7 @@ describe('Test server plugins API validators', function () {
         path: path + npmPlugin + '/settings',
         fields: { settings },
         token: server.accessToken,
-        statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.NO_CONTENT_204
+        expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.NO_CONTENT_204
       })
     })
   })
@@ -434,7 +429,7 @@ describe('Test server plugins API validators', function () {
           path: path + suffix,
           fields: { npmName: npmPlugin },
           token: 'fake_token',
-          statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.UNAUTHORIZED_401
+          expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.UNAUTHORIZED_401
         })
       }
     })
@@ -446,7 +441,7 @@ describe('Test server plugins API validators', function () {
           path: path + suffix,
           fields: { npmName: npmPlugin },
           token: userAccessToken,
-          statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.FORBIDDEN_403
+          expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.FORBIDDEN_403
         })
       }
     })
@@ -458,7 +453,7 @@ describe('Test server plugins API validators', function () {
           path: path + suffix,
           fields: { npmName: 'toto' },
           token: server.accessToken,
-          statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.BAD_REQUEST_400
+          expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.BAD_REQUEST_400
         })
       }
 
@@ -468,7 +463,7 @@ describe('Test server plugins API validators', function () {
           path: path + suffix,
           fields: { npmName: 'peertube-plugin-TOTO' },
           token: server.accessToken,
-          statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.BAD_REQUEST_400
+          expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.BAD_REQUEST_400
         })
       }
     })
@@ -488,7 +483,7 @@ describe('Test server plugins API validators', function () {
           path: path + obj.suffix,
           fields: { npmName: npmPlugin },
           token: server.accessToken,
-          statusCodeExpected: obj.status
+          expectedStatus: obj.status
         })
       }
     })
diff --git a/server/tests/api/check-params/redundancy.ts b/server/tests/api/check-params/redundancy.ts
index dac6938de..d9f905549 100644
--- a/server/tests/api/check-params/redundancy.ts
+++ b/server/tests/api/check-params/redundancy.ts
@@ -1,30 +1,25 @@
 /* eslint-disable @typescript-eslint/no-unused-expressions,@typescript-eslint/require-await */
 
 import 'mocha'
-import { VideoCreateResult } from '@shared/models'
-import { HttpStatusCode } from '../../../../shared/core-utils/miscs/http-error-codes'
 import {
   checkBadCountPagination,
   checkBadSortPagination,
   checkBadStartPagination,
   cleanupTests,
-  createUser,
+  createMultipleServers,
   doubleFollow,
-  flushAndRunMultipleServers,
-  getVideo,
   makeDeleteRequest,
   makeGetRequest,
   makePostBodyRequest,
   makePutBodyRequest,
-  ServerInfo,
+  PeerTubeServer,
   setAccessTokensToServers,
-  uploadVideoAndGetId,
-  userLogin,
   waitJobs
-} from '../../../../shared/extra-utils'
+} from '@shared/extra-utils'
+import { HttpStatusCode, VideoCreateResult } from '@shared/models'
 
 describe('Test server redundancy API validators', function () {
-  let servers: ServerInfo[]
+  let servers: PeerTubeServer[]
   let userAccessToken = null
   let videoIdLocal: number
   let videoRemote: VideoCreateResult
@@ -34,7 +29,7 @@ describe('Test server redundancy API validators', function () {
   before(async function () {
     this.timeout(80000)
 
-    servers = await flushAndRunMultipleServers(2)
+    servers = await createMultipleServers(2)
 
     await setAccessTokensToServers(servers)
     await doubleFollow(servers[0], servers[1])
@@ -44,17 +39,16 @@ describe('Test server redundancy API validators', function () {
       password: 'password'
     }
 
-    await createUser({ url: servers[0].url, accessToken: servers[0].accessToken, username: user.username, password: user.password })
-    userAccessToken = await userLogin(servers[0], user)
+    await servers[0].users.create({ username: user.username, password: user.password })
+    userAccessToken = await servers[0].login.getAccessToken(user)
 
-    videoIdLocal = (await uploadVideoAndGetId({ server: servers[0], videoName: 'video' })).id
+    videoIdLocal = (await servers[0].videos.quickUpload({ name: 'video' })).id
 
-    const remoteUUID = (await uploadVideoAndGetId({ server: servers[1], videoName: 'video' })).uuid
+    const remoteUUID = (await servers[1].videos.quickUpload({ name: 'video' })).uuid
 
     await waitJobs(servers)
 
-    const resVideo = await getVideo(servers[0].url, remoteUUID)
-    videoRemote = resVideo.body
+    videoRemote = await servers[0].videos.get({ id: remoteUUID })
   })
 
   describe('When listing redundancies', function () {
@@ -69,11 +63,11 @@ describe('Test server redundancy API validators', function () {
     })
 
     it('Should fail with an invalid token', async function () {
-      await makeGetRequest({ url, path, token: 'fake_token', statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.UNAUTHORIZED_401 })
+      await makeGetRequest({ url, path, token: 'fake_token', expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.UNAUTHORIZED_401 })
     })
 
     it('Should fail if the user is not an administrator', async function () {
-      await makeGetRequest({ url, path, token: userAccessToken, statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.FORBIDDEN_403 })
+      await makeGetRequest({ url, path, token: userAccessToken, expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.FORBIDDEN_403 })
     })
 
     it('Should fail with a bad start pagination', async function () {
@@ -97,7 +91,7 @@ describe('Test server redundancy API validators', function () {
     })
 
     it('Should succeed with the correct params', async function () {
-      await makeGetRequest({ url, path, token, query: { target: 'my-videos' }, statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.OK_200 })
+      await makeGetRequest({ url, path, token, query: { target: 'my-videos' }, expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.OK_200 })
     })
   })
 
@@ -113,11 +107,11 @@ describe('Test server redundancy API validators', function () {
     })
 
     it('Should fail with an invalid token', async function () {
-      await makePostBodyRequest({ url, path, token: 'fake_token', statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.UNAUTHORIZED_401 })
+      await makePostBodyRequest({ url, path, token: 'fake_token', expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.UNAUTHORIZED_401 })
     })
 
     it('Should fail if the user is not an administrator', async function () {
-      await makePostBodyRequest({ url, path, token: userAccessToken, statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.FORBIDDEN_403 })
+      await makePostBodyRequest({ url, path, token: userAccessToken, expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.FORBIDDEN_403 })
     })
 
     it('Should fail without a video id', async function () {
@@ -129,7 +123,7 @@ describe('Test server redundancy API validators', function () {
     })
 
     it('Should fail with a not found video id', async function () {
-      await makePostBodyRequest({ url, path, token, fields: { videoId: 6565 }, statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.NOT_FOUND_404 })
+      await makePostBodyRequest({ url, path, token, fields: { videoId: 6565 }, expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.NOT_FOUND_404 })
     })
 
     it('Should fail with a local a video id', async function () {
@@ -142,7 +136,7 @@ describe('Test server redundancy API validators', function () {
         path,
         token,
         fields: { videoId: videoRemote.shortUUID },
-        statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.NO_CONTENT_204
+        expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.NO_CONTENT_204
       })
     })
 
@@ -156,7 +150,7 @@ describe('Test server redundancy API validators', function () {
         path,
         token,
         fields: { videoId: videoRemote.uuid },
-        statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.CONFLICT_409
+        expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.CONFLICT_409
       })
     })
   })
@@ -173,11 +167,11 @@ describe('Test server redundancy API validators', function () {
     })
 
     it('Should fail with an invalid token', async function () {
-      await makeDeleteRequest({ url, path: path + '1', token: 'fake_token', statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.UNAUTHORIZED_401 })
+      await makeDeleteRequest({ url, path: path + '1', token: 'fake_token', expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.UNAUTHORIZED_401 })
     })
 
     it('Should fail if the user is not an administrator', async function () {
-      await makeDeleteRequest({ url, path: path + '1', token: userAccessToken, statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.FORBIDDEN_403 })
+      await makeDeleteRequest({ url, path: path + '1', token: userAccessToken, expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.FORBIDDEN_403 })
     })
 
     it('Should fail with an incorrect video id', async function () {
@@ -185,7 +179,7 @@ describe('Test server redundancy API validators', function () {
     })
 
     it('Should fail with a not found video redundancy', async function () {
-      await makeDeleteRequest({ url, path: path + '454545', token, statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.NOT_FOUND_404 })
+      await makeDeleteRequest({ url, path: path + '454545', token, expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.NOT_FOUND_404 })
     })
   })
 
@@ -198,7 +192,7 @@ describe('Test server redundancy API validators', function () {
         path: path + '/localhost:' + servers[1].port,
         fields: { redundancyAllowed: true },
         token: 'fake_token',
-        statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.UNAUTHORIZED_401
+        expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.UNAUTHORIZED_401
       })
     })
 
@@ -208,7 +202,7 @@ describe('Test server redundancy API validators', function () {
         path: path + '/localhost:' + servers[1].port,
         fields: { redundancyAllowed: true },
         token: userAccessToken,
-        statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.FORBIDDEN_403
+        expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.FORBIDDEN_403
       })
     })
 
@@ -218,7 +212,7 @@ describe('Test server redundancy API validators', function () {
         path: path + '/example.com',
         fields: { redundancyAllowed: true },
         token: servers[0].accessToken,
-        statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.NOT_FOUND_404
+        expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.NOT_FOUND_404
       })
     })
 
@@ -228,7 +222,7 @@ describe('Test server redundancy API validators', function () {
         path: path + '/localhost:' + servers[1].port,
         fields: { blabla: true },
         token: servers[0].accessToken,
-        statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.BAD_REQUEST_400
+        expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.BAD_REQUEST_400
       })
     })
 
@@ -238,7 +232,7 @@ describe('Test server redundancy API validators', function () {
         path: path + '/localhost:' + servers[1].port,
         fields: { redundancyAllowed: true },
         token: servers[0].accessToken,
-        statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.NO_CONTENT_204
+        expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.NO_CONTENT_204
       })
     })
   })
diff --git a/server/tests/api/check-params/search.ts b/server/tests/api/check-params/search.ts
index 20ad46cff..a3da54e1f 100644
--- a/server/tests/api/check-params/search.ts
+++ b/server/tests/api/check-params/search.ts
@@ -2,41 +2,39 @@
 
 import 'mocha'
 import {
+  checkBadCountPagination,
+  checkBadSortPagination,
+  checkBadStartPagination,
   cleanupTests,
-  flushAndRunServer,
-  immutableAssign,
+  createSingleServer,
   makeGetRequest,
-  ServerInfo,
-  updateCustomSubConfig,
+  PeerTubeServer,
   setAccessTokensToServers
-} from '../../../../shared/extra-utils'
-import {
-  checkBadCountPagination,
-  checkBadSortPagination,
-  checkBadStartPagination
-} from '../../../../shared/extra-utils/requests/check-api-params'
-import { HttpStatusCode } from '../../../../shared/core-utils/miscs/http-error-codes'
-
-function updateSearchIndex (server: ServerInfo, enabled: boolean, disableLocalSearch = false) {
-  return updateCustomSubConfig(server.url, server.accessToken, {
-    search: {
-      searchIndex: {
-        enabled,
-        disableLocalSearch
+} from '@shared/extra-utils'
+import { HttpStatusCode } from '@shared/models'
+
+function updateSearchIndex (server: PeerTubeServer, enabled: boolean, disableLocalSearch = false) {
+  return server.config.updateCustomSubConfig({
+    newConfig: {
+      search: {
+        searchIndex: {
+          enabled,
+          disableLocalSearch
+        }
       }
     }
   })
 }
 
 describe('Test videos API validator', function () {
-  let server: ServerInfo
+  let server: PeerTubeServer
 
   // ---------------------------------------------------------------
 
   before(async function () {
     this.timeout(30000)
 
-    server = await flushAndRunServer(1)
+    server = await createSingleServer(1)
     await setAccessTokensToServers([ server ])
   })
 
@@ -60,83 +58,83 @@ describe('Test videos API validator', function () {
     })
 
     it('Should success with the correct parameters', async function () {
-      await makeGetRequest({ url: server.url, path, query, statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.OK_200 })
+      await makeGetRequest({ url: server.url, path, query, expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.OK_200 })
     })
 
     it('Should fail with an invalid category', async function () {
-      const customQuery1 = immutableAssign(query, { categoryOneOf: [ 'aa', 'b' ] })
-      await makeGetRequest({ url: server.url, path, query: customQuery1, statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.BAD_REQUEST_400 })
+      const customQuery1 = { ...query, categoryOneOf: [ 'aa', 'b' ] }
+      await makeGetRequest({ url: server.url, path, query: customQuery1, expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.BAD_REQUEST_400 })
 
-      const customQuery2 = immutableAssign(query, { categoryOneOf: 'a' })
-      await makeGetRequest({ url: server.url, path, query: customQuery2, statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.BAD_REQUEST_400 })
+      const customQuery2 = { ...query, categoryOneOf: 'a' }
+      await makeGetRequest({ url: server.url, path, query: customQuery2, expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.BAD_REQUEST_400 })
     })
 
     it('Should succeed with a valid category', async function () {
-      const customQuery1 = immutableAssign(query, { categoryOneOf: [ 1, 7 ] })
-      await makeGetRequest({ url: server.url, path, query: customQuery1, statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.OK_200 })
+      const customQuery1 = { ...query, categoryOneOf: [ 1, 7 ] }
+      await makeGetRequest({ url: server.url, path, query: customQuery1, expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.OK_200 })
 
-      const customQuery2 = immutableAssign(query, { categoryOneOf: 1 })
-      await makeGetRequest({ url: server.url, path, query: customQuery2, statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.OK_200 })
+      const customQuery2 = { ...query, categoryOneOf: 1 }
+      await makeGetRequest({ url: server.url, path, query: customQuery2, expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.OK_200 })
     })
 
     it('Should fail with an invalid licence', async function () {
-      const customQuery1 = immutableAssign(query, { licenceOneOf: [ 'aa', 'b' ] })
-      await makeGetRequest({ url: server.url, path, query: customQuery1, statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.BAD_REQUEST_400 })
+      const customQuery1 = { ...query, licenceOneOf: [ 'aa', 'b' ] }
+      await makeGetRequest({ url: server.url, path, query: customQuery1, expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.BAD_REQUEST_400 })
 
-      const customQuery2 = immutableAssign(query, { licenceOneOf: 'a' })
-      await makeGetRequest({ url: server.url, path, query: customQuery2, statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.BAD_REQUEST_400 })
+      const customQuery2 = { ...query, licenceOneOf: 'a' }
+      await makeGetRequest({ url: server.url, path, query: customQuery2, expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.BAD_REQUEST_400 })
     })
 
     it('Should succeed with a valid licence', async function () {
-      const customQuery1 = immutableAssign(query, { licenceOneOf: [ 1, 2 ] })
-      await makeGetRequest({ url: server.url, path, query: customQuery1, statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.OK_200 })
+      const customQuery1 = { ...query, licenceOneOf: [ 1, 2 ] }
+      await makeGetRequest({ url: server.url, path, query: customQuery1, expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.OK_200 })
 
-      const customQuery2 = immutableAssign(query, { licenceOneOf: 1 })
-      await makeGetRequest({ url: server.url, path, query: customQuery2, statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.OK_200 })
+      const customQuery2 = { ...query, licenceOneOf: 1 }
+      await makeGetRequest({ url: server.url, path, query: customQuery2, expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.OK_200 })
     })
 
     it('Should succeed with a valid language', async function () {
-      const customQuery1 = immutableAssign(query, { languageOneOf: [ 'fr', 'en' ] })
-      await makeGetRequest({ url: server.url, path, query: customQuery1, statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.OK_200 })
+      const customQuery1 = { ...query, languageOneOf: [ 'fr', 'en' ] }
+      await makeGetRequest({ url: server.url, path, query: customQuery1, expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.OK_200 })
 
-      const customQuery2 = immutableAssign(query, { languageOneOf: 'fr' })
-      await makeGetRequest({ url: server.url, path, query: customQuery2, statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.OK_200 })
+      const customQuery2 = { ...query, languageOneOf: 'fr' }
+      await makeGetRequest({ url: server.url, path, query: customQuery2, expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.OK_200 })
     })
 
     it('Should succeed with valid tags', async function () {
-      const customQuery1 = immutableAssign(query, { tagsOneOf: [ 'tag1', 'tag2' ] })
-      await makeGetRequest({ url: server.url, path, query: customQuery1, statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.OK_200 })
+      const customQuery1 = { ...query, tagsOneOf: [ 'tag1', 'tag2' ] }
+      await makeGetRequest({ url: server.url, path, query: customQuery1, expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.OK_200 })
 
-      const customQuery2 = immutableAssign(query, { tagsOneOf: 'tag1' })
-      await makeGetRequest({ url: server.url, path, query: customQuery2, statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.OK_200 })
+      const customQuery2 = { ...query, tagsOneOf: 'tag1' }
+      await makeGetRequest({ url: server.url, path, query: customQuery2, expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.OK_200 })
 
-      const customQuery3 = immutableAssign(query, { tagsAllOf: [ 'tag1', 'tag2' ] })
-      await makeGetRequest({ url: server.url, path, query: customQuery3, statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.OK_200 })
+      const customQuery3 = { ...query, tagsAllOf: [ 'tag1', 'tag2' ] }
+      await makeGetRequest({ url: server.url, path, query: customQuery3, expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.OK_200 })
 
-      const customQuery4 = immutableAssign(query, { tagsAllOf: 'tag1' })
-      await makeGetRequest({ url: server.url, path, query: customQuery4, statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.OK_200 })
+      const customQuery4 = { ...query, tagsAllOf: 'tag1' }
+      await makeGetRequest({ url: server.url, path, query: customQuery4, expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.OK_200 })
     })
 
     it('Should fail with invalid durations', async function () {
-      const customQuery1 = immutableAssign(query, { durationMin: 'hello' })
-      await makeGetRequest({ url: server.url, path, query: customQuery1, statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.BAD_REQUEST_400 })
+      const customQuery1 = { ...query, durationMin: 'hello' }
+      await makeGetRequest({ url: server.url, path, query: customQuery1, expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.BAD_REQUEST_400 })
 
-      const customQuery2 = immutableAssign(query, { durationMax: 'hello' })
-      await makeGetRequest({ url: server.url, path, query: customQuery2, statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.BAD_REQUEST_400 })
+      const customQuery2 = { ...query, durationMax: 'hello' }
+      await makeGetRequest({ url: server.url, path, query: customQuery2, expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.BAD_REQUEST_400 })
     })
 
     it('Should fail with invalid dates', async function () {
-      const customQuery1 = immutableAssign(query, { startDate: 'hello' })
-      await makeGetRequest({ url: server.url, path, query: customQuery1, statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.BAD_REQUEST_400 })
+      const customQuery1 = { ...query, startDate: 'hello' }
+      await makeGetRequest({ url: server.url, path, query: customQuery1, expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.BAD_REQUEST_400 })
 
-      const customQuery2 = immutableAssign(query, { endDate: 'hello' })
-      await makeGetRequest({ url: server.url, path, query: customQuery2, statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.BAD_REQUEST_400 })
+      const customQuery2 = { ...query, endDate: 'hello' }
+      await makeGetRequest({ url: server.url, path, query: customQuery2, expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.BAD_REQUEST_400 })
 
-      const customQuery3 = immutableAssign(query, { originallyPublishedStartDate: 'hello' })
-      await makeGetRequest({ url: server.url, path, query: customQuery3, statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.BAD_REQUEST_400 })
+      const customQuery3 = { ...query, originallyPublishedStartDate: 'hello' }
+      await makeGetRequest({ url: server.url, path, query: customQuery3, expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.BAD_REQUEST_400 })
 
-      const customQuery4 = immutableAssign(query, { originallyPublishedEndDate: 'hello' })
-      await makeGetRequest({ url: server.url, path, query: customQuery4, statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.BAD_REQUEST_400 })
+      const customQuery4 = { ...query, originallyPublishedEndDate: 'hello' }
+      await makeGetRequest({ url: server.url, path, query: customQuery4, expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.BAD_REQUEST_400 })
     })
   })
 
@@ -160,7 +158,7 @@ describe('Test videos API validator', function () {
     })
 
     it('Should success with the correct parameters', async function () {
-      await makeGetRequest({ url: server.url, path, query, statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.OK_200 })
+      await makeGetRequest({ url: server.url, path, query, expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.OK_200 })
     })
   })
 
@@ -184,7 +182,7 @@ describe('Test videos API validator', function () {
     })
 
     it('Should success with the correct parameters', async function () {
-      await makeGetRequest({ url: server.url, path, query, statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.OK_200 })
+      await makeGetRequest({ url: server.url, path, query, expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.OK_200 })
     })
   })
 
@@ -202,42 +200,42 @@ describe('Test videos API validator', function () {
 
       for (const path of paths) {
         {
-          const customQuery = immutableAssign(query, { searchTarget: 'hello' })
-          await makeGetRequest({ url: server.url, path, query: customQuery, statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.BAD_REQUEST_400 })
+          const customQuery = { ...query, searchTarget: 'hello' }
+          await makeGetRequest({ url: server.url, path, query: customQuery, expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.BAD_REQUEST_400 })
         }
 
         {
-          const customQuery = immutableAssign(query, { searchTarget: undefined })
-          await makeGetRequest({ url: server.url, path, query: customQuery, statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.OK_200 })
+          const customQuery = { ...query, searchTarget: undefined }
+          await makeGetRequest({ url: server.url, path, query: customQuery, expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.OK_200 })
         }
 
         {
-          const customQuery = immutableAssign(query, { searchTarget: 'local' })
-          await makeGetRequest({ url: server.url, path, query: customQuery, statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.OK_200 })
+          const customQuery = { ...query, searchTarget: 'local' }
+          await makeGetRequest({ url: server.url, path, query: customQuery, expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.OK_200 })
         }
 
         {
-          const customQuery = immutableAssign(query, { searchTarget: 'search-index' })
-          await makeGetRequest({ url: server.url, path, query: customQuery, statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.BAD_REQUEST_400 })
+          const customQuery = { ...query, searchTarget: 'search-index' }
+          await makeGetRequest({ url: server.url, path, query: customQuery, expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.BAD_REQUEST_400 })
         }
 
         await updateSearchIndex(server, true, true)
 
         {
-          const customQuery = immutableAssign(query, { searchTarget: 'local' })
-          await makeGetRequest({ url: server.url, path, query: customQuery, statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.BAD_REQUEST_400 })
+          const customQuery = { ...query, searchTarget: 'local' }
+          await makeGetRequest({ url: server.url, path, query: customQuery, expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.BAD_REQUEST_400 })
         }
 
         {
-          const customQuery = immutableAssign(query, { searchTarget: 'search-index' })
-          await makeGetRequest({ url: server.url, path, query: customQuery, statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.OK_200 })
+          const customQuery = { ...query, searchTarget: 'search-index' }
+          await makeGetRequest({ url: server.url, path, query: customQuery, expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.OK_200 })
         }
 
         await updateSearchIndex(server, true, false)
 
         {
-          const customQuery = immutableAssign(query, { searchTarget: 'local' })
-          await makeGetRequest({ url: server.url, path, query: customQuery, statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.OK_200 })
+          const customQuery = { ...query, searchTarget: 'local' }
+          await makeGetRequest({ url: server.url, path, query: customQuery, expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.OK_200 })
         }
 
         await updateSearchIndex(server, false, false)
diff --git a/server/tests/api/check-params/services.ts b/server/tests/api/check-params/services.ts
index 514e3da70..4c4a5cade 100644
--- a/server/tests/api/check-params/services.ts
+++ b/server/tests/api/check-params/services.ts
@@ -1,22 +1,18 @@
 /* eslint-disable @typescript-eslint/no-unused-expressions,@typescript-eslint/require-await */
 
 import 'mocha'
-
 import {
   cleanupTests,
-  flushAndRunServer,
+  createSingleServer,
   makeGetRequest,
-  ServerInfo,
+  PeerTubeServer,
   setAccessTokensToServers,
-  uploadVideo,
-  createVideoPlaylist,
   setDefaultVideoChannel
-} from '../../../../shared/extra-utils'
-import { VideoPlaylistPrivacy } from '@shared/models'
-import { HttpStatusCode } from '../../../../shared/core-utils/miscs/http-error-codes'
+} from '@shared/extra-utils'
+import { HttpStatusCode, VideoPlaylistPrivacy } from '@shared/models'
 
 describe('Test services API validators', function () {
-  let server: ServerInfo
+  let server: PeerTubeServer
   let playlistUUID: string
 
   // ---------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -24,27 +20,22 @@ describe('Test services API validators', function () {
   before(async function () {
     this.timeout(60000)
 
-    server = await flushAndRunServer(1)
+    server = await createSingleServer(1)
     await setAccessTokensToServers([ server ])
     await setDefaultVideoChannel([ server ])
 
-    {
-      const res = await uploadVideo(server.url, server.accessToken, { name: 'my super name' })
-      server.video = res.body.video
-    }
+    server.store.video = await server.videos.upload({ attributes: { name: 'my super name' } })
 
     {
-      const res = await createVideoPlaylist({
-        url: server.url,
-        token: server.accessToken,
-        playlistAttrs: {
+      const created = await server.playlists.create({
+        attributes: {
           displayName: 'super playlist',
           privacy: VideoPlaylistPrivacy.PUBLIC,
-          videoChannelId: server.videoChannel.id
+          videoChannelId: server.store.channel.id
         }
       })
 
-      playlistUUID = res.body.videoPlaylist.uuid
+      playlistUUID = created.uuid
     }
   })
 
@@ -56,7 +47,7 @@ describe('Test services API validators', function () {
     })
 
     it('Should fail with an invalid host', async function () {
-      const embedUrl = 'http://hello.com/videos/watch/' + server.video.uuid
+      const embedUrl = 'http://hello.com/videos/watch/' + server.store.video.uuid
       await checkParamEmbed(server, embedUrl)
     })
 
@@ -71,37 +62,37 @@ describe('Test services API validators', function () {
     })
 
     it('Should fail with an invalid path', async function () {
-      const embedUrl = `http://localhost:${server.port}/videos/watchs/${server.video.uuid}`
+      const embedUrl = `http://localhost:${server.port}/videos/watchs/${server.store.video.uuid}`
 
       await checkParamEmbed(server, embedUrl)
     })
 
     it('Should fail with an invalid max height', async function () {
-      const embedUrl = `http://localhost:${server.port}/videos/watch/${server.video.uuid}`
+      const embedUrl = `http://localhost:${server.port}/videos/watch/${server.store.video.uuid}`
 
       await checkParamEmbed(server, embedUrl, HttpStatusCode.BAD_REQUEST_400, { maxheight: 'hello' })
     })
 
     it('Should fail with an invalid max width', async function () {
-      const embedUrl = `http://localhost:${server.port}/videos/watch/${server.video.uuid}`
+      const embedUrl = `http://localhost:${server.port}/videos/watch/${server.store.video.uuid}`
 
       await checkParamEmbed(server, embedUrl, HttpStatusCode.BAD_REQUEST_400, { maxwidth: 'hello' })
     })
 
     it('Should fail with an invalid format', async function () {
-      const embedUrl = `http://localhost:${server.port}/videos/watch/${server.video.uuid}`
+      const embedUrl = `http://localhost:${server.port}/videos/watch/${server.store.video.uuid}`
 
       await checkParamEmbed(server, embedUrl, HttpStatusCode.BAD_REQUEST_400, { format: 'blabla' })
     })
 
     it('Should fail with a non supported format', async function () {
-      const embedUrl = `http://localhost:${server.port}/videos/watch/${server.video.uuid}`
+      const embedUrl = `http://localhost:${server.port}/videos/watch/${server.store.video.uuid}`
 
       await checkParamEmbed(server, embedUrl, HttpStatusCode.NOT_IMPLEMENTED_501, { format: 'xml' })
     })
 
     it('Should succeed with the correct params with a video', async function () {
-      const embedUrl = `http://localhost:${server.port}/videos/watch/${server.video.uuid}`
+      const embedUrl = `http://localhost:${server.port}/videos/watch/${server.store.video.uuid}`
       const query = {
         format: 'json',
         maxheight: 400,
@@ -128,13 +119,13 @@ describe('Test services API validators', function () {
   })
 })
 
-function checkParamEmbed (server: ServerInfo, embedUrl: string, statusCodeExpected = HttpStatusCode.BAD_REQUEST_400, query = {}) {
+function checkParamEmbed (server: PeerTubeServer, embedUrl: string, expectedStatus = HttpStatusCode.BAD_REQUEST_400, query = {}) {
   const path = '/services/oembed'
 
   return makeGetRequest({
     url: server.url,
     path,
     query: Object.assign(query, { url: embedUrl }),
-    statusCodeExpected
+    expectedStatus
   })
 }
diff --git a/server/tests/api/check-params/upload-quota.ts b/server/tests/api/check-params/upload-quota.ts
index d0fbec415..322e93d0d 100644
--- a/server/tests/api/check-params/upload-quota.ts
+++ b/server/tests/api/check-params/upload-quota.ts
@@ -2,46 +2,39 @@
 
 import 'mocha'
 import { expect } from 'chai'
-import { HttpStatusCode, randomInt } from '@shared/core-utils'
-import { getGoodVideoUrl, getMagnetURI, getMyVideoImports, importVideo } from '@shared/extra-utils/videos/video-imports'
-import { MyUser, VideoImport, VideoImportState, VideoPrivacy } from '@shared/models'
+import { randomInt } from '@shared/core-utils'
 import {
   cleanupTests,
-  flushAndRunServer,
-  getMyUserInformation,
-  immutableAssign,
-  registerUser,
-  ServerInfo,
+  createSingleServer,
+  FIXTURE_URLS,
+  PeerTubeServer,
   setAccessTokensToServers,
   setDefaultVideoChannel,
-  updateUser,
-  uploadVideo,
-  userLogin,
+  VideosCommand,
   waitJobs
-} from '../../../../shared/extra-utils'
+} from '@shared/extra-utils'
+import { HttpStatusCode, VideoImportState, VideoPrivacy } from '@shared/models'
 
 describe('Test upload quota', function () {
-  let server: ServerInfo
+  let server: PeerTubeServer
   let rootId: number
+  let command: VideosCommand
 
   // ---------------------------------------------------------------
 
   before(async function () {
     this.timeout(30000)
 
-    server = await flushAndRunServer(1)
+    server = await createSingleServer(1)
     await setAccessTokensToServers([ server ])
     await setDefaultVideoChannel([ server ])
 
-    const res = await getMyUserInformation(server.url, server.accessToken)
-    rootId = (res.body as MyUser).id
+    const user = await server.users.getMyInfo()
+    rootId = user.id
 
-    await updateUser({
-      url: server.url,
-      userId: rootId,
-      accessToken: server.accessToken,
-      videoQuota: 42
-    })
+    await server.users.update({ userId: rootId, videoQuota: 42 })
+
+    command = server.videos
   })
 
   describe('When having a video quota', function () {
@@ -50,49 +43,48 @@ describe('Test upload quota', function () {
       this.timeout(30000)
 
       const user = { username: 'registered' + randomInt(1, 1500), password: 'password' }
-      await registerUser(server.url, user.username, user.password)
-      const userAccessToken = await userLogin(server, user)
+      await server.users.register(user)
+      const userToken = await server.login.getAccessToken(user)
 
-      const videoAttributes = { fixture: 'video_short2.webm' }
+      const attributes = { fixture: 'video_short2.webm' }
       for (let i = 0; i < 5; i++) {
-        await uploadVideo(server.url, userAccessToken, videoAttributes)
+        await command.upload({ token: userToken, attributes })
       }
 
-      await uploadVideo(server.url, userAccessToken, videoAttributes, HttpStatusCode.PAYLOAD_TOO_LARGE_413, 'legacy')
+      await command.upload({ token: userToken, attributes, expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.PAYLOAD_TOO_LARGE_413, mode: 'legacy' })
     })
 
     it('Should fail with a registered user having too many videos with resumable upload', async function () {
       this.timeout(30000)
 
       const user = { username: 'registered' + randomInt(1, 1500), password: 'password' }
-      await registerUser(server.url, user.username, user.password)
-      const userAccessToken = await userLogin(server, user)
+      await server.users.register(user)
+      const userToken = await server.login.getAccessToken(user)
 
-      const videoAttributes = { fixture: 'video_short2.webm' }
+      const attributes = { fixture: 'video_short2.webm' }
       for (let i = 0; i < 5; i++) {
-        await uploadVideo(server.url, userAccessToken, videoAttributes)
+        await command.upload({ token: userToken, attributes })
       }
 
-      await uploadVideo(server.url, userAccessToken, videoAttributes, HttpStatusCode.PAYLOAD_TOO_LARGE_413, 'resumable')
+      await command.upload({ token: userToken, attributes, expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.PAYLOAD_TOO_LARGE_413, mode: 'resumable' })
     })
 
     it('Should fail to import with HTTP/Torrent/magnet', async function () {
       this.timeout(120000)
 
       const baseAttributes = {
-        channelId: server.videoChannel.id,
+        channelId: server.store.channel.id,
         privacy: VideoPrivacy.PUBLIC
       }
-      await importVideo(server.url, server.accessToken, immutableAssign(baseAttributes, { targetUrl: getGoodVideoUrl() }))
-      await importVideo(server.url, server.accessToken, immutableAssign(baseAttributes, { magnetUri: getMagnetURI() }))
-      await importVideo(server.url, server.accessToken, immutableAssign(baseAttributes, { torrentfile: 'video-720p.torrent' as any }))
+      await server.imports.importVideo({ attributes: { ...baseAttributes, targetUrl: FIXTURE_URLS.goodVideo } })
+      await server.imports.importVideo({ attributes: { ...baseAttributes, magnetUri: FIXTURE_URLS.magnet } })
+      await server.imports.importVideo({ attributes: { ...baseAttributes, torrentfile: 'video-720p.torrent' as any } })
 
       await waitJobs([ server ])
 
-      const res = await getMyVideoImports(server.url, server.accessToken)
+      const { total, data: videoImports } = await server.imports.getMyVideoImports()
+      expect(total).to.equal(3)
 
-      expect(res.body.total).to.equal(3)
-      const videoImports: VideoImport[] = res.body.data
       expect(videoImports).to.have.lengthOf(3)
 
       for (const videoImport of videoImports) {
@@ -106,43 +98,34 @@ describe('Test upload quota', function () {
   describe('When having a daily video quota', function () {
 
     it('Should fail with a user having too many videos daily', async function () {
-      await updateUser({
-        url: server.url,
-        userId: rootId,
-        accessToken: server.accessToken,
-        videoQuotaDaily: 42
-      })
+      await server.users.update({ userId: rootId, videoQuotaDaily: 42 })
 
-      await uploadVideo(server.url, server.accessToken, {}, HttpStatusCode.PAYLOAD_TOO_LARGE_413, 'legacy')
-      await uploadVideo(server.url, server.accessToken, {}, HttpStatusCode.PAYLOAD_TOO_LARGE_413, 'resumable')
+      await command.upload({ expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.PAYLOAD_TOO_LARGE_413, mode: 'legacy' })
+      await command.upload({ expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.PAYLOAD_TOO_LARGE_413, mode: 'resumable' })
     })
   })
 
   describe('When having an absolute and daily video quota', function () {
     it('Should fail if exceeding total quota', async function () {
-      await updateUser({
-        url: server.url,
+      await server.users.update({
         userId: rootId,
-        accessToken: server.accessToken,
         videoQuota: 42,
         videoQuotaDaily: 1024 * 1024 * 1024
       })
 
-      await uploadVideo(server.url, server.accessToken, {}, HttpStatusCode.PAYLOAD_TOO_LARGE_413, 'legacy')
-      await uploadVideo(server.url, server.accessToken, {}, HttpStatusCode.PAYLOAD_TOO_LARGE_413, 'resumable')
+      await command.upload({ expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.PAYLOAD_TOO_LARGE_413, mode: 'legacy' })
+      await command.upload({ expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.PAYLOAD_TOO_LARGE_413, mode: 'resumable' })
     })
 
     it('Should fail if exceeding daily quota', async function () {
-      await updateUser({
-        url: server.url,
+      await server.users.update({
         userId: rootId,
-        accessToken: server.accessToken,
         videoQuota: 1024 * 1024 * 1024,
         videoQuotaDaily: 42
       })
 
-      await uploadVideo(server.url, server.accessToken, {}, HttpStatusCode.PAYLOAD_TOO_LARGE_413, 'legacy')
-      await uploadVideo(server.url, server.accessToken, {}, HttpStatusCode.PAYLOAD_TOO_LARGE_413, 'resumable')
+      await command.upload({ expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.PAYLOAD_TOO_LARGE_413, mode: 'legacy' })
+      await command.upload({ expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.PAYLOAD_TOO_LARGE_413, mode: 'resumable' })
     })
   })
 
diff --git a/server/tests/api/check-params/user-notifications.ts b/server/tests/api/check-params/user-notifications.ts
index 26d4423f9..17edf5aa1 100644
--- a/server/tests/api/check-params/user-notifications.ts
+++ b/server/tests/api/check-params/user-notifications.ts
@@ -2,35 +2,30 @@
 
 import 'mocha'
 import { io } from 'socket.io-client'
-
 import {
+  checkBadCountPagination,
+  checkBadSortPagination,
+  checkBadStartPagination,
   cleanupTests,
-  flushAndRunServer,
-  immutableAssign,
+  createSingleServer,
   makeGetRequest,
   makePostBodyRequest,
   makePutBodyRequest,
-  ServerInfo,
+  PeerTubeServer,
   setAccessTokensToServers,
   wait
-} from '../../../../shared/extra-utils'
-import {
-  checkBadCountPagination,
-  checkBadSortPagination,
-  checkBadStartPagination
-} from '../../../../shared/extra-utils/requests/check-api-params'
-import { UserNotificationSetting, UserNotificationSettingValue } from '../../../../shared/models/users'
-import { HttpStatusCode } from '../../../../shared/core-utils/miscs/http-error-codes'
+} from '@shared/extra-utils'
+import { HttpStatusCode, UserNotificationSetting, UserNotificationSettingValue } from '@shared/models'
 
 describe('Test user notifications API validators', function () {
-  let server: ServerInfo
+  let server: PeerTubeServer
 
   // ---------------------------------------------------------------
 
   before(async function () {
     this.timeout(30000)
 
-    server = await flushAndRunServer(1)
+    server = await createSingleServer(1)
 
     await setAccessTokensToServers([ server ])
   })
@@ -58,7 +53,7 @@ describe('Test user notifications API validators', function () {
           unread: 'toto'
         },
         token: server.accessToken,
-        statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.OK_200
+        expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.OK_200
       })
     })
 
@@ -66,7 +61,7 @@ describe('Test user notifications API validators', function () {
       await makeGetRequest({
         url: server.url,
         path,
-        statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.UNAUTHORIZED_401
+        expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.UNAUTHORIZED_401
       })
     })
 
@@ -75,7 +70,7 @@ describe('Test user notifications API validators', function () {
         url: server.url,
         path,
         token: server.accessToken,
-        statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.OK_200
+        expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.OK_200
       })
     })
   })
@@ -91,7 +86,7 @@ describe('Test user notifications API validators', function () {
           ids: [ 'hello' ]
         },
         token: server.accessToken,
-        statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.BAD_REQUEST_400
+        expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.BAD_REQUEST_400
       })
 
       await makePostBodyRequest({
@@ -101,7 +96,7 @@ describe('Test user notifications API validators', function () {
           ids: [ ]
         },
         token: server.accessToken,
-        statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.BAD_REQUEST_400
+        expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.BAD_REQUEST_400
       })
 
       await makePostBodyRequest({
@@ -111,7 +106,7 @@ describe('Test user notifications API validators', function () {
           ids: 5
         },
         token: server.accessToken,
-        statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.BAD_REQUEST_400
+        expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.BAD_REQUEST_400
       })
     })
 
@@ -122,7 +117,7 @@ describe('Test user notifications API validators', function () {
         fields: {
           ids: [ 5 ]
         },
-        statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.UNAUTHORIZED_401
+        expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.UNAUTHORIZED_401
       })
     })
 
@@ -134,7 +129,7 @@ describe('Test user notifications API validators', function () {
           ids: [ 5 ]
         },
         token: server.accessToken,
-        statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.NO_CONTENT_204
+        expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.NO_CONTENT_204
       })
     })
   })
@@ -146,7 +141,7 @@ describe('Test user notifications API validators', function () {
       await makePostBodyRequest({
         url: server.url,
         path,
-        statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.UNAUTHORIZED_401
+        expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.UNAUTHORIZED_401
       })
     })
 
@@ -155,7 +150,7 @@ describe('Test user notifications API validators', function () {
         url: server.url,
         path,
         token: server.accessToken,
-        statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.NO_CONTENT_204
+        expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.NO_CONTENT_204
       })
     })
   })
@@ -187,32 +182,32 @@ describe('Test user notifications API validators', function () {
         path,
         token: server.accessToken,
         fields: { newVideoFromSubscription: UserNotificationSettingValue.WEB },
-        statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.BAD_REQUEST_400
+        expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.BAD_REQUEST_400
       })
     })
 
     it('Should fail with incorrect field values', async function () {
       {
-        const fields = immutableAssign(correctFields, { newCommentOnMyVideo: 15 })
+        const fields = { ...correctFields, newCommentOnMyVideo: 15 }
 
         await makePutBodyRequest({
           url: server.url,
           path,
           token: server.accessToken,
           fields,
-          statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.BAD_REQUEST_400
+          expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.BAD_REQUEST_400
         })
       }
 
       {
-        const fields = immutableAssign(correctFields, { newCommentOnMyVideo: 'toto' })
+        const fields = { ...correctFields, newCommentOnMyVideo: 'toto' }
 
         await makePutBodyRequest({
           url: server.url,
           path,
           fields,
           token: server.accessToken,
-          statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.BAD_REQUEST_400
+          expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.BAD_REQUEST_400
         })
       }
     })
@@ -222,7 +217,7 @@ describe('Test user notifications API validators', function () {
         url: server.url,
         path,
         fields: correctFields,
-        statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.UNAUTHORIZED_401
+        expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.UNAUTHORIZED_401
       })
     })
 
@@ -232,7 +227,7 @@ describe('Test user notifications API validators', function () {
         path,
         token: server.accessToken,
         fields: correctFields,
-        statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.NO_CONTENT_204
+        expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.NO_CONTENT_204
       })
     })
   })
diff --git a/server/tests/api/check-params/user-subscriptions.ts b/server/tests/api/check-params/user-subscriptions.ts
index 538201647..624069c80 100644
--- a/server/tests/api/check-params/user-subscriptions.ts
+++ b/server/tests/api/check-params/user-subscriptions.ts
@@ -1,30 +1,24 @@
 /* eslint-disable @typescript-eslint/no-unused-expressions,@typescript-eslint/require-await */
 
 import 'mocha'
-
 import {
+  checkBadCountPagination,
+  checkBadSortPagination,
+  checkBadStartPagination,
   cleanupTests,
-  createUser,
-  flushAndRunServer,
+  createSingleServer,
   makeDeleteRequest,
   makeGetRequest,
   makePostBodyRequest,
-  ServerInfo,
+  PeerTubeServer,
   setAccessTokensToServers,
-  userLogin
-} from '../../../../shared/extra-utils'
-
-import {
-  checkBadCountPagination,
-  checkBadSortPagination,
-  checkBadStartPagination
-} from '../../../../shared/extra-utils/requests/check-api-params'
-import { waitJobs } from '../../../../shared/extra-utils/server/jobs'
-import { HttpStatusCode } from '../../../../shared/core-utils/miscs/http-error-codes'
+  waitJobs
+} from '@shared/extra-utils'
+import { HttpStatusCode } from '@shared/models'
 
 describe('Test user subscriptions API validators', function () {
   const path = '/api/v1/users/me/subscriptions'
-  let server: ServerInfo
+  let server: PeerTubeServer
   let userAccessToken = ''
 
   // ---------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -32,7 +26,7 @@ describe('Test user subscriptions API validators', function () {
   before(async function () {
     this.timeout(30000)
 
-    server = await flushAndRunServer(1)
+    server = await createSingleServer(1)
 
     await setAccessTokensToServers([ server ])
 
@@ -40,8 +34,8 @@ describe('Test user subscriptions API validators', function () {
       username: 'user1',
       password: 'my super password'
     }
-    await createUser({ url: server.url, accessToken: server.accessToken, username: user.username, password: user.password })
-    userAccessToken = await userLogin(server, user)
+    await server.users.create({ username: user.username, password: user.password })
+    userAccessToken = await server.login.getAccessToken(user)
   })
 
   describe('When listing my subscriptions', function () {
@@ -61,7 +55,7 @@ describe('Test user subscriptions API validators', function () {
       await makeGetRequest({
         url: server.url,
         path,
-        statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.UNAUTHORIZED_401
+        expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.UNAUTHORIZED_401
       })
     })
 
@@ -70,7 +64,7 @@ describe('Test user subscriptions API validators', function () {
         url: server.url,
         path,
         token: userAccessToken,
-        statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.OK_200
+        expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.OK_200
       })
     })
   })
@@ -94,7 +88,7 @@ describe('Test user subscriptions API validators', function () {
       await makeGetRequest({
         url: server.url,
         path,
-        statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.UNAUTHORIZED_401
+        expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.UNAUTHORIZED_401
       })
     })
 
@@ -103,7 +97,7 @@ describe('Test user subscriptions API validators', function () {
         url: server.url,
         path,
         token: userAccessToken,
-        statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.OK_200
+        expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.OK_200
       })
     })
   })
@@ -114,7 +108,7 @@ describe('Test user subscriptions API validators', function () {
         url: server.url,
         path,
         fields: { uri: 'user1_channel@localhost:' + server.port },
-        statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.UNAUTHORIZED_401
+        expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.UNAUTHORIZED_401
       })
     })
 
@@ -124,7 +118,7 @@ describe('Test user subscriptions API validators', function () {
         path,
         token: server.accessToken,
         fields: { uri: 'root' },
-        statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.BAD_REQUEST_400
+        expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.BAD_REQUEST_400
       })
 
       await makePostBodyRequest({
@@ -132,7 +126,7 @@ describe('Test user subscriptions API validators', function () {
         path,
         token: server.accessToken,
         fields: { uri: 'root@' },
-        statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.BAD_REQUEST_400
+        expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.BAD_REQUEST_400
       })
 
       await makePostBodyRequest({
@@ -140,7 +134,7 @@ describe('Test user subscriptions API validators', function () {
         path,
         token: server.accessToken,
         fields: { uri: 'root@hello@' },
-        statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.BAD_REQUEST_400
+        expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.BAD_REQUEST_400
       })
     })
 
@@ -152,7 +146,7 @@ describe('Test user subscriptions API validators', function () {
         path,
         token: server.accessToken,
         fields: { uri: 'user1_channel@localhost:' + server.port },
-        statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.NO_CONTENT_204
+        expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.NO_CONTENT_204
       })
 
       await waitJobs([ server ])
@@ -164,7 +158,7 @@ describe('Test user subscriptions API validators', function () {
       await makeGetRequest({
         url: server.url,
         path: path + '/user1_channel@localhost:' + server.port,
-        statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.UNAUTHORIZED_401
+        expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.UNAUTHORIZED_401
       })
     })
 
@@ -173,21 +167,21 @@ describe('Test user subscriptions API validators', function () {
         url: server.url,
         path: path + '/root',
         token: server.accessToken,
-        statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.BAD_REQUEST_400
+        expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.BAD_REQUEST_400
       })
 
       await makeGetRequest({
         url: server.url,
         path: path + '/root@',
         token: server.accessToken,
-        statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.BAD_REQUEST_400
+        expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.BAD_REQUEST_400
       })
 
       await makeGetRequest({
         url: server.url,
         path: path + '/root@hello@',
         token: server.accessToken,
-        statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.BAD_REQUEST_400
+        expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.BAD_REQUEST_400
       })
     })
 
@@ -196,7 +190,7 @@ describe('Test user subscriptions API validators', function () {
         url: server.url,
         path: path + '/root1@localhost:' + server.port,
         token: server.accessToken,
-        statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.NOT_FOUND_404
+        expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.NOT_FOUND_404
       })
     })
 
@@ -205,7 +199,7 @@ describe('Test user subscriptions API validators', function () {
         url: server.url,
         path: path + '/user1_channel@localhost:' + server.port,
         token: server.accessToken,
-        statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.OK_200
+        expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.OK_200
       })
     })
   })
@@ -217,7 +211,7 @@ describe('Test user subscriptions API validators', function () {
       await makeGetRequest({
         url: server.url,
         path: existPath,
-        statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.UNAUTHORIZED_401
+        expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.UNAUTHORIZED_401
       })
     })
 
@@ -227,7 +221,7 @@ describe('Test user subscriptions API validators', function () {
         path: existPath,
         query: { uris: 'toto' },
         token: server.accessToken,
-        statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.BAD_REQUEST_400
+        expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.BAD_REQUEST_400
       })
 
       await makeGetRequest({
@@ -235,7 +229,7 @@ describe('Test user subscriptions API validators', function () {
         path: existPath,
         query: { 'uris[]': 1 },
         token: server.accessToken,
-        statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.BAD_REQUEST_400
+        expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.BAD_REQUEST_400
       })
     })
 
@@ -245,7 +239,7 @@ describe('Test user subscriptions API validators', function () {
         path: existPath,
         query: { 'uris[]': 'coucou@localhost:' + server.port },
         token: server.accessToken,
-        statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.OK_200
+        expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.OK_200
       })
     })
   })
@@ -255,7 +249,7 @@ describe('Test user subscriptions API validators', function () {
       await makeDeleteRequest({
         url: server.url,
         path: path + '/user1_channel@localhost:' + server.port,
-        statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.UNAUTHORIZED_401
+        expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.UNAUTHORIZED_401
       })
     })
 
@@ -264,21 +258,21 @@ describe('Test user subscriptions API validators', function () {
         url: server.url,
         path: path + '/root',
         token: server.accessToken,
-        statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.BAD_REQUEST_400
+        expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.BAD_REQUEST_400
       })
 
       await makeDeleteRequest({
         url: server.url,
         path: path + '/root@',
         token: server.accessToken,
-        statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.BAD_REQUEST_400
+        expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.BAD_REQUEST_400
       })
 
       await makeDeleteRequest({
         url: server.url,
         path: path + '/root@hello@',
         token: server.accessToken,
-        statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.BAD_REQUEST_400
+        expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.BAD_REQUEST_400
       })
     })
 
@@ -287,7 +281,7 @@ describe('Test user subscriptions API validators', function () {
         url: server.url,
         path: path + '/root1@localhost:' + server.port,
         token: server.accessToken,
-        statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.NOT_FOUND_404
+        expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.NOT_FOUND_404
       })
     })
 
@@ -296,7 +290,7 @@ describe('Test user subscriptions API validators', function () {
         url: server.url,
         path: path + '/user1_channel@localhost:' + server.port,
         token: server.accessToken,
-        statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.NO_CONTENT_204
+        expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.NO_CONTENT_204
       })
     })
   })
diff --git a/server/tests/api/check-params/users.ts b/server/tests/api/check-params/users.ts
index 70a872ce5..9d8f933db 100644
--- a/server/tests/api/check-params/users.ts
+++ b/server/tests/api/check-params/users.ts
@@ -2,43 +2,24 @@
 
 import 'mocha'
 import { omit } from 'lodash'
-import { User, UserRole, VideoCreateResult } from '../../../../shared'
-import { HttpStatusCode } from '../../../../shared/core-utils/miscs/http-error-codes'
 import {
-  addVideoChannel,
-  blockUser,
   buildAbsoluteFixturePath,
+  checkBadCountPagination,
+  checkBadSortPagination,
+  checkBadStartPagination,
   cleanupTests,
-  createUser,
-  deleteMe,
-  flushAndRunServer,
-  getMyUserInformation,
-  getMyUserVideoRating,
-  getUserScopedTokens,
-  getUsersList,
-  immutableAssign,
+  createSingleServer,
   killallServers,
   makeGetRequest,
   makePostBodyRequest,
   makePutBodyRequest,
   makeUploadRequest,
-  registerUser,
-  removeUser,
-  renewUserScopedTokens,
-  reRunServer,
-  ServerInfo,
+  MockSmtpServer,
+  PeerTubeServer,
   setAccessTokensToServers,
-  unblockUser,
-  uploadVideo,
-  userLogin
-} from '../../../../shared/extra-utils'
-import { MockSmtpServer } from '../../../../shared/extra-utils/miscs/email'
-import {
-  checkBadCountPagination,
-  checkBadSortPagination,
-  checkBadStartPagination
-} from '../../../../shared/extra-utils/requests/check-api-params'
-import { UserAdminFlag } from '../../../../shared/models/users/user-flag.model'
+  UsersCommand
+} from '@shared/extra-utils'
+import { HttpStatusCode, UserAdminFlag, UserRole, VideoCreateResult } from '@shared/models'
 
 describe('Test users API validators', function () {
   const path = '/api/v1/users/'
@@ -46,10 +27,10 @@ describe('Test users API validators', function () {
   let rootId: number
   let moderatorId: number
   let video: VideoCreateResult
-  let server: ServerInfo
-  let serverWithRegistrationDisabled: ServerInfo
-  let userAccessToken = ''
-  let moderatorAccessToken = ''
+  let server: PeerTubeServer
+  let serverWithRegistrationDisabled: PeerTubeServer
+  let userToken = ''
+  let moderatorToken = ''
   let emailPort: number
   let overrideConfig: Object
 
@@ -65,8 +46,8 @@ describe('Test users API validators', function () {
 
     {
       const res = await Promise.all([
-        flushAndRunServer(1, overrideConfig),
-        flushAndRunServer(2)
+        createSingleServer(1, overrideConfig),
+        createSingleServer(2)
       ])
 
       server = res[0]
@@ -76,66 +57,31 @@ describe('Test users API validators', function () {
     }
 
     {
-      const user = {
-        username: 'user1',
-        password: 'my super password'
-      }
-
-      const videoQuota = 42000000
-      await createUser({
-        url: server.url,
-        accessToken: server.accessToken,
-        username: user.username,
-        password: user.password,
-        videoQuota: videoQuota
-      })
-      userAccessToken = await userLogin(server, user)
+      const user = { username: 'user1' }
+      await server.users.create({ ...user })
+      userToken = await server.login.getAccessToken(user)
     }
 
     {
-      const moderator = {
-        username: 'moderator1',
-        password: 'super password'
-      }
-
-      await createUser({
-        url: server.url,
-        accessToken: server.accessToken,
-        username: moderator.username,
-        password: moderator.password,
-        role: UserRole.MODERATOR
-      })
-
-      moderatorAccessToken = await userLogin(server, moderator)
+      const moderator = { username: 'moderator1' }
+      await server.users.create({ ...moderator, role: UserRole.MODERATOR })
+      moderatorToken = await server.login.getAccessToken(moderator)
     }
 
     {
-      const moderator = {
-        username: 'moderator2',
-        password: 'super password'
-      }
-
-      await createUser({
-        url: server.url,
-        accessToken: server.accessToken,
-        username: moderator.username,
-        password: moderator.password,
-        role: UserRole.MODERATOR
-      })
+      const moderator = { username: 'moderator2' }
+      await server.users.create({ ...moderator, role: UserRole.MODERATOR })
     }
 
     {
-      const res = await uploadVideo(server.url, server.accessToken, {})
-      video = res.body.video
+      video = await server.videos.upload()
     }
 
     {
-      const res = await getUsersList(server.url, server.accessToken)
-      const users: User[] = res.body.data
-
-      userId = users.find(u => u.username === 'user1').id
-      rootId = users.find(u => u.username === 'root').id
-      moderatorId = users.find(u => u.username === 'moderator2').id
+      const { data } = await server.users.list()
+      userId = data.find(u => u.username === 'user1').id
+      rootId = data.find(u => u.username === 'root').id
+      moderatorId = data.find(u => u.username === 'moderator2').id
     }
   })
 
@@ -156,7 +102,7 @@ describe('Test users API validators', function () {
       await makeGetRequest({
         url: server.url,
         path,
-        statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.UNAUTHORIZED_401
+        expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.UNAUTHORIZED_401
       })
     })
 
@@ -164,8 +110,8 @@ describe('Test users API validators', function () {
       await makeGetRequest({
         url: server.url,
         path,
-        token: userAccessToken,
-        statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.FORBIDDEN_403
+        token: userToken,
+        expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.FORBIDDEN_403
       })
     })
   })
@@ -182,25 +128,25 @@ describe('Test users API validators', function () {
     }
 
     it('Should fail with a too small username', async function () {
-      const fields = immutableAssign(baseCorrectParams, { username: '' })
+      const fields = { ...baseCorrectParams, username: '' }
 
       await makePostBodyRequest({ url: server.url, path, token: server.accessToken, fields })
     })
 
     it('Should fail with a too long username', async function () {
-      const fields = immutableAssign(baseCorrectParams, { username: 'super'.repeat(50) })
+      const fields = { ...baseCorrectParams, username: 'super'.repeat(50) }
 
       await makePostBodyRequest({ url: server.url, path, token: server.accessToken, fields })
     })
 
     it('Should fail with a not lowercase username', async function () {
-      const fields = immutableAssign(baseCorrectParams, { username: 'Toto' })
+      const fields = { ...baseCorrectParams, username: 'Toto' }
 
       await makePostBodyRequest({ url: server.url, path, token: server.accessToken, fields })
     })
 
     it('Should fail with an incorrect username', async function () {
-      const fields = immutableAssign(baseCorrectParams, { username: 'my username' })
+      const fields = { ...baseCorrectParams, username: 'my username' }
 
       await makePostBodyRequest({ url: server.url, path, token: server.accessToken, fields })
     })
@@ -212,25 +158,25 @@ describe('Test users API validators', function () {
     })
 
     it('Should fail with an invalid email', async function () {
-      const fields = immutableAssign(baseCorrectParams, { email: 'test_example.com' })
+      const fields = { ...baseCorrectParams, email: 'test_example.com' }
 
       await makePostBodyRequest({ url: server.url, path, token: server.accessToken, fields })
     })
 
     it('Should fail with a too small password', async function () {
-      const fields = immutableAssign(baseCorrectParams, { password: 'bla' })
+      const fields = { ...baseCorrectParams, password: 'bla' }
 
       await makePostBodyRequest({ url: server.url, path, token: server.accessToken, fields })
     })
 
     it('Should fail with a too long password', async function () {
-      const fields = immutableAssign(baseCorrectParams, { password: 'super'.repeat(61) })
+      const fields = { ...baseCorrectParams, password: 'super'.repeat(61) }
 
       await makePostBodyRequest({ url: server.url, path, token: server.accessToken, fields })
     })
 
     it('Should fail with empty password and no smtp configured', async function () {
-      const fields = immutableAssign(baseCorrectParams, { password: '' })
+      const fields = { ...baseCorrectParams, password: '' }
 
       await makePostBodyRequest({ url: server.url, path, token: server.accessToken, fields })
     })
@@ -238,33 +184,37 @@ describe('Test users API validators', function () {
     it('Should succeed with no password on a server with smtp enabled', async function () {
       this.timeout(20000)
 
-      killallServers([ server ])
+      await killallServers([ server ])
+
+      const config = {
+        ...overrideConfig,
 
-      const config = immutableAssign(overrideConfig, {
         smtp: {
           hostname: 'localhost',
           port: emailPort
         }
-      })
-      await reRunServer(server, config)
+      }
+      await server.run(config)
+
+      const fields = {
+        ...baseCorrectParams,
 
-      const fields = immutableAssign(baseCorrectParams, {
         password: '',
         username: 'create_password',
         email: 'create_password@example.com'
-      })
+      }
 
       await makePostBodyRequest({
         url: server.url,
         path: path,
         token: server.accessToken,
         fields,
-        statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.OK_200
+        expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.OK_200
       })
     })
 
     it('Should fail with invalid admin flags', async function () {
-      const fields = immutableAssign(baseCorrectParams, { adminFlags: 'toto' })
+      const fields = { ...baseCorrectParams, adminFlags: 'toto' }
 
       await makePostBodyRequest({ url: server.url, path, token: server.accessToken, fields })
     })
@@ -275,31 +225,31 @@ describe('Test users API validators', function () {
         path,
         token: 'super token',
         fields: baseCorrectParams,
-        statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.UNAUTHORIZED_401
+        expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.UNAUTHORIZED_401
       })
     })
 
     it('Should fail if we add a user with the same username', async function () {
-      const fields = immutableAssign(baseCorrectParams, { username: 'user1' })
+      const fields = { ...baseCorrectParams, username: 'user1' }
 
       await makePostBodyRequest({
         url: server.url,
         path,
         token: server.accessToken,
         fields,
-        statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.CONFLICT_409
+        expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.CONFLICT_409
       })
     })
 
     it('Should fail if we add a user with the same email', async function () {
-      const fields = immutableAssign(baseCorrectParams, { email: 'user1@example.com' })
+      const fields = { ...baseCorrectParams, email: 'user1@example.com' }
 
       await makePostBodyRequest({
         url: server.url,
         path,
         token: server.accessToken,
         fields,
-        statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.CONFLICT_409
+        expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.CONFLICT_409
       })
     })
 
@@ -316,13 +266,13 @@ describe('Test users API validators', function () {
     })
 
     it('Should fail with an invalid videoQuota', async function () {
-      const fields = immutableAssign(baseCorrectParams, { videoQuota: -5 })
+      const fields = { ...baseCorrectParams, videoQuota: -5 }
 
       await makePostBodyRequest({ url: server.url, path, token: server.accessToken, fields })
     })
 
     it('Should fail with an invalid videoQuotaDaily', async function () {
-      const fields = immutableAssign(baseCorrectParams, { videoQuotaDaily: -7 })
+      const fields = { ...baseCorrectParams, videoQuotaDaily: -7 }
 
       await makePostBodyRequest({ url: server.url, path, token: server.accessToken, fields })
     })
@@ -334,46 +284,46 @@ describe('Test users API validators', function () {
     })
 
     it('Should fail with an invalid user role', async function () {
-      const fields = immutableAssign(baseCorrectParams, { role: 88989 })
+      const fields = { ...baseCorrectParams, role: 88989 }
 
       await makePostBodyRequest({ url: server.url, path, token: server.accessToken, fields })
     })
 
     it('Should fail with a "peertube" username', async function () {
-      const fields = immutableAssign(baseCorrectParams, { username: 'peertube' })
+      const fields = { ...baseCorrectParams, username: 'peertube' }
 
       await makePostBodyRequest({
         url: server.url,
         path,
         token: server.accessToken,
         fields,
-        statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.CONFLICT_409
+        expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.CONFLICT_409
       })
     })
 
     it('Should fail to create a moderator or an admin with a moderator', async function () {
       for (const role of [ UserRole.MODERATOR, UserRole.ADMINISTRATOR ]) {
-        const fields = immutableAssign(baseCorrectParams, { role })
+        const fields = { ...baseCorrectParams, role }
 
         await makePostBodyRequest({
           url: server.url,
           path,
-          token: moderatorAccessToken,
+          token: moderatorToken,
           fields,
-          statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.FORBIDDEN_403
+          expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.FORBIDDEN_403
         })
       }
     })
 
     it('Should succeed to create a user with a moderator', async function () {
-      const fields = immutableAssign(baseCorrectParams, { username: 'a4656', email: 'a4656@example.com', role: UserRole.USER })
+      const fields = { ...baseCorrectParams, username: 'a4656', email: 'a4656@example.com', role: UserRole.USER }
 
       await makePostBodyRequest({
         url: server.url,
         path,
-        token: moderatorAccessToken,
+        token: moderatorToken,
         fields,
-        statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.OK_200
+        expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.OK_200
       })
     })
 
@@ -383,16 +333,13 @@ describe('Test users API validators', function () {
         path,
         token: server.accessToken,
         fields: baseCorrectParams,
-        statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.OK_200
+        expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.OK_200
       })
     })
 
     it('Should fail with a non admin user', async function () {
-      const user = {
-        username: 'user1',
-        password: 'my super password'
-      }
-      userAccessToken = await userLogin(server, user)
+      const user = { username: 'user1' }
+      userToken = await server.login.getAccessToken(user)
 
       const fields = {
         username: 'user3',
@@ -400,11 +347,12 @@ describe('Test users API validators', function () {
         password: 'my super password',
         videoQuota: 42000000
       }
-      await makePostBodyRequest({ url: server.url, path, token: userAccessToken, fields, statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.FORBIDDEN_403 })
+      await makePostBodyRequest({ url: server.url, path, token: userToken, fields, expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.FORBIDDEN_403 })
     })
   })
 
   describe('When updating my account', function () {
+
     it('Should fail with an invalid email attribute', async function () {
       const fields = {
         email: 'blabla'
@@ -415,29 +363,29 @@ describe('Test users API validators', function () {
 
     it('Should fail with a too small password', async function () {
       const fields = {
-        currentPassword: 'my super password',
+        currentPassword: 'password',
         password: 'bla'
       }
 
-      await makePutBodyRequest({ url: server.url, path: path + 'me', token: userAccessToken, fields })
+      await makePutBodyRequest({ url: server.url, path: path + 'me', token: userToken, fields })
     })
 
     it('Should fail with a too long password', async function () {
       const fields = {
-        currentPassword: 'my super password',
+        currentPassword: 'password',
         password: 'super'.repeat(61)
       }
 
-      await makePutBodyRequest({ url: server.url, path: path + 'me', token: userAccessToken, fields })
+      await makePutBodyRequest({ url: server.url, path: path + 'me', token: userToken, fields })
     })
 
     it('Should fail without the current password', async function () {
       const fields = {
-        currentPassword: 'my super password',
+        currentPassword: 'password',
         password: 'super'.repeat(61)
       }
 
-      await makePutBodyRequest({ url: server.url, path: path + 'me', token: userAccessToken, fields })
+      await makePutBodyRequest({ url: server.url, path: path + 'me', token: userToken, fields })
     })
 
     it('Should fail with an invalid current password', async function () {
@@ -449,9 +397,9 @@ describe('Test users API validators', function () {
       await makePutBodyRequest({
         url: server.url,
         path: path + 'me',
-        token: userAccessToken,
+        token: userToken,
         fields,
-        statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.UNAUTHORIZED_401
+        expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.UNAUTHORIZED_401
       })
     })
 
@@ -460,7 +408,7 @@ describe('Test users API validators', function () {
         nsfwPolicy: 'hello'
       }
 
-      await makePutBodyRequest({ url: server.url, path: path + 'me', token: userAccessToken, fields })
+      await makePutBodyRequest({ url: server.url, path: path + 'me', token: userToken, fields })
     })
 
     it('Should fail with an invalid autoPlayVideo attribute', async function () {
@@ -468,7 +416,7 @@ describe('Test users API validators', function () {
         autoPlayVideo: -1
       }
 
-      await makePutBodyRequest({ url: server.url, path: path + 'me', token: userAccessToken, fields })
+      await makePutBodyRequest({ url: server.url, path: path + 'me', token: userToken, fields })
     })
 
     it('Should fail with an invalid autoPlayNextVideo attribute', async function () {
@@ -476,7 +424,7 @@ describe('Test users API validators', function () {
         autoPlayNextVideo: -1
       }
 
-      await makePutBodyRequest({ url: server.url, path: path + 'me', token: userAccessToken, fields })
+      await makePutBodyRequest({ url: server.url, path: path + 'me', token: userToken, fields })
     })
 
     it('Should fail with an invalid videosHistoryEnabled attribute', async function () {
@@ -484,12 +432,12 @@ describe('Test users API validators', function () {
         videosHistoryEnabled: -1
       }
 
-      await makePutBodyRequest({ url: server.url, path: path + 'me', token: userAccessToken, fields })
+      await makePutBodyRequest({ url: server.url, path: path + 'me', token: userToken, fields })
     })
 
     it('Should fail with an non authenticated user', async function () {
       const fields = {
-        currentPassword: 'my super password',
+        currentPassword: 'password',
         password: 'my super password'
       }
 
@@ -498,7 +446,7 @@ describe('Test users API validators', function () {
         path: path + 'me',
         token: 'super token',
         fields,
-        statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.UNAUTHORIZED_401
+        expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.UNAUTHORIZED_401
       })
     })
 
@@ -507,7 +455,7 @@ describe('Test users API validators', function () {
         description: 'super'.repeat(201)
       }
 
-      await makePutBodyRequest({ url: server.url, path: path + 'me', token: userAccessToken, fields })
+      await makePutBodyRequest({ url: server.url, path: path + 'me', token: userToken, fields })
     })
 
     it('Should fail with an invalid videoLanguages attribute', async function () {
@@ -516,7 +464,7 @@ describe('Test users API validators', function () {
           videoLanguages: 'toto'
         }
 
-        await makePutBodyRequest({ url: server.url, path: path + 'me', token: userAccessToken, fields })
+        await makePutBodyRequest({ url: server.url, path: path + 'me', token: userToken, fields })
       }
 
       {
@@ -529,18 +477,18 @@ describe('Test users API validators', function () {
           videoLanguages: languages
         }
 
-        await makePutBodyRequest({ url: server.url, path: path + 'me', token: userAccessToken, fields })
+        await makePutBodyRequest({ url: server.url, path: path + 'me', token: userToken, fields })
       }
     })
 
     it('Should fail with an invalid theme', async function () {
       const fields = { theme: 'invalid' }
-      await makePutBodyRequest({ url: server.url, path: path + 'me', token: userAccessToken, fields })
+      await makePutBodyRequest({ url: server.url, path: path + 'me', token: userToken, fields })
     })
 
     it('Should fail with an unknown theme', async function () {
       const fields = { theme: 'peertube-theme-unknown' }
-      await makePutBodyRequest({ url: server.url, path: path + 'me', token: userAccessToken, fields })
+      await makePutBodyRequest({ url: server.url, path: path + 'me', token: userToken, fields })
     })
 
     it('Should fail with an invalid noInstanceConfigWarningModal attribute', async function () {
@@ -548,7 +496,7 @@ describe('Test users API validators', function () {
         noInstanceConfigWarningModal: -1
       }
 
-      await makePutBodyRequest({ url: server.url, path: path + 'me', token: userAccessToken, fields })
+      await makePutBodyRequest({ url: server.url, path: path + 'me', token: userToken, fields })
     })
 
     it('Should fail with an invalid noWelcomeModal attribute', async function () {
@@ -556,12 +504,12 @@ describe('Test users API validators', function () {
         noWelcomeModal: -1
       }
 
-      await makePutBodyRequest({ url: server.url, path: path + 'me', token: userAccessToken, fields })
+      await makePutBodyRequest({ url: server.url, path: path + 'me', token: userToken, fields })
     })
 
     it('Should succeed to change password with the correct params', async function () {
       const fields = {
-        currentPassword: 'my super password',
+        currentPassword: 'password',
         password: 'my super password',
         nsfwPolicy: 'blur',
         autoPlayVideo: false,
@@ -574,9 +522,9 @@ describe('Test users API validators', function () {
       await makePutBodyRequest({
         url: server.url,
         path: path + 'me',
-        token: userAccessToken,
+        token: userToken,
         fields,
-        statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.NO_CONTENT_204
+        expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.NO_CONTENT_204
       })
     })
 
@@ -589,9 +537,9 @@ describe('Test users API validators', function () {
       await makePutBodyRequest({
         url: server.url,
         path: path + 'me',
-        token: userAccessToken,
+        token: userToken,
         fields,
-        statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.NO_CONTENT_204
+        expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.NO_CONTENT_204
       })
     })
   })
@@ -623,7 +571,7 @@ describe('Test users API validators', function () {
         path: path + '/me/avatar/pick',
         fields,
         attaches,
-        statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.UNAUTHORIZED_401
+        expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.UNAUTHORIZED_401
       })
     })
 
@@ -638,7 +586,7 @@ describe('Test users API validators', function () {
         token: server.accessToken,
         fields,
         attaches,
-        statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.OK_200
+        expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.OK_200
       })
     })
   })
@@ -646,28 +594,28 @@ describe('Test users API validators', function () {
   describe('When managing my scoped tokens', function () {
 
     it('Should fail to get my scoped tokens with an non authenticated user', async function () {
-      await getUserScopedTokens(server.url, null, HttpStatusCode.UNAUTHORIZED_401)
+      await server.users.getMyScopedTokens({ token: null, expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.UNAUTHORIZED_401 })
     })
 
     it('Should fail to get my scoped tokens with a bad token', async function () {
-      await getUserScopedTokens(server.url, 'bad', HttpStatusCode.UNAUTHORIZED_401)
+      await server.users.getMyScopedTokens({ token: 'bad', expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.UNAUTHORIZED_401 })
 
     })
 
     it('Should succeed to get my scoped tokens', async function () {
-      await getUserScopedTokens(server.url, server.accessToken)
+      await server.users.getMyScopedTokens()
     })
 
     it('Should fail to renew my scoped tokens with an non authenticated user', async function () {
-      await renewUserScopedTokens(server.url, null, HttpStatusCode.UNAUTHORIZED_401)
+      await server.users.renewMyScopedTokens({ token: null, expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.UNAUTHORIZED_401 })
     })
 
     it('Should fail to renew my scoped tokens with a bad token', async function () {
-      await renewUserScopedTokens(server.url, 'bad', HttpStatusCode.UNAUTHORIZED_401)
+      await server.users.renewMyScopedTokens({ token: 'bad', expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.UNAUTHORIZED_401 })
     })
 
     it('Should succeed to renew my scoped tokens', async function () {
-      await renewUserScopedTokens(server.url, server.accessToken)
+      await server.users.renewMyScopedTokens()
     })
   })
 
@@ -678,16 +626,16 @@ describe('Test users API validators', function () {
         url: server.url,
         path: path + userId,
         token: 'super token',
-        statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.UNAUTHORIZED_401
+        expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.UNAUTHORIZED_401
       })
     })
 
     it('Should fail with a non admin user', async function () {
-      await makeGetRequest({ url: server.url, path, token: userAccessToken, statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.FORBIDDEN_403 })
+      await makeGetRequest({ url: server.url, path, token: userToken, expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.FORBIDDEN_403 })
     })
 
     it('Should succeed with the correct params', async function () {
-      await makeGetRequest({ url: server.url, path: path + userId, token: server.accessToken, statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.OK_200 })
+      await makeGetRequest({ url: server.url, path: path + userId, token: server.accessToken, expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.OK_200 })
     })
   })
 
@@ -727,7 +675,7 @@ describe('Test users API validators', function () {
 
     it('Should fail with a too small password', async function () {
       const fields = {
-        currentPassword: 'my super password',
+        currentPassword: 'password',
         password: 'bla'
       }
 
@@ -736,7 +684,7 @@ describe('Test users API validators', function () {
 
     it('Should fail with a too long password', async function () {
       const fields = {
-        currentPassword: 'my super password',
+        currentPassword: 'password',
         password: 'super'.repeat(61)
       }
 
@@ -753,7 +701,7 @@ describe('Test users API validators', function () {
         path: path + userId,
         token: 'super token',
         fields,
-        statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.UNAUTHORIZED_401
+        expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.UNAUTHORIZED_401
       })
     })
 
@@ -779,9 +727,9 @@ describe('Test users API validators', function () {
       await makePutBodyRequest({
         url: server.url,
         path: path + moderatorId,
-        token: moderatorAccessToken,
+        token: moderatorToken,
         fields,
-        statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.FORBIDDEN_403
+        expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.FORBIDDEN_403
       })
     })
 
@@ -793,9 +741,9 @@ describe('Test users API validators', function () {
       await makePutBodyRequest({
         url: server.url,
         path: path + userId,
-        token: moderatorAccessToken,
+        token: moderatorToken,
         fields,
-        statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.NO_CONTENT_204
+        expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.NO_CONTENT_204
       })
     })
 
@@ -812,38 +760,44 @@ describe('Test users API validators', function () {
         path: path + userId,
         token: server.accessToken,
         fields,
-        statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.NO_CONTENT_204
+        expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.NO_CONTENT_204
       })
     })
   })
 
   describe('When getting my information', function () {
     it('Should fail with a non authenticated user', async function () {
-      await getMyUserInformation(server.url, 'fake_token', HttpStatusCode.UNAUTHORIZED_401)
+      await server.users.getMyInfo({ token: 'fake_token', expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.UNAUTHORIZED_401 })
     })
 
     it('Should success with the correct parameters', async function () {
-      await getMyUserInformation(server.url, userAccessToken)
+      await server.users.getMyInfo({ token: userToken })
     })
   })
 
   describe('When getting my video rating', function () {
+    let command: UsersCommand
+
+    before(function () {
+      command = server.users
+    })
+
     it('Should fail with a non authenticated user', async function () {
-      await getMyUserVideoRating(server.url, 'fake_token', video.id, HttpStatusCode.UNAUTHORIZED_401)
+      await command.getMyRating({ token: 'fake_token', videoId: video.id, expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.UNAUTHORIZED_401 })
     })
 
     it('Should fail with an incorrect video uuid', async function () {
-      await getMyUserVideoRating(server.url, server.accessToken, 'blabla', HttpStatusCode.BAD_REQUEST_400)
+      await command.getMyRating({ videoId: 'blabla', expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.BAD_REQUEST_400 })
     })
 
     it('Should fail with an unknown video', async function () {
-      await getMyUserVideoRating(server.url, server.accessToken, '4da6fde3-88f7-4d16-b119-108df5630b06', HttpStatusCode.NOT_FOUND_404)
+      await command.getMyRating({ videoId: '4da6fde3-88f7-4d16-b119-108df5630b06', expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.NOT_FOUND_404 })
     })
 
     it('Should succeed with the correct parameters', async function () {
-      await getMyUserVideoRating(server.url, server.accessToken, video.id)
-      await getMyUserVideoRating(server.url, server.accessToken, video.uuid)
-      await getMyUserVideoRating(server.url, server.accessToken, video.shortUUID)
+      await command.getMyRating({ videoId: video.id })
+      await command.getMyRating({ videoId: video.uuid })
+      await command.getMyRating({ videoId: video.shortUUID })
     })
   })
 
@@ -851,80 +805,93 @@ describe('Test users API validators', function () {
     const path = '/api/v1/accounts/user1/ratings'
 
     it('Should fail with a bad start pagination', async function () {
-      await checkBadStartPagination(server.url, path, userAccessToken)
+      await checkBadStartPagination(server.url, path, userToken)
     })
 
     it('Should fail with a bad count pagination', async function () {
-      await checkBadCountPagination(server.url, path, userAccessToken)
+      await checkBadCountPagination(server.url, path, userToken)
     })
 
     it('Should fail with an incorrect sort', async function () {
-      await checkBadSortPagination(server.url, path, userAccessToken)
+      await checkBadSortPagination(server.url, path, userToken)
     })
 
     it('Should fail with a unauthenticated user', async function () {
-      await makeGetRequest({ url: server.url, path, statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.UNAUTHORIZED_401 })
+      await makeGetRequest({ url: server.url, path, expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.UNAUTHORIZED_401 })
     })
 
     it('Should fail with a another user', async function () {
-      await makeGetRequest({ url: server.url, path, token: server.accessToken, statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.FORBIDDEN_403 })
+      await makeGetRequest({ url: server.url, path, token: server.accessToken, expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.FORBIDDEN_403 })
     })
 
     it('Should fail with a bad type', async function () {
       await makeGetRequest({
         url: server.url,
         path,
-        token: userAccessToken,
+        token: userToken,
         query: { rating: 'toto ' },
-        statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.BAD_REQUEST_400
+        expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.BAD_REQUEST_400
       })
     })
 
     it('Should succeed with the correct params', async function () {
-      await makeGetRequest({ url: server.url, path, token: userAccessToken, statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.OK_200 })
+      await makeGetRequest({ url: server.url, path, token: userToken, expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.OK_200 })
     })
   })
 
   describe('When blocking/unblocking/removing user', function () {
+
     it('Should fail with an incorrect id', async function () {
-      await removeUser(server.url, 'blabla', server.accessToken, HttpStatusCode.BAD_REQUEST_400)
-      await blockUser(server.url, 'blabla', server.accessToken, HttpStatusCode.BAD_REQUEST_400)
-      await unblockUser(server.url, 'blabla', server.accessToken, HttpStatusCode.BAD_REQUEST_400)
+      const options = { userId: 'blabla' as any, expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.BAD_REQUEST_400 }
+
+      await server.users.remove(options)
+      await server.users.banUser({ userId: 'blabla' as any, expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.BAD_REQUEST_400 })
+      await server.users.unbanUser({ userId: 'blabla' as any, expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.BAD_REQUEST_400 })
     })
 
     it('Should fail with the root user', async function () {
-      await removeUser(server.url, rootId, server.accessToken, HttpStatusCode.BAD_REQUEST_400)
-      await blockUser(server.url, rootId, server.accessToken, HttpStatusCode.BAD_REQUEST_400)
-      await unblockUser(server.url, rootId, server.accessToken, HttpStatusCode.BAD_REQUEST_400)
+      const options = { userId: rootId, expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.BAD_REQUEST_400 }
+
+      await server.users.remove(options)
+      await server.users.banUser(options)
+      await server.users.unbanUser(options)
     })
 
     it('Should return 404 with a non existing id', async function () {
-      await removeUser(server.url, 4545454, server.accessToken, HttpStatusCode.NOT_FOUND_404)
-      await blockUser(server.url, 4545454, server.accessToken, HttpStatusCode.NOT_FOUND_404)
-      await unblockUser(server.url, 4545454, server.accessToken, HttpStatusCode.NOT_FOUND_404)
+      const options = { userId: 4545454, expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.NOT_FOUND_404 }
+
+      await server.users.remove(options)
+      await server.users.banUser(options)
+      await server.users.unbanUser(options)
     })
 
     it('Should fail with a non admin user', async function () {
-      await removeUser(server.url, userId, userAccessToken, HttpStatusCode.FORBIDDEN_403)
-      await blockUser(server.url, userId, userAccessToken, HttpStatusCode.FORBIDDEN_403)
-      await unblockUser(server.url, userId, userAccessToken, HttpStatusCode.FORBIDDEN_403)
+      const options = { userId, token: userToken, expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.FORBIDDEN_403 }
+
+      await server.users.remove(options)
+      await server.users.banUser(options)
+      await server.users.unbanUser(options)
     })
 
     it('Should fail on a moderator with a moderator', async function () {
-      await removeUser(server.url, moderatorId, moderatorAccessToken, HttpStatusCode.FORBIDDEN_403)
-      await blockUser(server.url, moderatorId, moderatorAccessToken, HttpStatusCode.FORBIDDEN_403)
-      await unblockUser(server.url, moderatorId, moderatorAccessToken, HttpStatusCode.FORBIDDEN_403)
+      const options = { userId: moderatorId, token: moderatorToken, expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.FORBIDDEN_403 }
+
+      await server.users.remove(options)
+      await server.users.banUser(options)
+      await server.users.unbanUser(options)
     })
 
     it('Should succeed on a user with a moderator', async function () {
-      await blockUser(server.url, userId, moderatorAccessToken)
-      await unblockUser(server.url, userId, moderatorAccessToken)
+      const options = { userId, token: moderatorToken }
+
+      await server.users.banUser(options)
+      await server.users.unbanUser(options)
     })
   })
 
   describe('When deleting our account', function () {
     it('Should fail with with the root account', async function () {
-      await deleteMe(server.url, server.accessToken, HttpStatusCode.BAD_REQUEST_400)
+      await server.users.deleteMe({ expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.BAD_REQUEST_400 })
     })
   })
 
@@ -938,19 +905,19 @@ describe('Test users API validators', function () {
     }
 
     it('Should fail with a too small username', async function () {
-      const fields = immutableAssign(baseCorrectParams, { username: '' })
+      const fields = { ...baseCorrectParams, username: '' }
 
       await makePostBodyRequest({ url: server.url, path: registrationPath, token: server.accessToken, fields })
     })
 
     it('Should fail with a too long username', async function () {
-      const fields = immutableAssign(baseCorrectParams, { username: 'super'.repeat(50) })
+      const fields = { ...baseCorrectParams, username: 'super'.repeat(50) }
 
       await makePostBodyRequest({ url: server.url, path: registrationPath, token: server.accessToken, fields })
     })
 
     it('Should fail with an incorrect username', async function () {
-      const fields = immutableAssign(baseCorrectParams, { username: 'my username' })
+      const fields = { ...baseCorrectParams, username: 'my username' }
 
       await makePostBodyRequest({ url: server.url, path: registrationPath, token: server.accessToken, fields })
     })
@@ -962,108 +929,108 @@ describe('Test users API validators', function () {
     })
 
     it('Should fail with an invalid email', async function () {
-      const fields = immutableAssign(baseCorrectParams, { email: 'test_example.com' })
+      const fields = { ...baseCorrectParams, email: 'test_example.com' }
 
       await makePostBodyRequest({ url: server.url, path: registrationPath, token: server.accessToken, fields })
     })
 
     it('Should fail with a too small password', async function () {
-      const fields = immutableAssign(baseCorrectParams, { password: 'bla' })
+      const fields = { ...baseCorrectParams, password: 'bla' }
 
       await makePostBodyRequest({ url: server.url, path: registrationPath, token: server.accessToken, fields })
     })
 
     it('Should fail with a too long password', async function () {
-      const fields = immutableAssign(baseCorrectParams, { password: 'super'.repeat(61) })
+      const fields = { ...baseCorrectParams, password: 'super'.repeat(61) }
 
       await makePostBodyRequest({ url: server.url, path: registrationPath, token: server.accessToken, fields })
     })
 
     it('Should fail if we register a user with the same username', async function () {
-      const fields = immutableAssign(baseCorrectParams, { username: 'root' })
+      const fields = { ...baseCorrectParams, username: 'root' }
 
       await makePostBodyRequest({
         url: server.url,
         path: registrationPath,
         token: server.accessToken,
         fields,
-        statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.CONFLICT_409
+        expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.CONFLICT_409
       })
     })
 
     it('Should fail with a "peertube" username', async function () {
-      const fields = immutableAssign(baseCorrectParams, { username: 'peertube' })
+      const fields = { ...baseCorrectParams, username: 'peertube' }
 
       await makePostBodyRequest({
         url: server.url,
         path: registrationPath,
         token: server.accessToken,
         fields,
-        statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.CONFLICT_409
+        expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.CONFLICT_409
       })
     })
 
     it('Should fail if we register a user with the same email', async function () {
-      const fields = immutableAssign(baseCorrectParams, { email: 'admin' + server.internalServerNumber + '@example.com' })
+      const fields = { ...baseCorrectParams, email: 'admin' + server.internalServerNumber + '@example.com' }
 
       await makePostBodyRequest({
         url: server.url,
         path: registrationPath,
         token: server.accessToken,
         fields,
-        statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.CONFLICT_409
+        expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.CONFLICT_409
       })
     })
 
     it('Should fail with a bad display name', async function () {
-      const fields = immutableAssign(baseCorrectParams, { displayName: 'a'.repeat(150) })
+      const fields = { ...baseCorrectParams, displayName: 'a'.repeat(150) }
 
       await makePostBodyRequest({ url: server.url, path: registrationPath, token: server.accessToken, fields })
     })
 
     it('Should fail with a bad channel name', async function () {
-      const fields = immutableAssign(baseCorrectParams, { channel: { name: '[]azf', displayName: 'toto' } })
+      const fields = { ...baseCorrectParams, channel: { name: '[]azf', displayName: 'toto' } }
 
       await makePostBodyRequest({ url: server.url, path: registrationPath, token: server.accessToken, fields })
     })
 
     it('Should fail with a bad channel display name', async function () {
-      const fields = immutableAssign(baseCorrectParams, { channel: { name: 'toto', displayName: '' } })
+      const fields = { ...baseCorrectParams, channel: { name: 'toto', displayName: '' } }
 
       await makePostBodyRequest({ url: server.url, path: registrationPath, token: server.accessToken, fields })
     })
 
     it('Should fail with a channel name that is the same as username', async function () {
       const source = { username: 'super_user', channel: { name: 'super_user', displayName: 'display name' } }
-      const fields = immutableAssign(baseCorrectParams, source)
+      const fields = { ...baseCorrectParams, ...source }
 
       await makePostBodyRequest({ url: server.url, path: registrationPath, token: server.accessToken, fields })
     })
 
     it('Should fail with an existing channel', async function () {
-      const videoChannelAttributesArg = { name: 'existing_channel', displayName: 'hello', description: 'super description' }
-      await addVideoChannel(server.url, server.accessToken, videoChannelAttributesArg)
+      const attributes = { name: 'existing_channel', displayName: 'hello', description: 'super description' }
+      await server.channels.create({ attributes })
 
-      const fields = immutableAssign(baseCorrectParams, { channel: { name: 'existing_channel', displayName: 'toto' } })
+      const fields = { ...baseCorrectParams, channel: { name: 'existing_channel', displayName: 'toto' } }
 
       await makePostBodyRequest({
         url: server.url,
         path: registrationPath,
         token: server.accessToken,
         fields,
-        statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.CONFLICT_409
+        expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.CONFLICT_409
       })
     })
 
     it('Should succeed with the correct params', async function () {
-      const fields = immutableAssign(baseCorrectParams, { channel: { name: 'super_channel', displayName: 'toto' } })
+      const fields = { ...baseCorrectParams, channel: { name: 'super_channel', displayName: 'toto' } }
 
       await makePostBodyRequest({
         url: server.url,
         path: registrationPath,
         token: server.accessToken,
         fields: fields,
-        statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.NO_CONTENT_204
+        expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.NO_CONTENT_204
       })
     })
 
@@ -1079,14 +1046,14 @@ describe('Test users API validators', function () {
         path: registrationPath,
         token: serverWithRegistrationDisabled.accessToken,
         fields,
-        statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.FORBIDDEN_403
+        expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.FORBIDDEN_403
       })
     })
   })
 
   describe('When registering multiple users on a server with users limit', function () {
     it('Should fail when after 3 registrations', async function () {
-      await registerUser(server.url, 'user42', 'super password', HttpStatusCode.FORBIDDEN_403)
+      await server.users.register({ username: 'user42', expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.FORBIDDEN_403 })
     })
   })
 
@@ -1113,7 +1080,7 @@ describe('Test users API validators', function () {
         path,
         token: server.accessToken,
         fields,
-        statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.NO_CONTENT_204
+        expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.NO_CONTENT_204
       })
     })
   })
@@ -1141,7 +1108,7 @@ describe('Test users API validators', function () {
         path,
         token: server.accessToken,
         fields,
-        statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.NO_CONTENT_204
+        expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.NO_CONTENT_204
       })
     })
   })
diff --git a/server/tests/api/check-params/video-blacklist.ts b/server/tests/api/check-params/video-blacklist.ts
index ce7f5fa17..d28c6a952 100644
--- a/server/tests/api/check-params/video-blacklist.ts
+++ b/server/tests/api/check-params/video-blacklist.ts
@@ -1,46 +1,37 @@
 /* eslint-disable @typescript-eslint/no-unused-expressions,@typescript-eslint/require-await */
 
 import 'mocha'
-
+import { expect } from 'chai'
 import {
+  BlacklistCommand,
+  checkBadCountPagination,
+  checkBadSortPagination,
+  checkBadStartPagination,
   cleanupTests,
-  createUser,
+  createMultipleServers,
   doubleFollow,
-  flushAndRunMultipleServers,
-  getBlacklistedVideosList,
-  getVideo,
-  getVideoWithToken,
   makePostBodyRequest,
   makePutBodyRequest,
-  removeVideoFromBlacklist,
-  ServerInfo,
+  PeerTubeServer,
   setAccessTokensToServers,
-  uploadVideo,
-  userLogin,
   waitJobs
-} from '../../../../shared/extra-utils'
-import {
-  checkBadCountPagination,
-  checkBadSortPagination,
-  checkBadStartPagination
-} from '../../../../shared/extra-utils/requests/check-api-params'
-import { VideoBlacklistType, VideoDetails } from '../../../../shared/models/videos'
-import { expect } from 'chai'
-import { HttpStatusCode } from '../../../../shared/core-utils/miscs/http-error-codes'
+} from '@shared/extra-utils'
+import { HttpStatusCode, VideoBlacklistType } from '@shared/models'
 
 describe('Test video blacklist API validators', function () {
-  let servers: ServerInfo[]
-  let notBlacklistedVideoId: number
+  let servers: PeerTubeServer[]
+  let notBlacklistedVideoId: string
   let remoteVideoUUID: string
   let userAccessToken1 = ''
   let userAccessToken2 = ''
+  let command: BlacklistCommand
 
   // ---------------------------------------------------------------
 
   before(async function () {
     this.timeout(120000)
 
-    servers = await flushAndRunMultipleServers(2)
+    servers = await createMultipleServers(2)
 
     await setAccessTokensToServers(servers)
     await doubleFollow(servers[0], servers[1])
@@ -48,40 +39,41 @@ describe('Test video blacklist API validators', function () {
     {
       const username = 'user1'
       const password = 'my super password'
-      await createUser({ url: servers[0].url, accessToken: servers[0].accessToken, username: username, password: password })
-      userAccessToken1 = await userLogin(servers[0], { username, password })
+      await servers[0].users.create({ username: username, password: password })
+      userAccessToken1 = await servers[0].login.getAccessToken({ username, password })
     }
 
     {
       const username = 'user2'
       const password = 'my super password'
-      await createUser({ url: servers[0].url, accessToken: servers[0].accessToken, username: username, password: password })
-      userAccessToken2 = await userLogin(servers[0], { username, password })
+      await servers[0].users.create({ username: username, password: password })
+      userAccessToken2 = await servers[0].login.getAccessToken({ username, password })
     }
 
     {
-      const res = await uploadVideo(servers[0].url, userAccessToken1, {})
-      servers[0].video = res.body.video
+      servers[0].store.video = await servers[0].videos.upload({ token: userAccessToken1 })
     }
 
     {
-      const res = await uploadVideo(servers[0].url, servers[0].accessToken, {})
-      notBlacklistedVideoId = res.body.video.uuid
+      const { uuid } = await servers[0].videos.upload()
+      notBlacklistedVideoId = uuid
     }
 
     {
-      const res = await uploadVideo(servers[1].url, servers[1].accessToken, {})
-      remoteVideoUUID = res.body.video.uuid
+      const { uuid } = await servers[1].videos.upload()
+      remoteVideoUUID = uuid
     }
 
     await waitJobs(servers)
+
+    command = servers[0].blacklist
   })
 
   describe('When adding a video in blacklist', function () {
     const basePath = '/api/v1/videos/'
 
     it('Should fail with nothing', async function () {
-      const path = basePath + servers[0].video + '/blacklist'
+      const path = basePath + servers[0].store.video + '/blacklist'
       const fields = {}
       await makePostBodyRequest({ url: servers[0].url, path, token: servers[0].accessToken, fields })
     })
@@ -93,25 +85,25 @@ describe('Test video blacklist API validators', function () {
     })
 
     it('Should fail with a non authenticated user', async function () {
-      const path = basePath + servers[0].video + '/blacklist'
+      const path = basePath + servers[0].store.video + '/blacklist'
       const fields = {}
-      await makePostBodyRequest({ url: servers[0].url, path, token: 'hello', fields, statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.UNAUTHORIZED_401 })
+      await makePostBodyRequest({ url: servers[0].url, path, token: 'hello', fields, expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.UNAUTHORIZED_401 })
     })
 
     it('Should fail with a non admin user', async function () {
-      const path = basePath + servers[0].video + '/blacklist'
+      const path = basePath + servers[0].store.video + '/blacklist'
       const fields = {}
       await makePostBodyRequest({
         url: servers[0].url,
         path,
         token: userAccessToken2,
         fields,
-        statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.FORBIDDEN_403
+        expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.FORBIDDEN_403
       })
     })
 
     it('Should fail with an invalid reason', async function () {
-      const path = basePath + servers[0].video.uuid + '/blacklist'
+      const path = basePath + servers[0].store.video.uuid + '/blacklist'
       const fields = { reason: 'a'.repeat(305) }
 
       await makePostBodyRequest({ url: servers[0].url, path, token: servers[0].accessToken, fields })
@@ -126,12 +118,12 @@ describe('Test video blacklist API validators', function () {
         path,
         token: servers[0].accessToken,
         fields,
-        statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.CONFLICT_409
+        expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.CONFLICT_409
       })
     })
 
     it('Should succeed with the correct params', async function () {
-      const path = basePath + servers[0].video.uuid + '/blacklist'
+      const path = basePath + servers[0].store.video.uuid + '/blacklist'
       const fields = {}
 
       await makePostBodyRequest({
@@ -139,7 +131,7 @@ describe('Test video blacklist API validators', function () {
         path,
         token: servers[0].accessToken,
         fields,
-        statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.NO_CONTENT_204
+        expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.NO_CONTENT_204
       })
     })
   })
@@ -161,37 +153,37 @@ describe('Test video blacklist API validators', function () {
         path,
         token: servers[0].accessToken,
         fields,
-        statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.NOT_FOUND_404
+        expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.NOT_FOUND_404
       })
     })
 
     it('Should fail with a non authenticated user', async function () {
-      const path = basePath + servers[0].video + '/blacklist'
+      const path = basePath + servers[0].store.video + '/blacklist'
       const fields = {}
-      await makePutBodyRequest({ url: servers[0].url, path, token: 'hello', fields, statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.UNAUTHORIZED_401 })
+      await makePutBodyRequest({ url: servers[0].url, path, token: 'hello', fields, expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.UNAUTHORIZED_401 })
     })
 
     it('Should fail with a non admin user', async function () {
-      const path = basePath + servers[0].video + '/blacklist'
+      const path = basePath + servers[0].store.video + '/blacklist'
       const fields = {}
       await makePutBodyRequest({
         url: servers[0].url,
         path,
         token: userAccessToken2,
         fields,
-        statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.FORBIDDEN_403
+        expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.FORBIDDEN_403
       })
     })
 
     it('Should fail with an invalid reason', async function () {
-      const path = basePath + servers[0].video.uuid + '/blacklist'
+      const path = basePath + servers[0].store.video.uuid + '/blacklist'
       const fields = { reason: 'a'.repeat(305) }
 
       await makePutBodyRequest({ url: servers[0].url, path, token: servers[0].accessToken, fields })
     })
 
     it('Should succeed with the correct params', async function () {
-      const path = basePath + servers[0].video.shortUUID + '/blacklist'
+      const path = basePath + servers[0].store.video.shortUUID + '/blacklist'
       const fields = { reason: 'hello' }
 
       await makePutBodyRequest({
@@ -199,7 +191,7 @@ describe('Test video blacklist API validators', function () {
         path,
         token: servers[0].accessToken,
         fields,
-        statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.NO_CONTENT_204
+        expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.NO_CONTENT_204
       })
     })
   })
@@ -207,52 +199,53 @@ describe('Test video blacklist API validators', function () {
   describe('When getting blacklisted video', function () {
 
     it('Should fail with a non authenticated user', async function () {
-      await getVideo(servers[0].url, servers[0].video.uuid, HttpStatusCode.UNAUTHORIZED_401)
+      await servers[0].videos.get({ id: servers[0].store.video.uuid, expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.UNAUTHORIZED_401 })
     })
 
     it('Should fail with another user', async function () {
-      await getVideoWithToken(servers[0].url, userAccessToken2, servers[0].video.uuid, HttpStatusCode.FORBIDDEN_403)
+      await servers[0].videos.getWithToken({
+        token: userAccessToken2,
+        id: servers[0].store.video.uuid,
+        expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.FORBIDDEN_403
+      })
     })
 
     it('Should succeed with the owner authenticated user', async function () {
-      const res = await getVideoWithToken(servers[0].url, userAccessToken1, servers[0].video.uuid, HttpStatusCode.OK_200)
-      const video: VideoDetails = res.body
-
+      const video = await servers[0].videos.getWithToken({ token: userAccessToken1, id: servers[0].store.video.uuid })
       expect(video.blacklisted).to.be.true
     })
 
     it('Should succeed with an admin', async function () {
-      const video = servers[0].video
+      const video = servers[0].store.video
 
       for (const id of [ video.id, video.uuid, video.shortUUID ]) {
-        const res = await getVideoWithToken(servers[0].url, servers[0].accessToken, id, HttpStatusCode.OK_200)
-        const video: VideoDetails = res.body
-
+        const video = await servers[0].videos.getWithToken({ id, expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.OK_200 })
         expect(video.blacklisted).to.be.true
       }
     })
   })
 
   describe('When removing a video in blacklist', function () {
+
     it('Should fail with a non authenticated user', async function () {
-      await removeVideoFromBlacklist(servers[0].url, 'fake token', servers[0].video.uuid, HttpStatusCode.UNAUTHORIZED_401)
+      await command.remove({ token: 'fake token', videoId: servers[0].store.video.uuid, expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.UNAUTHORIZED_401 })
     })
 
     it('Should fail with a non admin user', async function () {
-      await removeVideoFromBlacklist(servers[0].url, userAccessToken2, servers[0].video.uuid, HttpStatusCode.FORBIDDEN_403)
+      await command.remove({ token: userAccessToken2, videoId: servers[0].store.video.uuid, expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.FORBIDDEN_403 })
     })
 
     it('Should fail with an incorrect id', async function () {
-      await removeVideoFromBlacklist(servers[0].url, servers[0].accessToken, 'hello', HttpStatusCode.BAD_REQUEST_400)
+      await command.remove({ videoId: 'hello', expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.BAD_REQUEST_400 })
     })
 
     it('Should fail with a not blacklisted video', async function () {
       // The video was not added to the blacklist so it should fail
-      await removeVideoFromBlacklist(servers[0].url, servers[0].accessToken, notBlacklistedVideoId, HttpStatusCode.NOT_FOUND_404)
+      await command.remove({ videoId: notBlacklistedVideoId, expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.NOT_FOUND_404 })
     })
 
     it('Should succeed with the correct params', async function () {
-      await removeVideoFromBlacklist(servers[0].url, servers[0].accessToken, servers[0].video.uuid, HttpStatusCode.NO_CONTENT_204)
+      await command.remove({ videoId: servers[0].store.video.uuid, expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.NO_CONTENT_204 })
     })
   })
 
@@ -260,11 +253,11 @@ describe('Test video blacklist API validators', function () {
     const basePath = '/api/v1/videos/blacklist/'
 
     it('Should fail with a non authenticated user', async function () {
-      await getBlacklistedVideosList({ url: servers[0].url, token: 'fake token', specialStatus: HttpStatusCode.UNAUTHORIZED_401 })
+      await servers[0].blacklist.list({ token: 'fake token', expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.UNAUTHORIZED_401 })
     })
 
     it('Should fail with a non admin user', async function () {
-      await getBlacklistedVideosList({ url: servers[0].url, token: userAccessToken2, specialStatus: HttpStatusCode.FORBIDDEN_403 })
+      await servers[0].blacklist.list({ token: userAccessToken2, expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.FORBIDDEN_403 })
     })
 
     it('Should fail with a bad start pagination', async function () {
@@ -280,16 +273,11 @@ describe('Test video blacklist API validators', function () {
     })
 
     it('Should fail with an invalid type', async function () {
-      await getBlacklistedVideosList({
-        url: servers[0].url,
-        token: servers[0].accessToken,
-        type: 0,
-        specialStatus: HttpStatusCode.BAD_REQUEST_400
-      })
+      await servers[0].blacklist.list({ type: 0, expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.BAD_REQUEST_400 })
     })
 
     it('Should succeed with the correct parameters', async function () {
-      await getBlacklistedVideosList({ url: servers[0].url, token: servers[0].accessToken, type: VideoBlacklistType.MANUAL })
+      await servers[0].blacklist.list({ type: VideoBlacklistType.MANUAL })
     })
   })
 
diff --git a/server/tests/api/check-params/video-captions.ts b/server/tests/api/check-params/video-captions.ts
index c0595c04d..90f429314 100644
--- a/server/tests/api/check-params/video-captions.ts
+++ b/server/tests/api/check-params/video-captions.ts
@@ -1,27 +1,22 @@
 /* eslint-disable @typescript-eslint/no-unused-expressions,@typescript-eslint/require-await */
 
 import 'mocha'
-import { VideoCreateResult } from '@shared/models'
-import { HttpStatusCode } from '../../../../shared/core-utils/miscs/http-error-codes'
 import {
   buildAbsoluteFixturePath,
   cleanupTests,
-  createUser,
-  flushAndRunServer,
+  createSingleServer,
   makeDeleteRequest,
   makeGetRequest,
   makeUploadRequest,
-  ServerInfo,
-  setAccessTokensToServers,
-  uploadVideo,
-  userLogin
-} from '../../../../shared/extra-utils'
-import { createVideoCaption } from '../../../../shared/extra-utils/videos/video-captions'
+  PeerTubeServer,
+  setAccessTokensToServers
+} from '@shared/extra-utils'
+import { HttpStatusCode, VideoCreateResult } from '@shared/models'
 
 describe('Test video captions API validator', function () {
   const path = '/api/v1/videos/'
 
-  let server: ServerInfo
+  let server: PeerTubeServer
   let userAccessToken: string
   let video: VideoCreateResult
 
@@ -30,22 +25,19 @@ describe('Test video captions API validator', function () {
   before(async function () {
     this.timeout(30000)
 
-    server = await flushAndRunServer(1)
+    server = await createSingleServer(1)
 
     await setAccessTokensToServers([ server ])
 
-    {
-      const res = await uploadVideo(server.url, server.accessToken, {})
-      video = res.body.video
-    }
+    video = await server.videos.upload()
 
     {
       const user = {
         username: 'user1',
         password: 'my super password'
       }
-      await createUser({ url: server.url, accessToken: server.accessToken, username: user.username, password: user.password })
-      userAccessToken = await userLogin(server, user)
+      await server.users.create({ username: user.username, password: user.password })
+      userAccessToken = await server.login.getAccessToken(user)
     }
   })
 
@@ -74,7 +66,7 @@ describe('Test video captions API validator', function () {
         token: server.accessToken,
         fields,
         attaches,
-        statusCodeExpected: 404
+        expectedStatus: 404
       })
     })
 
@@ -110,7 +102,7 @@ describe('Test video captions API validator', function () {
         path: captionPath,
         fields,
         attaches,
-        statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.UNAUTHORIZED_401
+        expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.UNAUTHORIZED_401
       })
     })
 
@@ -123,7 +115,7 @@ describe('Test video captions API validator', function () {
         token: 'blabla',
         fields,
         attaches,
-        statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.UNAUTHORIZED_401
+        expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.UNAUTHORIZED_401
       })
     })
 
@@ -141,7 +133,7 @@ describe('Test video captions API validator', function () {
     //     token: server.accessToken,
     //     fields,
     //     attaches,
-    //     statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.BAD_REQUEST_400
+    //     expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.BAD_REQUEST_400
     //   })
     // })
 
@@ -154,14 +146,12 @@ describe('Test video captions API validator', function () {
     //     videoId: video.uuid,
     //     fixture: 'subtitle-bad.txt',
     //     mimeType: 'application/octet-stream',
-    //     statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.BAD_REQUEST_400
+    //     expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.BAD_REQUEST_400
     //   })
     // })
 
     it('Should succeed with a valid captionfile extension and octet-stream mime type', async function () {
-      await createVideoCaption({
-        url: server.url,
-        accessToken: server.accessToken,
+      await server.captions.add({
         language: 'zh',
         videoId: video.uuid,
         fixture: 'subtitle-good.srt',
@@ -183,7 +173,7 @@ describe('Test video captions API validator', function () {
     //     token: server.accessToken,
     //     fields,
     //     attaches,
-    //     statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR_500
+    //     expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR_500
     //   })
     // })
 
@@ -196,7 +186,7 @@ describe('Test video captions API validator', function () {
         token: server.accessToken,
         fields,
         attaches,
-        statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.NO_CONTENT_204
+        expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.NO_CONTENT_204
       })
     })
   })
@@ -210,12 +200,12 @@ describe('Test video captions API validator', function () {
       await makeGetRequest({
         url: server.url,
         path: path + '4da6fde3-88f7-4d16-b119-108df5630b06/captions',
-        statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.NOT_FOUND_404
+        expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.NOT_FOUND_404
       })
     })
 
     it('Should success with the correct parameters', async function () {
-      await makeGetRequest({ url: server.url, path: path + video.shortUUID + '/captions', statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.OK_200 })
+      await makeGetRequest({ url: server.url, path: path + video.shortUUID + '/captions', expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.OK_200 })
     })
   })
 
@@ -233,7 +223,7 @@ describe('Test video captions API validator', function () {
         url: server.url,
         path: path + '4da6fde3-88f7-4d16-b119-108df5630b06/captions/fr',
         token: server.accessToken,
-        statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.NOT_FOUND_404
+        expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.NOT_FOUND_404
       })
     })
 
@@ -257,12 +247,12 @@ describe('Test video captions API validator', function () {
 
     it('Should fail without access token', async function () {
       const captionPath = path + video.shortUUID + '/captions/fr'
-      await makeDeleteRequest({ url: server.url, path: captionPath, statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.UNAUTHORIZED_401 })
+      await makeDeleteRequest({ url: server.url, path: captionPath, expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.UNAUTHORIZED_401 })
     })
 
     it('Should fail with a bad access token', async function () {
       const captionPath = path + video.shortUUID + '/captions/fr'
-      await makeDeleteRequest({ url: server.url, path: captionPath, token: 'coucou', statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.UNAUTHORIZED_401 })
+      await makeDeleteRequest({ url: server.url, path: captionPath, token: 'coucou', expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.UNAUTHORIZED_401 })
     })
 
     it('Should fail with another user', async function () {
@@ -271,7 +261,7 @@ describe('Test video captions API validator', function () {
         url: server.url,
         path: captionPath,
         token: userAccessToken,
-        statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.FORBIDDEN_403
+        expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.FORBIDDEN_403
       })
     })
 
@@ -281,7 +271,7 @@ describe('Test video captions API validator', function () {
         url: server.url,
         path: captionPath,
         token: server.accessToken,
-        statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.NO_CONTENT_204
+        expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.NO_CONTENT_204
       })
     })
   })
diff --git a/server/tests/api/check-params/video-channels.ts b/server/tests/api/check-params/video-channels.ts
index 5c02afd31..2e63916d4 100644
--- a/server/tests/api/check-params/video-channels.ts
+++ b/server/tests/api/check-params/video-channels.ts
@@ -3,43 +3,37 @@
 import 'mocha'
 import * as chai from 'chai'
 import { omit } from 'lodash'
-import { HttpStatusCode } from '../../../../shared/core-utils/miscs/http-error-codes'
 import {
   buildAbsoluteFixturePath,
+  ChannelsCommand,
+  checkBadCountPagination,
+  checkBadSortPagination,
+  checkBadStartPagination,
   cleanupTests,
-  createUser,
-  deleteVideoChannel,
-  flushAndRunServer,
-  getAccountVideoChannelsList,
-  immutableAssign,
+  createSingleServer,
   makeGetRequest,
   makePostBodyRequest,
   makePutBodyRequest,
   makeUploadRequest,
-  ServerInfo,
-  setAccessTokensToServers,
-  userLogin
-} from '../../../../shared/extra-utils'
-import {
-  checkBadCountPagination,
-  checkBadSortPagination,
-  checkBadStartPagination
-} from '../../../../shared/extra-utils/requests/check-api-params'
-import { VideoChannelUpdate } from '../../../../shared/models/videos'
+  PeerTubeServer,
+  setAccessTokensToServers
+} from '@shared/extra-utils'
+import { HttpStatusCode, VideoChannelUpdate } from '@shared/models'
 
 const expect = chai.expect
 
 describe('Test video channels API validator', function () {
   const videoChannelPath = '/api/v1/video-channels'
-  let server: ServerInfo
+  let server: PeerTubeServer
   let accessTokenUser: string
+  let command: ChannelsCommand
 
   // ---------------------------------------------------------------
 
   before(async function () {
     this.timeout(30000)
 
-    server = await flushAndRunServer(1)
+    server = await createSingleServer(1)
 
     await setAccessTokensToServers([ server ])
 
@@ -49,9 +43,11 @@ describe('Test video channels API validator', function () {
     }
 
     {
-      await createUser({ url: server.url, accessToken: server.accessToken, username: user.username, password: user.password })
-      accessTokenUser = await userLogin(server, user)
+      await server.users.create({ username: user.username, password: user.password })
+      accessTokenUser = await server.login.getAccessToken(user)
     }
+
+    command = server.channels
   })
 
   describe('When listing a video channels', function () {
@@ -84,14 +80,14 @@ describe('Test video channels API validator', function () {
     })
 
     it('Should fail with a unknown account', async function () {
-      await getAccountVideoChannelsList({ url: server.url, accountName: 'unknown', specialStatus: HttpStatusCode.NOT_FOUND_404 })
+      await server.channels.listByAccount({ accountName: 'unknown', expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.NOT_FOUND_404 })
     })
 
     it('Should succeed with the correct parameters', async function () {
       await makeGetRequest({
         url: server.url,
         path: accountChannelPath,
-        statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.OK_200
+        expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.OK_200
       })
     })
   })
@@ -110,7 +106,7 @@ describe('Test video channels API validator', function () {
         path: videoChannelPath,
         token: 'none',
         fields: baseCorrectParams,
-        statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.UNAUTHORIZED_401
+        expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.UNAUTHORIZED_401
       })
     })
 
@@ -125,7 +121,7 @@ describe('Test video channels API validator', function () {
     })
 
     it('Should fail with a bad name', async function () {
-      const fields = immutableAssign(baseCorrectParams, { name: 'super name' })
+      const fields = { ...baseCorrectParams, name: 'super name' }
       await makePostBodyRequest({ url: server.url, path: videoChannelPath, token: server.accessToken, fields })
     })
 
@@ -135,17 +131,17 @@ describe('Test video channels API validator', function () {
     })
 
     it('Should fail with a long name', async function () {
-      const fields = immutableAssign(baseCorrectParams, { displayName: 'super'.repeat(25) })
+      const fields = { ...baseCorrectParams, displayName: 'super'.repeat(25) }
       await makePostBodyRequest({ url: server.url, path: videoChannelPath, token: server.accessToken, fields })
     })
 
     it('Should fail with a long description', async function () {
-      const fields = immutableAssign(baseCorrectParams, { description: 'super'.repeat(201) })
+      const fields = { ...baseCorrectParams, description: 'super'.repeat(201) }
       await makePostBodyRequest({ url: server.url, path: videoChannelPath, token: server.accessToken, fields })
     })
 
     it('Should fail with a long support text', async function () {
-      const fields = immutableAssign(baseCorrectParams, { support: 'super'.repeat(201) })
+      const fields = { ...baseCorrectParams, support: 'super'.repeat(201) }
       await makePostBodyRequest({ url: server.url, path: videoChannelPath, token: server.accessToken, fields })
     })
 
@@ -155,7 +151,7 @@ describe('Test video channels API validator', function () {
         path: videoChannelPath,
         token: server.accessToken,
         fields: baseCorrectParams,
-        statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.OK_200
+        expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.OK_200
       })
     })
 
@@ -165,7 +161,7 @@ describe('Test video channels API validator', function () {
         path: videoChannelPath,
         token: server.accessToken,
         fields: baseCorrectParams,
-        statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.CONFLICT_409
+        expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.CONFLICT_409
       })
     })
   })
@@ -189,7 +185,7 @@ describe('Test video channels API validator', function () {
         path,
         token: 'hi',
         fields: baseCorrectParams,
-        statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.UNAUTHORIZED_401
+        expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.UNAUTHORIZED_401
       })
     })
 
@@ -199,27 +195,27 @@ describe('Test video channels API validator', function () {
         path,
         token: accessTokenUser,
         fields: baseCorrectParams,
-        statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.FORBIDDEN_403
+        expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.FORBIDDEN_403
       })
     })
 
     it('Should fail with a long name', async function () {
-      const fields = immutableAssign(baseCorrectParams, { displayName: 'super'.repeat(25) })
+      const fields = { ...baseCorrectParams, displayName: 'super'.repeat(25) }
       await makePutBodyRequest({ url: server.url, path, token: server.accessToken, fields })
     })
 
     it('Should fail with a long description', async function () {
-      const fields = immutableAssign(baseCorrectParams, { description: 'super'.repeat(201) })
+      const fields = { ...baseCorrectParams, description: 'super'.repeat(201) }
       await makePutBodyRequest({ url: server.url, path, token: server.accessToken, fields })
     })
 
     it('Should fail with a long support text', async function () {
-      const fields = immutableAssign(baseCorrectParams, { support: 'super'.repeat(201) })
+      const fields = { ...baseCorrectParams, support: 'super'.repeat(201) }
       await makePutBodyRequest({ url: server.url, path, token: server.accessToken, fields })
     })
 
     it('Should fail with a bad bulkVideosSupportUpdate field', async function () {
-      const fields = immutableAssign(baseCorrectParams, { bulkVideosSupportUpdate: 'super' })
+      const fields = { ...baseCorrectParams, bulkVideosSupportUpdate: 'super' }
       await makePutBodyRequest({ url: server.url, path, token: server.accessToken, fields })
     })
 
@@ -229,7 +225,7 @@ describe('Test video channels API validator', function () {
         path,
         token: server.accessToken,
         fields: baseCorrectParams,
-        statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.NO_CONTENT_204
+        expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.NO_CONTENT_204
       })
     })
   })
@@ -274,7 +270,7 @@ describe('Test video channels API validator', function () {
           path: `${path}/${type}/pick`,
           fields,
           attaches,
-          statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.UNAUTHORIZED_401
+          expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.UNAUTHORIZED_401
         })
       }
     })
@@ -291,7 +287,7 @@ describe('Test video channels API validator', function () {
           token: server.accessToken,
           fields,
           attaches,
-          statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.OK_200
+          expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.OK_200
         })
       }
     })
@@ -302,7 +298,7 @@ describe('Test video channels API validator', function () {
       const res = await makeGetRequest({
         url: server.url,
         path: videoChannelPath,
-        statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.OK_200
+        expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.OK_200
       })
 
       expect(res.body.data).to.be.an('array')
@@ -312,7 +308,7 @@ describe('Test video channels API validator', function () {
       await makeGetRequest({
         url: server.url,
         path: videoChannelPath + '/super_channel2',
-        statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.NOT_FOUND_404
+        expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.NOT_FOUND_404
       })
     })
 
@@ -320,30 +316,30 @@ describe('Test video channels API validator', function () {
       await makeGetRequest({
         url: server.url,
         path: videoChannelPath + '/super_channel',
-        statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.OK_200
+        expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.OK_200
       })
     })
   })
 
   describe('When deleting a video channel', function () {
     it('Should fail with a non authenticated user', async function () {
-      await deleteVideoChannel(server.url, 'coucou', 'super_channel', HttpStatusCode.UNAUTHORIZED_401)
+      await command.delete({ token: 'coucou', channelName: 'super_channel', expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.UNAUTHORIZED_401 })
     })
 
     it('Should fail with another authenticated user', async function () {
-      await deleteVideoChannel(server.url, accessTokenUser, 'super_channel', HttpStatusCode.FORBIDDEN_403)
+      await command.delete({ token: accessTokenUser, channelName: 'super_channel', expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.FORBIDDEN_403 })
     })
 
     it('Should fail with an unknown video channel id', async function () {
-      await deleteVideoChannel(server.url, server.accessToken, 'super_channel2', HttpStatusCode.NOT_FOUND_404)
+      await command.delete({ channelName: 'super_channel2', expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.NOT_FOUND_404 })
     })
 
     it('Should succeed with the correct parameters', async function () {
-      await deleteVideoChannel(server.url, server.accessToken, 'super_channel')
+      await command.delete({ channelName: 'super_channel' })
     })
 
     it('Should fail to delete the last user video channel', async function () {
-      await deleteVideoChannel(server.url, server.accessToken, 'root_channel', HttpStatusCode.CONFLICT_409)
+      await command.delete({ channelName: 'root_channel', expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.CONFLICT_409 })
     })
   })
 
diff --git a/server/tests/api/check-params/video-comments.ts b/server/tests/api/check-params/video-comments.ts
index a38420851..2d9ee1e0d 100644
--- a/server/tests/api/check-params/video-comments.ts
+++ b/server/tests/api/check-params/video-comments.ts
@@ -2,33 +2,26 @@
 
 import 'mocha'
 import * as chai from 'chai'
-import { VideoCreateResult } from '@shared/models'
-import { HttpStatusCode } from '../../../../shared/core-utils/miscs/http-error-codes'
 import {
+  checkBadCountPagination,
+  checkBadSortPagination,
+  checkBadStartPagination,
   cleanupTests,
-  createUser,
-  flushAndRunServer,
+  createSingleServer,
   makeDeleteRequest,
   makeGetRequest,
   makePostBodyRequest,
-  ServerInfo,
-  setAccessTokensToServers,
-  uploadVideo,
-  userLogin
-} from '../../../../shared/extra-utils'
-import {
-  checkBadCountPagination,
-  checkBadSortPagination,
-  checkBadStartPagination
-} from '../../../../shared/extra-utils/requests/check-api-params'
-import { addVideoCommentThread } from '../../../../shared/extra-utils/videos/video-comments'
+  PeerTubeServer,
+  setAccessTokensToServers
+} from '@shared/extra-utils'
+import { HttpStatusCode, VideoCreateResult } from '@shared/models'
 
 const expect = chai.expect
 
 describe('Test video comments API validator', function () {
   let pathThread: string
   let pathComment: string
-  let server: ServerInfo
+  let server: PeerTubeServer
   let video: VideoCreateResult
   let userAccessToken: string
   let userAccessToken2: string
@@ -39,32 +32,31 @@ describe('Test video comments API validator', function () {
   before(async function () {
     this.timeout(30000)
 
-    server = await flushAndRunServer(1)
+    server = await createSingleServer(1)
 
     await setAccessTokensToServers([ server ])
 
     {
-      const res = await uploadVideo(server.url, server.accessToken, {})
-      video = res.body.video
+      video = await server.videos.upload({ attributes: {} })
       pathThread = '/api/v1/videos/' + video.uuid + '/comment-threads'
     }
 
     {
-      const res = await addVideoCommentThread(server.url, server.accessToken, video.uuid, 'coucou')
-      commentId = res.body.comment.id
+      const created = await server.comments.createThread({ videoId: video.uuid, text: 'coucou' })
+      commentId = created.id
       pathComment = '/api/v1/videos/' + video.uuid + '/comments/' + commentId
     }
 
     {
       const user = { username: 'user1', password: 'my super password' }
-      await createUser({ url: server.url, accessToken: server.accessToken, username: user.username, password: user.password })
-      userAccessToken = await userLogin(server, user)
+      await server.users.create({ username: user.username, password: user.password })
+      userAccessToken = await server.login.getAccessToken(user)
     }
 
     {
       const user = { username: 'user2', password: 'my super password' }
-      await createUser({ url: server.url, accessToken: server.accessToken, username: user.username, password: user.password })
-      userAccessToken2 = await userLogin(server, user)
+      await server.users.create({ username: user.username, password: user.password })
+      userAccessToken2 = await server.login.getAccessToken(user)
     }
   })
 
@@ -85,7 +77,7 @@ describe('Test video comments API validator', function () {
       await makeGetRequest({
         url: server.url,
         path: '/api/v1/videos/ba708d62-e3d7-45d9-9d73-41b9097cc02d/comment-threads',
-        statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.NOT_FOUND_404
+        expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.NOT_FOUND_404
       })
     })
   })
@@ -95,7 +87,7 @@ describe('Test video comments API validator', function () {
       await makeGetRequest({
         url: server.url,
         path: '/api/v1/videos/ba708d62-e3d7-45d9-9d73-41b9097cc02d/comment-threads/' + commentId,
-        statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.NOT_FOUND_404
+        expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.NOT_FOUND_404
       })
     })
 
@@ -103,7 +95,7 @@ describe('Test video comments API validator', function () {
       await makeGetRequest({
         url: server.url,
         path: '/api/v1/videos/' + video.shortUUID + '/comment-threads/156',
-        statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.NOT_FOUND_404
+        expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.NOT_FOUND_404
       })
     })
 
@@ -111,7 +103,7 @@ describe('Test video comments API validator', function () {
       await makeGetRequest({
         url: server.url,
         path: '/api/v1/videos/' + video.shortUUID + '/comment-threads/' + commentId,
-        statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.OK_200
+        expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.OK_200
       })
     })
   })
@@ -127,7 +119,7 @@ describe('Test video comments API validator', function () {
         path: pathThread,
         token: 'none',
         fields,
-        statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.UNAUTHORIZED_401
+        expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.UNAUTHORIZED_401
       })
     })
 
@@ -160,7 +152,7 @@ describe('Test video comments API validator', function () {
         path,
         token: server.accessToken,
         fields,
-        statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.NOT_FOUND_404
+        expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.NOT_FOUND_404
       })
     })
 
@@ -173,7 +165,7 @@ describe('Test video comments API validator', function () {
         path: pathThread,
         token: server.accessToken,
         fields,
-        statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.OK_200
+        expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.OK_200
       })
     })
   })
@@ -188,7 +180,7 @@ describe('Test video comments API validator', function () {
         path: pathComment,
         token: 'none',
         fields,
-        statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.UNAUTHORIZED_401
+        expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.UNAUTHORIZED_401
       })
     })
 
@@ -221,7 +213,7 @@ describe('Test video comments API validator', function () {
         path,
         token: server.accessToken,
         fields,
-        statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.NOT_FOUND_404
+        expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.NOT_FOUND_404
       })
     })
 
@@ -235,7 +227,7 @@ describe('Test video comments API validator', function () {
         path,
         token: server.accessToken,
         fields,
-        statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.NOT_FOUND_404
+        expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.NOT_FOUND_404
       })
     })
 
@@ -248,14 +240,14 @@ describe('Test video comments API validator', function () {
         path: pathComment,
         token: server.accessToken,
         fields,
-        statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.OK_200
+        expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.OK_200
       })
     })
   })
 
   describe('When removing video comments', function () {
     it('Should fail with a non authenticated user', async function () {
-      await makeDeleteRequest({ url: server.url, path: pathComment, token: 'none', statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.UNAUTHORIZED_401 })
+      await makeDeleteRequest({ url: server.url, path: pathComment, token: 'none', expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.UNAUTHORIZED_401 })
     })
 
     it('Should fail with another user', async function () {
@@ -263,32 +255,32 @@ describe('Test video comments API validator', function () {
         url: server.url,
         path: pathComment,
         token: userAccessToken,
-        statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.FORBIDDEN_403
+        expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.FORBIDDEN_403
       })
     })
 
     it('Should fail with an incorrect video', async function () {
       const path = '/api/v1/videos/ba708d62-e3d7-45d9-9d73-41b9097cc02d/comments/' + commentId
-      await makeDeleteRequest({ url: server.url, path, token: server.accessToken, statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.NOT_FOUND_404 })
+      await makeDeleteRequest({ url: server.url, path, token: server.accessToken, expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.NOT_FOUND_404 })
     })
 
     it('Should fail with an incorrect comment', async function () {
       const path = '/api/v1/videos/' + video.uuid + '/comments/124'
-      await makeDeleteRequest({ url: server.url, path, token: server.accessToken, statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.NOT_FOUND_404 })
+      await makeDeleteRequest({ url: server.url, path, token: server.accessToken, expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.NOT_FOUND_404 })
     })
 
     it('Should succeed with the same user', async function () {
       let commentToDelete: number
 
       {
-        const res = await addVideoCommentThread(server.url, userAccessToken, video.uuid, 'hello')
-        commentToDelete = res.body.comment.id
+        const created = await server.comments.createThread({ videoId: video.uuid, token: userAccessToken, text: 'hello' })
+        commentToDelete = created.id
       }
 
       const path = '/api/v1/videos/' + video.uuid + '/comments/' + commentToDelete
 
-      await makeDeleteRequest({ url: server.url, path, token: userAccessToken2, statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.FORBIDDEN_403 })
-      await makeDeleteRequest({ url: server.url, path, token: userAccessToken, statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.NO_CONTENT_204 })
+      await makeDeleteRequest({ url: server.url, path, token: userAccessToken2, expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.FORBIDDEN_403 })
+      await makeDeleteRequest({ url: server.url, path, token: userAccessToken, expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.NO_CONTENT_204 })
     })
 
     it('Should succeed with the owner of the video', async function () {
@@ -296,19 +288,19 @@ describe('Test video comments API validator', function () {
       let anotherVideoUUID: string
 
       {
-        const res = await uploadVideo(server.url, userAccessToken, { name: 'video' })
-        anotherVideoUUID = res.body.video.uuid
+        const { uuid } = await server.videos.upload({ token: userAccessToken, attributes: { name: 'video' } })
+        anotherVideoUUID = uuid
       }
 
       {
-        const res = await addVideoCommentThread(server.url, server.accessToken, anotherVideoUUID, 'hello')
-        commentToDelete = res.body.comment.id
+        const created = await server.comments.createThread({ videoId: anotherVideoUUID, text: 'hello' })
+        commentToDelete = created.id
       }
 
       const path = '/api/v1/videos/' + anotherVideoUUID + '/comments/' + commentToDelete
 
-      await makeDeleteRequest({ url: server.url, path, token: userAccessToken2, statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.FORBIDDEN_403 })
-      await makeDeleteRequest({ url: server.url, path, token: userAccessToken, statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.NO_CONTENT_204 })
+      await makeDeleteRequest({ url: server.url, path, token: userAccessToken2, expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.FORBIDDEN_403 })
+      await makeDeleteRequest({ url: server.url, path, token: userAccessToken, expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.NO_CONTENT_204 })
     })
 
     it('Should succeed with the correct parameters', async function () {
@@ -316,15 +308,14 @@ describe('Test video comments API validator', function () {
         url: server.url,
         path: pathComment,
         token: server.accessToken,
-        statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.NO_CONTENT_204
+        expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.NO_CONTENT_204
       })
     })
   })
 
   describe('When a video has comments disabled', function () {
     before(async function () {
-      const res = await uploadVideo(server.url, server.accessToken, { commentsEnabled: false })
-      video = res.body.video
+      video = await server.videos.upload({ attributes: { commentsEnabled: false } })
       pathThread = '/api/v1/videos/' + video.uuid + '/comment-threads'
     })
 
@@ -332,7 +323,7 @@ describe('Test video comments API validator', function () {
       const res = await makeGetRequest({
         url: server.url,
         path: pathThread,
-        statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.OK_200
+        expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.OK_200
       })
       expect(res.body.total).to.equal(0)
       expect(res.body.data).to.have.lengthOf(0)
@@ -349,7 +340,7 @@ describe('Test video comments API validator', function () {
         path: pathThread,
         token: server.accessToken,
         fields,
-        statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.CONFLICT_409
+        expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.CONFLICT_409
       })
     })
 
@@ -375,7 +366,7 @@ describe('Test video comments API validator', function () {
       await makeGetRequest({
         url: server.url,
         path,
-        statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.UNAUTHORIZED_401
+        expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.UNAUTHORIZED_401
       })
     })
 
@@ -384,7 +375,7 @@ describe('Test video comments API validator', function () {
         url: server.url,
         path,
         token: userAccessToken,
-        statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.FORBIDDEN_403
+        expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.FORBIDDEN_403
       })
     })
 
@@ -399,7 +390,7 @@ describe('Test video comments API validator', function () {
           searchAccount: 'toto',
           searchVideo: 'toto'
         },
-        statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.OK_200
+        expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.OK_200
       })
     })
   })
diff --git a/server/tests/api/check-params/video-imports.ts b/server/tests/api/check-params/video-imports.ts
index a27b624d0..d6d745488 100644
--- a/server/tests/api/check-params/video-imports.ts
+++ b/server/tests/api/check-params/video-imports.ts
@@ -2,33 +2,25 @@
 
 import 'mocha'
 import { omit } from 'lodash'
-import { HttpStatusCode } from '../../../../shared/core-utils/miscs/http-error-codes'
 import {
   buildAbsoluteFixturePath,
+  checkBadCountPagination,
+  checkBadSortPagination,
+  checkBadStartPagination,
   cleanupTests,
-  createUser,
-  flushAndRunServer,
-  getMyUserInformation,
-  immutableAssign,
+  createSingleServer,
+  FIXTURE_URLS,
   makeGetRequest,
   makePostBodyRequest,
   makeUploadRequest,
-  ServerInfo,
-  setAccessTokensToServers,
-  updateCustomSubConfig,
-  userLogin
-} from '../../../../shared/extra-utils'
-import {
-  checkBadCountPagination,
-  checkBadSortPagination,
-  checkBadStartPagination
-} from '../../../../shared/extra-utils/requests/check-api-params'
-import { getGoodVideoUrl, getMagnetURI } from '../../../../shared/extra-utils/videos/video-imports'
-import { VideoPrivacy } from '../../../../shared/models/videos/video-privacy.enum'
+  PeerTubeServer,
+  setAccessTokensToServers
+} from '@shared/extra-utils'
+import { HttpStatusCode, VideoPrivacy } from '@shared/models'
 
 describe('Test video imports API validator', function () {
   const path = '/api/v1/videos/imports'
-  let server: ServerInfo
+  let server: PeerTubeServer
   let userAccessToken = ''
   let channelId: number
 
@@ -37,18 +29,18 @@ describe('Test video imports API validator', function () {
   before(async function () {
     this.timeout(30000)
 
-    server = await flushAndRunServer(1)
+    server = await createSingleServer(1)
 
     await setAccessTokensToServers([ server ])
 
     const username = 'user1'
     const password = 'my super password'
-    await createUser({ url: server.url, accessToken: server.accessToken, username: username, password: password })
-    userAccessToken = await userLogin(server, { username, password })
+    await server.users.create({ username: username, password: password })
+    userAccessToken = await server.login.getAccessToken({ username, password })
 
     {
-      const res = await getMyUserInformation(server.url, server.accessToken)
-      channelId = res.body.videoChannels[0].id
+      const { videoChannels } = await server.users.getMyInfo()
+      channelId = videoChannels[0].id
     }
   })
 
@@ -68,7 +60,7 @@ describe('Test video imports API validator', function () {
     })
 
     it('Should success with the correct parameters', async function () {
-      await makeGetRequest({ url: server.url, path: myPath, statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.OK_200, token: server.accessToken })
+      await makeGetRequest({ url: server.url, path: myPath, expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.OK_200, token: server.accessToken })
     })
   })
 
@@ -77,7 +69,7 @@ describe('Test video imports API validator', function () {
 
     before(function () {
       baseCorrectParams = {
-        targetUrl: getGoodVideoUrl(),
+        targetUrl: FIXTURE_URLS.goodVideo,
         name: 'my super name',
         category: 5,
         licence: 1,
@@ -106,48 +98,48 @@ describe('Test video imports API validator', function () {
         path,
         token: server.accessToken,
         fields,
-        statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.BAD_REQUEST_400
+        expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.BAD_REQUEST_400
       })
     })
 
     it('Should fail with a bad target url', async function () {
-      const fields = immutableAssign(baseCorrectParams, { targetUrl: 'htt://hello' })
+      const fields = { ...baseCorrectParams, targetUrl: 'htt://hello' }
 
       await makePostBodyRequest({ url: server.url, path, token: server.accessToken, fields })
     })
 
     it('Should fail with a long name', async function () {
-      const fields = immutableAssign(baseCorrectParams, { name: 'super'.repeat(65) })
+      const fields = { ...baseCorrectParams, name: 'super'.repeat(65) }
 
       await makePostBodyRequest({ url: server.url, path, token: server.accessToken, fields })
     })
 
     it('Should fail with a bad category', async function () {
-      const fields = immutableAssign(baseCorrectParams, { category: 125 })
+      const fields = { ...baseCorrectParams, category: 125 }
 
       await makePostBodyRequest({ url: server.url, path, token: server.accessToken, fields })
     })
 
     it('Should fail with a bad licence', async function () {
-      const fields = immutableAssign(baseCorrectParams, { licence: 125 })
+      const fields = { ...baseCorrectParams, licence: 125 }
 
       await makePostBodyRequest({ url: server.url, path, token: server.accessToken, fields })
     })
 
     it('Should fail with a bad language', async function () {
-      const fields = immutableAssign(baseCorrectParams, { language: 'a'.repeat(15) })
+      const fields = { ...baseCorrectParams, language: 'a'.repeat(15) }
 
       await makePostBodyRequest({ url: server.url, path, token: server.accessToken, fields })
     })
 
     it('Should fail with a long description', async function () {
-      const fields = immutableAssign(baseCorrectParams, { description: 'super'.repeat(2500) })
+      const fields = { ...baseCorrectParams, description: 'super'.repeat(2500) }
 
       await makePostBodyRequest({ url: server.url, path, token: server.accessToken, fields })
     })
 
     it('Should fail with a long support text', async function () {
-      const fields = immutableAssign(baseCorrectParams, { support: 'super'.repeat(201) })
+      const fields = { ...baseCorrectParams, support: 'super'.repeat(201) }
 
       await makePostBodyRequest({ url: server.url, path, token: server.accessToken, fields })
     })
@@ -159,7 +151,7 @@ describe('Test video imports API validator', function () {
     })
 
     it('Should fail with a bad channel', async function () {
-      const fields = immutableAssign(baseCorrectParams, { channelId: 545454 })
+      const fields = { ...baseCorrectParams, channelId: 545454 }
 
       await makePostBodyRequest({ url: server.url, path, token: server.accessToken, fields })
     })
@@ -169,31 +161,31 @@ describe('Test video imports API validator', function () {
         username: 'fake',
         password: 'fake_password'
       }
-      await createUser({ url: server.url, accessToken: server.accessToken, username: user.username, password: user.password })
+      await server.users.create({ username: user.username, password: user.password })
 
-      const accessTokenUser = await userLogin(server, user)
-      const res = await getMyUserInformation(server.url, accessTokenUser)
-      const customChannelId = res.body.videoChannels[0].id
+      const accessTokenUser = await server.login.getAccessToken(user)
+      const { videoChannels } = await server.users.getMyInfo({ token: accessTokenUser })
+      const customChannelId = videoChannels[0].id
 
-      const fields = immutableAssign(baseCorrectParams, { channelId: customChannelId })
+      const fields = { ...baseCorrectParams, channelId: customChannelId }
 
       await makePostBodyRequest({ url: server.url, path, token: userAccessToken, fields })
     })
 
     it('Should fail with too many tags', async function () {
-      const fields = immutableAssign(baseCorrectParams, { tags: [ 'tag1', 'tag2', 'tag3', 'tag4', 'tag5', 'tag6' ] })
+      const fields = { ...baseCorrectParams, tags: [ 'tag1', 'tag2', 'tag3', 'tag4', 'tag5', 'tag6' ] }
 
       await makePostBodyRequest({ url: server.url, path, token: server.accessToken, fields })
     })
 
     it('Should fail with a tag length too low', async function () {
-      const fields = immutableAssign(baseCorrectParams, { tags: [ 'tag1', 't' ] })
+      const fields = { ...baseCorrectParams, tags: [ 'tag1', 't' ] }
 
       await makePostBodyRequest({ url: server.url, path, token: server.accessToken, fields })
     })
 
     it('Should fail with a tag length too big', async function () {
-      const fields = immutableAssign(baseCorrectParams, { tags: [ 'tag1', 'my_super_tag_too_long_long_long_long_long_long' ] })
+      const fields = { ...baseCorrectParams, tags: [ 'tag1', 'my_super_tag_too_long_long_long_long_long_long' ] }
 
       await makePostBodyRequest({ url: server.url, path, token: server.accessToken, fields })
     })
@@ -245,7 +237,7 @@ describe('Test video imports API validator', function () {
 
     it('Should fail with an invalid magnet URI', async function () {
       let fields = omit(baseCorrectParams, 'targetUrl')
-      fields = immutableAssign(fields, { magnetUri: 'blabla' })
+      fields = { ...fields, magnetUri: 'blabla' }
 
       await makePostBodyRequest({ url: server.url, path, token: server.accessToken, fields })
     })
@@ -258,19 +250,21 @@ describe('Test video imports API validator', function () {
         path,
         token: server.accessToken,
         fields: baseCorrectParams,
-        statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.OK_200
+        expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.OK_200
       })
     })
 
     it('Should forbid to import http videos', async function () {
-      await updateCustomSubConfig(server.url, server.accessToken, {
-        import: {
-          videos: {
-            http: {
-              enabled: false
-            },
-            torrent: {
-              enabled: true
+      await server.config.updateCustomSubConfig({
+        newConfig: {
+          import: {
+            videos: {
+              http: {
+                enabled: false
+              },
+              torrent: {
+                enabled: true
+              }
             }
           }
         }
@@ -281,33 +275,35 @@ describe('Test video imports API validator', function () {
         path,
         token: server.accessToken,
         fields: baseCorrectParams,
-        statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.CONFLICT_409
+        expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.CONFLICT_409
       })
     })
 
     it('Should forbid to import torrent videos', async function () {
-      await updateCustomSubConfig(server.url, server.accessToken, {
-        import: {
-          videos: {
-            http: {
-              enabled: true
-            },
-            torrent: {
-              enabled: false
+      await server.config.updateCustomSubConfig({
+        newConfig: {
+          import: {
+            videos: {
+              http: {
+                enabled: true
+              },
+              torrent: {
+                enabled: false
+              }
             }
           }
         }
       })
 
       let fields = omit(baseCorrectParams, 'targetUrl')
-      fields = immutableAssign(fields, { magnetUri: getMagnetURI() })
+      fields = { ...fields, magnetUri: FIXTURE_URLS.magnet }
 
       await makePostBodyRequest({
         url: server.url,
         path,
         token: server.accessToken,
         fields,
-        statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.CONFLICT_409
+        expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.CONFLICT_409
       })
 
       fields = omit(fields, 'magnetUri')
@@ -321,7 +317,7 @@ describe('Test video imports API validator', function () {
         token: server.accessToken,
         fields,
         attaches,
-        statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.CONFLICT_409
+        expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.CONFLICT_409
       })
     })
   })
diff --git a/server/tests/api/check-params/video-playlists.ts b/server/tests/api/check-params/video-playlists.ts
index 18253d11a..e4d541b48 100644
--- a/server/tests/api/check-params/video-playlists.ts
+++ b/server/tests/api/check-params/video-playlists.ts
@@ -1,34 +1,31 @@
 /* eslint-disable @typescript-eslint/no-unused-expressions,@typescript-eslint/require-await */
 
 import 'mocha'
-import { VideoPlaylistCreateResult, VideoPlaylistPrivacy, VideoPlaylistType } from '@shared/models'
-import { HttpStatusCode } from '../../../../shared/core-utils/miscs/http-error-codes'
 import {
-  addVideoInPlaylist,
   checkBadCountPagination,
   checkBadSortPagination,
   checkBadStartPagination,
   cleanupTests,
-  createVideoPlaylist,
-  deleteVideoPlaylist,
-  flushAndRunServer,
-  generateUserAccessToken,
-  getAccountPlaylistsListWithToken,
-  getVideoPlaylist,
-  immutableAssign,
+  createSingleServer,
   makeGetRequest,
-  removeVideoFromPlaylist,
-  reorderVideosPlaylist,
-  ServerInfo,
+  PeerTubeServer,
+  PlaylistsCommand,
   setAccessTokensToServers,
-  setDefaultVideoChannel,
-  updateVideoPlaylist,
-  updateVideoPlaylistElement,
-  uploadVideoAndGetId
-} from '../../../../shared/extra-utils'
+  setDefaultVideoChannel
+} from '@shared/extra-utils'
+import {
+  HttpStatusCode,
+  VideoPlaylistCreate,
+  VideoPlaylistCreateResult,
+  VideoPlaylistElementCreate,
+  VideoPlaylistElementUpdate,
+  VideoPlaylistPrivacy,
+  VideoPlaylistReorder,
+  VideoPlaylistType
+} from '@shared/models'
 
 describe('Test video playlists API validator', function () {
-  let server: ServerInfo
+  let server: PeerTubeServer
   let userAccessToken: string
 
   let playlist: VideoPlaylistCreateResult
@@ -36,49 +33,54 @@ describe('Test video playlists API validator', function () {
 
   let watchLaterPlaylistId: number
   let videoId: number
-  let playlistElementId: number
+  let elementId: number
+
+  let command: PlaylistsCommand
 
   // ---------------------------------------------------------------
 
   before(async function () {
     this.timeout(30000)
 
-    server = await flushAndRunServer(1)
+    server = await createSingleServer(1)
 
     await setAccessTokensToServers([ server ])
     await setDefaultVideoChannel([ server ])
 
-    userAccessToken = await generateUserAccessToken(server, 'user1')
-    videoId = (await uploadVideoAndGetId({ server, videoName: 'video 1' })).id
+    userAccessToken = await server.users.generateUserAndToken('user1')
+    videoId = (await server.videos.quickUpload({ name: 'video 1' })).id
+
+    command = server.playlists
 
     {
-      const res = await getAccountPlaylistsListWithToken(server.url, server.accessToken, 'root', 0, 5, VideoPlaylistType.WATCH_LATER)
-      watchLaterPlaylistId = res.body.data[0].id
+      const { data } = await command.listByAccount({
+        token: server.accessToken,
+        handle: 'root',
+        start: 0,
+        count: 5,
+        playlistType: VideoPlaylistType.WATCH_LATER
+      })
+      watchLaterPlaylistId = data[0].id
     }
 
     {
-      const res = await createVideoPlaylist({
-        url: server.url,
-        token: server.accessToken,
-        playlistAttrs: {
+      playlist = await command.create({
+        attributes: {
           displayName: 'super playlist',
           privacy: VideoPlaylistPrivacy.PUBLIC,
-          videoChannelId: server.videoChannel.id
+          videoChannelId: server.store.channel.id
         }
       })
-      playlist = res.body.videoPlaylist
     }
 
     {
-      const res = await createVideoPlaylist({
-        url: server.url,
-        token: server.accessToken,
-        playlistAttrs: {
+      const created = await command.create({
+        attributes: {
           displayName: 'private',
           privacy: VideoPlaylistPrivacy.PRIVATE
         }
       })
-      privatePlaylistUUID = res.body.videoPlaylist.uuid
+      privatePlaylistUUID = created.uuid
     }
   })
 
@@ -117,7 +119,7 @@ describe('Test video playlists API validator', function () {
       await makeGetRequest({
         url: server.url,
         path: accountPath,
-        statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.NOT_FOUND_404,
+        expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.NOT_FOUND_404,
         token: server.accessToken
       })
     })
@@ -128,18 +130,18 @@ describe('Test video playlists API validator', function () {
       await makeGetRequest({
         url: server.url,
         path: accountPath,
-        statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.NOT_FOUND_404,
+        expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.NOT_FOUND_404,
         token: server.accessToken
       })
     })
 
     it('Should success with the correct parameters', async function () {
-      await makeGetRequest({ url: server.url, path: globalPath, statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.OK_200, token: server.accessToken })
-      await makeGetRequest({ url: server.url, path: accountPath, statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.OK_200, token: server.accessToken })
+      await makeGetRequest({ url: server.url, path: globalPath, expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.OK_200, token: server.accessToken })
+      await makeGetRequest({ url: server.url, path: accountPath, expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.OK_200, token: server.accessToken })
       await makeGetRequest({
         url: server.url,
         path: videoChannelPath,
-        statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.OK_200,
+        expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.OK_200,
         token: server.accessToken
       })
     })
@@ -157,141 +159,144 @@ describe('Test video playlists API validator', function () {
     })
 
     it('Should success with the correct parameters', async function () {
-      await makeGetRequest({ url: server.url, path: path + playlist.shortUUID + '/videos', statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.OK_200 })
+      await makeGetRequest({ url: server.url, path: path + playlist.shortUUID + '/videos', expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.OK_200 })
     })
   })
 
   describe('When getting a video playlist', function () {
     it('Should fail with a bad id or uuid', async function () {
-      await getVideoPlaylist(server.url, 'toto', HttpStatusCode.BAD_REQUEST_400)
+      await command.get({ playlistId: 'toto', expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.BAD_REQUEST_400 })
     })
 
     it('Should fail with an unknown playlist', async function () {
-      await getVideoPlaylist(server.url, 42, HttpStatusCode.NOT_FOUND_404)
+      await command.get({ playlistId: 42, expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.NOT_FOUND_404 })
     })
 
     it('Should fail to get an unlisted playlist with the number id', async function () {
-      const res = await createVideoPlaylist({
-        url: server.url,
-        token: server.accessToken,
-        playlistAttrs: {
+      const playlist = await command.create({
+        attributes: {
           displayName: 'super playlist',
-          videoChannelId: server.videoChannel.id,
+          videoChannelId: server.store.channel.id,
           privacy: VideoPlaylistPrivacy.UNLISTED
         }
       })
-      const playlist = res.body.videoPlaylist
 
-      await getVideoPlaylist(server.url, playlist.id, HttpStatusCode.NOT_FOUND_404)
-      await getVideoPlaylist(server.url, playlist.uuid, HttpStatusCode.OK_200)
+      await command.get({ playlistId: playlist.id, expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.NOT_FOUND_404 })
+      await command.get({ playlistId: playlist.uuid, expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.OK_200 })
     })
 
     it('Should succeed with the correct params', async function () {
-      await getVideoPlaylist(server.url, playlist.uuid, HttpStatusCode.OK_200)
+      await command.get({ playlistId: playlist.uuid, expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.OK_200 })
     })
   })
 
   describe('When creating/updating a video playlist', function () {
-    const getBase = (playlistAttrs: any = {}, wrapper: any = {}) => {
-      return Object.assign({
-        expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.BAD_REQUEST_400,
-        url: server.url,
-        token: server.accessToken,
-        playlistAttrs: Object.assign({
+    const getBase = (
+      attributes?: Partial<VideoPlaylistCreate>,
+      wrapper?: Partial<Parameters<PlaylistsCommand['create']>[0]>
+    ) => {
+      return {
+        attributes: {
           displayName: 'display name',
           privacy: VideoPlaylistPrivacy.UNLISTED,
           thumbnailfile: 'thumbnail.jpg',
-          videoChannelId: server.videoChannel.id
-        }, playlistAttrs)
-      }, wrapper)
+          videoChannelId: server.store.channel.id,
+
+          ...attributes
+        },
+
+        expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.BAD_REQUEST_400,
+
+        ...wrapper
+      }
     }
     const getUpdate = (params: any, playlistId: number | string) => {
-      return immutableAssign(params, { playlistId: playlistId })
+      return { ...params, playlistId: playlistId }
     }
 
     it('Should fail with an unauthenticated user', async function () {
       const params = getBase({}, { token: null, expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.UNAUTHORIZED_401 })
 
-      await createVideoPlaylist(params)
-      await updateVideoPlaylist(getUpdate(params, playlist.shortUUID))
+      await command.create(params)
+      await command.update(getUpdate(params, playlist.shortUUID))
     })
 
     it('Should fail without displayName', async function () {
       const params = getBase({ displayName: undefined })
 
-      await createVideoPlaylist(params)
+      await command.create(params)
     })
 
     it('Should fail with an incorrect display name', async function () {
       const params = getBase({ displayName: 's'.repeat(300) })
 
-      await createVideoPlaylist(params)
-      await updateVideoPlaylist(getUpdate(params, playlist.shortUUID))
+      await command.create(params)
+      await command.update(getUpdate(params, playlist.shortUUID))
     })
 
     it('Should fail with an incorrect description', async function () {
       const params = getBase({ description: 't' })
 
-      await createVideoPlaylist(params)
-      await updateVideoPlaylist(getUpdate(params, playlist.shortUUID))
+      await command.create(params)
+      await command.update(getUpdate(params, playlist.shortUUID))
     })
 
     it('Should fail with an incorrect privacy', async function () {
       const params = getBase({ privacy: 45 })
 
-      await createVideoPlaylist(params)
-      await updateVideoPlaylist(getUpdate(params, playlist.shortUUID))
+      await command.create(params)
+      await command.update(getUpdate(params, playlist.shortUUID))
     })
 
     it('Should fail with an unknown video channel id', async function () {
       const params = getBase({ videoChannelId: 42 }, { expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.NOT_FOUND_404 })
 
-      await createVideoPlaylist(params)
-      await updateVideoPlaylist(getUpdate(params, playlist.shortUUID))
+      await command.create(params)
+      await command.update(getUpdate(params, playlist.shortUUID))
     })
 
     it('Should fail with an incorrect thumbnail file', async function () {
       const params = getBase({ thumbnailfile: 'video_short.mp4' })
 
-      await createVideoPlaylist(params)
-      await updateVideoPlaylist(getUpdate(params, playlist.shortUUID))
+      await command.create(params)
+      await command.update(getUpdate(params, playlist.shortUUID))
     })
 
     it('Should fail with a thumbnail file too big', async function () {
       const params = getBase({ thumbnailfile: 'preview-big.png' })
 
-      await createVideoPlaylist(params)
-      await updateVideoPlaylist(getUpdate(params, playlist.shortUUID))
+      await command.create(params)
+      await command.update(getUpdate(params, playlist.shortUUID))
     })
 
     it('Should fail to set "public" a playlist not assigned to a channel', async function () {
       const params = getBase({ privacy: VideoPlaylistPrivacy.PUBLIC, videoChannelId: undefined })
-      const params2 = getBase({ privacy: VideoPlaylistPrivacy.PUBLIC, videoChannelId: 'null' })
-      const params3 = getBase({ privacy: undefined, videoChannelId: 'null' })
+      const params2 = getBase({ privacy: VideoPlaylistPrivacy.PUBLIC, videoChannelId: 'null' as any })
+      const params3 = getBase({ privacy: undefined, videoChannelId: 'null' as any })
 
-      await createVideoPlaylist(params)
-      await createVideoPlaylist(params2)
-      await updateVideoPlaylist(getUpdate(params, privatePlaylistUUID))
-      await updateVideoPlaylist(getUpdate(params2, playlist.shortUUID))
-      await updateVideoPlaylist(getUpdate(params3, playlist.shortUUID))
+      await command.create(params)
+      await command.create(params2)
+      await command.update(getUpdate(params, privatePlaylistUUID))
+      await command.update(getUpdate(params2, playlist.shortUUID))
+      await command.update(getUpdate(params3, playlist.shortUUID))
     })
 
     it('Should fail with an unknown playlist to update', async function () {
-      await updateVideoPlaylist(getUpdate(
+      await command.update(getUpdate(
         getBase({}, { expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.NOT_FOUND_404 }),
         42
       ))
     })
 
     it('Should fail to update a playlist of another user', async function () {
-      await updateVideoPlaylist(getUpdate(
+      await command.update(getUpdate(
         getBase({}, { token: userAccessToken, expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.FORBIDDEN_403 }),
         playlist.shortUUID
       ))
     })
 
     it('Should fail to update the watch later playlist', async function () {
-      await updateVideoPlaylist(getUpdate(
+      await command.update(getUpdate(
         getBase({}, { expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.BAD_REQUEST_400 }),
         watchLaterPlaylistId
       ))
@@ -300,146 +305,158 @@ describe('Test video playlists API validator', function () {
     it('Should succeed with the correct params', async function () {
       {
         const params = getBase({}, { expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.OK_200 })
-        await createVideoPlaylist(params)
+        await command.create(params)
       }
 
       {
         const params = getBase({}, { expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.NO_CONTENT_204 })
-        await updateVideoPlaylist(getUpdate(params, playlist.shortUUID))
+        await command.update(getUpdate(params, playlist.shortUUID))
       }
     })
   })
 
   describe('When adding an element in a playlist', function () {
-    const getBase = (elementAttrs: any = {}, wrapper: any = {}) => {
-      return Object.assign({
-        expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.BAD_REQUEST_400,
-        url: server.url,
-        token: server.accessToken,
-        playlistId: playlist.id,
-        elementAttrs: Object.assign({
+    const getBase = (
+      attributes?: Partial<VideoPlaylistElementCreate>,
+      wrapper?: Partial<Parameters<PlaylistsCommand['addElement']>[0]>
+    ) => {
+      return {
+        attributes: {
           videoId,
           startTimestamp: 2,
-          stopTimestamp: 3
-        }, elementAttrs)
-      }, wrapper)
+          stopTimestamp: 3,
+
+          ...attributes
+        },
+
+        expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.BAD_REQUEST_400,
+        playlistId: playlist.id,
+
+        ...wrapper
+      }
     }
 
     it('Should fail with an unauthenticated user', async function () {
       const params = getBase({}, { token: null, expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.UNAUTHORIZED_401 })
-      await addVideoInPlaylist(params)
+      await command.addElement(params)
     })
 
     it('Should fail with the playlist of another user', async function () {
       const params = getBase({}, { token: userAccessToken, expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.FORBIDDEN_403 })
-      await addVideoInPlaylist(params)
+      await command.addElement(params)
     })
 
     it('Should fail with an unknown or incorrect playlist id', async function () {
       {
         const params = getBase({}, { playlistId: 'toto' })
-        await addVideoInPlaylist(params)
+        await command.addElement(params)
       }
 
       {
         const params = getBase({}, { playlistId: 42, expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.NOT_FOUND_404 })
-        await addVideoInPlaylist(params)
+        await command.addElement(params)
       }
     })
 
     it('Should fail with an unknown or incorrect video id', async function () {
       const params = getBase({ videoId: 42 }, { expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.NOT_FOUND_404 })
-      await addVideoInPlaylist(params)
+      await command.addElement(params)
     })
 
     it('Should fail with a bad start/stop timestamp', async function () {
       {
         const params = getBase({ startTimestamp: -42 })
-        await addVideoInPlaylist(params)
+        await command.addElement(params)
       }
 
       {
         const params = getBase({ stopTimestamp: 'toto' as any })
-        await addVideoInPlaylist(params)
+        await command.addElement(params)
       }
     })
 
     it('Succeed with the correct params', async function () {
       const params = getBase({}, { expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.OK_200 })
-      const res = await addVideoInPlaylist(params)
-      playlistElementId = res.body.videoPlaylistElement.id
+      const created = await command.addElement(params)
+      elementId = created.id
     })
   })
 
   describe('When updating an element in a playlist', function () {
-    const getBase = (elementAttrs: any = {}, wrapper: any = {}) => {
-      return Object.assign({
-        url: server.url,
-        token: server.accessToken,
-        elementAttrs: Object.assign({
+    const getBase = (
+      attributes?: Partial<VideoPlaylistElementUpdate>,
+      wrapper?: Partial<Parameters<PlaylistsCommand['updateElement']>[0]>
+    ) => {
+      return {
+        attributes: {
           startTimestamp: 1,
-          stopTimestamp: 2
-        }, elementAttrs),
-        playlistElementId,
+          stopTimestamp: 2,
+
+          ...attributes
+        },
+
+        elementId,
         playlistId: playlist.id,
-        expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.BAD_REQUEST_400
-      }, wrapper)
+        expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.BAD_REQUEST_400,
+
+        ...wrapper
+      }
     }
 
     it('Should fail with an unauthenticated user', async function () {
       const params = getBase({}, { token: null, expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.UNAUTHORIZED_401 })
-      await updateVideoPlaylistElement(params)
+      await command.updateElement(params)
     })
 
     it('Should fail with the playlist of another user', async function () {
       const params = getBase({}, { token: userAccessToken, expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.FORBIDDEN_403 })
-      await updateVideoPlaylistElement(params)
+      await command.updateElement(params)
     })
 
     it('Should fail with an unknown or incorrect playlist id', async function () {
       {
         const params = getBase({}, { playlistId: 'toto' })
-        await updateVideoPlaylistElement(params)
+        await command.updateElement(params)
       }
 
       {
         const params = getBase({}, { playlistId: 42, expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.NOT_FOUND_404 })
-        await updateVideoPlaylistElement(params)
+        await command.updateElement(params)
       }
     })
 
     it('Should fail with an unknown or incorrect playlistElement id', async function () {
       {
-        const params = getBase({}, { playlistElementId: 'toto' })
-        await updateVideoPlaylistElement(params)
+        const params = getBase({}, { elementId: 'toto' })
+        await command.updateElement(params)
       }
 
       {
-        const params = getBase({}, { playlistElementId: 42, expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.NOT_FOUND_404 })
-        await updateVideoPlaylistElement(params)
+        const params = getBase({}, { elementId: 42, expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.NOT_FOUND_404 })
+        await command.updateElement(params)
       }
     })
 
     it('Should fail with a bad start/stop timestamp', async function () {
       {
         const params = getBase({ startTimestamp: 'toto' as any })
-        await updateVideoPlaylistElement(params)
+        await command.updateElement(params)
       }
 
       {
         const params = getBase({ stopTimestamp: -42 })
-        await updateVideoPlaylistElement(params)
+        await command.updateElement(params)
       }
     })
 
     it('Should fail with an unknown element', async function () {
-      const params = getBase({}, { playlistElementId: 888, expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.NOT_FOUND_404 })
-      await updateVideoPlaylistElement(params)
+      const params = getBase({}, { elementId: 888, expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.NOT_FOUND_404 })
+      await command.updateElement(params)
     })
 
     it('Succeed with the correct params', async function () {
       const params = getBase({}, { expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.NO_CONTENT_204 })
-      await updateVideoPlaylistElement(params)
+      await command.updateElement(params)
     })
   })
 
@@ -447,110 +464,111 @@ describe('Test video playlists API validator', function () {
     let videoId3: number
     let videoId4: number
 
-    const getBase = (elementAttrs: any = {}, wrapper: any = {}) => {
-      return Object.assign({
-        url: server.url,
-        token: server.accessToken,
-        playlistId: playlist.shortUUID,
-        elementAttrs: Object.assign({
+    const getBase = (
+      attributes?: Partial<VideoPlaylistReorder>,
+      wrapper?: Partial<Parameters<PlaylistsCommand['reorderElements']>[0]>
+    ) => {
+      return {
+        attributes: {
           startPosition: 1,
           insertAfterPosition: 2,
-          reorderLength: 3
-        }, elementAttrs),
-        expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.BAD_REQUEST_400
-      }, wrapper)
+          reorderLength: 3,
+
+          ...attributes
+        },
+
+        playlistId: playlist.shortUUID,
+        expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.BAD_REQUEST_400,
+
+        ...wrapper
+      }
     }
 
     before(async function () {
-      videoId3 = (await uploadVideoAndGetId({ server, videoName: 'video 3' })).id
-      videoId4 = (await uploadVideoAndGetId({ server, videoName: 'video 4' })).id
+      videoId3 = (await server.videos.quickUpload({ name: 'video 3' })).id
+      videoId4 = (await server.videos.quickUpload({ name: 'video 4' })).id
 
       for (const id of [ videoId3, videoId4 ]) {
-        await addVideoInPlaylist({
-          url: server.url,
-          token: server.accessToken,
-          playlistId: playlist.shortUUID,
-          elementAttrs: { videoId: id }
-        })
+        await command.addElement({ playlistId: playlist.shortUUID, attributes: { videoId: id } })
       }
     })
 
     it('Should fail with an unauthenticated user', async function () {
       const params = getBase({}, { token: null, expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.UNAUTHORIZED_401 })
-      await reorderVideosPlaylist(params)
+      await command.reorderElements(params)
     })
 
     it('Should fail with the playlist of another user', async function () {
       const params = getBase({}, { token: userAccessToken, expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.FORBIDDEN_403 })
-      await reorderVideosPlaylist(params)
+      await command.reorderElements(params)
     })
 
     it('Should fail with an invalid playlist', async function () {
       {
         const params = getBase({}, { playlistId: 'toto' })
-        await reorderVideosPlaylist(params)
+        await command.reorderElements(params)
       }
 
       {
         const params = getBase({}, { playlistId: 42, expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.NOT_FOUND_404 })
-        await reorderVideosPlaylist(params)
+        await command.reorderElements(params)
       }
     })
 
     it('Should fail with an invalid start position', async function () {
       {
         const params = getBase({ startPosition: -1 })
-        await reorderVideosPlaylist(params)
+        await command.reorderElements(params)
       }
 
       {
         const params = getBase({ startPosition: 'toto' as any })
-        await reorderVideosPlaylist(params)
+        await command.reorderElements(params)
       }
 
       {
         const params = getBase({ startPosition: 42 })
-        await reorderVideosPlaylist(params)
+        await command.reorderElements(params)
       }
     })
 
     it('Should fail with an invalid insert after position', async function () {
       {
         const params = getBase({ insertAfterPosition: 'toto' as any })
-        await reorderVideosPlaylist(params)
+        await command.reorderElements(params)
       }
 
       {
         const params = getBase({ insertAfterPosition: -2 })
-        await reorderVideosPlaylist(params)
+        await command.reorderElements(params)
       }
 
       {
         const params = getBase({ insertAfterPosition: 42 })
-        await reorderVideosPlaylist(params)
+        await command.reorderElements(params)
       }
     })
 
     it('Should fail with an invalid reorder length', async function () {
       {
         const params = getBase({ reorderLength: 'toto' as any })
-        await reorderVideosPlaylist(params)
+        await command.reorderElements(params)
       }
 
       {
         const params = getBase({ reorderLength: -2 })
-        await reorderVideosPlaylist(params)
+        await command.reorderElements(params)
       }
 
       {
         const params = getBase({ reorderLength: 42 })
-        await reorderVideosPlaylist(params)
+        await command.reorderElements(params)
       }
     })
 
     it('Succeed with the correct params', async function () {
       const params = getBase({}, { expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.NO_CONTENT_204 })
-      await reorderVideosPlaylist(params)
+      await command.reorderElements(params)
     })
   })
 
@@ -562,7 +580,7 @@ describe('Test video playlists API validator', function () {
         url: server.url,
         path,
         query: { videoIds: [ 1, 2 ] },
-        statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.UNAUTHORIZED_401
+        expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.UNAUTHORIZED_401
       })
     })
 
@@ -595,82 +613,82 @@ describe('Test video playlists API validator', function () {
         token: server.accessToken,
         path,
         query: { videoIds: [ 1, 2 ] },
-        statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.OK_200
+        expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.OK_200
       })
     })
   })
 
   describe('When deleting an element in a playlist', function () {
-    const getBase = (wrapper: any = {}) => {
-      return Object.assign({
-        url: server.url,
-        token: server.accessToken,
-        playlistElementId,
+    const getBase = (wrapper: Partial<Parameters<PlaylistsCommand['removeElement']>[0]>) => {
+      return {
+        elementId,
         playlistId: playlist.uuid,
-        expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.BAD_REQUEST_400
-      }, wrapper)
+        expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.BAD_REQUEST_400,
+
+        ...wrapper
+      }
     }
 
     it('Should fail with an unauthenticated user', async function () {
       const params = getBase({ token: null, expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.UNAUTHORIZED_401 })
-      await removeVideoFromPlaylist(params)
+      await command.removeElement(params)
     })
 
     it('Should fail with the playlist of another user', async function () {
       const params = getBase({ token: userAccessToken, expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.FORBIDDEN_403 })
-      await removeVideoFromPlaylist(params)
+      await command.removeElement(params)
     })
 
     it('Should fail with an unknown or incorrect playlist id', async function () {
       {
         const params = getBase({ playlistId: 'toto' })
-        await removeVideoFromPlaylist(params)
+        await command.removeElement(params)
       }
 
       {
         const params = getBase({ playlistId: 42, expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.NOT_FOUND_404 })
-        await removeVideoFromPlaylist(params)
+        await command.removeElement(params)
       }
     })
 
     it('Should fail with an unknown or incorrect video id', async function () {
       {
-        const params = getBase({ playlistElementId: 'toto' })
-        await removeVideoFromPlaylist(params)
+        const params = getBase({ elementId: 'toto' as any })
+        await command.removeElement(params)
       }
 
       {
-        const params = getBase({ playlistElementId: 42, expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.NOT_FOUND_404 })
-        await removeVideoFromPlaylist(params)
+        const params = getBase({ elementId: 42, expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.NOT_FOUND_404 })
+        await command.removeElement(params)
       }
     })
 
     it('Should fail with an unknown element', async function () {
-      const params = getBase({ playlistElementId: 888, expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.NOT_FOUND_404 })
-      await removeVideoFromPlaylist(params)
+      const params = getBase({ elementId: 888, expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.NOT_FOUND_404 })
+      await command.removeElement(params)
     })
 
     it('Succeed with the correct params', async function () {
       const params = getBase({ expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.NO_CONTENT_204 })
-      await removeVideoFromPlaylist(params)
+      await command.removeElement(params)
     })
   })
 
   describe('When deleting a playlist', function () {
     it('Should fail with an unknown playlist', async function () {
-      await deleteVideoPlaylist(server.url, server.accessToken, 42, HttpStatusCode.NOT_FOUND_404)
+      await command.delete({ playlistId: 42, expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.NOT_FOUND_404 })
     })
 
     it('Should fail with a playlist of another user', async function () {
-      await deleteVideoPlaylist(server.url, userAccessToken, playlist.uuid, HttpStatusCode.FORBIDDEN_403)
+      await command.delete({ token: userAccessToken, playlistId: playlist.uuid, expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.FORBIDDEN_403 })
     })
 
     it('Should fail with the watch later playlist', async function () {
-      await deleteVideoPlaylist(server.url, server.accessToken, watchLaterPlaylistId, HttpStatusCode.BAD_REQUEST_400)
+      await command.delete({ playlistId: watchLaterPlaylistId, expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.BAD_REQUEST_400 })
     })
 
     it('Should succeed with the correct params', async function () {
-      await deleteVideoPlaylist(server.url, server.accessToken, playlist.uuid)
+      await command.delete({ playlistId: playlist.uuid })
     })
   })
 
diff --git a/server/tests/api/check-params/videos-filter.ts b/server/tests/api/check-params/videos-filter.ts
index 4d54a4fd0..d08570bbe 100644
--- a/server/tests/api/check-params/videos-filter.ts
+++ b/server/tests/api/check-params/videos-filter.ts
@@ -3,18 +3,15 @@
 import 'mocha'
 import {
   cleanupTests,
-  createUser,
-  flushAndRunServer,
+  createSingleServer,
   makeGetRequest,
-  ServerInfo,
+  PeerTubeServer,
   setAccessTokensToServers,
-  setDefaultVideoChannel,
-  userLogin
-} from '../../../../shared/extra-utils'
-import { UserRole } from '../../../../shared/models/users'
-import { HttpStatusCode } from '../../../../shared/core-utils/miscs/http-error-codes'
+  setDefaultVideoChannel
+} from '@shared/extra-utils'
+import { HttpStatusCode, UserRole } from '@shared/models'
 
-async function testEndpoints (server: ServerInfo, token: string, filter: string, statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode) {
+async function testEndpoints (server: PeerTubeServer, token: string, filter: string, expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode) {
   const paths = [
     '/api/v1/video-channels/root_channel/videos',
     '/api/v1/accounts/root/videos',
@@ -30,13 +27,13 @@ async function testEndpoints (server: ServerInfo, token: string, filter: string,
       query: {
         filter
       },
-      statusCodeExpected
+      expectedStatus
     })
   }
 }
 
 describe('Test video filters validators', function () {
-  let server: ServerInfo
+  let server: PeerTubeServer
   let userAccessToken: string
   let moderatorAccessToken: string
 
@@ -45,28 +42,19 @@ describe('Test video filters validators', function () {
   before(async function () {
     this.timeout(30000)
 
-    server = await flushAndRunServer(1)
+    server = await createSingleServer(1)
 
     await setAccessTokensToServers([ server ])
     await setDefaultVideoChannel([ server ])
 
     const user = { username: 'user1', password: 'my super password' }
-    await createUser({ url: server.url, accessToken: server.accessToken, username: user.username, password: user.password })
-    userAccessToken = await userLogin(server, user)
+    await server.users.create({ username: user.username, password: user.password })
+    userAccessToken = await server.login.getAccessToken(user)
 
     const moderator = { username: 'moderator', password: 'my super password' }
-    await createUser(
-      {
-        url: server.url,
-        accessToken: server.accessToken,
-        username: moderator.username,
-        password: moderator.password,
-        videoQuota: undefined,
-        videoQuotaDaily: undefined,
-        role: UserRole.MODERATOR
-      }
-    )
-    moderatorAccessToken = await userLogin(server, moderator)
+    await server.users.create({ username: moderator.username, password: moderator.password, role: UserRole.MODERATOR })
+
+    moderatorAccessToken = await server.login.getAccessToken(moderator)
   })
 
   describe('When setting a video filter', function () {
@@ -100,7 +88,7 @@ describe('Test video filters validators', function () {
         await makeGetRequest({
           url: server.url,
           path: '/feeds/videos.json',
-          statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.UNAUTHORIZED_401,
+          expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.UNAUTHORIZED_401,
           query: {
             filter
           }
@@ -112,7 +100,7 @@ describe('Test video filters validators', function () {
       await makeGetRequest({
         url: server.url,
         path: '/feeds/videos.json',
-        statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.OK_200,
+        expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.OK_200,
         query: {
           filter: 'local'
         }
diff --git a/server/tests/api/check-params/videos-history.ts b/server/tests/api/check-params/videos-history.ts
index 0e91fe0a8..c3c309ed2 100644
--- a/server/tests/api/check-params/videos-history.ts
+++ b/server/tests/api/check-params/videos-history.ts
@@ -5,42 +5,39 @@ import {
   checkBadCountPagination,
   checkBadStartPagination,
   cleanupTests,
-  flushAndRunServer,
+  createSingleServer,
   makeGetRequest,
   makePostBodyRequest,
   makePutBodyRequest,
-  ServerInfo,
-  setAccessTokensToServers,
-  uploadVideo
-} from '../../../../shared/extra-utils'
-import { HttpStatusCode } from '../../../../shared/core-utils/miscs/http-error-codes'
+  PeerTubeServer,
+  setAccessTokensToServers
+} from '@shared/extra-utils'
+import { HttpStatusCode } from '@shared/models'
 
 describe('Test videos history API validator', function () {
   const myHistoryPath = '/api/v1/users/me/history/videos'
   const myHistoryRemove = myHistoryPath + '/remove'
   let watchingPath: string
-  let server: ServerInfo
+  let server: PeerTubeServer
 
   // ---------------------------------------------------------------
 
   before(async function () {
     this.timeout(30000)
 
-    server = await flushAndRunServer(1)
+    server = await createSingleServer(1)
 
     await setAccessTokensToServers([ server ])
 
-    const res = await uploadVideo(server.url, server.accessToken, {})
-    const videoUUID = res.body.video.uuid
-
-    watchingPath = '/api/v1/videos/' + videoUUID + '/watching'
+    const { uuid } = await server.videos.upload()
+    watchingPath = '/api/v1/videos/' + uuid + '/watching'
   })
 
   describe('When notifying a user is watching a video', function () {
 
     it('Should fail with an unauthenticated user', async function () {
       const fields = { currentTime: 5 }
-      await makePutBodyRequest({ url: server.url, path: watchingPath, fields, statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.UNAUTHORIZED_401 })
+      await makePutBodyRequest({ url: server.url, path: watchingPath, fields, expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.UNAUTHORIZED_401 })
     })
 
     it('Should fail with an incorrect video id', async function () {
@@ -51,7 +48,7 @@ describe('Test videos history API validator', function () {
         path,
         fields,
         token: server.accessToken,
-        statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.BAD_REQUEST_400
+        expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.BAD_REQUEST_400
       })
     })
 
@@ -64,7 +61,7 @@ describe('Test videos history API validator', function () {
         path,
         fields,
         token: server.accessToken,
-        statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.NOT_FOUND_404
+        expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.NOT_FOUND_404
       })
     })
 
@@ -75,7 +72,7 @@ describe('Test videos history API validator', function () {
         path: watchingPath,
         fields,
         token: server.accessToken,
-        statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.BAD_REQUEST_400
+        expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.BAD_REQUEST_400
       })
     })
 
@@ -87,7 +84,7 @@ describe('Test videos history API validator', function () {
         path: watchingPath,
         fields,
         token: server.accessToken,
-        statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.NO_CONTENT_204
+        expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.NO_CONTENT_204
       })
     })
   })
@@ -102,17 +99,17 @@ describe('Test videos history API validator', function () {
     })
 
     it('Should fail with an unauthenticated user', async function () {
-      await makeGetRequest({ url: server.url, path: myHistoryPath, statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.UNAUTHORIZED_401 })
+      await makeGetRequest({ url: server.url, path: myHistoryPath, expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.UNAUTHORIZED_401 })
     })
 
     it('Should succeed with the correct params', async function () {
-      await makeGetRequest({ url: server.url, token: server.accessToken, path: myHistoryPath, statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.OK_200 })
+      await makeGetRequest({ url: server.url, token: server.accessToken, path: myHistoryPath, expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.OK_200 })
     })
   })
 
   describe('When removing user videos history', function () {
     it('Should fail with an unauthenticated user', async function () {
-      await makePostBodyRequest({ url: server.url, path: myHistoryPath + '/remove', statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.UNAUTHORIZED_401 })
+      await makePostBodyRequest({ url: server.url, path: myHistoryPath + '/remove', expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.UNAUTHORIZED_401 })
     })
 
     it('Should fail with a bad beforeDate parameter', async function () {
@@ -122,7 +119,7 @@ describe('Test videos history API validator', function () {
         token: server.accessToken,
         path: myHistoryRemove,
         fields: body,
-        statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.BAD_REQUEST_400
+        expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.BAD_REQUEST_400
       })
     })
 
@@ -133,7 +130,7 @@ describe('Test videos history API validator', function () {
         token: server.accessToken,
         path: myHistoryRemove,
         fields: body,
-        statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.NO_CONTENT_204
+        expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.NO_CONTENT_204
       })
     })
 
@@ -142,7 +139,7 @@ describe('Test videos history API validator', function () {
         url: server.url,
         token: server.accessToken,
         path: myHistoryRemove,
-        statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.NO_CONTENT_204
+        expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.NO_CONTENT_204
       })
     })
   })
diff --git a/server/tests/api/check-params/videos-overviews.ts b/server/tests/api/check-params/videos-overviews.ts
index 69d7fc471..c2139d74b 100644
--- a/server/tests/api/check-params/videos-overviews.ts
+++ b/server/tests/api/check-params/videos-overviews.ts
@@ -1,29 +1,28 @@
 /* eslint-disable @typescript-eslint/no-unused-expressions,@typescript-eslint/require-await */
 
 import 'mocha'
-import { cleanupTests, flushAndRunServer, ServerInfo } from '../../../../shared/extra-utils'
-import { getVideosOverview } from '@shared/extra-utils/overviews/overviews'
+import { cleanupTests, createSingleServer, PeerTubeServer } from '@shared/extra-utils'
 
 describe('Test videos overview', function () {
-  let server: ServerInfo
+  let server: PeerTubeServer
 
   // ---------------------------------------------------------------
 
   before(async function () {
     this.timeout(30000)
 
-    server = await flushAndRunServer(1)
+    server = await createSingleServer(1)
   })
 
   describe('When getting videos overview', function () {
 
     it('Should fail with a bad pagination', async function () {
-      await getVideosOverview(server.url, 0, 400)
-      await getVideosOverview(server.url, 100, 400)
+      await server.overviews.getVideos({ page: 0, expectedStatus: 400 })
+      await server.overviews.getVideos({ page: 100, expectedStatus: 400 })
     })
 
     it('Should succeed with a good pagination', async function () {
-      await getVideosOverview(server.url, 1)
+      await server.overviews.getVideos({ page: 1 })
     })
   })
 
diff --git a/server/tests/api/check-params/videos.ts b/server/tests/api/check-params/videos.ts
index 4d7a9a23b..e11ca0c82 100644
--- a/server/tests/api/check-params/videos.ts
+++ b/server/tests/api/check-params/videos.ts
@@ -5,39 +5,28 @@ import * as chai from 'chai'
 import { omit } from 'lodash'
 import { join } from 'path'
 import { randomInt } from '@shared/core-utils'
-import { PeerTubeProblemDocument, VideoCreateResult } from '@shared/models'
-import { HttpStatusCode } from '../../../../shared/core-utils/miscs/http-error-codes'
 import {
+  checkBadCountPagination,
+  checkBadSortPagination,
+  checkBadStartPagination,
   checkUploadVideoParam,
   cleanupTests,
-  createUser,
-  flushAndRunServer,
-  getMyUserInformation,
-  getVideo,
-  getVideosList,
-  immutableAssign,
+  createSingleServer,
   makeDeleteRequest,
   makeGetRequest,
   makePutBodyRequest,
   makeUploadRequest,
-  removeVideo,
+  PeerTubeServer,
   root,
-  ServerInfo,
-  setAccessTokensToServers,
-  userLogin
-} from '../../../../shared/extra-utils'
-import {
-  checkBadCountPagination,
-  checkBadSortPagination,
-  checkBadStartPagination
-} from '../../../../shared/extra-utils/requests/check-api-params'
-import { VideoPrivacy } from '../../../../shared/models/videos/video-privacy.enum'
+  setAccessTokensToServers
+} from '@shared/extra-utils'
+import { HttpStatusCode, PeerTubeProblemDocument, VideoCreateResult, VideoPrivacy } from '@shared/models'
 
 const expect = chai.expect
 
 describe('Test videos API validator', function () {
   const path = '/api/v1/videos/'
-  let server: ServerInfo
+  let server: PeerTubeServer
   let userAccessToken = ''
   let accountName: string
   let channelId: number
@@ -49,20 +38,20 @@ describe('Test videos API validator', function () {
   before(async function () {
     this.timeout(30000)
 
-    server = await flushAndRunServer(1)
+    server = await createSingleServer(1)
 
     await setAccessTokensToServers([ server ])
 
     const username = 'user1'
     const password = 'my super password'
-    await createUser({ url: server.url, accessToken: server.accessToken, username: username, password: password })
-    userAccessToken = await userLogin(server, { username, password })
+    await server.users.create({ username: username, password: password })
+    userAccessToken = await server.login.getAccessToken({ username, password })
 
     {
-      const res = await getMyUserInformation(server.url, server.accessToken)
-      channelId = res.body.videoChannels[0].id
-      channelName = res.body.videoChannels[0].name
-      accountName = res.body.account.name + '@' + res.body.account.host
+      const body = await server.users.getMyInfo()
+      channelId = body.videoChannels[0].id
+      channelName = body.videoChannels[0].name
+      accountName = body.account.name + '@' + body.account.host
     }
   })
 
@@ -80,11 +69,11 @@ describe('Test videos API validator', function () {
     })
 
     it('Should fail with a bad skipVideos query', async function () {
-      await makeGetRequest({ url: server.url, path, statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.OK_200, query: { skipCount: 'toto' } })
+      await makeGetRequest({ url: server.url, path, expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.OK_200, query: { skipCount: 'toto' } })
     })
 
     it('Should success with the correct parameters', async function () {
-      await makeGetRequest({ url: server.url, path, statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.OK_200, query: { skipCount: false } })
+      await makeGetRequest({ url: server.url, path, expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.OK_200, query: { skipCount: false } })
     })
   })
 
@@ -94,7 +83,7 @@ describe('Test videos API validator', function () {
       await makeGetRequest({
         url: server.url,
         path: join(path, 'search'),
-        statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.BAD_REQUEST_400
+        expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.BAD_REQUEST_400
       })
     })
 
@@ -111,7 +100,7 @@ describe('Test videos API validator', function () {
     })
 
     it('Should success with the correct parameters', async function () {
-      await makeGetRequest({ url: server.url, path, statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.OK_200 })
+      await makeGetRequest({ url: server.url, path, expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.OK_200 })
     })
   })
 
@@ -131,7 +120,7 @@ describe('Test videos API validator', function () {
     })
 
     it('Should success with the correct parameters', async function () {
-      await makeGetRequest({ url: server.url, token: server.accessToken, path, statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.OK_200 })
+      await makeGetRequest({ url: server.url, token: server.accessToken, path, expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.OK_200 })
     })
   })
 
@@ -155,7 +144,7 @@ describe('Test videos API validator', function () {
     })
 
     it('Should success with the correct parameters', async function () {
-      await makeGetRequest({ url: server.url, path, statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.OK_200 })
+      await makeGetRequest({ url: server.url, path, expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.OK_200 })
     })
   })
 
@@ -179,7 +168,7 @@ describe('Test videos API validator', function () {
     })
 
     it('Should success with the correct parameters', async function () {
-      await makeGetRequest({ url: server.url, path, statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.OK_200 })
+      await makeGetRequest({ url: server.url, path, expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.OK_200 })
     })
   })
 
@@ -214,70 +203,70 @@ describe('Test videos API validator', function () {
       it('Should fail with nothing', async function () {
         const fields = {}
         const attaches = {}
-        await checkUploadVideoParam(server.url, server.accessToken, { ...fields, ...attaches }, HttpStatusCode.BAD_REQUEST_400, mode)
+        await checkUploadVideoParam(server, server.accessToken, { ...fields, ...attaches }, HttpStatusCode.BAD_REQUEST_400, mode)
       })
 
       it('Should fail without name', async function () {
         const fields = omit(baseCorrectParams, 'name')
         const attaches = baseCorrectAttaches
 
-        await checkUploadVideoParam(server.url, server.accessToken, { ...fields, ...attaches }, HttpStatusCode.BAD_REQUEST_400, mode)
+        await checkUploadVideoParam(server, server.accessToken, { ...fields, ...attaches }, HttpStatusCode.BAD_REQUEST_400, mode)
       })
 
       it('Should fail with a long name', async function () {
-        const fields = immutableAssign(baseCorrectParams, { name: 'super'.repeat(65) })
+        const fields = { ...baseCorrectParams, name: 'super'.repeat(65) }
         const attaches = baseCorrectAttaches
 
-        await checkUploadVideoParam(server.url, server.accessToken, { ...fields, ...attaches }, HttpStatusCode.BAD_REQUEST_400, mode)
+        await checkUploadVideoParam(server, server.accessToken, { ...fields, ...attaches }, HttpStatusCode.BAD_REQUEST_400, mode)
       })
 
       it('Should fail with a bad category', async function () {
-        const fields = immutableAssign(baseCorrectParams, { category: 125 })
+        const fields = { ...baseCorrectParams, category: 125 }
         const attaches = baseCorrectAttaches
 
-        await checkUploadVideoParam(server.url, server.accessToken, { ...fields, ...attaches }, HttpStatusCode.BAD_REQUEST_400, mode)
+        await checkUploadVideoParam(server, server.accessToken, { ...fields, ...attaches }, HttpStatusCode.BAD_REQUEST_400, mode)
       })
 
       it('Should fail with a bad licence', async function () {
-        const fields = immutableAssign(baseCorrectParams, { licence: 125 })
+        const fields = { ...baseCorrectParams, licence: 125 }
         const attaches = baseCorrectAttaches
 
-        await checkUploadVideoParam(server.url, server.accessToken, { ...fields, ...attaches }, HttpStatusCode.BAD_REQUEST_400, mode)
+        await checkUploadVideoParam(server, server.accessToken, { ...fields, ...attaches }, HttpStatusCode.BAD_REQUEST_400, mode)
       })
 
       it('Should fail with a bad language', async function () {
-        const fields = immutableAssign(baseCorrectParams, { language: 'a'.repeat(15) })
+        const fields = { ...baseCorrectParams, language: 'a'.repeat(15) }
         const attaches = baseCorrectAttaches
 
-        await checkUploadVideoParam(server.url, server.accessToken, { ...fields, ...attaches }, HttpStatusCode.BAD_REQUEST_400, mode)
+        await checkUploadVideoParam(server, server.accessToken, { ...fields, ...attaches }, HttpStatusCode.BAD_REQUEST_400, mode)
       })
 
       it('Should fail with a long description', async function () {
-        const fields = immutableAssign(baseCorrectParams, { description: 'super'.repeat(2500) })
+        const fields = { ...baseCorrectParams, description: 'super'.repeat(2500) }
         const attaches = baseCorrectAttaches
 
-        await checkUploadVideoParam(server.url, server.accessToken, { ...fields, ...attaches }, HttpStatusCode.BAD_REQUEST_400, mode)
+        await checkUploadVideoParam(server, server.accessToken, { ...fields, ...attaches }, HttpStatusCode.BAD_REQUEST_400, mode)
       })
 
       it('Should fail with a long support text', async function () {
-        const fields = immutableAssign(baseCorrectParams, { support: 'super'.repeat(201) })
+        const fields = { ...baseCorrectParams, support: 'super'.repeat(201) }
         const attaches = baseCorrectAttaches
 
-        await checkUploadVideoParam(server.url, server.accessToken, { ...fields, ...attaches }, HttpStatusCode.BAD_REQUEST_400, mode)
+        await checkUploadVideoParam(server, server.accessToken, { ...fields, ...attaches }, HttpStatusCode.BAD_REQUEST_400, mode)
       })
 
       it('Should fail without a channel', async function () {
         const fields = omit(baseCorrectParams, 'channelId')
         const attaches = baseCorrectAttaches
 
-        await checkUploadVideoParam(server.url, server.accessToken, { ...fields, ...attaches }, HttpStatusCode.BAD_REQUEST_400, mode)
+        await checkUploadVideoParam(server, server.accessToken, { ...fields, ...attaches }, HttpStatusCode.BAD_REQUEST_400, mode)
       })
 
       it('Should fail with a bad channel', async function () {
-        const fields = immutableAssign(baseCorrectParams, { channelId: 545454 })
+        const fields = { ...baseCorrectParams, channelId: 545454 }
         const attaches = baseCorrectAttaches
 
-        await checkUploadVideoParam(server.url, server.accessToken, { ...fields, ...attaches }, HttpStatusCode.BAD_REQUEST_400, mode)
+        await checkUploadVideoParam(server, server.accessToken, { ...fields, ...attaches }, HttpStatusCode.BAD_REQUEST_400, mode)
       })
 
       it('Should fail with another user channel', async function () {
@@ -285,69 +274,71 @@ describe('Test videos API validator', function () {
           username: 'fake' + randomInt(0, 1500),
           password: 'fake_password'
         }
-        await createUser({ url: server.url, accessToken: server.accessToken, username: user.username, password: user.password })
+        await server.users.create({ username: user.username, password: user.password })
 
-        const accessTokenUser = await userLogin(server, user)
-        const res = await getMyUserInformation(server.url, accessTokenUser)
-        const customChannelId = res.body.videoChannels[0].id
+        const accessTokenUser = await server.login.getAccessToken(user)
+        const { videoChannels } = await server.users.getMyInfo({ token: accessTokenUser })
+        const customChannelId = videoChannels[0].id
 
-        const fields = immutableAssign(baseCorrectParams, { channelId: customChannelId })
+        const fields = { ...baseCorrectParams, channelId: customChannelId }
         const attaches = baseCorrectAttaches
 
-        await checkUploadVideoParam(server.url, userAccessToken, { ...fields, ...attaches }, HttpStatusCode.BAD_REQUEST_400, mode)
+        await checkUploadVideoParam(server, userAccessToken, { ...fields, ...attaches }, HttpStatusCode.BAD_REQUEST_400, mode)
       })
 
       it('Should fail with too many tags', async function () {
-        const fields = immutableAssign(baseCorrectParams, { tags: [ 'tag1', 'tag2', 'tag3', 'tag4', 'tag5', 'tag6' ] })
+        const fields = { ...baseCorrectParams, tags: [ 'tag1', 'tag2', 'tag3', 'tag4', 'tag5', 'tag6' ] }
         const attaches = baseCorrectAttaches
 
-        await checkUploadVideoParam(server.url, server.accessToken, { ...fields, ...attaches }, HttpStatusCode.BAD_REQUEST_400, mode)
+        await checkUploadVideoParam(server, server.accessToken, { ...fields, ...attaches }, HttpStatusCode.BAD_REQUEST_400, mode)
       })
 
       it('Should fail with a tag length too low', async function () {
-        const fields = immutableAssign(baseCorrectParams, { tags: [ 'tag1', 't' ] })
+        const fields = { ...baseCorrectParams, tags: [ 'tag1', 't' ] }
         const attaches = baseCorrectAttaches
 
-        await checkUploadVideoParam(server.url, server.accessToken, { ...fields, ...attaches }, HttpStatusCode.BAD_REQUEST_400, mode)
+        await checkUploadVideoParam(server, server.accessToken, { ...fields, ...attaches }, HttpStatusCode.BAD_REQUEST_400, mode)
       })
 
       it('Should fail with a tag length too big', async function () {
-        const fields = immutableAssign(baseCorrectParams, { tags: [ 'tag1', 'my_super_tag_too_long_long_long_long_long_long' ] })
+        const fields = { ...baseCorrectParams, tags: [ 'tag1', 'my_super_tag_too_long_long_long_long_long_long' ] }
         const attaches = baseCorrectAttaches
 
-        await checkUploadVideoParam(server.url, server.accessToken, { ...fields, ...attaches }, HttpStatusCode.BAD_REQUEST_400, mode)
+        await checkUploadVideoParam(server, server.accessToken, { ...fields, ...attaches }, HttpStatusCode.BAD_REQUEST_400, mode)
       })
 
       it('Should fail with a bad schedule update (miss updateAt)', async function () {
-        const fields = immutableAssign(baseCorrectParams, { scheduleUpdate: { privacy: VideoPrivacy.PUBLIC } })
+        const fields = { ...baseCorrectParams, scheduleUpdate: { privacy: VideoPrivacy.PUBLIC } }
         const attaches = baseCorrectAttaches
 
-        await checkUploadVideoParam(server.url, server.accessToken, { ...fields, ...attaches }, HttpStatusCode.BAD_REQUEST_400, mode)
+        await checkUploadVideoParam(server, server.accessToken, { ...fields, ...attaches }, HttpStatusCode.BAD_REQUEST_400, mode)
       })
 
       it('Should fail with a bad schedule update (wrong updateAt)', async function () {
-        const fields = immutableAssign(baseCorrectParams, {
+        const fields = {
+          ...baseCorrectParams,
+
           scheduleUpdate: {
             privacy: VideoPrivacy.PUBLIC,
             updateAt: 'toto'
           }
-        })
+        }
         const attaches = baseCorrectAttaches
 
-        await checkUploadVideoParam(server.url, server.accessToken, { ...fields, ...attaches }, HttpStatusCode.BAD_REQUEST_400, mode)
+        await checkUploadVideoParam(server, server.accessToken, { ...fields, ...attaches }, HttpStatusCode.BAD_REQUEST_400, mode)
       })
 
       it('Should fail with a bad originally published at attribute', async function () {
-        const fields = immutableAssign(baseCorrectParams, { originallyPublishedAt: 'toto' })
+        const fields = { ...baseCorrectParams, originallyPublishedAt: 'toto' }
         const attaches = baseCorrectAttaches
 
-        await checkUploadVideoParam(server.url, server.accessToken, { ...fields, ...attaches }, HttpStatusCode.BAD_REQUEST_400, mode)
+        await checkUploadVideoParam(server, server.accessToken, { ...fields, ...attaches }, HttpStatusCode.BAD_REQUEST_400, mode)
       })
 
       it('Should fail without an input file', async function () {
         const fields = baseCorrectParams
         const attaches = {}
-        await checkUploadVideoParam(server.url, server.accessToken, { ...fields, ...attaches }, HttpStatusCode.BAD_REQUEST_400, mode)
+        await checkUploadVideoParam(server, server.accessToken, { ...fields, ...attaches }, HttpStatusCode.BAD_REQUEST_400, mode)
       })
 
       it('Should fail with an incorrect input file', async function () {
@@ -355,7 +346,7 @@ describe('Test videos API validator', function () {
         let attaches = { fixture: join(root(), 'server', 'tests', 'fixtures', 'video_short_fake.webm') }
 
         await checkUploadVideoParam(
-          server.url,
+          server,
           server.accessToken,
           { ...fields, ...attaches },
           HttpStatusCode.UNPROCESSABLE_ENTITY_422,
@@ -364,7 +355,7 @@ describe('Test videos API validator', function () {
 
         attaches = { fixture: join(root(), 'server', 'tests', 'fixtures', 'video_short.mkv') }
         await checkUploadVideoParam(
-          server.url,
+          server,
           server.accessToken,
           { ...fields, ...attaches },
           HttpStatusCode.UNSUPPORTED_MEDIA_TYPE_415,
@@ -379,7 +370,7 @@ describe('Test videos API validator', function () {
           fixture: join(root(), 'server', 'tests', 'fixtures', 'video_short.mp4')
         }
 
-        await checkUploadVideoParam(server.url, server.accessToken, { ...fields, ...attaches }, HttpStatusCode.BAD_REQUEST_400, mode)
+        await checkUploadVideoParam(server, server.accessToken, { ...fields, ...attaches }, HttpStatusCode.BAD_REQUEST_400, mode)
       })
 
       it('Should fail with a big thumbnail file', async function () {
@@ -389,7 +380,7 @@ describe('Test videos API validator', function () {
           fixture: join(root(), 'server', 'tests', 'fixtures', 'video_short.mp4')
         }
 
-        await checkUploadVideoParam(server.url, server.accessToken, { ...fields, ...attaches }, HttpStatusCode.BAD_REQUEST_400, mode)
+        await checkUploadVideoParam(server, server.accessToken, { ...fields, ...attaches }, HttpStatusCode.BAD_REQUEST_400, mode)
       })
 
       it('Should fail with an incorrect preview file', async function () {
@@ -399,7 +390,7 @@ describe('Test videos API validator', function () {
           fixture: join(root(), 'server', 'tests', 'fixtures', 'video_short.mp4')
         }
 
-        await checkUploadVideoParam(server.url, server.accessToken, { ...fields, ...attaches }, HttpStatusCode.BAD_REQUEST_400, mode)
+        await checkUploadVideoParam(server, server.accessToken, { ...fields, ...attaches }, HttpStatusCode.BAD_REQUEST_400, mode)
       })
 
       it('Should fail with a big preview file', async function () {
@@ -409,17 +400,17 @@ describe('Test videos API validator', function () {
           fixture: join(root(), 'server', 'tests', 'fixtures', 'video_short.mp4')
         }
 
-        await checkUploadVideoParam(server.url, server.accessToken, { ...fields, ...attaches }, HttpStatusCode.BAD_REQUEST_400, mode)
+        await checkUploadVideoParam(server, server.accessToken, { ...fields, ...attaches }, HttpStatusCode.BAD_REQUEST_400, mode)
       })
 
       it('Should report the appropriate error', async function () {
-        const fields = immutableAssign(baseCorrectParams, { language: 'a'.repeat(15) })
+        const fields = { ...baseCorrectParams, language: 'a'.repeat(15) }
         const attaches = baseCorrectAttaches
 
         const attributes = { ...fields, ...attaches }
-        const res = await checkUploadVideoParam(server.url, server.accessToken, attributes, HttpStatusCode.BAD_REQUEST_400, mode)
+        const body = await checkUploadVideoParam(server, server.accessToken, attributes, HttpStatusCode.BAD_REQUEST_400, mode)
 
-        const error = res.body as PeerTubeProblemDocument
+        const error = body as unknown as PeerTubeProblemDocument
 
         if (mode === 'legacy') {
           expect(error.docs).to.equal('https://docs.joinpeertube.org/api-rest-reference.html#operation/uploadLegacy')
@@ -444,23 +435,27 @@ describe('Test videos API validator', function () {
 
         {
           const attaches = baseCorrectAttaches
-          await checkUploadVideoParam(server.url, server.accessToken, { ...fields, ...attaches }, HttpStatusCode.OK_200, mode)
+          await checkUploadVideoParam(server, server.accessToken, { ...fields, ...attaches }, HttpStatusCode.OK_200, mode)
         }
 
         {
-          const attaches = immutableAssign(baseCorrectAttaches, {
+          const attaches = {
+            ...baseCorrectAttaches,
+
             videofile: join(root(), 'server', 'tests', 'fixtures', 'video_short.mp4')
-          })
+          }
 
-          await checkUploadVideoParam(server.url, server.accessToken, { ...fields, ...attaches }, HttpStatusCode.OK_200, mode)
+          await checkUploadVideoParam(server, server.accessToken, { ...fields, ...attaches }, HttpStatusCode.OK_200, mode)
         }
 
         {
-          const attaches = immutableAssign(baseCorrectAttaches, {
+          const attaches = {
+            ...baseCorrectAttaches,
+
             videofile: join(root(), 'server', 'tests', 'fixtures', 'video_short.ogv')
-          })
+          }
 
-          await checkUploadVideoParam(server.url, server.accessToken, { ...fields, ...attaches }, HttpStatusCode.OK_200, mode)
+          await checkUploadVideoParam(server, server.accessToken, { ...fields, ...attaches }, HttpStatusCode.OK_200, mode)
         }
       })
     }
@@ -489,8 +484,8 @@ describe('Test videos API validator', function () {
     }
 
     before(async function () {
-      const res = await getVideosList(server.url)
-      video = res.body.data[0]
+      const { data } = await server.videos.list()
+      video = data[0]
     })
 
     it('Should fail with nothing', async function () {
@@ -511,84 +506,84 @@ describe('Test videos API validator', function () {
         path: path + '4da6fde3-88f7-4d16-b119-108df5630b06',
         token: server.accessToken,
         fields,
-        statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.NOT_FOUND_404
+        expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.NOT_FOUND_404
       })
     })
 
     it('Should fail with a long name', async function () {
-      const fields = immutableAssign(baseCorrectParams, { name: 'super'.repeat(65) })
+      const fields = { ...baseCorrectParams, name: 'super'.repeat(65) }
 
       await makePutBodyRequest({ url: server.url, path: path + video.shortUUID, token: server.accessToken, fields })
     })
 
     it('Should fail with a bad category', async function () {
-      const fields = immutableAssign(baseCorrectParams, { category: 125 })
+      const fields = { ...baseCorrectParams, category: 125 }
 
       await makePutBodyRequest({ url: server.url, path: path + video.shortUUID, token: server.accessToken, fields })
     })
 
     it('Should fail with a bad licence', async function () {
-      const fields = immutableAssign(baseCorrectParams, { licence: 125 })
+      const fields = { ...baseCorrectParams, licence: 125 }
 
       await makePutBodyRequest({ url: server.url, path: path + video.shortUUID, token: server.accessToken, fields })
     })
 
     it('Should fail with a bad language', async function () {
-      const fields = immutableAssign(baseCorrectParams, { language: 'a'.repeat(15) })
+      const fields = { ...baseCorrectParams, language: 'a'.repeat(15) }
 
       await makePutBodyRequest({ url: server.url, path: path + video.shortUUID, token: server.accessToken, fields })
     })
 
     it('Should fail with a long description', async function () {
-      const fields = immutableAssign(baseCorrectParams, { description: 'super'.repeat(2500) })
+      const fields = { ...baseCorrectParams, description: 'super'.repeat(2500) }
 
       await makePutBodyRequest({ url: server.url, path: path + video.shortUUID, token: server.accessToken, fields })
     })
 
     it('Should fail with a long support text', async function () {
-      const fields = immutableAssign(baseCorrectParams, { support: 'super'.repeat(201) })
+      const fields = { ...baseCorrectParams, support: 'super'.repeat(201) }
 
       await makePutBodyRequest({ url: server.url, path: path + video.shortUUID, token: server.accessToken, fields })
     })
 
     it('Should fail with a bad channel', async function () {
-      const fields = immutableAssign(baseCorrectParams, { channelId: 545454 })
+      const fields = { ...baseCorrectParams, channelId: 545454 }
 
       await makePutBodyRequest({ url: server.url, path: path + video.shortUUID, token: server.accessToken, fields })
     })
 
     it('Should fail with too many tags', async function () {
-      const fields = immutableAssign(baseCorrectParams, { tags: [ 'tag1', 'tag2', 'tag3', 'tag4', 'tag5', 'tag6' ] })
+      const fields = { ...baseCorrectParams, tags: [ 'tag1', 'tag2', 'tag3', 'tag4', 'tag5', 'tag6' ] }
 
       await makePutBodyRequest({ url: server.url, path: path + video.shortUUID, token: server.accessToken, fields })
     })
 
     it('Should fail with a tag length too low', async function () {
-      const fields = immutableAssign(baseCorrectParams, { tags: [ 'tag1', 't' ] })
+      const fields = { ...baseCorrectParams, tags: [ 'tag1', 't' ] }
 
       await makePutBodyRequest({ url: server.url, path: path + video.shortUUID, token: server.accessToken, fields })
     })
 
     it('Should fail with a tag length too big', async function () {
-      const fields = immutableAssign(baseCorrectParams, { tags: [ 'tag1', 'my_super_tag_too_long_long_long_long_long_long' ] })
+      const fields = { ...baseCorrectParams, tags: [ 'tag1', 'my_super_tag_too_long_long_long_long_long_long' ] }
 
       await makePutBodyRequest({ url: server.url, path: path + video.shortUUID, token: server.accessToken, fields })
     })
 
     it('Should fail with a bad schedule update (miss updateAt)', async function () {
-      const fields = immutableAssign(baseCorrectParams, { scheduleUpdate: { privacy: VideoPrivacy.PUBLIC } })
+      const fields = { ...baseCorrectParams, scheduleUpdate: { privacy: VideoPrivacy.PUBLIC } }
 
       await makePutBodyRequest({ url: server.url, path: path + video.shortUUID, token: server.accessToken, fields })
     })
 
     it('Should fail with a bad schedule update (wrong updateAt)', async function () {
-      const fields = immutableAssign(baseCorrectParams, { scheduleUpdate: { updateAt: 'toto', privacy: VideoPrivacy.PUBLIC } })
+      const fields = { ...baseCorrectParams, scheduleUpdate: { updateAt: 'toto', privacy: VideoPrivacy.PUBLIC } }
 
       await makePutBodyRequest({ url: server.url, path: path + video.shortUUID, token: server.accessToken, fields })
     })
 
     it('Should fail with a bad originally published at param', async function () {
-      const fields = immutableAssign(baseCorrectParams, { originallyPublishedAt: 'toto' })
+      const fields = { ...baseCorrectParams, originallyPublishedAt: 'toto' }
 
       await makePutBodyRequest({ url: server.url, path: path + video.shortUUID, token: server.accessToken, fields })
     })
@@ -665,14 +660,14 @@ describe('Test videos API validator', function () {
         path: path + video.shortUUID,
         token: userAccessToken,
         fields,
-        statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.FORBIDDEN_403
+        expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.FORBIDDEN_403
       })
     })
 
     it('Should fail with a video of another server')
 
     it('Shoud report the appropriate error', async function () {
-      const fields = immutableAssign(baseCorrectParams, { licence: 125 })
+      const fields = { ...baseCorrectParams, licence: 125 }
 
       const res = await makePutBodyRequest({ url: server.url, path: path + video.shortUUID, token: server.accessToken, fields })
       const error = res.body as PeerTubeProblemDocument
@@ -697,7 +692,7 @@ describe('Test videos API validator', function () {
         path: path + video.shortUUID,
         token: server.accessToken,
         fields,
-        statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.NO_CONTENT_204
+        expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.NO_CONTENT_204
       })
     })
   })
@@ -707,7 +702,7 @@ describe('Test videos API validator', function () {
       const res = await makeGetRequest({
         url: server.url,
         path,
-        statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.OK_200
+        expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.OK_200
       })
 
       expect(res.body.data).to.be.an('array')
@@ -715,16 +710,16 @@ describe('Test videos API validator', function () {
     })
 
     it('Should fail without a correct uuid', async function () {
-      await getVideo(server.url, 'coucou', HttpStatusCode.BAD_REQUEST_400)
+      await server.videos.get({ id: 'coucou', expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.BAD_REQUEST_400 })
     })
 
     it('Should return 404 with an incorrect video', async function () {
-      await getVideo(server.url, '4da6fde3-88f7-4d16-b119-108df5630b06', HttpStatusCode.NOT_FOUND_404)
+      await server.videos.get({ id: '4da6fde3-88f7-4d16-b119-108df5630b06', expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.NOT_FOUND_404 })
     })
 
     it('Shoud report the appropriate error', async function () {
-      const res = await getVideo(server.url, 'hi', HttpStatusCode.BAD_REQUEST_400)
-      const error = res.body as PeerTubeProblemDocument
+      const body = await server.videos.get({ id: 'hi', expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.BAD_REQUEST_400 })
+      const error = body as unknown as PeerTubeProblemDocument
 
       expect(error.docs).to.equal('https://docs.joinpeertube.org/api-rest-reference.html#operation/getVideo')
 
@@ -739,16 +734,16 @@ describe('Test videos API validator', function () {
     })
 
     it('Should succeed with the correct parameters', async function () {
-      await getVideo(server.url, video.shortUUID)
+      await server.videos.get({ id: video.shortUUID })
     })
   })
 
   describe('When rating a video', function () {
-    let videoId
+    let videoId: number
 
     before(async function () {
-      const res = await getVideosList(server.url)
-      videoId = res.body.data[0].id
+      const { data } = await server.videos.list()
+      videoId = data[0].id
     })
 
     it('Should fail without a valid uuid', async function () {
@@ -767,7 +762,7 @@ describe('Test videos API validator', function () {
         path: path + '4da6fde3-88f7-4d16-b119-108df5630b06/rate',
         token: server.accessToken,
         fields,
-        statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.NOT_FOUND_404
+        expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.NOT_FOUND_404
       })
     })
 
@@ -787,7 +782,7 @@ describe('Test videos API validator', function () {
         path: path + videoId + '/rate',
         token: server.accessToken,
         fields,
-        statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.NO_CONTENT_204
+        expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.NO_CONTENT_204
       })
     })
   })
@@ -797,27 +792,27 @@ describe('Test videos API validator', function () {
       await makeDeleteRequest({
         url: server.url,
         path,
-        statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.BAD_REQUEST_400
+        expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.BAD_REQUEST_400
       })
     })
 
     it('Should fail without a correct uuid', async function () {
-      await removeVideo(server.url, server.accessToken, 'hello', HttpStatusCode.BAD_REQUEST_400)
+      await server.videos.remove({ id: 'hello', expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.BAD_REQUEST_400 })
     })
 
     it('Should fail with a video which does not exist', async function () {
-      await removeVideo(server.url, server.accessToken, '4da6fde3-88f7-4d16-b119-108df5630b06', HttpStatusCode.NOT_FOUND_404)
+      await server.videos.remove({ id: '4da6fde3-88f7-4d16-b119-108df5630b06', expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.NOT_FOUND_404 })
     })
 
     it('Should fail with a video of another user without the appropriate right', async function () {
-      await removeVideo(server.url, userAccessToken, video.uuid, HttpStatusCode.FORBIDDEN_403)
+      await server.videos.remove({ token: userAccessToken, id: video.uuid, expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.FORBIDDEN_403 })
     })
 
     it('Should fail with a video of another server')
 
     it('Shoud report the appropriate error', async function () {
-      const res = await removeVideo(server.url, server.accessToken, 'hello', HttpStatusCode.BAD_REQUEST_400)
-      const error = res.body as PeerTubeProblemDocument
+      const body = await server.videos.remove({ id: 'hello', expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.BAD_REQUEST_400 })
+      const error = body as PeerTubeProblemDocument
 
       expect(error.docs).to.equal('https://docs.joinpeertube.org/api-rest-reference.html#operation/delVideo')
 
@@ -832,7 +827,7 @@ describe('Test videos API validator', function () {
     })
 
     it('Should succeed with the correct parameters', async function () {
-      await removeVideo(server.url, server.accessToken, video.uuid)
+      await server.videos.remove({ id: video.uuid })
     })
   })
 
diff --git a/server/tests/api/live/live-constraints.ts b/server/tests/api/live/live-constraints.ts
index cc635de33..20346113d 100644
--- a/server/tests/api/live/live-constraints.ts
+++ b/server/tests/api/live/live-constraints.ts
@@ -2,31 +2,24 @@
 
 import 'mocha'
 import * as chai from 'chai'
-import { VideoDetails, VideoPrivacy } from '@shared/models'
+import { VideoPrivacy } from '@shared/models'
 import {
   checkLiveCleanup,
   cleanupTests,
-  createLive,
+  ConfigCommand,
+  createMultipleServers,
   doubleFollow,
-  flushAndRunMultipleServers,
-  generateUser,
-  getCustomConfigResolutions,
-  getVideo,
-  runAndTestFfmpegStreamError,
-  ServerInfo,
+  PeerTubeServer,
   setAccessTokensToServers,
   setDefaultVideoChannel,
-  updateCustomSubConfig,
-  updateUser,
   wait,
-  waitJobs,
-  waitUntilLivePublished
+  waitJobs
 } from '../../../../shared/extra-utils'
 
 const expect = chai.expect
 
 describe('Test live constraints', function () {
-  let servers: ServerInfo[] = []
+  let servers: PeerTubeServer[] = []
   let userId: number
   let userAccessToken: string
   let userChannelId: number
@@ -39,15 +32,13 @@ describe('Test live constraints', function () {
       saveReplay
     }
 
-    const res = await createLive(servers[0].url, userAccessToken, liveAttributes)
-    return res.body.video.uuid as string
+    const { uuid } = await servers[0].live.create({ token: userAccessToken, fields: liveAttributes })
+    return uuid
   }
 
   async function checkSaveReplay (videoId: string, resolutions = [ 720 ]) {
     for (const server of servers) {
-      const res = await getVideo(server.url, videoId)
-
-      const video: VideoDetails = res.body
+      const video = await server.videos.get({ id: videoId })
       expect(video.isLive).to.be.false
       expect(video.duration).to.be.greaterThan(0)
     }
@@ -57,14 +48,12 @@ describe('Test live constraints', function () {
 
   async function waitUntilLivePublishedOnAllServers (videoId: string) {
     for (const server of servers) {
-      await waitUntilLivePublished(server.url, server.accessToken, videoId)
+      await server.live.waitUntilPublished({ videoId })
     }
   }
 
   function updateQuota (options: { total: number, daily: number }) {
-    return updateUser({
-      url: servers[0].url,
-      accessToken: servers[0].accessToken,
+    return servers[0].users.update({
       userId,
       videoQuota: options.total,
       videoQuotaDaily: options.daily
@@ -74,24 +63,26 @@ describe('Test live constraints', function () {
   before(async function () {
     this.timeout(120000)
 
-    servers = await flushAndRunMultipleServers(2)
+    servers = await createMultipleServers(2)
 
     // Get the access tokens
     await setAccessTokensToServers(servers)
     await setDefaultVideoChannel(servers)
 
-    await updateCustomSubConfig(servers[0].url, servers[0].accessToken, {
-      live: {
-        enabled: true,
-        allowReplay: true,
-        transcoding: {
-          enabled: false
+    await servers[0].config.updateCustomSubConfig({
+      newConfig: {
+        live: {
+          enabled: true,
+          allowReplay: true,
+          transcoding: {
+            enabled: false
+          }
         }
       }
     })
 
     {
-      const res = await generateUser(servers[0], 'user1')
+      const res = await servers[0].users.generate('user1')
       userId = res.userId
       userChannelId = res.userChannelId
       userAccessToken = res.token
@@ -107,7 +98,7 @@ describe('Test live constraints', function () {
     this.timeout(60000)
 
     const userVideoLiveoId = await createLiveWrapper(false)
-    await runAndTestFfmpegStreamError(servers[0].url, userAccessToken, userVideoLiveoId, false)
+    await servers[0].live.runAndTestStreamError({ token: userAccessToken, videoId: userVideoLiveoId, shouldHaveError: false })
   })
 
   it('Should have size limit depending on user global quota if save replay is enabled', async function () {
@@ -117,7 +108,7 @@ describe('Test live constraints', function () {
     await wait(5000)
 
     const userVideoLiveoId = await createLiveWrapper(true)
-    await runAndTestFfmpegStreamError(servers[0].url, userAccessToken, userVideoLiveoId, true)
+    await servers[0].live.runAndTestStreamError({ token: userAccessToken, videoId: userVideoLiveoId, shouldHaveError: true })
 
     await waitUntilLivePublishedOnAllServers(userVideoLiveoId)
     await waitJobs(servers)
@@ -134,7 +125,7 @@ describe('Test live constraints', function () {
     await updateQuota({ total: -1, daily: 1 })
 
     const userVideoLiveoId = await createLiveWrapper(true)
-    await runAndTestFfmpegStreamError(servers[0].url, userAccessToken, userVideoLiveoId, true)
+    await servers[0].live.runAndTestStreamError({ token: userAccessToken, videoId: userVideoLiveoId, shouldHaveError: true })
 
     await waitUntilLivePublishedOnAllServers(userVideoLiveoId)
     await waitJobs(servers)
@@ -151,26 +142,28 @@ describe('Test live constraints', function () {
     await updateQuota({ total: 10 * 1000 * 1000, daily: -1 })
 
     const userVideoLiveoId = await createLiveWrapper(true)
-    await runAndTestFfmpegStreamError(servers[0].url, userAccessToken, userVideoLiveoId, false)
+    await servers[0].live.runAndTestStreamError({ token: userAccessToken, videoId: userVideoLiveoId, shouldHaveError: false })
   })
 
   it('Should have max duration limit', async function () {
     this.timeout(60000)
 
-    await updateCustomSubConfig(servers[0].url, servers[0].accessToken, {
-      live: {
-        enabled: true,
-        allowReplay: true,
-        maxDuration: 1,
-        transcoding: {
+    await servers[0].config.updateCustomSubConfig({
+      newConfig: {
+        live: {
           enabled: true,
-          resolutions: getCustomConfigResolutions(true)
+          allowReplay: true,
+          maxDuration: 1,
+          transcoding: {
+            enabled: true,
+            resolutions: ConfigCommand.getCustomConfigResolutions(true)
+          }
         }
       }
     })
 
     const userVideoLiveoId = await createLiveWrapper(true)
-    await runAndTestFfmpegStreamError(servers[0].url, userAccessToken, userVideoLiveoId, true)
+    await servers[0].live.runAndTestStreamError({ token: userAccessToken, videoId: userVideoLiveoId, shouldHaveError: true })
 
     await waitUntilLivePublishedOnAllServers(userVideoLiveoId)
     await waitJobs(servers)
diff --git a/server/tests/api/live/live-permanent.ts b/server/tests/api/live/live-permanent.ts
index 71b7d28a8..f07d4cfec 100644
--- a/server/tests/api/live/live-permanent.ts
+++ b/server/tests/api/live/live-permanent.ts
@@ -2,59 +2,50 @@
 
 import 'mocha'
 import * as chai from 'chai'
-import { LiveVideoCreate, VideoDetails, VideoPrivacy, VideoState } from '@shared/models'
+import { LiveVideoCreate, VideoPrivacy, VideoState } from '@shared/models'
 import {
   cleanupTests,
-  createLive,
+  ConfigCommand,
+  createMultipleServers,
   doubleFollow,
-  flushAndRunMultipleServers,
-  getCustomConfigResolutions,
-  getLive,
-  getPlaylistsCount,
-  getVideo,
-  sendRTMPStreamInVideo,
-  ServerInfo,
+  PeerTubeServer,
   setAccessTokensToServers,
   setDefaultVideoChannel,
   stopFfmpeg,
-  updateCustomSubConfig,
-  updateLive,
   wait,
-  waitJobs,
-  waitUntilLivePublished,
-  waitUntilLiveWaiting
+  waitJobs
 } from '../../../../shared/extra-utils'
 
 const expect = chai.expect
 
 describe('Permanent live', function () {
-  let servers: ServerInfo[] = []
+  let servers: PeerTubeServer[] = []
   let videoUUID: string
 
   async function createLiveWrapper (permanentLive: boolean) {
     const attributes: LiveVideoCreate = {
-      channelId: servers[0].videoChannel.id,
+      channelId: servers[0].store.channel.id,
       privacy: VideoPrivacy.PUBLIC,
       name: 'my super live',
       saveReplay: false,
       permanentLive
     }
 
-    const res = await createLive(servers[0].url, servers[0].accessToken, attributes)
-    return res.body.video.uuid
+    const { uuid } = await servers[0].live.create({ fields: attributes })
+    return uuid
   }
 
   async function checkVideoState (videoId: string, state: VideoState) {
     for (const server of servers) {
-      const res = await getVideo(server.url, videoId)
-      expect((res.body as VideoDetails).state.id).to.equal(state)
+      const video = await server.videos.get({ id: videoId })
+      expect(video.state.id).to.equal(state)
     }
   }
 
   before(async function () {
     this.timeout(120000)
 
-    servers = await flushAndRunMultipleServers(2)
+    servers = await createMultipleServers(2)
 
     // Get the access tokens
     await setAccessTokensToServers(servers)
@@ -63,14 +54,16 @@ describe('Permanent live', function () {
     // Server 1 and server 2 follow each other
     await doubleFollow(servers[0], servers[1])
 
-    await updateCustomSubConfig(servers[0].url, servers[0].accessToken, {
-      live: {
-        enabled: true,
-        allowReplay: true,
-        maxDuration: -1,
-        transcoding: {
+    await servers[0].config.updateCustomSubConfig({
+      newConfig: {
+        live: {
           enabled: true,
-          resolutions: getCustomConfigResolutions(true)
+          allowReplay: true,
+          maxDuration: -1,
+          transcoding: {
+            enabled: true,
+            resolutions: ConfigCommand.getCustomConfigResolutions(true)
+          }
         }
       }
     })
@@ -82,15 +75,15 @@ describe('Permanent live', function () {
     const videoUUID = await createLiveWrapper(false)
 
     {
-      const res = await getLive(servers[0].url, servers[0].accessToken, videoUUID)
-      expect(res.body.permanentLive).to.be.false
+      const live = await servers[0].live.get({ videoId: videoUUID })
+      expect(live.permanentLive).to.be.false
     }
 
-    await updateLive(servers[0].url, servers[0].accessToken, videoUUID, { permanentLive: true })
+    await servers[0].live.update({ videoId: videoUUID, fields: { permanentLive: true } })
 
     {
-      const res = await getLive(servers[0].url, servers[0].accessToken, videoUUID)
-      expect(res.body.permanentLive).to.be.true
+      const live = await servers[0].live.get({ videoId: videoUUID })
+      expect(live.permanentLive).to.be.true
     }
   })
 
@@ -99,8 +92,8 @@ describe('Permanent live', function () {
 
     videoUUID = await createLiveWrapper(true)
 
-    const res = await getLive(servers[0].url, servers[0].accessToken, videoUUID)
-    expect(res.body.permanentLive).to.be.true
+    const live = await servers[0].live.get({ videoId: videoUUID })
+    expect(live.permanentLive).to.be.true
 
     await waitJobs(servers)
   })
@@ -108,16 +101,16 @@ describe('Permanent live', function () {
   it('Should stream into this permanent live', async function () {
     this.timeout(120000)
 
-    const command = await sendRTMPStreamInVideo(servers[0].url, servers[0].accessToken, videoUUID)
+    const ffmpegCommand = await servers[0].live.sendRTMPStreamInVideo({ videoId: videoUUID })
 
     for (const server of servers) {
-      await waitUntilLivePublished(server.url, server.accessToken, videoUUID)
+      await server.live.waitUntilPublished({ videoId: videoUUID })
     }
 
     await checkVideoState(videoUUID, VideoState.PUBLISHED)
 
-    await stopFfmpeg(command)
-    await waitUntilLiveWaiting(servers[0].url, servers[0].accessToken, videoUUID)
+    await stopFfmpeg(ffmpegCommand)
+    await servers[0].live.waitUntilWaiting({ videoId: videoUUID })
 
     await waitJobs(servers)
   })
@@ -129,9 +122,7 @@ describe('Permanent live', function () {
     await waitJobs(servers)
 
     for (const server of servers) {
-      const res = await getVideo(server.url, videoUUID)
-
-      const videoDetails = res.body as VideoDetails
+      const videoDetails = await server.videos.get({ id: videoUUID })
       expect(videoDetails.streamingPlaylists).to.have.lengthOf(1)
     }
   })
@@ -145,31 +136,33 @@ describe('Permanent live', function () {
   it('Should be able to stream again in the permanent live', async function () {
     this.timeout(20000)
 
-    await updateCustomSubConfig(servers[0].url, servers[0].accessToken, {
-      live: {
-        enabled: true,
-        allowReplay: true,
-        maxDuration: -1,
-        transcoding: {
+    await servers[0].config.updateCustomSubConfig({
+      newConfig: {
+        live: {
           enabled: true,
-          resolutions: getCustomConfigResolutions(false)
+          allowReplay: true,
+          maxDuration: -1,
+          transcoding: {
+            enabled: true,
+            resolutions: ConfigCommand.getCustomConfigResolutions(false)
+          }
         }
       }
     })
 
-    const command = await sendRTMPStreamInVideo(servers[0].url, servers[0].accessToken, videoUUID)
+    const ffmpegCommand = await servers[0].live.sendRTMPStreamInVideo({ videoId: videoUUID })
 
     for (const server of servers) {
-      await waitUntilLivePublished(server.url, server.accessToken, videoUUID)
+      await server.live.waitUntilPublished({ videoId: videoUUID })
     }
 
     await checkVideoState(videoUUID, VideoState.PUBLISHED)
 
-    const count = await getPlaylistsCount(servers[0], videoUUID)
+    const count = await servers[0].live.countPlaylists({ videoUUID })
     // master playlist and 720p playlist
     expect(count).to.equal(2)
 
-    await stopFfmpeg(command)
+    await stopFfmpeg(ffmpegCommand)
   })
 
   after(async function () {
diff --git a/server/tests/api/live/live-save-replay.ts b/server/tests/api/live/live-save-replay.ts
index 3d4736c8f..bd15396ec 100644
--- a/server/tests/api/live/live-save-replay.ts
+++ b/server/tests/api/live/live-save-replay.ts
@@ -3,97 +3,85 @@
 import 'mocha'
 import * as chai from 'chai'
 import { FfmpegCommand } from 'fluent-ffmpeg'
-import { LiveVideoCreate, VideoDetails, VideoPrivacy, VideoState } from '@shared/models'
-import { HttpStatusCode } from '../../../../shared/core-utils/miscs/http-error-codes'
 import {
-  addVideoToBlacklist,
   checkLiveCleanup,
   cleanupTests,
-  createLive,
+  ConfigCommand,
+  createMultipleServers,
   doubleFollow,
-  flushAndRunMultipleServers,
-  getCustomConfigResolutions,
-  getVideo,
-  getVideosList,
-  removeVideo,
-  sendRTMPStreamInVideo,
-  ServerInfo,
+  PeerTubeServer,
   setAccessTokensToServers,
   setDefaultVideoChannel,
   stopFfmpeg,
   testFfmpegStreamError,
-  updateCustomSubConfig,
-  updateVideo,
   wait,
-  waitJobs,
-  waitUntilLiveEnded,
-  waitUntilLivePublished,
-  waitUntilLiveSaved
-} from '../../../../shared/extra-utils'
+  waitJobs
+} from '@shared/extra-utils'
+import { HttpStatusCode, LiveVideoCreate, VideoPrivacy, VideoState } from '@shared/models'
 
 const expect = chai.expect
 
 describe('Save replay setting', function () {
-  let servers: ServerInfo[] = []
+  let servers: PeerTubeServer[] = []
   let liveVideoUUID: string
   let ffmpegCommand: FfmpegCommand
 
   async function createLiveWrapper (saveReplay: boolean) {
     if (liveVideoUUID) {
       try {
-        await removeVideo(servers[0].url, servers[0].accessToken, liveVideoUUID)
+        await servers[0].videos.remove({ id: liveVideoUUID })
         await waitJobs(servers)
       } catch {}
     }
 
     const attributes: LiveVideoCreate = {
-      channelId: servers[0].videoChannel.id,
+      channelId: servers[0].store.channel.id,
       privacy: VideoPrivacy.PUBLIC,
       name: 'my super live',
       saveReplay
     }
 
-    const res = await createLive(servers[0].url, servers[0].accessToken, attributes)
-    return res.body.video.uuid
+    const { uuid } = await servers[0].live.create({ fields: attributes })
+    return uuid
   }
 
-  async function checkVideosExist (videoId: string, existsInList: boolean, getStatus?: number) {
+  async function checkVideosExist (videoId: string, existsInList: boolean, expectedStatus?: number) {
     for (const server of servers) {
       const length = existsInList ? 1 : 0
 
-      const resVideos = await getVideosList(server.url)
-      expect(resVideos.body.data).to.have.lengthOf(length)
-      expect(resVideos.body.total).to.equal(length)
+      const { data, total } = await server.videos.list()
+      expect(data).to.have.lengthOf(length)
+      expect(total).to.equal(length)
 
-      if (getStatus) {
-        await getVideo(server.url, videoId, getStatus)
+      if (expectedStatus) {
+        await server.videos.get({ id: videoId, expectedStatus })
       }
     }
   }
 
   async function checkVideoState (videoId: string, state: VideoState) {
     for (const server of servers) {
-      const res = await getVideo(server.url, videoId)
-      expect((res.body as VideoDetails).state.id).to.equal(state)
+      const video = await server.videos.get({ id: videoId })
+      expect(video.state.id).to.equal(state)
     }
   }
 
   async function waitUntilLivePublishedOnAllServers (videoId: string) {
     for (const server of servers) {
-      await waitUntilLivePublished(server.url, server.accessToken, videoId)
+      await server.live.waitUntilPublished({ videoId })
     }
   }
 
   async function waitUntilLiveSavedOnAllServers (videoId: string) {
     for (const server of servers) {
-      await waitUntilLiveSaved(server.url, server.accessToken, videoId)
+      await server.live.waitUntilSaved({ videoId })
     }
   }
 
   before(async function () {
     this.timeout(120000)
 
-    servers = await flushAndRunMultipleServers(2)
+    servers = await createMultipleServers(2)
 
     // Get the access tokens
     await setAccessTokensToServers(servers)
@@ -102,14 +90,16 @@ describe('Save replay setting', function () {
     // Server 1 and server 2 follow each other
     await doubleFollow(servers[0], servers[1])
 
-    await updateCustomSubConfig(servers[0].url, servers[0].accessToken, {
-      live: {
-        enabled: true,
-        allowReplay: true,
-        maxDuration: -1,
-        transcoding: {
-          enabled: false,
-          resolutions: getCustomConfigResolutions(true)
+    await servers[0].config.updateCustomSubConfig({
+      newConfig: {
+        live: {
+          enabled: true,
+          allowReplay: true,
+          maxDuration: -1,
+          transcoding: {
+            enabled: false,
+            resolutions: ConfigCommand.getCustomConfigResolutions(true)
+          }
         }
       }
     })
@@ -135,7 +125,7 @@ describe('Save replay setting', function () {
     it('Should correctly have updated the live and federated it when streaming in the live', async function () {
       this.timeout(30000)
 
-      ffmpegCommand = await sendRTMPStreamInVideo(servers[0].url, servers[0].accessToken, liveVideoUUID)
+      ffmpegCommand = await servers[0].live.sendRTMPStreamInVideo({ videoId: liveVideoUUID })
 
       await waitUntilLivePublishedOnAllServers(liveVideoUUID)
 
@@ -151,7 +141,7 @@ describe('Save replay setting', function () {
       await stopFfmpeg(ffmpegCommand)
 
       for (const server of servers) {
-        await waitUntilLiveEnded(server.url, server.accessToken, liveVideoUUID)
+        await server.live.waitUntilEnded({ videoId: liveVideoUUID })
       }
       await waitJobs(servers)
 
@@ -168,7 +158,7 @@ describe('Save replay setting', function () {
 
       liveVideoUUID = await createLiveWrapper(false)
 
-      ffmpegCommand = await sendRTMPStreamInVideo(servers[0].url, servers[0].accessToken, liveVideoUUID)
+      ffmpegCommand = await servers[0].live.sendRTMPStreamInVideo({ videoId: liveVideoUUID })
 
       await waitUntilLivePublishedOnAllServers(liveVideoUUID)
 
@@ -176,7 +166,7 @@ describe('Save replay setting', function () {
       await checkVideosExist(liveVideoUUID, true, HttpStatusCode.OK_200)
 
       await Promise.all([
-        addVideoToBlacklist(servers[0].url, servers[0].accessToken, liveVideoUUID, 'bad live', true),
+        servers[0].blacklist.add({ videoId: liveVideoUUID, reason: 'bad live', unfederate: true }),
         testFfmpegStreamError(ffmpegCommand, true)
       ])
 
@@ -184,8 +174,8 @@ describe('Save replay setting', function () {
 
       await checkVideosExist(liveVideoUUID, false)
 
-      await getVideo(servers[0].url, liveVideoUUID, HttpStatusCode.UNAUTHORIZED_401)
-      await getVideo(servers[1].url, liveVideoUUID, HttpStatusCode.NOT_FOUND_404)
+      await servers[0].videos.get({ id: liveVideoUUID, expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.UNAUTHORIZED_401 })
+      await servers[1].videos.get({ id: liveVideoUUID, expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.NOT_FOUND_404 })
 
       await wait(5000)
       await waitJobs(servers)
@@ -197,7 +187,7 @@ describe('Save replay setting', function () {
 
       liveVideoUUID = await createLiveWrapper(false)
 
-      ffmpegCommand = await sendRTMPStreamInVideo(servers[0].url, servers[0].accessToken, liveVideoUUID)
+      ffmpegCommand = await servers[0].live.sendRTMPStreamInVideo({ videoId: liveVideoUUID })
 
       await waitUntilLivePublishedOnAllServers(liveVideoUUID)
 
@@ -206,7 +196,7 @@ describe('Save replay setting', function () {
 
       await Promise.all([
         testFfmpegStreamError(ffmpegCommand, true),
-        removeVideo(servers[0].url, servers[0].accessToken, liveVideoUUID)
+        servers[0].videos.remove({ id: liveVideoUUID })
       ])
 
       await wait(5000)
@@ -233,7 +223,7 @@ describe('Save replay setting', function () {
     it('Should correctly have updated the live and federated it when streaming in the live', async function () {
       this.timeout(20000)
 
-      ffmpegCommand = await sendRTMPStreamInVideo(servers[0].url, servers[0].accessToken, liveVideoUUID)
+      ffmpegCommand = await servers[0].live.sendRTMPStreamInVideo({ videoId: liveVideoUUID })
       await waitUntilLivePublishedOnAllServers(liveVideoUUID)
 
       await waitJobs(servers)
@@ -258,13 +248,13 @@ describe('Save replay setting', function () {
     it('Should update the saved live and correctly federate the updated attributes', async function () {
       this.timeout(30000)
 
-      await updateVideo(servers[0].url, servers[0].accessToken, liveVideoUUID, { name: 'video updated' })
+      await servers[0].videos.update({ id: liveVideoUUID, attributes: { name: 'video updated' } })
       await waitJobs(servers)
 
       for (const server of servers) {
-        const res = await getVideo(server.url, liveVideoUUID)
-        expect(res.body.name).to.equal('video updated')
-        expect(res.body.isLive).to.be.false
+        const video = await server.videos.get({ id: liveVideoUUID })
+        expect(video.name).to.equal('video updated')
+        expect(video.isLive).to.be.false
       }
     })
 
@@ -277,14 +267,14 @@ describe('Save replay setting', function () {
 
       liveVideoUUID = await createLiveWrapper(true)
 
-      ffmpegCommand = await sendRTMPStreamInVideo(servers[0].url, servers[0].accessToken, liveVideoUUID)
+      ffmpegCommand = await servers[0].live.sendRTMPStreamInVideo({ videoId: liveVideoUUID })
       await waitUntilLivePublishedOnAllServers(liveVideoUUID)
 
       await waitJobs(servers)
       await checkVideosExist(liveVideoUUID, true, HttpStatusCode.OK_200)
 
       await Promise.all([
-        addVideoToBlacklist(servers[0].url, servers[0].accessToken, liveVideoUUID, 'bad live', true),
+        servers[0].blacklist.add({ videoId: liveVideoUUID, reason: 'bad live', unfederate: true }),
         testFfmpegStreamError(ffmpegCommand, true)
       ])
 
@@ -292,8 +282,8 @@ describe('Save replay setting', function () {
 
       await checkVideosExist(liveVideoUUID, false)
 
-      await getVideo(servers[0].url, liveVideoUUID, HttpStatusCode.UNAUTHORIZED_401)
-      await getVideo(servers[1].url, liveVideoUUID, HttpStatusCode.NOT_FOUND_404)
+      await servers[0].videos.get({ id: liveVideoUUID, expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.UNAUTHORIZED_401 })
+      await servers[1].videos.get({ id: liveVideoUUID, expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.NOT_FOUND_404 })
 
       await wait(5000)
       await waitJobs(servers)
@@ -305,14 +295,14 @@ describe('Save replay setting', function () {
 
       liveVideoUUID = await createLiveWrapper(true)
 
-      ffmpegCommand = await sendRTMPStreamInVideo(servers[0].url, servers[0].accessToken, liveVideoUUID)
+      ffmpegCommand = await servers[0].live.sendRTMPStreamInVideo({ videoId: liveVideoUUID })
       await waitUntilLivePublishedOnAllServers(liveVideoUUID)
 
       await waitJobs(servers)
       await checkVideosExist(liveVideoUUID, true, HttpStatusCode.OK_200)
 
       await Promise.all([
-        removeVideo(servers[0].url, servers[0].accessToken, liveVideoUUID),
+        servers[0].videos.remove({ id: liveVideoUUID }),
         testFfmpegStreamError(ffmpegCommand, true)
       ])
 
diff --git a/server/tests/api/live/live-socket-messages.ts b/server/tests/api/live/live-socket-messages.ts
index e00909ade..2a1f9f108 100644
--- a/server/tests/api/live/live-socket-messages.ts
+++ b/server/tests/api/live/live-socket-messages.ts
@@ -2,47 +2,42 @@
 
 import 'mocha'
 import * as chai from 'chai'
-import { getLiveNotificationSocket } from '@shared/extra-utils/socket/socket-io'
 import { VideoPrivacy, VideoState } from '@shared/models'
 import {
   cleanupTests,
-  createLive,
+  createMultipleServers,
   doubleFollow,
-  flushAndRunMultipleServers,
-  getVideoIdFromUUID,
-  sendRTMPStreamInVideo,
-  ServerInfo,
+  PeerTubeServer,
   setAccessTokensToServers,
   setDefaultVideoChannel,
   stopFfmpeg,
-  updateCustomSubConfig,
-  viewVideo,
   wait,
   waitJobs,
-  waitUntilLiveEnded,
   waitUntilLivePublishedOnAllServers
 } from '../../../../shared/extra-utils'
 
 const expect = chai.expect
 
 describe('Test live', function () {
-  let servers: ServerInfo[] = []
+  let servers: PeerTubeServer[] = []
 
   before(async function () {
     this.timeout(120000)
 
-    servers = await flushAndRunMultipleServers(2)
+    servers = await createMultipleServers(2)
 
     // Get the access tokens
     await setAccessTokensToServers(servers)
     await setDefaultVideoChannel(servers)
 
-    await updateCustomSubConfig(servers[0].url, servers[0].accessToken, {
-      live: {
-        enabled: true,
-        allowReplay: true,
-        transcoding: {
-          enabled: false
+    await servers[0].config.updateCustomSubConfig({
+      newConfig: {
+        live: {
+          enabled: true,
+          allowReplay: true,
+          transcoding: {
+            enabled: false
+          }
         }
       }
     })
@@ -56,12 +51,12 @@ describe('Test live', function () {
     async function createLiveWrapper () {
       const liveAttributes = {
         name: 'live video',
-        channelId: servers[0].videoChannel.id,
+        channelId: servers[0].store.channel.id,
         privacy: VideoPrivacy.PUBLIC
       }
 
-      const res = await createLive(servers[0].url, servers[0].accessToken, liveAttributes)
-      return res.body.video.uuid
+      const { uuid } = await servers[0].live.create({ fields: liveAttributes })
+      return uuid
     }
 
     it('Should correctly send a message when the live starts and ends', async function () {
@@ -74,22 +69,22 @@ describe('Test live', function () {
       await waitJobs(servers)
 
       {
-        const videoId = await getVideoIdFromUUID(servers[0].url, liveVideoUUID)
+        const videoId = await servers[0].videos.getId({ uuid: liveVideoUUID })
 
-        const localSocket = getLiveNotificationSocket(servers[0].url)
+        const localSocket = servers[0].socketIO.getLiveNotificationSocket()
         localSocket.on('state-change', data => localStateChanges.push(data.state))
         localSocket.emit('subscribe', { videoId })
       }
 
       {
-        const videoId = await getVideoIdFromUUID(servers[1].url, liveVideoUUID)
+        const videoId = await servers[1].videos.getId({ uuid: liveVideoUUID })
 
-        const remoteSocket = getLiveNotificationSocket(servers[1].url)
+        const remoteSocket = servers[1].socketIO.getLiveNotificationSocket()
         remoteSocket.on('state-change', data => remoteStateChanges.push(data.state))
         remoteSocket.emit('subscribe', { videoId })
       }
 
-      const command = await sendRTMPStreamInVideo(servers[0].url, servers[0].accessToken, liveVideoUUID)
+      const ffmpegCommand = await servers[0].live.sendRTMPStreamInVideo({ videoId: liveVideoUUID })
 
       await waitUntilLivePublishedOnAllServers(servers, liveVideoUUID)
       await waitJobs(servers)
@@ -99,10 +94,10 @@ describe('Test live', function () {
         expect(stateChanges[stateChanges.length - 1]).to.equal(VideoState.PUBLISHED)
       }
 
-      await stopFfmpeg(command)
+      await stopFfmpeg(ffmpegCommand)
 
       for (const server of servers) {
-        await waitUntilLiveEnded(server.url, server.accessToken, liveVideoUUID)
+        await server.live.waitUntilEnded({ videoId: liveVideoUUID })
       }
       await waitJobs(servers)
 
@@ -122,22 +117,22 @@ describe('Test live', function () {
       await waitJobs(servers)
 
       {
-        const videoId = await getVideoIdFromUUID(servers[0].url, liveVideoUUID)
+        const videoId = await servers[0].videos.getId({ uuid: liveVideoUUID })
 
-        const localSocket = getLiveNotificationSocket(servers[0].url)
+        const localSocket = servers[0].socketIO.getLiveNotificationSocket()
         localSocket.on('views-change', data => { localLastVideoViews = data.views })
         localSocket.emit('subscribe', { videoId })
       }
 
       {
-        const videoId = await getVideoIdFromUUID(servers[1].url, liveVideoUUID)
+        const videoId = await servers[1].videos.getId({ uuid: liveVideoUUID })
 
-        const remoteSocket = getLiveNotificationSocket(servers[1].url)
+        const remoteSocket = servers[1].socketIO.getLiveNotificationSocket()
         remoteSocket.on('views-change', data => { remoteLastVideoViews = data.views })
         remoteSocket.emit('subscribe', { videoId })
       }
 
-      const command = await sendRTMPStreamInVideo(servers[0].url, servers[0].accessToken, liveVideoUUID)
+      const ffmpegCommand = await servers[0].live.sendRTMPStreamInVideo({ videoId: liveVideoUUID })
 
       await waitUntilLivePublishedOnAllServers(servers, liveVideoUUID)
       await waitJobs(servers)
@@ -145,8 +140,8 @@ describe('Test live', function () {
       expect(localLastVideoViews).to.equal(0)
       expect(remoteLastVideoViews).to.equal(0)
 
-      await viewVideo(servers[0].url, liveVideoUUID)
-      await viewVideo(servers[1].url, liveVideoUUID)
+      await servers[0].videos.view({ id: liveVideoUUID })
+      await servers[1].videos.view({ id: liveVideoUUID })
 
       await waitJobs(servers)
       await wait(5000)
@@ -155,7 +150,7 @@ describe('Test live', function () {
       expect(localLastVideoViews).to.equal(2)
       expect(remoteLastVideoViews).to.equal(2)
 
-      await stopFfmpeg(command)
+      await stopFfmpeg(ffmpegCommand)
     })
 
     it('Should not receive a notification after unsubscribe', async function () {
@@ -166,13 +161,13 @@ describe('Test live', function () {
       const liveVideoUUID = await createLiveWrapper()
       await waitJobs(servers)
 
-      const videoId = await getVideoIdFromUUID(servers[0].url, liveVideoUUID)
+      const videoId = await servers[0].videos.getId({ uuid: liveVideoUUID })
 
-      const socket = getLiveNotificationSocket(servers[0].url)
+      const socket = servers[0].socketIO.getLiveNotificationSocket()
       socket.on('state-change', data => stateChanges.push(data.state))
       socket.emit('subscribe', { videoId })
 
-      const command = await sendRTMPStreamInVideo(servers[0].url, servers[0].accessToken, liveVideoUUID)
+      const command = await servers[0].live.sendRTMPStreamInVideo({ videoId: liveVideoUUID })
 
       await waitUntilLivePublishedOnAllServers(servers, liveVideoUUID)
       await waitJobs(servers)
diff --git a/server/tests/api/live/live-views.ts b/server/tests/api/live/live-views.ts
index a44d21ffa..5e3a79c64 100644
--- a/server/tests/api/live/live-views.ts
+++ b/server/tests/api/live/live-views.ts
@@ -3,20 +3,15 @@
 import 'mocha'
 import * as chai from 'chai'
 import { FfmpegCommand } from 'fluent-ffmpeg'
-import { VideoDetails, VideoPrivacy } from '@shared/models'
+import { VideoPrivacy } from '@shared/models'
 import {
   cleanupTests,
-  createLive,
+  createMultipleServers,
   doubleFollow,
-  flushAndRunMultipleServers,
-  getVideo,
-  sendRTMPStreamInVideo,
-  ServerInfo,
+  PeerTubeServer,
   setAccessTokensToServers,
   setDefaultVideoChannel,
   stopFfmpeg,
-  updateCustomSubConfig,
-  viewVideo,
   wait,
   waitJobs,
   waitUntilLivePublishedOnAllServers
@@ -25,23 +20,25 @@ import {
 const expect = chai.expect
 
 describe('Test live', function () {
-  let servers: ServerInfo[] = []
+  let servers: PeerTubeServer[] = []
 
   before(async function () {
     this.timeout(120000)
 
-    servers = await flushAndRunMultipleServers(2)
+    servers = await createMultipleServers(2)
 
     // Get the access tokens
     await setAccessTokensToServers(servers)
     await setDefaultVideoChannel(servers)
 
-    await updateCustomSubConfig(servers[0].url, servers[0].accessToken, {
-      live: {
-        enabled: true,
-        allowReplay: true,
-        transcoding: {
-          enabled: false
+    await servers[0].config.updateCustomSubConfig({
+      newConfig: {
+        live: {
+          enabled: true,
+          allowReplay: true,
+          transcoding: {
+            enabled: false
+          }
         }
       }
     })
@@ -56,9 +53,7 @@ describe('Test live', function () {
 
     async function countViews (expected: number) {
       for (const server of servers) {
-        const res = await getVideo(server.url, liveVideoId)
-        const video: VideoDetails = res.body
-
+        const video = await server.videos.get({ id: liveVideoId })
         expect(video.views).to.equal(expected)
       }
     }
@@ -68,14 +63,14 @@ describe('Test live', function () {
 
       const liveAttributes = {
         name: 'live video',
-        channelId: servers[0].videoChannel.id,
+        channelId: servers[0].store.channel.id,
         privacy: VideoPrivacy.PUBLIC
       }
 
-      const res = await createLive(servers[0].url, servers[0].accessToken, liveAttributes)
-      liveVideoId = res.body.video.uuid
+      const live = await servers[0].live.create({ fields: liveAttributes })
+      liveVideoId = live.uuid
 
-      command = await sendRTMPStreamInVideo(servers[0].url, servers[0].accessToken, liveVideoId)
+      command = await servers[0].live.sendRTMPStreamInVideo({ videoId: liveVideoId })
       await waitUntilLivePublishedOnAllServers(servers, liveVideoId)
       await waitJobs(servers)
     })
@@ -87,8 +82,8 @@ describe('Test live', function () {
     it('Should view a live twice and display 1 view', async function () {
       this.timeout(30000)
 
-      await viewVideo(servers[0].url, liveVideoId)
-      await viewVideo(servers[0].url, liveVideoId)
+      await servers[0].videos.view({ id: liveVideoId })
+      await servers[0].videos.view({ id: liveVideoId })
 
       await wait(7000)
 
@@ -109,9 +104,9 @@ describe('Test live', function () {
     it('Should view a live on a remote and on local and display 2 views', async function () {
       this.timeout(30000)
 
-      await viewVideo(servers[0].url, liveVideoId)
-      await viewVideo(servers[1].url, liveVideoId)
-      await viewVideo(servers[1].url, liveVideoId)
+      await servers[0].videos.view({ id: liveVideoId })
+      await servers[1].videos.view({ id: liveVideoId })
+      await servers[1].videos.view({ id: liveVideoId })
 
       await wait(7000)
       await waitJobs(servers)
diff --git a/server/tests/api/live/live.ts b/server/tests/api/live/live.ts
index 50397924e..4676a840a 100644
--- a/server/tests/api/live/live.ts
+++ b/server/tests/api/live/live.ts
@@ -4,73 +4,68 @@ import 'mocha'
 import * as chai from 'chai'
 import { join } from 'path'
 import { ffprobePromise, getVideoStreamFromFile } from '@server/helpers/ffprobe-utils'
-import { LiveVideo, LiveVideoCreate, Video, VideoDetails, VideoPrivacy, VideoState, VideoStreamingPlaylistType } from '@shared/models'
-import { HttpStatusCode } from '../../../../shared/core-utils/miscs/http-error-codes'
 import {
-  addVideoToBlacklist,
-  buildServerDirectory,
   checkLiveCleanup,
   checkLiveSegmentHash,
   checkResolutionsInMasterPlaylist,
   cleanupTests,
-  createLive,
+  createMultipleServers,
   doubleFollow,
-  flushAndRunMultipleServers,
-  getLive,
-  getMyVideosWithFilter,
-  getPlaylist,
-  getVideo,
-  getVideosList,
-  getVideosWithFilters,
   killallServers,
+  LiveCommand,
   makeRawRequest,
-  removeVideo,
-  reRunServer,
+  PeerTubeServer,
   sendRTMPStream,
-  sendRTMPStreamInVideo,
-  ServerInfo,
   setAccessTokensToServers,
   setDefaultVideoChannel,
   stopFfmpeg,
   testFfmpegStreamError,
   testImage,
-  updateCustomSubConfig,
-  updateLive,
-  uploadVideoAndGetId,
   wait,
   waitJobs,
-  waitUntilLiveEnded,
-  waitUntilLivePublished,
-  waitUntilLivePublishedOnAllServers,
-  waitUntilLiveSegmentGeneration
-} from '../../../../shared/extra-utils'
+  waitUntilLivePublishedOnAllServers
+} from '@shared/extra-utils'
+import {
+  HttpStatusCode,
+  LiveVideo,
+  LiveVideoCreate,
+  VideoDetails,
+  VideoPrivacy,
+  VideoState,
+  VideoStreamingPlaylistType
+} from '@shared/models'
 
 const expect = chai.expect
 
 describe('Test live', function () {
-  let servers: ServerInfo[] = []
+  let servers: PeerTubeServer[] = []
+  let commands: LiveCommand[]
 
   before(async function () {
     this.timeout(120000)
 
-    servers = await flushAndRunMultipleServers(2)
+    servers = await createMultipleServers(2)
 
     // Get the access tokens
     await setAccessTokensToServers(servers)
     await setDefaultVideoChannel(servers)
 
-    await updateCustomSubConfig(servers[0].url, servers[0].accessToken, {
-      live: {
-        enabled: true,
-        allowReplay: true,
-        transcoding: {
-          enabled: false
+    await servers[0].config.updateCustomSubConfig({
+      newConfig: {
+        live: {
+          enabled: true,
+          allowReplay: true,
+          transcoding: {
+            enabled: false
+          }
         }
       }
     })
 
     // Server 1 and server 2 follow each other
     await doubleFollow(servers[0], servers[1])
+
+    commands = servers.map(s => s.live)
   })
 
   describe('Live creation, update and delete', function () {
@@ -85,7 +80,7 @@ describe('Test live', function () {
         language: 'fr',
         description: 'super live description',
         support: 'support field',
-        channelId: servers[0].videoChannel.id,
+        channelId: servers[0].store.channel.id,
         nsfw: false,
         waitTranscoding: false,
         name: 'my super live',
@@ -98,14 +93,13 @@ describe('Test live', function () {
         thumbnailfile: 'video_short1.webm.jpg'
       }
 
-      const res = await createLive(servers[0].url, servers[0].accessToken, attributes)
-      liveVideoUUID = res.body.video.uuid
+      const live = await commands[0].create({ fields: attributes })
+      liveVideoUUID = live.uuid
 
       await waitJobs(servers)
 
       for (const server of servers) {
-        const resVideo = await getVideo(server.url, liveVideoUUID)
-        const video: VideoDetails = resVideo.body
+        const video = await server.videos.get({ id: liveVideoUUID })
 
         expect(video.category.id).to.equal(1)
         expect(video.licence.id).to.equal(2)
@@ -113,8 +107,8 @@ describe('Test live', function () {
         expect(video.description).to.equal('super live description')
         expect(video.support).to.equal('support field')
 
-        expect(video.channel.name).to.equal(servers[0].videoChannel.name)
-        expect(video.channel.host).to.equal(servers[0].videoChannel.host)
+        expect(video.channel.name).to.equal(servers[0].store.channel.name)
+        expect(video.channel.host).to.equal(servers[0].store.channel.host)
 
         expect(video.isLive).to.be.true
 
@@ -129,8 +123,7 @@ describe('Test live', function () {
         await testImage(server.url, 'video_short1-preview.webm', video.previewPath)
         await testImage(server.url, 'video_short1.webm', video.thumbnailPath)
 
-        const resLive = await getLive(server.url, server.accessToken, liveVideoUUID)
-        const live: LiveVideo = resLive.body
+        const live = await server.live.get({ videoId: liveVideoUUID })
 
         if (server.url === servers[0].url) {
           expect(live.rtmpUrl).to.equal('rtmp://' + server.hostname + ':' + servers[0].rtmpPort + '/live')
@@ -149,20 +142,18 @@ describe('Test live', function () {
 
       const attributes: LiveVideoCreate = {
         name: 'default live thumbnail',
-        channelId: servers[0].videoChannel.id,
+        channelId: servers[0].store.channel.id,
         privacy: VideoPrivacy.UNLISTED,
         nsfw: true
       }
 
-      const res = await createLive(servers[0].url, servers[0].accessToken, attributes)
-      const videoId = res.body.video.uuid
+      const live = await commands[0].create({ fields: attributes })
+      const videoId = live.uuid
 
       await waitJobs(servers)
 
       for (const server of servers) {
-        const resVideo = await getVideo(server.url, videoId)
-        const video: VideoDetails = resVideo.body
-
+        const video = await server.videos.get({ id: videoId })
         expect(video.privacy.id).to.equal(VideoPrivacy.UNLISTED)
         expect(video.nsfw).to.be.true
 
@@ -173,28 +164,27 @@ describe('Test live', function () {
 
     it('Should not have the live listed since nobody streams into', async function () {
       for (const server of servers) {
-        const res = await getVideosList(server.url)
+        const { total, data } = await server.videos.list()
 
-        expect(res.body.total).to.equal(0)
-        expect(res.body.data).to.have.lengthOf(0)
+        expect(total).to.equal(0)
+        expect(data).to.have.lengthOf(0)
       }
     })
 
     it('Should not be able to update a live of another server', async function () {
-      await updateLive(servers[1].url, servers[1].accessToken, liveVideoUUID, { saveReplay: false }, HttpStatusCode.FORBIDDEN_403)
+      await commands[1].update({ videoId: liveVideoUUID, fields: { saveReplay: false }, expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.FORBIDDEN_403 })
     })
 
     it('Should update the live', async function () {
       this.timeout(10000)
 
-      await updateLive(servers[0].url, servers[0].accessToken, liveVideoUUID, { saveReplay: false })
+      await commands[0].update({ videoId: liveVideoUUID, fields: { saveReplay: false } })
       await waitJobs(servers)
     })
 
     it('Have the live updated', async function () {
       for (const server of servers) {
-        const res = await getLive(server.url, server.accessToken, liveVideoUUID)
-        const live: LiveVideo = res.body
+        const live = await server.live.get({ videoId: liveVideoUUID })
 
         if (server.url === servers[0].url) {
           expect(live.rtmpUrl).to.equal('rtmp://' + server.hostname + ':' + servers[0].rtmpPort + '/live')
@@ -211,77 +201,75 @@ describe('Test live', function () {
     it('Delete the live', async function () {
       this.timeout(10000)
 
-      await removeVideo(servers[0].url, servers[0].accessToken, liveVideoUUID)
+      await servers[0].videos.remove({ id: liveVideoUUID })
       await waitJobs(servers)
     })
 
     it('Should have the live deleted', async function () {
       for (const server of servers) {
-        await getVideo(server.url, liveVideoUUID, HttpStatusCode.NOT_FOUND_404)
-        await getLive(server.url, server.accessToken, liveVideoUUID, HttpStatusCode.NOT_FOUND_404)
+        await server.videos.get({ id: liveVideoUUID, expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.NOT_FOUND_404 })
+        await server.live.get({ videoId: liveVideoUUID, expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.NOT_FOUND_404 })
       }
     })
   })
 
   describe('Live filters', function () {
-    let command: any
+    let ffmpegCommand: any
     let liveVideoId: string
     let vodVideoId: string
 
     before(async function () {
       this.timeout(120000)
 
-      vodVideoId = (await uploadVideoAndGetId({ server: servers[0], videoName: 'vod video' })).uuid
+      vodVideoId = (await servers[0].videos.quickUpload({ name: 'vod video' })).uuid
 
-      const liveOptions = { name: 'live', privacy: VideoPrivacy.PUBLIC, channelId: servers[0].videoChannel.id }
-      const resLive = await createLive(servers[0].url, servers[0].accessToken, liveOptions)
-      liveVideoId = resLive.body.video.uuid
+      const liveOptions = { name: 'live', privacy: VideoPrivacy.PUBLIC, channelId: servers[0].store.channel.id }
+      const live = await commands[0].create({ fields: liveOptions })
+      liveVideoId = live.uuid
 
-      command = await sendRTMPStreamInVideo(servers[0].url, servers[0].accessToken, liveVideoId)
+      ffmpegCommand = await servers[0].live.sendRTMPStreamInVideo({ videoId: liveVideoId })
       await waitUntilLivePublishedOnAllServers(servers, liveVideoId)
       await waitJobs(servers)
     })
 
     it('Should only display lives', async function () {
-      const res = await getVideosWithFilters(servers[0].url, { isLive: true })
+      const { data, total } = await servers[0].videos.list({ isLive: true })
 
-      expect(res.body.total).to.equal(1)
-      expect(res.body.data).to.have.lengthOf(1)
-      expect(res.body.data[0].name).to.equal('live')
+      expect(total).to.equal(1)
+      expect(data).to.have.lengthOf(1)
+      expect(data[0].name).to.equal('live')
     })
 
     it('Should not display lives', async function () {
-      const res = await getVideosWithFilters(servers[0].url, { isLive: false })
+      const { data, total } = await servers[0].videos.list({ isLive: false })
 
-      expect(res.body.total).to.equal(1)
-      expect(res.body.data).to.have.lengthOf(1)
-      expect(res.body.data[0].name).to.equal('vod video')
+      expect(total).to.equal(1)
+      expect(data).to.have.lengthOf(1)
+      expect(data[0].name).to.equal('vod video')
     })
 
     it('Should display my lives', async function () {
       this.timeout(60000)
 
-      await stopFfmpeg(command)
+      await stopFfmpeg(ffmpegCommand)
       await waitJobs(servers)
 
-      const res = await getMyVideosWithFilter(servers[0].url, servers[0].accessToken, { isLive: true })
-      const videos = res.body.data as Video[]
+      const { data } = await servers[0].videos.listMyVideos({ isLive: true })
 
-      const result = videos.every(v => v.isLive)
+      const result = data.every(v => v.isLive)
       expect(result).to.be.true
     })
 
     it('Should not display my lives', async function () {
-      const res = await getMyVideosWithFilter(servers[0].url, servers[0].accessToken, { isLive: false })
-      const videos = res.body.data as Video[]
+      const { data } = await servers[0].videos.listMyVideos({ isLive: false })
 
-      const result = videos.every(v => !v.isLive)
+      const result = data.every(v => !v.isLive)
       expect(result).to.be.true
     })
 
     after(async function () {
-      await removeVideo(servers[0].url, servers[0].accessToken, vodVideoId)
-      await removeVideo(servers[0].url, servers[0].accessToken, liveVideoId)
+      await servers[0].videos.remove({ id: vodVideoId })
+      await servers[0].videos.remove({ id: liveVideoId })
     })
   })
 
@@ -296,18 +284,17 @@ describe('Test live', function () {
     async function createLiveWrapper () {
       const liveAttributes = {
         name: 'user live',
-        channelId: servers[0].videoChannel.id,
+        channelId: servers[0].store.channel.id,
         privacy: VideoPrivacy.PUBLIC,
         saveReplay: false
       }
 
-      const res = await createLive(servers[0].url, servers[0].accessToken, liveAttributes)
-      const uuid = res.body.video.uuid
+      const { uuid } = await commands[0].create({ fields: liveAttributes })
 
-      const resLive = await getLive(servers[0].url, servers[0].accessToken, uuid)
-      const resVideo = await getVideo(servers[0].url, uuid)
+      const live = await commands[0].get({ videoId: uuid })
+      const video = await servers[0].videos.get({ id: uuid })
 
-      return Object.assign(resVideo.body, resLive.body) as LiveVideo & VideoDetails
+      return Object.assign(video, live)
     }
 
     it('Should not allow a stream without the appropriate path', async function () {
@@ -335,13 +322,12 @@ describe('Test live', function () {
 
     it('Should list this live now someone stream into it', async function () {
       for (const server of servers) {
-        const res = await getVideosList(server.url)
-
-        expect(res.body.total).to.equal(1)
-        expect(res.body.data).to.have.lengthOf(1)
+        const { total, data } = await server.videos.list()
 
-        const video: Video = res.body.data[0]
+        expect(total).to.equal(1)
+        expect(data).to.have.lengthOf(1)
 
+        const video = data[0]
         expect(video.name).to.equal('user live')
         expect(video.isLive).to.be.true
       }
@@ -352,7 +338,7 @@ describe('Test live', function () {
 
       liveVideo = await createLiveWrapper()
 
-      await addVideoToBlacklist(servers[0].url, servers[0].accessToken, liveVideo.uuid)
+      await servers[0].blacklist.add({ videoId: liveVideo.uuid })
 
       const command = sendRTMPStream(rtmpUrl + '/live', liveVideo.streamKey)
       await testFfmpegStreamError(command, true)
@@ -363,7 +349,7 @@ describe('Test live', function () {
 
       liveVideo = await createLiveWrapper()
 
-      await removeVideo(servers[0].url, servers[0].accessToken, liveVideo.uuid)
+      await servers[0].videos.remove({ id: liveVideo.uuid })
 
       const command = sendRTMPStream(rtmpUrl + '/live', liveVideo.streamKey)
       await testFfmpegStreamError(command, true)
@@ -376,24 +362,21 @@ describe('Test live', function () {
     async function createLiveWrapper (saveReplay: boolean) {
       const liveAttributes = {
         name: 'live video',
-        channelId: servers[0].videoChannel.id,
+        channelId: servers[0].store.channel.id,
         privacy: VideoPrivacy.PUBLIC,
         saveReplay
       }
 
-      const res = await createLive(servers[0].url, servers[0].accessToken, liveAttributes)
-      return res.body.video.uuid
+      const { uuid } = await commands[0].create({ fields: liveAttributes })
+      return uuid
     }
 
     async function testVideoResolutions (liveVideoId: string, resolutions: number[]) {
       for (const server of servers) {
-        const resList = await getVideosList(server.url)
-        const videos: Video[] = resList.body.data
+        const { data } = await server.videos.list()
+        expect(data.find(v => v.uuid === liveVideoId)).to.exist
 
-        expect(videos.find(v => v.uuid === liveVideoId)).to.exist
-
-        const resVideo = await getVideo(server.url, liveVideoId)
-        const video: VideoDetails = resVideo.body
+        const video = await server.videos.get({ id: liveVideoId })
 
         expect(video.streamingPlaylists).to.have.lengthOf(1)
 
@@ -403,39 +386,48 @@ describe('Test live', function () {
         // Only finite files are displayed
         expect(hlsPlaylist.files).to.have.lengthOf(0)
 
-        await checkResolutionsInMasterPlaylist(hlsPlaylist.playlistUrl, resolutions)
+        await checkResolutionsInMasterPlaylist({ server, playlistUrl: hlsPlaylist.playlistUrl, resolutions })
 
         for (let i = 0; i < resolutions.length; i++) {
           const segmentNum = 3
           const segmentName = `${i}-00000${segmentNum}.ts`
-          await waitUntilLiveSegmentGeneration(servers[0], video.uuid, i, segmentNum)
+          await commands[0].waitUntilSegmentGeneration({ videoUUID: video.uuid, resolution: i, segment: segmentNum })
 
-          const res = await getPlaylist(`${servers[0].url}/static/streaming-playlists/hls/${video.uuid}/${i}.m3u8`)
-          const subPlaylist = res.text
+          const subPlaylist = await servers[0].streamingPlaylists.get({
+            url: `${servers[0].url}/static/streaming-playlists/hls/${video.uuid}/${i}.m3u8`
+          })
 
           expect(subPlaylist).to.contain(segmentName)
 
           const baseUrlAndPath = servers[0].url + '/static/streaming-playlists/hls'
-          await checkLiveSegmentHash(baseUrlAndPath, video.uuid, segmentName, hlsPlaylist)
+          await checkLiveSegmentHash({
+            server,
+            baseUrlSegment: baseUrlAndPath,
+            videoUUID: video.uuid,
+            segmentName,
+            hlsPlaylist
+          })
         }
       }
     }
 
     function updateConf (resolutions: number[]) {
-      return updateCustomSubConfig(servers[0].url, servers[0].accessToken, {
-        live: {
-          enabled: true,
-          allowReplay: true,
-          maxDuration: -1,
-          transcoding: {
+      return servers[0].config.updateCustomSubConfig({
+        newConfig: {
+          live: {
             enabled: true,
-            resolutions: {
-              '240p': resolutions.includes(240),
-              '360p': resolutions.includes(360),
-              '480p': resolutions.includes(480),
-              '720p': resolutions.includes(720),
-              '1080p': resolutions.includes(1080),
-              '2160p': resolutions.includes(2160)
+            allowReplay: true,
+            maxDuration: -1,
+            transcoding: {
+              enabled: true,
+              resolutions: {
+                '240p': resolutions.includes(240),
+                '360p': resolutions.includes(360),
+                '480p': resolutions.includes(480),
+                '720p': resolutions.includes(720),
+                '1080p': resolutions.includes(1080),
+                '2160p': resolutions.includes(2160)
+              }
             }
           }
         }
@@ -451,13 +443,13 @@ describe('Test live', function () {
 
       liveVideoId = await createLiveWrapper(false)
 
-      const command = await sendRTMPStreamInVideo(servers[0].url, servers[0].accessToken, liveVideoId)
+      const ffmpegCommand = await commands[0].sendRTMPStreamInVideo({ videoId: liveVideoId })
       await waitUntilLivePublishedOnAllServers(servers, liveVideoId)
       await waitJobs(servers)
 
       await testVideoResolutions(liveVideoId, [ 720 ])
 
-      await stopFfmpeg(command)
+      await stopFfmpeg(ffmpegCommand)
     })
 
     it('Should enable transcoding with some resolutions', async function () {
@@ -467,13 +459,13 @@ describe('Test live', function () {
       await updateConf(resolutions)
       liveVideoId = await createLiveWrapper(false)
 
-      const command = await sendRTMPStreamInVideo(servers[0].url, servers[0].accessToken, liveVideoId)
+      const ffmpegCommand = await commands[0].sendRTMPStreamInVideo({ videoId: liveVideoId })
       await waitUntilLivePublishedOnAllServers(servers, liveVideoId)
       await waitJobs(servers)
 
       await testVideoResolutions(liveVideoId, resolutions)
 
-      await stopFfmpeg(command)
+      await stopFfmpeg(ffmpegCommand)
     })
 
     it('Should enable transcoding with some resolutions and correctly save them', async function () {
@@ -484,14 +476,14 @@ describe('Test live', function () {
       await updateConf(resolutions)
       liveVideoId = await createLiveWrapper(true)
 
-      const command = await sendRTMPStreamInVideo(servers[0].url, servers[0].accessToken, liveVideoId, 'video_short2.webm')
+      const ffmpegCommand = await commands[0].sendRTMPStreamInVideo({ videoId: liveVideoId, fixtureName: 'video_short2.webm' })
       await waitUntilLivePublishedOnAllServers(servers, liveVideoId)
       await waitJobs(servers)
 
       await testVideoResolutions(liveVideoId, resolutions)
 
-      await stopFfmpeg(command)
-      await waitUntilLiveEnded(servers[0].url, servers[0].accessToken, liveVideoId)
+      await stopFfmpeg(ffmpegCommand)
+      await commands[0].waitUntilEnded({ videoId: liveVideoId })
 
       await waitJobs(servers)
 
@@ -504,8 +496,7 @@ describe('Test live', function () {
       }
 
       for (const server of servers) {
-        const resVideo = await getVideo(server.url, liveVideoId)
-        const video: VideoDetails = resVideo.body
+        const video = await server.videos.get({ id: liveVideoId })
 
         expect(video.state.id).to.equal(VideoState.PUBLISHED)
         expect(video.duration).to.be.greaterThan(1)
@@ -530,7 +521,7 @@ describe('Test live', function () {
           }
 
           const filename = `${video.uuid}-${resolution}-fragmented.mp4`
-          const segmentPath = buildServerDirectory(servers[0], join('streaming-playlists', 'hls', video.uuid, filename))
+          const segmentPath = servers[0].servers.buildDirectory(join('streaming-playlists', 'hls', video.uuid, filename))
 
           const probe = await ffprobePromise(segmentPath)
           const videoStream = await getVideoStreamFromFile(segmentPath, probe)
@@ -557,13 +548,13 @@ describe('Test live', function () {
     async function createLiveWrapper (saveReplay: boolean) {
       const liveAttributes = {
         name: 'live video',
-        channelId: servers[0].videoChannel.id,
+        channelId: servers[0].store.channel.id,
         privacy: VideoPrivacy.PUBLIC,
         saveReplay
       }
 
-      const res = await createLive(servers[0].url, servers[0].accessToken, liveAttributes)
-      return res.body.video.uuid
+      const { uuid } = await commands[0].create({ fields: liveAttributes })
+      return uuid
     }
 
     before(async function () {
@@ -573,20 +564,20 @@ describe('Test live', function () {
       liveVideoReplayId = await createLiveWrapper(true)
 
       await Promise.all([
-        sendRTMPStreamInVideo(servers[0].url, servers[0].accessToken, liveVideoId),
-        sendRTMPStreamInVideo(servers[0].url, servers[0].accessToken, liveVideoReplayId)
+        commands[0].sendRTMPStreamInVideo({ videoId: liveVideoId }),
+        commands[0].sendRTMPStreamInVideo({ videoId: liveVideoReplayId })
       ])
 
       await Promise.all([
-        waitUntilLivePublished(servers[0].url, servers[0].accessToken, liveVideoId),
-        waitUntilLivePublished(servers[0].url, servers[0].accessToken, liveVideoReplayId)
+        commands[0].waitUntilPublished({ videoId: liveVideoId }),
+        commands[0].waitUntilPublished({ videoId: liveVideoReplayId })
       ])
 
-      await waitUntilLiveSegmentGeneration(servers[0], liveVideoId, 0, 2)
-      await waitUntilLiveSegmentGeneration(servers[0], liveVideoReplayId, 0, 2)
+      await commands[0].waitUntilSegmentGeneration({ videoUUID: liveVideoId, resolution: 0, segment: 2 })
+      await commands[0].waitUntilSegmentGeneration({ videoUUID: liveVideoReplayId, resolution: 0, segment: 2 })
 
       await killallServers([ servers[0] ])
-      await reRunServer(servers[0])
+      await servers[0].run()
 
       await wait(5000)
     })
@@ -594,13 +585,13 @@ describe('Test live', function () {
     it('Should cleanup lives', async function () {
       this.timeout(60000)
 
-      await waitUntilLiveEnded(servers[0].url, servers[0].accessToken, liveVideoId)
+      await commands[0].waitUntilEnded({ videoId: liveVideoId })
     })
 
     it('Should save a live replay', async function () {
       this.timeout(120000)
 
-      await waitUntilLivePublished(servers[0].url, servers[0].accessToken, liveVideoReplayId)
+      await commands[0].waitUntilPublished({ videoId: liveVideoReplayId })
     })
   })
 
diff --git a/server/tests/api/moderation/abuses.ts b/server/tests/api/moderation/abuses.ts
index fb765e7e3..8d6360eb3 100644
--- a/server/tests/api/moderation/abuses.ts
+++ b/server/tests/api/moderation/abuses.ts
@@ -3,70 +3,37 @@
 import 'mocha'
 import * as chai from 'chai'
 import {
-  AbuseFilter,
-  AbuseMessage,
-  AbusePredefinedReasonsString,
-  AbuseState,
-  Account,
-  AdminAbuse,
-  UserAbuse,
-  VideoComment
-} from '@shared/models'
-import {
-  addAbuseMessage,
-  addVideoCommentThread,
+  AbusesCommand,
   cleanupTests,
-  createUser,
-  deleteAbuse,
-  deleteAbuseMessage,
-  deleteVideoComment,
-  flushAndRunMultipleServers,
-  generateUserAccessToken,
-  getAccount,
-  getAdminAbusesList,
-  getUserAbusesList,
-  getVideoCommentThreads,
-  getVideoIdFromUUID,
-  getVideosList,
-  immutableAssign,
-  listAbuseMessages,
-  removeUser,
-  removeVideo,
-  reportAbuse,
-  ServerInfo,
+  createMultipleServers,
+  doubleFollow,
+  PeerTubeServer,
   setAccessTokensToServers,
-  updateAbuse,
-  uploadVideo,
-  uploadVideoAndGetId,
-  userLogin
-} from '../../../../shared/extra-utils/index'
-import { doubleFollow } from '../../../../shared/extra-utils/server/follows'
-import { waitJobs } from '../../../../shared/extra-utils/server/jobs'
-import {
-  addAccountToServerBlocklist,
-  addServerToServerBlocklist,
-  removeAccountFromServerBlocklist,
-  removeServerFromServerBlocklist
-} from '../../../../shared/extra-utils/users/blocklist'
+  waitJobs
+} from '@shared/extra-utils'
+import { AbuseMessage, AbusePredefinedReasonsString, AbuseState, AdminAbuse, UserAbuse } from '@shared/models'
 
 const expect = chai.expect
 
 describe('Test abuses', function () {
-  let servers: ServerInfo[] = []
+  let servers: PeerTubeServer[] = []
   let abuseServer1: AdminAbuse
   let abuseServer2: AdminAbuse
+  let commands: AbusesCommand[]
 
   before(async function () {
     this.timeout(50000)
 
     // Run servers
-    servers = await flushAndRunMultipleServers(2)
+    servers = await createMultipleServers(2)
 
     // Get the access tokens
     await setAccessTokensToServers(servers)
 
     // Server 1 and server 2 follow each other
     await doubleFollow(servers[0], servers[1])
+
+    commands = servers.map(s => s.abuses)
   })
 
   describe('Video abuses', function () {
@@ -75,179 +42,189 @@ describe('Test abuses', function () {
       this.timeout(50000)
 
       // Upload some videos on each servers
-      const video1Attributes = {
-        name: 'my super name for server 1',
-        description: 'my super description for server 1'
+      {
+        const attributes = {
+          name: 'my super name for server 1',
+          description: 'my super description for server 1'
+        }
+        await servers[0].videos.upload({ attributes })
       }
-      await uploadVideo(servers[0].url, servers[0].accessToken, video1Attributes)
 
-      const video2Attributes = {
-        name: 'my super name for server 2',
-        description: 'my super description for server 2'
+      {
+        const attributes = {
+          name: 'my super name for server 2',
+          description: 'my super description for server 2'
+        }
+        await servers[1].videos.upload({ attributes })
       }
-      await uploadVideo(servers[1].url, servers[1].accessToken, video2Attributes)
 
       // Wait videos propagation, server 2 has transcoding enabled
       await waitJobs(servers)
 
-      const res = await getVideosList(servers[0].url)
-      const videos = res.body.data
+      const { data } = await servers[0].videos.list()
+      expect(data.length).to.equal(2)
 
-      expect(videos.length).to.equal(2)
-
-      servers[0].video = videos.find(video => video.name === 'my super name for server 1')
-      servers[1].video = videos.find(video => video.name === 'my super name for server 2')
+      servers[0].store.video = data.find(video => video.name === 'my super name for server 1')
+      servers[1].store.video = data.find(video => video.name === 'my super name for server 2')
     })
 
     it('Should not have abuses', async function () {
-      const res = await getAdminAbusesList({ url: servers[0].url, token: servers[0].accessToken })
+      const body = await commands[0].getAdminList()
 
-      expect(res.body.total).to.equal(0)
-      expect(res.body.data).to.be.an('array')
-      expect(res.body.data.length).to.equal(0)
+      expect(body.total).to.equal(0)
+      expect(body.data).to.be.an('array')
+      expect(body.data.length).to.equal(0)
     })
 
     it('Should report abuse on a local video', async function () {
       this.timeout(15000)
 
       const reason = 'my super bad reason'
-      await reportAbuse({ url: servers[0].url, token: servers[0].accessToken, videoId: servers[0].video.id, reason })
+      await commands[0].report({ videoId: servers[0].store.video.id, reason })
 
       // We wait requests propagation, even if the server 1 is not supposed to make a request to server 2
       await waitJobs(servers)
     })
 
     it('Should have 1 video abuses on server 1 and 0 on server 2', async function () {
-      const res1 = await getAdminAbusesList({ url: servers[0].url, token: servers[0].accessToken })
+      {
+        const body = await commands[0].getAdminList()
 
-      expect(res1.body.total).to.equal(1)
-      expect(res1.body.data).to.be.an('array')
-      expect(res1.body.data.length).to.equal(1)
+        expect(body.total).to.equal(1)
+        expect(body.data).to.be.an('array')
+        expect(body.data.length).to.equal(1)
 
-      const abuse: AdminAbuse = res1.body.data[0]
-      expect(abuse.reason).to.equal('my super bad reason')
+        const abuse = body.data[0]
+        expect(abuse.reason).to.equal('my super bad reason')
 
-      expect(abuse.reporterAccount.name).to.equal('root')
-      expect(abuse.reporterAccount.host).to.equal(servers[0].host)
+        expect(abuse.reporterAccount.name).to.equal('root')
+        expect(abuse.reporterAccount.host).to.equal(servers[0].host)
 
-      expect(abuse.video.id).to.equal(servers[0].video.id)
-      expect(abuse.video.channel).to.exist
+        expect(abuse.video.id).to.equal(servers[0].store.video.id)
+        expect(abuse.video.channel).to.exist
 
-      expect(abuse.comment).to.be.null
+        expect(abuse.comment).to.be.null
 
-      expect(abuse.flaggedAccount.name).to.equal('root')
-      expect(abuse.flaggedAccount.host).to.equal(servers[0].host)
+        expect(abuse.flaggedAccount.name).to.equal('root')
+        expect(abuse.flaggedAccount.host).to.equal(servers[0].host)
 
-      expect(abuse.video.countReports).to.equal(1)
-      expect(abuse.video.nthReport).to.equal(1)
+        expect(abuse.video.countReports).to.equal(1)
+        expect(abuse.video.nthReport).to.equal(1)
 
-      expect(abuse.countReportsForReporter).to.equal(1)
-      expect(abuse.countReportsForReportee).to.equal(1)
+        expect(abuse.countReportsForReporter).to.equal(1)
+        expect(abuse.countReportsForReportee).to.equal(1)
+      }
 
-      const res2 = await getAdminAbusesList({ url: servers[1].url, token: servers[1].accessToken })
-      expect(res2.body.total).to.equal(0)
-      expect(res2.body.data).to.be.an('array')
-      expect(res2.body.data.length).to.equal(0)
+      {
+        const body = await commands[1].getAdminList()
+        expect(body.total).to.equal(0)
+        expect(body.data).to.be.an('array')
+        expect(body.data.length).to.equal(0)
+      }
     })
 
     it('Should report abuse on a remote video', async function () {
       this.timeout(10000)
 
       const reason = 'my super bad reason 2'
-      const videoId = await getVideoIdFromUUID(servers[0].url, servers[1].video.uuid)
-      await reportAbuse({ url: servers[0].url, token: servers[0].accessToken, videoId, reason })
+      const videoId = await servers[0].videos.getId({ uuid: servers[1].store.video.uuid })
+      await commands[0].report({ videoId, reason })
 
       // We wait requests propagation
       await waitJobs(servers)
     })
 
     it('Should have 2 video abuses on server 1 and 1 on server 2', async function () {
-      const res1 = await getAdminAbusesList({ url: servers[0].url, token: servers[0].accessToken })
+      {
+        const body = await commands[0].getAdminList()
 
-      expect(res1.body.total).to.equal(2)
-      expect(res1.body.data.length).to.equal(2)
+        expect(body.total).to.equal(2)
+        expect(body.data.length).to.equal(2)
 
-      const abuse1: AdminAbuse = res1.body.data[0]
-      expect(abuse1.reason).to.equal('my super bad reason')
-      expect(abuse1.reporterAccount.name).to.equal('root')
-      expect(abuse1.reporterAccount.host).to.equal(servers[0].host)
+        const abuse1 = body.data[0]
+        expect(abuse1.reason).to.equal('my super bad reason')
+        expect(abuse1.reporterAccount.name).to.equal('root')
+        expect(abuse1.reporterAccount.host).to.equal(servers[0].host)
 
-      expect(abuse1.video.id).to.equal(servers[0].video.id)
-      expect(abuse1.video.countReports).to.equal(1)
-      expect(abuse1.video.nthReport).to.equal(1)
+        expect(abuse1.video.id).to.equal(servers[0].store.video.id)
+        expect(abuse1.video.countReports).to.equal(1)
+        expect(abuse1.video.nthReport).to.equal(1)
 
-      expect(abuse1.comment).to.be.null
+        expect(abuse1.comment).to.be.null
 
-      expect(abuse1.flaggedAccount.name).to.equal('root')
-      expect(abuse1.flaggedAccount.host).to.equal(servers[0].host)
+        expect(abuse1.flaggedAccount.name).to.equal('root')
+        expect(abuse1.flaggedAccount.host).to.equal(servers[0].host)
 
-      expect(abuse1.state.id).to.equal(AbuseState.PENDING)
-      expect(abuse1.state.label).to.equal('Pending')
-      expect(abuse1.moderationComment).to.be.null
+        expect(abuse1.state.id).to.equal(AbuseState.PENDING)
+        expect(abuse1.state.label).to.equal('Pending')
+        expect(abuse1.moderationComment).to.be.null
 
-      const abuse2: AdminAbuse = res1.body.data[1]
-      expect(abuse2.reason).to.equal('my super bad reason 2')
+        const abuse2 = body.data[1]
+        expect(abuse2.reason).to.equal('my super bad reason 2')
 
-      expect(abuse2.reporterAccount.name).to.equal('root')
-      expect(abuse2.reporterAccount.host).to.equal(servers[0].host)
+        expect(abuse2.reporterAccount.name).to.equal('root')
+        expect(abuse2.reporterAccount.host).to.equal(servers[0].host)
 
-      expect(abuse2.video.id).to.equal(servers[1].video.id)
+        expect(abuse2.video.id).to.equal(servers[1].store.video.id)
 
-      expect(abuse2.comment).to.be.null
+        expect(abuse2.comment).to.be.null
 
-      expect(abuse2.flaggedAccount.name).to.equal('root')
-      expect(abuse2.flaggedAccount.host).to.equal(servers[1].host)
+        expect(abuse2.flaggedAccount.name).to.equal('root')
+        expect(abuse2.flaggedAccount.host).to.equal(servers[1].host)
 
-      expect(abuse2.state.id).to.equal(AbuseState.PENDING)
-      expect(abuse2.state.label).to.equal('Pending')
-      expect(abuse2.moderationComment).to.be.null
+        expect(abuse2.state.id).to.equal(AbuseState.PENDING)
+        expect(abuse2.state.label).to.equal('Pending')
+        expect(abuse2.moderationComment).to.be.null
+      }
 
-      const res2 = await getAdminAbusesList({ url: servers[1].url, token: servers[1].accessToken })
-      expect(res2.body.total).to.equal(1)
-      expect(res2.body.data.length).to.equal(1)
+      {
+        const body = await commands[1].getAdminList()
+        expect(body.total).to.equal(1)
+        expect(body.data.length).to.equal(1)
 
-      abuseServer2 = res2.body.data[0]
-      expect(abuseServer2.reason).to.equal('my super bad reason 2')
-      expect(abuseServer2.reporterAccount.name).to.equal('root')
-      expect(abuseServer2.reporterAccount.host).to.equal(servers[0].host)
+        abuseServer2 = body.data[0]
+        expect(abuseServer2.reason).to.equal('my super bad reason 2')
+        expect(abuseServer2.reporterAccount.name).to.equal('root')
+        expect(abuseServer2.reporterAccount.host).to.equal(servers[0].host)
 
-      expect(abuse2.flaggedAccount.name).to.equal('root')
-      expect(abuse2.flaggedAccount.host).to.equal(servers[1].host)
+        expect(abuseServer2.flaggedAccount.name).to.equal('root')
+        expect(abuseServer2.flaggedAccount.host).to.equal(servers[1].host)
 
-      expect(abuseServer2.state.id).to.equal(AbuseState.PENDING)
-      expect(abuseServer2.state.label).to.equal('Pending')
-      expect(abuseServer2.moderationComment).to.be.null
+        expect(abuseServer2.state.id).to.equal(AbuseState.PENDING)
+        expect(abuseServer2.state.label).to.equal('Pending')
+        expect(abuseServer2.moderationComment).to.be.null
+      }
     })
 
     it('Should hide video abuses from blocked accounts', async function () {
       this.timeout(10000)
 
       {
-        const videoId = await getVideoIdFromUUID(servers[1].url, servers[0].video.uuid)
-        await reportAbuse({ url: servers[1].url, token: servers[1].accessToken, videoId, reason: 'will mute this' })
+        const videoId = await servers[1].videos.getId({ uuid: servers[0].store.video.uuid })
+        await commands[1].report({ videoId, reason: 'will mute this' })
         await waitJobs(servers)
 
-        const res = await getAdminAbusesList({ url: servers[0].url, token: servers[0].accessToken })
-        expect(res.body.total).to.equal(3)
+        const body = await commands[0].getAdminList()
+        expect(body.total).to.equal(3)
       }
 
       const accountToBlock = 'root@' + servers[1].host
 
       {
-        await addAccountToServerBlocklist(servers[0].url, servers[0].accessToken, accountToBlock)
+        await servers[0].blocklist.addToServerBlocklist({ account: accountToBlock })
 
-        const res = await getAdminAbusesList({ url: servers[0].url, token: servers[0].accessToken })
-        expect(res.body.total).to.equal(2)
+        const body = await commands[0].getAdminList()
+        expect(body.total).to.equal(2)
 
-        const abuse = res.body.data.find(a => a.reason === 'will mute this')
+        const abuse = body.data.find(a => a.reason === 'will mute this')
         expect(abuse).to.be.undefined
       }
 
       {
-        await removeAccountFromServerBlocklist(servers[0].url, servers[0].accessToken, accountToBlock)
+        await servers[0].blocklist.removeFromServerBlocklist({ account: accountToBlock })
 
-        const res = await getAdminAbusesList({ url: servers[0].url, token: servers[0].accessToken })
-        expect(res.body.total).to.equal(3)
+        const body = await commands[0].getAdminList()
+        expect(body.total).to.equal(3)
       }
     })
 
@@ -255,35 +232,35 @@ describe('Test abuses', function () {
       const serverToBlock = servers[1].host
 
       {
-        await addServerToServerBlocklist(servers[0].url, servers[0].accessToken, servers[1].host)
+        await servers[0].blocklist.addToServerBlocklist({ server: serverToBlock })
 
-        const res = await getAdminAbusesList({ url: servers[0].url, token: servers[0].accessToken })
-        expect(res.body.total).to.equal(2)
+        const body = await commands[0].getAdminList()
+        expect(body.total).to.equal(2)
 
-        const abuse = res.body.data.find(a => a.reason === 'will mute this')
+        const abuse = body.data.find(a => a.reason === 'will mute this')
         expect(abuse).to.be.undefined
       }
 
       {
-        await removeServerFromServerBlocklist(servers[0].url, servers[0].accessToken, serverToBlock)
+        await servers[0].blocklist.removeFromServerBlocklist({ server: serverToBlock })
 
-        const res = await getAdminAbusesList({ url: servers[0].url, token: servers[0].accessToken })
-        expect(res.body.total).to.equal(3)
+        const body = await commands[0].getAdminList()
+        expect(body.total).to.equal(3)
       }
     })
 
     it('Should keep the video abuse when deleting the video', async function () {
       this.timeout(10000)
 
-      await removeVideo(servers[1].url, servers[1].accessToken, abuseServer2.video.uuid)
+      await servers[1].videos.remove({ id: abuseServer2.video.uuid })
 
       await waitJobs(servers)
 
-      const res = await getAdminAbusesList({ url: servers[1].url, token: servers[1].accessToken })
-      expect(res.body.total).to.equal(2, "wrong number of videos returned")
-      expect(res.body.data).to.have.lengthOf(2, "wrong number of videos returned")
+      const body = await commands[1].getAdminList()
+      expect(body.total).to.equal(2, "wrong number of videos returned")
+      expect(body.data).to.have.lengthOf(2, "wrong number of videos returned")
 
-      const abuse: AdminAbuse = res.body.data[0]
+      const abuse = body.data[0]
       expect(abuse.id).to.equal(abuseServer2.id, "wrong origin server id for first video")
       expect(abuse.video.id).to.equal(abuseServer2.video.id, "wrong video id")
       expect(abuse.video.channel).to.exist
@@ -295,39 +272,36 @@ describe('Test abuses', function () {
 
       // register a second user to have two reporters/reportees
       const user = { username: 'user2', password: 'password' }
-      await createUser({ url: servers[0].url, accessToken: servers[0].accessToken, ...user })
-      const userAccessToken = await userLogin(servers[0], user)
+      await servers[0].users.create({ ...user })
+      const userAccessToken = await servers[0].login.getAccessToken(user)
 
       // upload a third video via this user
-      const video3Attributes = {
+      const attributes = {
         name: 'my second super name for server 1',
         description: 'my second super description for server 1'
       }
-      await uploadVideo(servers[0].url, userAccessToken, video3Attributes)
-
-      const res1 = await getVideosList(servers[0].url)
-      const videos = res1.body.data
-      const video3 = videos.find(video => video.name === 'my second super name for server 1')
+      const { id } = await servers[0].videos.upload({ token: userAccessToken, attributes })
+      const video3Id = id
 
       // resume with the test
       const reason3 = 'my super bad reason 3'
-      await reportAbuse({ url: servers[0].url, token: servers[0].accessToken, videoId: video3.id, reason: reason3 })
+      await commands[0].report({ videoId: video3Id, reason: reason3 })
 
       const reason4 = 'my super bad reason 4'
-      await reportAbuse({ url: servers[0].url, token: userAccessToken, videoId: servers[0].video.id, reason: reason4 })
+      await commands[0].report({ token: userAccessToken, videoId: servers[0].store.video.id, reason: reason4 })
 
       {
-        const res2 = await getAdminAbusesList({ url: servers[0].url, token: servers[0].accessToken })
-        const abuses = res2.body.data as AdminAbuse[]
+        const body = await commands[0].getAdminList()
+        const abuses = body.data
 
-        const abuseVideo3 = res2.body.data.find(a => a.video.id === video3.id)
+        const abuseVideo3 = body.data.find(a => a.video.id === video3Id)
         expect(abuseVideo3).to.not.be.undefined
         expect(abuseVideo3.video.countReports).to.equal(1, "wrong reports count for video 3")
         expect(abuseVideo3.video.nthReport).to.equal(1, "wrong report position in report list for video 3")
         expect(abuseVideo3.countReportsForReportee).to.equal(1, "wrong reports count for reporter on video 3 abuse")
         expect(abuseVideo3.countReportsForReporter).to.equal(3, "wrong reports count for reportee on video 3 abuse")
 
-        const abuseServer1 = abuses.find(a => a.video.id === servers[0].video.id)
+        const abuseServer1 = abuses.find(a => a.video.id === servers[0].store.video.id)
         expect(abuseServer1.countReportsForReportee).to.equal(3, "wrong reports count for reporter on video 1 abuse")
       }
     })
@@ -337,20 +311,18 @@ describe('Test abuses', function () {
 
       const reason5 = 'my super bad reason 5'
       const predefinedReasons5: AbusePredefinedReasonsString[] = [ 'violentOrRepulsive', 'captions' ]
-      const createdAbuse = (await reportAbuse({
-        url: servers[0].url,
-        token: servers[0].accessToken,
-        videoId: servers[0].video.id,
+      const createRes = await commands[0].report({
+        videoId: servers[0].store.video.id,
         reason: reason5,
         predefinedReasons: predefinedReasons5,
         startAt: 1,
         endAt: 5
-      })).body.abuse
+      })
 
-      const res = await getAdminAbusesList({ url: servers[0].url, token: servers[0].accessToken })
+      const body = await commands[0].getAdminList()
 
       {
-        const abuse = (res.body.data as AdminAbuse[]).find(a => a.id === createdAbuse.id)
+        const abuse = body.data.find(a => a.id === createRes.abuse.id)
         expect(abuse.reason).to.equals(reason5)
         expect(abuse.predefinedReasons).to.deep.equals(predefinedReasons5, "predefined reasons do not match the one reported")
         expect(abuse.video.startAt).to.equal(1, "starting timestamp doesn't match the one reported")
@@ -361,37 +333,30 @@ describe('Test abuses', function () {
     it('Should delete the video abuse', async function () {
       this.timeout(10000)
 
-      await deleteAbuse(servers[1].url, servers[1].accessToken, abuseServer2.id)
+      await commands[1].delete({ abuseId: abuseServer2.id })
 
       await waitJobs(servers)
 
       {
-        const res = await getAdminAbusesList({ url: servers[1].url, token: servers[1].accessToken })
-        expect(res.body.total).to.equal(1)
-        expect(res.body.data.length).to.equal(1)
-        expect(res.body.data[0].id).to.not.equal(abuseServer2.id)
+        const body = await commands[1].getAdminList()
+        expect(body.total).to.equal(1)
+        expect(body.data.length).to.equal(1)
+        expect(body.data[0].id).to.not.equal(abuseServer2.id)
       }
 
       {
-        const res = await getAdminAbusesList({ url: servers[0].url, token: servers[0].accessToken })
-        expect(res.body.total).to.equal(6)
+        const body = await commands[0].getAdminList()
+        expect(body.total).to.equal(6)
       }
     })
 
     it('Should list and filter video abuses', async function () {
       this.timeout(10000)
 
-      async function list (query: Omit<Parameters<typeof getAdminAbusesList>[0], 'url' | 'token'>) {
-        const options = {
-          url: servers[0].url,
-          token: servers[0].accessToken
-        }
-
-        Object.assign(options, query)
+      async function list (query: Parameters<AbusesCommand['getAdminList']>[0]) {
+        const body = await commands[0].getAdminList(query)
 
-        const res = await getAdminAbusesList(options)
-
-        return res.body.data as AdminAbuse[]
+        return body.data
       }
 
       expect(await list({ id: 56 })).to.have.lengthOf(0)
@@ -424,24 +389,24 @@ describe('Test abuses', function () {
 
   describe('Comment abuses', function () {
 
-    async function getComment (url: string, videoIdArg: number | string) {
+    async function getComment (server: PeerTubeServer, videoIdArg: number | string) {
       const videoId = typeof videoIdArg === 'string'
-        ? await getVideoIdFromUUID(url, videoIdArg)
+        ? await server.videos.getId({ uuid: videoIdArg })
         : videoIdArg
 
-      const res = await getVideoCommentThreads(url, videoId, 0, 5)
+      const { data } = await server.comments.listThreads({ videoId })
 
-      return res.body.data[0] as VideoComment
+      return data[0]
     }
 
     before(async function () {
       this.timeout(50000)
 
-      servers[0].video = await uploadVideoAndGetId({ server: servers[0], videoName: 'server 1' })
-      servers[1].video = await uploadVideoAndGetId({ server: servers[1], videoName: 'server 2' })
+      servers[0].store.video = await servers[0].videos.quickUpload({ name: 'server 1' })
+      servers[1].store.video = await servers[1].videos.quickUpload({ name: 'server 2' })
 
-      await addVideoCommentThread(servers[0].url, servers[0].accessToken, servers[0].video.id, 'comment server 1')
-      await addVideoCommentThread(servers[1].url, servers[1].accessToken, servers[1].video.id, 'comment server 2')
+      await servers[0].comments.createThread({ videoId: servers[0].store.video.id, text: 'comment server 1' })
+      await servers[1].comments.createThread({ videoId: servers[1].store.video.id, text: 'comment server 2' })
 
       await waitJobs(servers)
     })
@@ -449,23 +414,23 @@ describe('Test abuses', function () {
     it('Should report abuse on a comment', async function () {
       this.timeout(15000)
 
-      const comment = await getComment(servers[0].url, servers[0].video.id)
+      const comment = await getComment(servers[0], servers[0].store.video.id)
 
       const reason = 'it is a bad comment'
-      await reportAbuse({ url: servers[0].url, token: servers[0].accessToken, commentId: comment.id, reason })
+      await commands[0].report({ commentId: comment.id, reason })
 
       await waitJobs(servers)
     })
 
     it('Should have 1 comment abuse on server 1 and 0 on server 2', async function () {
       {
-        const comment = await getComment(servers[0].url, servers[0].video.id)
-        const res = await getAdminAbusesList({ url: servers[0].url, token: servers[0].accessToken, filter: 'comment' })
+        const comment = await getComment(servers[0], servers[0].store.video.id)
+        const body = await commands[0].getAdminList({ filter: 'comment' })
 
-        expect(res.body.total).to.equal(1)
-        expect(res.body.data).to.have.lengthOf(1)
+        expect(body.total).to.equal(1)
+        expect(body.data).to.have.lengthOf(1)
 
-        const abuse: AdminAbuse = res.body.data[0]
+        const abuse = body.data[0]
         expect(abuse.reason).to.equal('it is a bad comment')
 
         expect(abuse.reporterAccount.name).to.equal('root')
@@ -477,98 +442,102 @@ describe('Test abuses', function () {
         expect(abuse.comment.id).to.equal(comment.id)
         expect(abuse.comment.text).to.equal(comment.text)
         expect(abuse.comment.video.name).to.equal('server 1')
-        expect(abuse.comment.video.id).to.equal(servers[0].video.id)
-        expect(abuse.comment.video.uuid).to.equal(servers[0].video.uuid)
+        expect(abuse.comment.video.id).to.equal(servers[0].store.video.id)
+        expect(abuse.comment.video.uuid).to.equal(servers[0].store.video.uuid)
 
         expect(abuse.countReportsForReporter).to.equal(5)
         expect(abuse.countReportsForReportee).to.equal(5)
       }
 
       {
-        const res = await getAdminAbusesList({ url: servers[1].url, token: servers[1].accessToken, filter: 'comment' })
-        expect(res.body.total).to.equal(0)
-        expect(res.body.data.length).to.equal(0)
+        const body = await commands[1].getAdminList({ filter: 'comment' })
+        expect(body.total).to.equal(0)
+        expect(body.data.length).to.equal(0)
       }
     })
 
     it('Should report abuse on a remote comment', async function () {
       this.timeout(10000)
 
-      const comment = await getComment(servers[0].url, servers[1].video.uuid)
+      const comment = await getComment(servers[0], servers[1].store.video.uuid)
 
       const reason = 'it is a really bad comment'
-      await reportAbuse({ url: servers[0].url, token: servers[0].accessToken, commentId: comment.id, reason })
+      await commands[0].report({ commentId: comment.id, reason })
 
       await waitJobs(servers)
     })
 
     it('Should have 2 comment abuses on server 1 and 1 on server 2', async function () {
-      const commentServer2 = await getComment(servers[0].url, servers[1].video.id)
+      const commentServer2 = await getComment(servers[0], servers[1].store.video.id)
 
-      const res1 = await getAdminAbusesList({ url: servers[0].url, token: servers[0].accessToken, filter: 'comment' })
-      expect(res1.body.total).to.equal(2)
-      expect(res1.body.data.length).to.equal(2)
+      {
+        const body = await commands[0].getAdminList({ filter: 'comment' })
+        expect(body.total).to.equal(2)
+        expect(body.data.length).to.equal(2)
 
-      const abuse: AdminAbuse = res1.body.data[0]
-      expect(abuse.reason).to.equal('it is a bad comment')
-      expect(abuse.countReportsForReporter).to.equal(6)
-      expect(abuse.countReportsForReportee).to.equal(5)
+        const abuse = body.data[0]
+        expect(abuse.reason).to.equal('it is a bad comment')
+        expect(abuse.countReportsForReporter).to.equal(6)
+        expect(abuse.countReportsForReportee).to.equal(5)
 
-      const abuse2: AdminAbuse = res1.body.data[1]
+        const abuse2 = body.data[1]
 
-      expect(abuse2.reason).to.equal('it is a really bad comment')
+        expect(abuse2.reason).to.equal('it is a really bad comment')
 
-      expect(abuse2.reporterAccount.name).to.equal('root')
-      expect(abuse2.reporterAccount.host).to.equal(servers[0].host)
+        expect(abuse2.reporterAccount.name).to.equal('root')
+        expect(abuse2.reporterAccount.host).to.equal(servers[0].host)
 
-      expect(abuse2.video).to.be.null
+        expect(abuse2.video).to.be.null
 
-      expect(abuse2.comment.deleted).to.be.false
-      expect(abuse2.comment.id).to.equal(commentServer2.id)
-      expect(abuse2.comment.text).to.equal(commentServer2.text)
-      expect(abuse2.comment.video.name).to.equal('server 2')
-      expect(abuse2.comment.video.uuid).to.equal(servers[1].video.uuid)
+        expect(abuse2.comment.deleted).to.be.false
+        expect(abuse2.comment.id).to.equal(commentServer2.id)
+        expect(abuse2.comment.text).to.equal(commentServer2.text)
+        expect(abuse2.comment.video.name).to.equal('server 2')
+        expect(abuse2.comment.video.uuid).to.equal(servers[1].store.video.uuid)
 
-      expect(abuse2.state.id).to.equal(AbuseState.PENDING)
-      expect(abuse2.state.label).to.equal('Pending')
+        expect(abuse2.state.id).to.equal(AbuseState.PENDING)
+        expect(abuse2.state.label).to.equal('Pending')
 
-      expect(abuse2.moderationComment).to.be.null
+        expect(abuse2.moderationComment).to.be.null
 
-      expect(abuse2.countReportsForReporter).to.equal(6)
-      expect(abuse2.countReportsForReportee).to.equal(2)
+        expect(abuse2.countReportsForReporter).to.equal(6)
+        expect(abuse2.countReportsForReportee).to.equal(2)
+      }
 
-      const res2 = await getAdminAbusesList({ url: servers[1].url, token: servers[1].accessToken, filter: 'comment' })
-      expect(res2.body.total).to.equal(1)
-      expect(res2.body.data.length).to.equal(1)
+      {
+        const body = await commands[1].getAdminList({ filter: 'comment' })
+        expect(body.total).to.equal(1)
+        expect(body.data.length).to.equal(1)
 
-      abuseServer2 = res2.body.data[0]
-      expect(abuseServer2.reason).to.equal('it is a really bad comment')
-      expect(abuseServer2.reporterAccount.name).to.equal('root')
-      expect(abuseServer2.reporterAccount.host).to.equal(servers[0].host)
+        abuseServer2 = body.data[0]
+        expect(abuseServer2.reason).to.equal('it is a really bad comment')
+        expect(abuseServer2.reporterAccount.name).to.equal('root')
+        expect(abuseServer2.reporterAccount.host).to.equal(servers[0].host)
 
-      expect(abuseServer2.state.id).to.equal(AbuseState.PENDING)
-      expect(abuseServer2.state.label).to.equal('Pending')
+        expect(abuseServer2.state.id).to.equal(AbuseState.PENDING)
+        expect(abuseServer2.state.label).to.equal('Pending')
 
-      expect(abuseServer2.moderationComment).to.be.null
+        expect(abuseServer2.moderationComment).to.be.null
 
-      expect(abuseServer2.countReportsForReporter).to.equal(1)
-      expect(abuseServer2.countReportsForReportee).to.equal(1)
+        expect(abuseServer2.countReportsForReporter).to.equal(1)
+        expect(abuseServer2.countReportsForReportee).to.equal(1)
+      }
     })
 
     it('Should keep the comment abuse when deleting the comment', async function () {
       this.timeout(10000)
 
-      const commentServer2 = await getComment(servers[0].url, servers[1].video.id)
+      const commentServer2 = await getComment(servers[0], servers[1].store.video.id)
 
-      await deleteVideoComment(servers[0].url, servers[0].accessToken, servers[1].video.uuid, commentServer2.id)
+      await servers[0].comments.delete({ videoId: servers[1].store.video.uuid, commentId: commentServer2.id })
 
       await waitJobs(servers)
 
-      const res = await getAdminAbusesList({ url: servers[0].url, token: servers[0].accessToken, filter: 'comment' })
-      expect(res.body.total).to.equal(2)
-      expect(res.body.data).to.have.lengthOf(2)
+      const body = await commands[0].getAdminList({ filter: 'comment' })
+      expect(body.total).to.equal(2)
+      expect(body.data).to.have.lengthOf(2)
 
-      const abuse = (res.body.data as AdminAbuse[]).find(a => a.comment?.id === commentServer2.id)
+      const abuse = body.data.find(a => a.comment?.id === commentServer2.id)
       expect(abuse).to.not.be.undefined
 
       expect(abuse.comment.text).to.be.empty
@@ -579,72 +548,60 @@ describe('Test abuses', function () {
     it('Should delete the comment abuse', async function () {
       this.timeout(10000)
 
-      await deleteAbuse(servers[1].url, servers[1].accessToken, abuseServer2.id)
+      await commands[1].delete({ abuseId: abuseServer2.id })
 
       await waitJobs(servers)
 
       {
-        const res = await getAdminAbusesList({ url: servers[1].url, token: servers[1].accessToken, filter: 'comment' })
-        expect(res.body.total).to.equal(0)
-        expect(res.body.data.length).to.equal(0)
+        const body = await commands[1].getAdminList({ filter: 'comment' })
+        expect(body.total).to.equal(0)
+        expect(body.data.length).to.equal(0)
       }
 
       {
-        const res = await getAdminAbusesList({ url: servers[0].url, token: servers[0].accessToken, filter: 'comment' })
-        expect(res.body.total).to.equal(2)
+        const body = await commands[0].getAdminList({ filter: 'comment' })
+        expect(body.total).to.equal(2)
       }
     })
 
     it('Should list and filter video abuses', async function () {
       {
-        const res = await getAdminAbusesList({
-          url: servers[0].url,
-          token: servers[0].accessToken,
-          filter: 'comment',
-          searchReportee: 'foo'
-        })
-        expect(res.body.total).to.equal(0)
+        const body = await commands[0].getAdminList({ filter: 'comment', searchReportee: 'foo' })
+        expect(body.total).to.equal(0)
       }
 
       {
-        const res = await getAdminAbusesList({
-          url: servers[0].url,
-          token: servers[0].accessToken,
-          filter: 'comment',
-          searchReportee: 'ot'
-        })
-        expect(res.body.total).to.equal(2)
+        const body = await commands[0].getAdminList({ filter: 'comment', searchReportee: 'ot' })
+        expect(body.total).to.equal(2)
       }
 
       {
-        const baseParams = { url: servers[0].url, token: servers[0].accessToken, filter: 'comment' as AbuseFilter, start: 1, count: 1 }
-
-        const res1 = await getAdminAbusesList(immutableAssign(baseParams, { sort: 'createdAt' }))
-        expect(res1.body.data).to.have.lengthOf(1)
-        expect(res1.body.data[0].comment.text).to.be.empty
+        const body = await commands[0].getAdminList({ filter: 'comment', start: 1, count: 1, sort: 'createdAt' })
+        expect(body.data).to.have.lengthOf(1)
+        expect(body.data[0].comment.text).to.be.empty
+      }
 
-        const res2 = await getAdminAbusesList(immutableAssign(baseParams, { sort: '-createdAt' }))
-        expect(res2.body.data).to.have.lengthOf(1)
-        expect(res2.body.data[0].comment.text).to.equal('comment server 1')
+      {
+        const body = await commands[0].getAdminList({ filter: 'comment', start: 1, count: 1, sort: '-createdAt' })
+        expect(body.data).to.have.lengthOf(1)
+        expect(body.data[0].comment.text).to.equal('comment server 1')
       }
     })
   })
 
   describe('Account abuses', function () {
 
-    async function getAccountFromServer (url: string, name: string, server: ServerInfo) {
-      const res = await getAccount(url, name + '@' + server.host)
-
-      return res.body as Account
+    function getAccountFromServer (server: PeerTubeServer, targetName: string, targetServer: PeerTubeServer) {
+      return server.accounts.get({ accountName: targetName + '@' + targetServer.host })
     }
 
     before(async function () {
       this.timeout(50000)
 
-      await createUser({ url: servers[0].url, accessToken: servers[0].accessToken, username: 'user_1', password: 'donald' })
+      await servers[0].users.create({ username: 'user_1', password: 'donald' })
 
-      const token = await generateUserAccessToken(servers[1], 'user_2')
-      await uploadVideo(servers[1].url, token, { name: 'super video' })
+      const token = await servers[1].users.generateUserAndToken('user_2')
+      await servers[1].videos.upload({ token, attributes: { name: 'super video' } })
 
       await waitJobs(servers)
     })
@@ -652,22 +609,22 @@ describe('Test abuses', function () {
     it('Should report abuse on an account', async function () {
       this.timeout(15000)
 
-      const account = await getAccountFromServer(servers[0].url, 'user_1', servers[0])
+      const account = await getAccountFromServer(servers[0], 'user_1', servers[0])
 
       const reason = 'it is a bad account'
-      await reportAbuse({ url: servers[0].url, token: servers[0].accessToken, accountId: account.id, reason })
+      await commands[0].report({ accountId: account.id, reason })
 
       await waitJobs(servers)
     })
 
     it('Should have 1 account abuse on server 1 and 0 on server 2', async function () {
       {
-        const res = await getAdminAbusesList({ url: servers[0].url, token: servers[0].accessToken, filter: 'account' })
+        const body = await commands[0].getAdminList({ filter: 'account' })
 
-        expect(res.body.total).to.equal(1)
-        expect(res.body.data).to.have.lengthOf(1)
+        expect(body.total).to.equal(1)
+        expect(body.data).to.have.lengthOf(1)
 
-        const abuse: AdminAbuse = res.body.data[0]
+        const abuse = body.data[0]
         expect(abuse.reason).to.equal('it is a bad account')
 
         expect(abuse.reporterAccount.name).to.equal('root')
@@ -681,96 +638,100 @@ describe('Test abuses', function () {
       }
 
       {
-        const res = await getAdminAbusesList({ url: servers[1].url, token: servers[1].accessToken, filter: 'comment' })
-        expect(res.body.total).to.equal(0)
-        expect(res.body.data.length).to.equal(0)
+        const body = await commands[1].getAdminList({ filter: 'comment' })
+        expect(body.total).to.equal(0)
+        expect(body.data.length).to.equal(0)
       }
     })
 
     it('Should report abuse on a remote account', async function () {
       this.timeout(10000)
 
-      const account = await getAccountFromServer(servers[0].url, 'user_2', servers[1])
+      const account = await getAccountFromServer(servers[0], 'user_2', servers[1])
 
       const reason = 'it is a really bad account'
-      await reportAbuse({ url: servers[0].url, token: servers[0].accessToken, accountId: account.id, reason })
+      await commands[0].report({ accountId: account.id, reason })
 
       await waitJobs(servers)
     })
 
     it('Should have 2 comment abuses on server 1 and 1 on server 2', async function () {
-      const res1 = await getAdminAbusesList({ url: servers[0].url, token: servers[0].accessToken, filter: 'account' })
-      expect(res1.body.total).to.equal(2)
-      expect(res1.body.data.length).to.equal(2)
+      {
+        const body = await commands[0].getAdminList({ filter: 'account' })
+        expect(body.total).to.equal(2)
+        expect(body.data.length).to.equal(2)
 
-      const abuse: AdminAbuse = res1.body.data[0]
-      expect(abuse.reason).to.equal('it is a bad account')
+        const abuse: AdminAbuse = body.data[0]
+        expect(abuse.reason).to.equal('it is a bad account')
 
-      const abuse2: AdminAbuse = res1.body.data[1]
-      expect(abuse2.reason).to.equal('it is a really bad account')
+        const abuse2: AdminAbuse = body.data[1]
+        expect(abuse2.reason).to.equal('it is a really bad account')
 
-      expect(abuse2.reporterAccount.name).to.equal('root')
-      expect(abuse2.reporterAccount.host).to.equal(servers[0].host)
+        expect(abuse2.reporterAccount.name).to.equal('root')
+        expect(abuse2.reporterAccount.host).to.equal(servers[0].host)
 
-      expect(abuse2.video).to.be.null
-      expect(abuse2.comment).to.be.null
+        expect(abuse2.video).to.be.null
+        expect(abuse2.comment).to.be.null
 
-      expect(abuse2.state.id).to.equal(AbuseState.PENDING)
-      expect(abuse2.state.label).to.equal('Pending')
+        expect(abuse2.state.id).to.equal(AbuseState.PENDING)
+        expect(abuse2.state.label).to.equal('Pending')
 
-      expect(abuse2.moderationComment).to.be.null
+        expect(abuse2.moderationComment).to.be.null
+      }
 
-      const res2 = await getAdminAbusesList({ url: servers[1].url, token: servers[1].accessToken, filter: 'account' })
-      expect(res2.body.total).to.equal(1)
-      expect(res2.body.data.length).to.equal(1)
+      {
+        const body = await commands[1].getAdminList({ filter: 'account' })
+        expect(body.total).to.equal(1)
+        expect(body.data.length).to.equal(1)
 
-      abuseServer2 = res2.body.data[0]
+        abuseServer2 = body.data[0]
 
-      expect(abuseServer2.reason).to.equal('it is a really bad account')
+        expect(abuseServer2.reason).to.equal('it is a really bad account')
 
-      expect(abuseServer2.reporterAccount.name).to.equal('root')
-      expect(abuseServer2.reporterAccount.host).to.equal(servers[0].host)
+        expect(abuseServer2.reporterAccount.name).to.equal('root')
+        expect(abuseServer2.reporterAccount.host).to.equal(servers[0].host)
 
-      expect(abuseServer2.state.id).to.equal(AbuseState.PENDING)
-      expect(abuseServer2.state.label).to.equal('Pending')
+        expect(abuseServer2.state.id).to.equal(AbuseState.PENDING)
+        expect(abuseServer2.state.label).to.equal('Pending')
 
-      expect(abuseServer2.moderationComment).to.be.null
+        expect(abuseServer2.moderationComment).to.be.null
+      }
     })
 
     it('Should keep the account abuse when deleting the account', async function () {
       this.timeout(10000)
 
-      const account = await getAccountFromServer(servers[1].url, 'user_2', servers[1])
-      await removeUser(servers[1].url, account.userId, servers[1].accessToken)
+      const account = await getAccountFromServer(servers[1], 'user_2', servers[1])
+      await servers[1].users.remove({ userId: account.userId })
 
       await waitJobs(servers)
 
-      const res = await getAdminAbusesList({ url: servers[0].url, token: servers[0].accessToken, filter: 'account' })
-      expect(res.body.total).to.equal(2)
-      expect(res.body.data).to.have.lengthOf(2)
+      const body = await commands[0].getAdminList({ filter: 'account' })
+      expect(body.total).to.equal(2)
+      expect(body.data).to.have.lengthOf(2)
 
-      const abuse = (res.body.data as AdminAbuse[]).find(a => a.reason === 'it is a really bad account')
+      const abuse = body.data.find(a => a.reason === 'it is a really bad account')
       expect(abuse).to.not.be.undefined
     })
 
     it('Should delete the account abuse', async function () {
       this.timeout(10000)
 
-      await deleteAbuse(servers[1].url, servers[1].accessToken, abuseServer2.id)
+      await commands[1].delete({ abuseId: abuseServer2.id })
 
       await waitJobs(servers)
 
       {
-        const res = await getAdminAbusesList({ url: servers[1].url, token: servers[1].accessToken, filter: 'account' })
-        expect(res.body.total).to.equal(0)
-        expect(res.body.data.length).to.equal(0)
+        const body = await commands[1].getAdminList({ filter: 'account' })
+        expect(body.total).to.equal(0)
+        expect(body.data.length).to.equal(0)
       }
 
       {
-        const res = await getAdminAbusesList({ url: servers[0].url, token: servers[0].accessToken, filter: 'account' })
-        expect(res.body.total).to.equal(2)
+        const body = await commands[0].getAdminList({ filter: 'account' })
+        expect(body.total).to.equal(2)
 
-        abuseServer1 = res.body.data[0]
+        abuseServer1 = body.data[0]
       }
     })
   })
@@ -778,20 +739,18 @@ describe('Test abuses', function () {
   describe('Common actions on abuses', function () {
 
     it('Should update the state of an abuse', async function () {
-      const body = { state: AbuseState.REJECTED }
-      await updateAbuse(servers[0].url, servers[0].accessToken, abuseServer1.id, body)
+      await commands[0].update({ abuseId: abuseServer1.id, body: { state: AbuseState.REJECTED } })
 
-      const res = await getAdminAbusesList({ url: servers[0].url, token: servers[0].accessToken, id: abuseServer1.id })
-      expect(res.body.data[0].state.id).to.equal(AbuseState.REJECTED)
+      const body = await commands[0].getAdminList({ id: abuseServer1.id })
+      expect(body.data[0].state.id).to.equal(AbuseState.REJECTED)
     })
 
     it('Should add a moderation comment', async function () {
-      const body = { state: AbuseState.ACCEPTED, moderationComment: 'It is valid' }
-      await updateAbuse(servers[0].url, servers[0].accessToken, abuseServer1.id, body)
+      await commands[0].update({ abuseId: abuseServer1.id, body: { state: AbuseState.ACCEPTED, moderationComment: 'Valid' } })
 
-      const res = await getAdminAbusesList({ url: servers[0].url, token: servers[0].accessToken, id: abuseServer1.id })
-      expect(res.body.data[0].state.id).to.equal(AbuseState.ACCEPTED)
-      expect(res.body.data[0].moderationComment).to.equal('It is valid')
+      const body = await commands[0].getAdminList({ id: abuseServer1.id })
+      expect(body.data[0].state.id).to.equal(AbuseState.ACCEPTED)
+      expect(body.data[0].moderationComment).to.equal('Valid')
     })
   })
 
@@ -800,20 +759,20 @@ describe('Test abuses', function () {
     let userAccessToken: string
 
     before(async function () {
-      userAccessToken = await generateUserAccessToken(servers[0], 'user_42')
+      userAccessToken = await servers[0].users.generateUserAndToken('user_42')
 
-      await reportAbuse({ url: servers[0].url, token: userAccessToken, videoId: servers[0].video.id, reason: 'user reason 1' })
+      await commands[0].report({ token: userAccessToken, videoId: servers[0].store.video.id, reason: 'user reason 1' })
 
-      const videoId = await getVideoIdFromUUID(servers[0].url, servers[1].video.uuid)
-      await reportAbuse({ url: servers[0].url, token: userAccessToken, videoId, reason: 'user reason 2' })
+      const videoId = await servers[0].videos.getId({ uuid: servers[1].store.video.uuid })
+      await commands[0].report({ token: userAccessToken, videoId, reason: 'user reason 2' })
     })
 
     it('Should correctly list my abuses', async function () {
       {
-        const res = await getUserAbusesList({ url: servers[0].url, token: userAccessToken, start: 0, count: 5, sort: 'createdAt' })
-        expect(res.body.total).to.equal(2)
+        const body = await commands[0].getUserList({ token: userAccessToken, start: 0, count: 5, sort: 'createdAt' })
+        expect(body.total).to.equal(2)
 
-        const abuses: UserAbuse[] = res.body.data
+        const abuses = body.data
         expect(abuses[0].reason).to.equal('user reason 1')
         expect(abuses[1].reason).to.equal('user reason 2')
 
@@ -821,95 +780,77 @@ describe('Test abuses', function () {
       }
 
       {
-        const res = await getUserAbusesList({ url: servers[0].url, token: userAccessToken, start: 1, count: 1, sort: 'createdAt' })
-        expect(res.body.total).to.equal(2)
+        const body = await commands[0].getUserList({ token: userAccessToken, start: 1, count: 1, sort: 'createdAt' })
+        expect(body.total).to.equal(2)
 
-        const abuses: UserAbuse[] = res.body.data
+        const abuses: UserAbuse[] = body.data
         expect(abuses[0].reason).to.equal('user reason 2')
       }
 
       {
-        const res = await getUserAbusesList({ url: servers[0].url, token: userAccessToken, start: 1, count: 1, sort: '-createdAt' })
-        expect(res.body.total).to.equal(2)
+        const body = await commands[0].getUserList({ token: userAccessToken, start: 1, count: 1, sort: '-createdAt' })
+        expect(body.total).to.equal(2)
 
-        const abuses: UserAbuse[] = res.body.data
+        const abuses: UserAbuse[] = body.data
         expect(abuses[0].reason).to.equal('user reason 1')
       }
     })
 
     it('Should correctly filter my abuses by id', async function () {
-      const res = await getUserAbusesList({ url: servers[0].url, token: userAccessToken, id: abuseId1 })
+      const body = await commands[0].getUserList({ token: userAccessToken, id: abuseId1 })
+      expect(body.total).to.equal(1)
 
-      expect(res.body.total).to.equal(1)
-
-      const abuses: UserAbuse[] = res.body.data
+      const abuses: UserAbuse[] = body.data
       expect(abuses[0].reason).to.equal('user reason 1')
     })
 
     it('Should correctly filter my abuses by search', async function () {
-      const res = await getUserAbusesList({
-        url: servers[0].url,
-        token: userAccessToken,
-        search: 'server 2'
-      })
-
-      expect(res.body.total).to.equal(1)
+      const body = await commands[0].getUserList({ token: userAccessToken, search: 'server 2' })
+      expect(body.total).to.equal(1)
 
-      const abuses: UserAbuse[] = res.body.data
+      const abuses: UserAbuse[] = body.data
       expect(abuses[0].reason).to.equal('user reason 2')
     })
 
     it('Should correctly filter my abuses by state', async function () {
-      const body = { state: AbuseState.REJECTED }
-      await updateAbuse(servers[0].url, servers[0].accessToken, abuseId1, body)
+      await commands[0].update({ abuseId: abuseId1, body: { state: AbuseState.REJECTED } })
 
-      const res = await getUserAbusesList({
-        url: servers[0].url,
-        token: userAccessToken,
-        state: AbuseState.REJECTED
-      })
-
-      expect(res.body.total).to.equal(1)
+      const body = await commands[0].getUserList({ token: userAccessToken, state: AbuseState.REJECTED })
+      expect(body.total).to.equal(1)
 
-      const abuses: UserAbuse[] = res.body.data
+      const abuses: UserAbuse[] = body.data
       expect(abuses[0].reason).to.equal('user reason 1')
     })
   })
 
   describe('Abuse messages', async function () {
     let abuseId: number
-    let userAccessToken: string
+    let userToken: string
     let abuseMessageUserId: number
     let abuseMessageModerationId: number
 
     before(async function () {
-      userAccessToken = await generateUserAccessToken(servers[0], 'user_43')
+      userToken = await servers[0].users.generateUserAndToken('user_43')
 
-      const res = await reportAbuse({
-        url: servers[0].url,
-        token: userAccessToken,
-        videoId: servers[0].video.id,
-        reason: 'user 43 reason 1'
-      })
-
-      abuseId = res.body.abuse.id
+      const body = await commands[0].report({ token: userToken, videoId: servers[0].store.video.id, reason: 'user 43 reason 1' })
+      abuseId = body.abuse.id
     })
 
     it('Should create some messages on the abuse', async function () {
-      await addAbuseMessage(servers[0].url, userAccessToken, abuseId, 'message 1')
-      await addAbuseMessage(servers[0].url, servers[0].accessToken, abuseId, 'message 2')
-      await addAbuseMessage(servers[0].url, servers[0].accessToken, abuseId, 'message 3')
-      await addAbuseMessage(servers[0].url, userAccessToken, abuseId, 'message 4')
+      await commands[0].addMessage({ token: userToken, abuseId, message: 'message 1' })
+      await commands[0].addMessage({ abuseId, message: 'message 2' })
+      await commands[0].addMessage({ abuseId, message: 'message 3' })
+      await commands[0].addMessage({ token: userToken, abuseId, message: 'message 4' })
     })
 
     it('Should have the correct messages count when listing abuses', async function () {
       const results = await Promise.all([
-        getAdminAbusesList({ url: servers[0].url, token: servers[0].accessToken, start: 0, count: 50 }),
-        getUserAbusesList({ url: servers[0].url, token: userAccessToken, start: 0, count: 50 })
+        commands[0].getAdminList({ start: 0, count: 50 }),
+        commands[0].getUserList({ token: userToken, start: 0, count: 50 })
       ])
 
-      for (const res of results) {
-        const abuses: AdminAbuse[] = res.body.data
+      for (const body of results) {
+        const abuses = body.data
         const abuse = abuses.find(a => a.id === abuseId)
         expect(abuse.countMessages).to.equal(4)
       }
@@ -917,14 +858,14 @@ describe('Test abuses', function () {
 
     it('Should correctly list messages of this abuse', async function () {
       const results = await Promise.all([
-        listAbuseMessages(servers[0].url, servers[0].accessToken, abuseId),
-        listAbuseMessages(servers[0].url, userAccessToken, abuseId)
+        commands[0].listMessages({ abuseId }),
+        commands[0].listMessages({ token: userToken, abuseId })
       ])
 
-      for (const res of results) {
-        expect(res.body.total).to.equal(4)
+      for (const body of results) {
+        expect(body.total).to.equal(4)
 
-        const abuseMessages: AbuseMessage[] = res.body.data
+        const abuseMessages: AbuseMessage[] = body.data
 
         expect(abuseMessages[0].message).to.equal('message 1')
         expect(abuseMessages[0].byModerator).to.be.false
@@ -948,19 +889,18 @@ describe('Test abuses', function () {
     })
 
     it('Should delete messages', async function () {
-      await deleteAbuseMessage(servers[0].url, servers[0].accessToken, abuseId, abuseMessageModerationId)
-      await deleteAbuseMessage(servers[0].url, userAccessToken, abuseId, abuseMessageUserId)
+      await commands[0].deleteMessage({ abuseId, messageId: abuseMessageModerationId })
+      await commands[0].deleteMessage({ token: userToken, abuseId, messageId: abuseMessageUserId })
 
       const results = await Promise.all([
-        listAbuseMessages(servers[0].url, servers[0].accessToken, abuseId),
-        listAbuseMessages(servers[0].url, userAccessToken, abuseId)
+        commands[0].listMessages({ abuseId }),
+        commands[0].listMessages({ token: userToken, abuseId })
       ])
 
-      for (const res of results) {
-        expect(res.body.total).to.equal(2)
-
-        const abuseMessages: AbuseMessage[] = res.body.data
+      for (const body of results) {
+        expect(body.total).to.equal(2)
 
+        const abuseMessages: AbuseMessage[] = body.data
         expect(abuseMessages[0].message).to.equal('message 2')
         expect(abuseMessages[1].message).to.equal('message 4')
       }
diff --git a/server/tests/api/moderation/blocklist-notification.ts b/server/tests/api/moderation/blocklist-notification.ts
index 4fb3c95f2..75b15c298 100644
--- a/server/tests/api/moderation/blocklist-notification.ts
+++ b/server/tests/api/moderation/blocklist-notification.ts
@@ -2,47 +2,22 @@
 
 import 'mocha'
 import * as chai from 'chai'
-import { getUserNotifications, markAsReadAllNotifications } from '@shared/extra-utils/users/user-notifications'
-import { addUserSubscription, removeUserSubscription } from '@shared/extra-utils/users/user-subscriptions'
-import { UserNotification, UserNotificationType } from '@shared/models'
-import {
-  cleanupTests,
-  createUser,
-  doubleFollow,
-  flushAndRunMultipleServers,
-  ServerInfo,
-  uploadVideo,
-  userLogin
-} from '../../../../shared/extra-utils/index'
-import { waitJobs } from '../../../../shared/extra-utils/server/jobs'
-import {
-  addAccountToAccountBlocklist,
-  addAccountToServerBlocklist,
-  addServerToAccountBlocklist,
-  addServerToServerBlocklist,
-  removeAccountFromAccountBlocklist,
-  removeAccountFromServerBlocklist,
-  removeServerFromAccountBlocklist
-} from '../../../../shared/extra-utils/users/blocklist'
-import { setAccessTokensToServers } from '../../../../shared/extra-utils/users/login'
-import { addVideoCommentThread } from '../../../../shared/extra-utils/videos/video-comments'
+import { cleanupTests, createMultipleServers, doubleFollow, PeerTubeServer, setAccessTokensToServers, waitJobs } from '@shared/extra-utils'
+import { UserNotificationType } from '@shared/models'
 
 const expect = chai.expect
 
-async function checkNotifications (url: string, token: string, expected: UserNotificationType[]) {
-  const res = await getUserNotifications(url, token, 0, 10, true)
-
-  const notifications: UserNotification[] = res.body.data
-
-  expect(notifications).to.have.lengthOf(expected.length)
+async function checkNotifications (server: PeerTubeServer, token: string, expected: UserNotificationType[]) {
+  const { data } = await server.notifications.list({ token, start: 0, count: 10, unread: true })
+  expect(data).to.have.lengthOf(expected.length)
 
   for (const type of expected) {
-    expect(notifications.find(n => n.type === type)).to.exist
+    expect(data.find(n => n.type === type)).to.exist
   }
 }
 
 describe('Test blocklist', function () {
-  let servers: ServerInfo[]
+  let servers: PeerTubeServer[]
   let videoUUID: string
 
   let userToken1: string
@@ -51,30 +26,34 @@ describe('Test blocklist', function () {
 
   async function resetState () {
     try {
-      await removeUserSubscription(servers[1].url, remoteUserToken, 'user1_channel@' + servers[0].host)
-      await removeUserSubscription(servers[1].url, remoteUserToken, 'user2_channel@' + servers[0].host)
+      await servers[1].subscriptions.remove({ token: remoteUserToken, uri: 'user1_channel@' + servers[0].host })
+      await servers[1].subscriptions.remove({ token: remoteUserToken, uri: 'user2_channel@' + servers[0].host })
     } catch {}
 
     await waitJobs(servers)
 
-    await markAsReadAllNotifications(servers[0].url, userToken1)
-    await markAsReadAllNotifications(servers[0].url, userToken2)
+    await servers[0].notifications.markAsReadAll({ token: userToken1 })
+    await servers[0].notifications.markAsReadAll({ token: userToken2 })
 
     {
-      const res = await uploadVideo(servers[0].url, userToken1, { name: 'video' })
-      videoUUID = res.body.video.uuid
+      const { uuid } = await servers[0].videos.upload({ token: userToken1, attributes: { name: 'video' } })
+      videoUUID = uuid
 
       await waitJobs(servers)
     }
 
     {
-      await addVideoCommentThread(servers[1].url, remoteUserToken, videoUUID, '@user2@' + servers[0].host + ' hello')
+      await servers[1].comments.createThread({
+        token: remoteUserToken,
+        videoId: videoUUID,
+        text: '@user2@' + servers[0].host + ' hello'
+      })
     }
 
     {
 
-      await addUserSubscription(servers[1].url, remoteUserToken, 'user1_channel@' + servers[0].host)
-      await addUserSubscription(servers[1].url, remoteUserToken, 'user2_channel@' + servers[0].host)
+      await servers[1].subscriptions.add({ token: remoteUserToken, targetUri: 'user1_channel@' + servers[0].host })
+      await servers[1].subscriptions.add({ token: remoteUserToken, targetUri: 'user2_channel@' + servers[0].host })
     }
 
     await waitJobs(servers)
@@ -83,36 +62,34 @@ describe('Test blocklist', function () {
   before(async function () {
     this.timeout(60000)
 
-    servers = await flushAndRunMultipleServers(2)
+    servers = await createMultipleServers(2)
     await setAccessTokensToServers(servers)
 
     {
       const user = { username: 'user1', password: 'password' }
-      await createUser({
-        url: servers[0].url,
-        accessToken: servers[0].accessToken,
+      await servers[0].users.create({
         username: user.username,
         password: user.password,
         videoQuota: -1,
         videoQuotaDaily: -1
       })
 
-      userToken1 = await userLogin(servers[0], user)
-      await uploadVideo(servers[0].url, userToken1, { name: 'video user 1' })
+      userToken1 = await servers[0].login.getAccessToken(user)
+      await servers[0].videos.upload({ token: userToken1, attributes: { name: 'video user 1' } })
     }
 
     {
       const user = { username: 'user2', password: 'password' }
-      await createUser({ url: servers[0].url, accessToken: servers[0].accessToken, username: user.username, password: user.password })
+      await servers[0].users.create({ username: user.username, password: user.password })
 
-      userToken2 = await userLogin(servers[0], user)
+      userToken2 = await servers[0].login.getAccessToken(user)
     }
 
     {
       const user = { username: 'user3', password: 'password' }
-      await createUser({ url: servers[1].url, accessToken: servers[1].accessToken, username: user.username, password: user.password })
+      await servers[1].users.create({ username: user.username, password: user.password })
 
-      remoteUserToken = await userLogin(servers[1], user)
+      remoteUserToken = await servers[1].login.getAccessToken(user)
     }
 
     await doubleFollow(servers[0], servers[1])
@@ -128,26 +105,26 @@ describe('Test blocklist', function () {
 
     it('Should have appropriate notifications', async function () {
       const notifs = [ UserNotificationType.NEW_COMMENT_ON_MY_VIDEO, UserNotificationType.NEW_FOLLOW ]
-      await checkNotifications(servers[0].url, userToken1, notifs)
+      await checkNotifications(servers[0], userToken1, notifs)
     })
 
     it('Should block an account', async function () {
       this.timeout(10000)
 
-      await addAccountToAccountBlocklist(servers[0].url, userToken1, 'user3@' + servers[1].host)
+      await servers[0].blocklist.addToMyBlocklist({ token: userToken1, account: 'user3@' + servers[1].host })
       await waitJobs(servers)
     })
 
     it('Should not have notifications from this account', async function () {
-      await checkNotifications(servers[0].url, userToken1, [])
+      await checkNotifications(servers[0], userToken1, [])
     })
 
     it('Should have notifications of this account on user 2', async function () {
       const notifs = [ UserNotificationType.COMMENT_MENTION, UserNotificationType.NEW_FOLLOW ]
 
-      await checkNotifications(servers[0].url, userToken2, notifs)
+      await checkNotifications(servers[0], userToken2, notifs)
 
-      await removeAccountFromAccountBlocklist(servers[0].url, userToken1, 'user3@' + servers[1].host)
+      await servers[0].blocklist.removeFromMyBlocklist({ token: userToken1, account: 'user3@' + servers[1].host })
     })
   })
 
@@ -161,26 +138,26 @@ describe('Test blocklist', function () {
 
     it('Should have appropriate notifications', async function () {
       const notifs = [ UserNotificationType.NEW_COMMENT_ON_MY_VIDEO, UserNotificationType.NEW_FOLLOW ]
-      await checkNotifications(servers[0].url, userToken1, notifs)
+      await checkNotifications(servers[0], userToken1, notifs)
     })
 
     it('Should block an account', async function () {
       this.timeout(10000)
 
-      await addServerToAccountBlocklist(servers[0].url, userToken1, servers[1].host)
+      await servers[0].blocklist.addToMyBlocklist({ token: userToken1, server: servers[1].host })
       await waitJobs(servers)
     })
 
     it('Should not have notifications from this account', async function () {
-      await checkNotifications(servers[0].url, userToken1, [])
+      await checkNotifications(servers[0], userToken1, [])
     })
 
     it('Should have notifications of this account on user 2', async function () {
       const notifs = [ UserNotificationType.COMMENT_MENTION, UserNotificationType.NEW_FOLLOW ]
 
-      await checkNotifications(servers[0].url, userToken2, notifs)
+      await checkNotifications(servers[0], userToken2, notifs)
 
-      await removeServerFromAccountBlocklist(servers[0].url, userToken1, servers[1].host)
+      await servers[0].blocklist.removeFromMyBlocklist({ token: userToken1, server: servers[1].host })
     })
   })
 
@@ -195,27 +172,27 @@ describe('Test blocklist', function () {
     it('Should have appropriate notifications', async function () {
       {
         const notifs = [ UserNotificationType.NEW_COMMENT_ON_MY_VIDEO, UserNotificationType.NEW_FOLLOW ]
-        await checkNotifications(servers[0].url, userToken1, notifs)
+        await checkNotifications(servers[0], userToken1, notifs)
       }
 
       {
         const notifs = [ UserNotificationType.COMMENT_MENTION, UserNotificationType.NEW_FOLLOW ]
-        await checkNotifications(servers[0].url, userToken2, notifs)
+        await checkNotifications(servers[0], userToken2, notifs)
       }
     })
 
     it('Should block an account', async function () {
       this.timeout(10000)
 
-      await addAccountToServerBlocklist(servers[0].url, servers[0].accessToken, 'user3@' + servers[1].host)
+      await servers[0].blocklist.addToServerBlocklist({ account: 'user3@' + servers[1].host })
       await waitJobs(servers)
     })
 
     it('Should not have notifications from this account', async function () {
-      await checkNotifications(servers[0].url, userToken1, [])
-      await checkNotifications(servers[0].url, userToken2, [])
+      await checkNotifications(servers[0], userToken1, [])
+      await checkNotifications(servers[0], userToken2, [])
 
-      await removeAccountFromServerBlocklist(servers[0].url, servers[0].accessToken, 'user3@' + servers[1].host)
+      await servers[0].blocklist.removeFromServerBlocklist({ account: 'user3@' + servers[1].host })
     })
   })
 
@@ -230,25 +207,25 @@ describe('Test blocklist', function () {
     it('Should have appropriate notifications', async function () {
       {
         const notifs = [ UserNotificationType.NEW_COMMENT_ON_MY_VIDEO, UserNotificationType.NEW_FOLLOW ]
-        await checkNotifications(servers[0].url, userToken1, notifs)
+        await checkNotifications(servers[0], userToken1, notifs)
       }
 
       {
         const notifs = [ UserNotificationType.COMMENT_MENTION, UserNotificationType.NEW_FOLLOW ]
-        await checkNotifications(servers[0].url, userToken2, notifs)
+        await checkNotifications(servers[0], userToken2, notifs)
       }
     })
 
     it('Should block an account', async function () {
       this.timeout(10000)
 
-      await addServerToServerBlocklist(servers[0].url, servers[0].accessToken, servers[1].host)
+      await servers[0].blocklist.addToServerBlocklist({ server: servers[1].host })
       await waitJobs(servers)
     })
 
     it('Should not have notifications from this account', async function () {
-      await checkNotifications(servers[0].url, userToken1, [])
-      await checkNotifications(servers[0].url, userToken2, [])
+      await checkNotifications(servers[0], userToken1, [])
+      await checkNotifications(servers[0], userToken2, [])
     })
   })
 
diff --git a/server/tests/api/moderation/blocklist.ts b/server/tests/api/moderation/blocklist.ts
index 793abbcb4..089af8b15 100644
--- a/server/tests/api/moderation/blocklist.ts
+++ b/server/tests/api/moderation/blocklist.ts
@@ -3,106 +3,67 @@
 import 'mocha'
 import * as chai from 'chai'
 import {
-  addAccountToAccountBlocklist,
-  addAccountToServerBlocklist,
-  addServerToAccountBlocklist,
-  addServerToServerBlocklist,
-  addVideoCommentReply,
-  addVideoCommentThread,
+  BlocklistCommand,
   cleanupTests,
-  createUser,
-  deleteVideoComment,
+  CommentsCommand,
+  createMultipleServers,
   doubleFollow,
-  findCommentId,
-  flushAndRunMultipleServers,
-  follow,
-  getAccountBlocklistByAccount,
-  getAccountBlocklistByServer,
-  getServerBlocklistByAccount,
-  getServerBlocklistByServer,
-  getUserNotifications,
-  getVideoCommentThreads,
-  getVideosList,
-  getVideosListWithToken,
-  getVideoThreadComments,
-  removeAccountFromAccountBlocklist,
-  removeAccountFromServerBlocklist,
-  removeServerFromAccountBlocklist,
-  removeServerFromServerBlocklist,
-  ServerInfo,
+  PeerTubeServer,
   setAccessTokensToServers,
-  unfollow,
-  uploadVideo,
-  userLogin,
   waitJobs
 } from '@shared/extra-utils'
-import {
-  AccountBlock,
-  ServerBlock,
-  UserNotification,
-  UserNotificationType,
-  Video,
-  VideoComment,
-  VideoCommentThreadTree
-} from '@shared/models'
+import { UserNotificationType } from '@shared/models'
 
 const expect = chai.expect
 
-async function checkAllVideos (url: string, token: string) {
+async function checkAllVideos (server: PeerTubeServer, token: string) {
   {
-    const res = await getVideosListWithToken(url, token)
-
-    expect(res.body.data).to.have.lengthOf(5)
+    const { data } = await server.videos.listWithToken({ token })
+    expect(data).to.have.lengthOf(5)
   }
 
   {
-    const res = await getVideosList(url)
-
-    expect(res.body.data).to.have.lengthOf(5)
+    const { data } = await server.videos.list()
+    expect(data).to.have.lengthOf(5)
   }
 }
 
-async function checkAllComments (url: string, token: string, videoUUID: string) {
-  const resThreads = await getVideoCommentThreads(url, videoUUID, 0, 25, '-createdAt', token)
+async function checkAllComments (server: PeerTubeServer, token: string, videoUUID: string) {
+  const { data } = await server.comments.listThreads({ videoId: videoUUID, start: 0, count: 25, sort: '-createdAt', token })
 
-  const allThreads: VideoComment[] = resThreads.body.data
-  const threads = allThreads.filter(t => t.isDeleted === false)
+  const threads = data.filter(t => t.isDeleted === false)
   expect(threads).to.have.lengthOf(2)
 
   for (const thread of threads) {
-    const res = await getVideoThreadComments(url, videoUUID, thread.id, token)
-
-    const tree: VideoCommentThreadTree = res.body
+    const tree = await server.comments.getThread({ videoId: videoUUID, threadId: thread.id, token })
     expect(tree.children).to.have.lengthOf(1)
   }
 }
 
 async function checkCommentNotification (
-  mainServer: ServerInfo,
-  comment: { server: ServerInfo, token: string, videoUUID: string, text: string },
+  mainServer: PeerTubeServer,
+  comment: { server: PeerTubeServer, token: string, videoUUID: string, text: string },
   check: 'presence' | 'absence'
 ) {
-  const resComment = await addVideoCommentThread(comment.server.url, comment.token, comment.videoUUID, comment.text)
-  const created = resComment.body.comment as VideoComment
-  const threadId = created.id
-  const createdAt = created.createdAt
+  const command = comment.server.comments
+
+  const { threadId, createdAt } = await command.createThread({ token: comment.token, videoId: comment.videoUUID, text: comment.text })
 
   await waitJobs([ mainServer, comment.server ])
 
-  const res = await getUserNotifications(mainServer.url, mainServer.accessToken, 0, 30)
-  const commentNotifications = (res.body.data as UserNotification[])
-                                  .filter(n => n.comment && n.comment.video.uuid === comment.videoUUID && n.createdAt >= createdAt)
+  const { data } = await mainServer.notifications.list({ start: 0, count: 30 })
+  const commentNotifications = data.filter(n => n.comment && n.comment.video.uuid === comment.videoUUID && n.createdAt >= createdAt)
 
   if (check === 'presence') expect(commentNotifications).to.have.lengthOf(1)
   else expect(commentNotifications).to.have.lengthOf(0)
 
-  await deleteVideoComment(comment.server.url, comment.token, comment.videoUUID, threadId)
+  await command.delete({ token: comment.token, videoId: comment.videoUUID, commentId: threadId })
 
   await waitJobs([ mainServer, comment.server ])
 }
 
 describe('Test blocklist', function () {
-  let servers: ServerInfo[]
+  let servers: PeerTubeServer[]
   let videoUUID1: string
   let videoUUID2: string
   let videoUUID3: string
@@ -110,62 +71,73 @@ describe('Test blocklist', function () {
   let userModeratorToken: string
   let userToken2: string
 
+  let command: BlocklistCommand
+  let commentsCommand: CommentsCommand[]
+
   before(async function () {
     this.timeout(120000)
 
-    servers = await flushAndRunMultipleServers(3)
+    servers = await createMultipleServers(3)
     await setAccessTokensToServers(servers)
 
+    command = servers[0].blocklist
+    commentsCommand = servers.map(s => s.comments)
+
     {
       const user = { username: 'user1', password: 'password' }
-      await createUser({ url: servers[0].url, accessToken: servers[0].accessToken, username: user.username, password: user.password })
+      await servers[0].users.create({ username: user.username, password: user.password })
 
-      userToken1 = await userLogin(servers[0], user)
-      await uploadVideo(servers[0].url, userToken1, { name: 'video user 1' })
+      userToken1 = await servers[0].login.getAccessToken(user)
+      await servers[0].videos.upload({ token: userToken1, attributes: { name: 'video user 1' } })
     }
 
     {
       const user = { username: 'moderator', password: 'password' }
-      await createUser({ url: servers[0].url, accessToken: servers[0].accessToken, username: user.username, password: user.password })
+      await servers[0].users.create({ username: user.username, password: user.password })
 
-      userModeratorToken = await userLogin(servers[0], user)
+      userModeratorToken = await servers[0].login.getAccessToken(user)
     }
 
     {
       const user = { username: 'user2', password: 'password' }
-      await createUser({ url: servers[1].url, accessToken: servers[1].accessToken, username: user.username, password: user.password })
+      await servers[1].users.create({ username: user.username, password: user.password })
 
-      userToken2 = await userLogin(servers[1], user)
-      await uploadVideo(servers[1].url, userToken2, { name: 'video user 2' })
+      userToken2 = await servers[1].login.getAccessToken(user)
+      await servers[1].videos.upload({ token: userToken2, attributes: { name: 'video user 2' } })
     }
 
     {
-      const res = await uploadVideo(servers[0].url, servers[0].accessToken, { name: 'video server 1' })
-      videoUUID1 = res.body.video.uuid
+      const { uuid } = await servers[0].videos.upload({ attributes: { name: 'video server 1' } })
+      videoUUID1 = uuid
     }
 
     {
-      const res = await uploadVideo(servers[1].url, servers[1].accessToken, { name: 'video server 2' })
-      videoUUID2 = res.body.video.uuid
+      const { uuid } = await servers[1].videos.upload({ attributes: { name: 'video server 2' } })
+      videoUUID2 = uuid
     }
 
     {
-      const res = await uploadVideo(servers[0].url, servers[0].accessToken, { name: 'video 2 server 1' })
-      videoUUID3 = res.body.video.uuid
+      const { uuid } = await servers[0].videos.upload({ attributes: { name: 'video 2 server 1' } })
+      videoUUID3 = uuid
     }
 
     await doubleFollow(servers[0], servers[1])
     await doubleFollow(servers[0], servers[2])
 
     {
-      const resComment = await addVideoCommentThread(servers[0].url, servers[0].accessToken, videoUUID1, 'comment root 1')
-      const resReply = await addVideoCommentReply(servers[0].url, userToken1, videoUUID1, resComment.body.comment.id, 'comment user 1')
-      await addVideoCommentReply(servers[0].url, servers[0].accessToken, videoUUID1, resReply.body.comment.id, 'comment root 1')
+      const created = await commentsCommand[0].createThread({ videoId: videoUUID1, text: 'comment root 1' })
+      const reply = await commentsCommand[0].addReply({
+        token: userToken1,
+        videoId: videoUUID1,
+        toCommentId: created.id,
+        text: 'comment user 1'
+      })
+      await commentsCommand[0].addReply({ videoId: videoUUID1, toCommentId: reply.id, text: 'comment root 1' })
     }
 
     {
-      const resComment = await addVideoCommentThread(servers[0].url, userToken1, videoUUID1, 'comment user 1')
-      await addVideoCommentReply(servers[0].url, servers[0].accessToken, videoUUID1, resComment.body.comment.id, 'comment root 1')
+      const created = await commentsCommand[0].createThread({ token: userToken1, videoId: videoUUID1, text: 'comment user 1' })
+      await commentsCommand[0].addReply({ videoId: videoUUID1, toCommentId: created.id, text: 'comment root 1' })
     }
 
     await waitJobs(servers)
@@ -175,55 +147,60 @@ describe('Test blocklist', function () {
 
     describe('When managing account blocklist', function () {
       it('Should list all videos', function () {
-        return checkAllVideos(servers[0].url, servers[0].accessToken)
+        return checkAllVideos(servers[0], servers[0].accessToken)
       })
 
       it('Should list the comments', function () {
-        return checkAllComments(servers[0].url, servers[0].accessToken, videoUUID1)
+        return checkAllComments(servers[0], servers[0].accessToken, videoUUID1)
       })
 
       it('Should block a remote account', async function () {
-        await addAccountToAccountBlocklist(servers[0].url, servers[0].accessToken, 'user2@localhost:' + servers[1].port)
+        await command.addToMyBlocklist({ account: 'user2@localhost:' + servers[1].port })
       })
 
       it('Should hide its videos', async function () {
-        const res = await getVideosListWithToken(servers[0].url, servers[0].accessToken)
+        const { data } = await servers[0].videos.listWithToken()
 
-        const videos: Video[] = res.body.data
-        expect(videos).to.have.lengthOf(4)
+        expect(data).to.have.lengthOf(4)
 
-        const v = videos.find(v => v.name === 'video user 2')
+        const v = data.find(v => v.name === 'video user 2')
         expect(v).to.be.undefined
       })
 
       it('Should block a local account', async function () {
-        await addAccountToAccountBlocklist(servers[0].url, servers[0].accessToken, 'user1')
+        await command.addToMyBlocklist({ account: 'user1' })
       })
 
       it('Should hide its videos', async function () {
-        const res = await getVideosListWithToken(servers[0].url, servers[0].accessToken)
+        const { data } = await servers[0].videos.listWithToken()
 
-        const videos: Video[] = res.body.data
-        expect(videos).to.have.lengthOf(3)
+        expect(data).to.have.lengthOf(3)
 
-        const v = videos.find(v => v.name === 'video user 1')
+        const v = data.find(v => v.name === 'video user 1')
         expect(v).to.be.undefined
       })
 
       it('Should hide its comments', async function () {
-        const resThreads = await getVideoCommentThreads(servers[0].url, videoUUID1, 0, 25, '-createdAt', servers[0].accessToken)
-
-        const threads: VideoComment[] = resThreads.body.data
-        expect(threads).to.have.lengthOf(1)
-        expect(threads[0].totalReplies).to.equal(1)
-
-        const t = threads.find(t => t.text === 'comment user 1')
+        const { data } = await commentsCommand[0].listThreads({
+          token: servers[0].accessToken,
+          videoId: videoUUID1,
+          start: 0,
+          count: 25,
+          sort: '-createdAt'
+        })
+
+        expect(data).to.have.lengthOf(1)
+        expect(data[0].totalReplies).to.equal(1)
+
+        const t = data.find(t => t.text === 'comment user 1')
         expect(t).to.be.undefined
 
-        for (const thread of threads) {
-          const res = await getVideoThreadComments(servers[0].url, videoUUID1, thread.id, servers[0].accessToken)
-
-          const tree: VideoCommentThreadTree = res.body
+        for (const thread of data) {
+          const tree = await commentsCommand[0].getThread({
+            videoId: videoUUID1,
+            threadId: thread.id,
+            token: servers[0].accessToken
+          })
           expect(tree.children).to.have.lengthOf(0)
         }
       })
@@ -248,17 +225,15 @@ describe('Test blocklist', function () {
       })
 
       it('Should list all the videos with another user', async function () {
-        return checkAllVideos(servers[0].url, userToken1)
+        return checkAllVideos(servers[0], userToken1)
       })
 
       it('Should list blocked accounts', async function () {
         {
-          const res = await getAccountBlocklistByAccount(servers[0].url, servers[0].accessToken, 0, 1, 'createdAt')
-          const blocks: AccountBlock[] = res.body.data
+          const body = await command.listMyAccountBlocklist({ start: 0, count: 1, sort: 'createdAt' })
+          expect(body.total).to.equal(2)
 
-          expect(res.body.total).to.equal(2)
-
-          const block = blocks[0]
+          const block = body.data[0]
           expect(block.byAccount.displayName).to.equal('root')
           expect(block.byAccount.name).to.equal('root')
           expect(block.blockedAccount.displayName).to.equal('user2')
@@ -267,12 +242,10 @@ describe('Test blocklist', function () {
         }
 
         {
-          const res = await getAccountBlocklistByAccount(servers[0].url, servers[0].accessToken, 1, 2, 'createdAt')
-          const blocks: AccountBlock[] = res.body.data
-
-          expect(res.body.total).to.equal(2)
+          const body = await command.listMyAccountBlocklist({ start: 1, count: 2, sort: 'createdAt' })
+          expect(body.total).to.equal(2)
 
-          const block = blocks[0]
+          const block = body.data[0]
           expect(block.byAccount.displayName).to.equal('root')
           expect(block.byAccount.name).to.equal('root')
           expect(block.blockedAccount.displayName).to.equal('user1')
@@ -285,32 +258,29 @@ describe('Test blocklist', function () {
         this.timeout(60000)
 
         {
-          await addVideoCommentThread(servers[1].url, userToken2, videoUUID3, 'comment user 2')
+          await commentsCommand[1].createThread({ token: userToken2, videoId: videoUUID3, text: 'comment user 2' })
           await waitJobs(servers)
 
-          await addVideoCommentThread(servers[0].url, servers[0].accessToken, videoUUID3, 'uploader')
+          await commentsCommand[0].createThread({ token: servers[0].accessToken, videoId: videoUUID3, text: 'uploader' })
           await waitJobs(servers)
 
-          const commentId = await findCommentId(servers[1].url, videoUUID3, 'uploader')
+          const commentId = await commentsCommand[1].findCommentId({ videoId: videoUUID3, text: 'uploader' })
           const message = 'reply by user 2'
-          const resReply = await addVideoCommentReply(servers[1].url, userToken2, videoUUID3, commentId, message)
-          await addVideoCommentReply(servers[1].url, servers[1].accessToken, videoUUID3, resReply.body.comment.id, 'another reply')
+          const reply = await commentsCommand[1].addReply({ token: userToken2, videoId: videoUUID3, toCommentId: commentId, text: message })
+          await commentsCommand[1].addReply({ videoId: videoUUID3, toCommentId: reply.id, text: 'another reply' })
 
           await waitJobs(servers)
         }
 
         // Server 2 has all the comments
         {
-          const resThreads = await getVideoCommentThreads(servers[1].url, videoUUID3, 0, 25, '-createdAt')
-          const threads: VideoComment[] = resThreads.body.data
-
-          expect(threads).to.have.lengthOf(2)
-          expect(threads[0].text).to.equal('uploader')
-          expect(threads[1].text).to.equal('comment user 2')
+          const { data } = await commentsCommand[1].listThreads({ videoId: videoUUID3, count: 25, sort: '-createdAt' })
 
-          const resReplies = await getVideoThreadComments(servers[1].url, videoUUID3, threads[0].id)
+          expect(data).to.have.lengthOf(2)
+          expect(data[0].text).to.equal('uploader')
+          expect(data[1].text).to.equal('comment user 2')
 
-          const tree: VideoCommentThreadTree = resReplies.body
+          const tree = await commentsCommand[1].getThread({ videoId: videoUUID3, threadId: data[0].id })
           expect(tree.children).to.have.lengthOf(1)
           expect(tree.children[0].comment.text).to.equal('reply by user 2')
           expect(tree.children[0].children).to.have.lengthOf(1)
@@ -319,55 +289,45 @@ describe('Test blocklist', function () {
 
         // Server 1 and 3 should only have uploader comments
         for (const server of [ servers[0], servers[2] ]) {
-          const resThreads = await getVideoCommentThreads(server.url, videoUUID3, 0, 25, '-createdAt')
-          const threads: VideoComment[] = resThreads.body.data
+          const { data } = await server.comments.listThreads({ videoId: videoUUID3, count: 25, sort: '-createdAt' })
 
-          expect(threads).to.have.lengthOf(1)
-          expect(threads[0].text).to.equal('uploader')
+          expect(data).to.have.lengthOf(1)
+          expect(data[0].text).to.equal('uploader')
 
-          const resReplies = await getVideoThreadComments(server.url, videoUUID3, threads[0].id)
+          const tree = await server.comments.getThread({ videoId: videoUUID3, threadId: data[0].id })
 
-          const tree: VideoCommentThreadTree = resReplies.body
-          if (server.serverNumber === 1) {
-            expect(tree.children).to.have.lengthOf(0)
-          } else {
-            expect(tree.children).to.have.lengthOf(1)
-          }
+          if (server.serverNumber === 1) expect(tree.children).to.have.lengthOf(0)
+          else expect(tree.children).to.have.lengthOf(1)
         }
       })
 
       it('Should unblock the remote account', async function () {
-        await removeAccountFromAccountBlocklist(servers[0].url, servers[0].accessToken, 'user2@localhost:' + servers[1].port)
+        await command.removeFromMyBlocklist({ account: 'user2@localhost:' + servers[1].port })
       })
 
       it('Should display its videos', async function () {
-        const res = await getVideosListWithToken(servers[0].url, servers[0].accessToken)
-
-        const videos: Video[] = res.body.data
-        expect(videos).to.have.lengthOf(4)
+        const { data } = await servers[0].videos.listWithToken()
+        expect(data).to.have.lengthOf(4)
 
-        const v = videos.find(v => v.name === 'video user 2')
+        const v = data.find(v => v.name === 'video user 2')
         expect(v).not.to.be.undefined
       })
 
       it('Should display its comments on my video', async function () {
         for (const server of servers) {
-          const resThreads = await getVideoCommentThreads(server.url, videoUUID3, 0, 25, '-createdAt')
-          const threads: VideoComment[] = resThreads.body.data
+          const { data } = await server.comments.listThreads({ videoId: videoUUID3, count: 25, sort: '-createdAt' })
 
           // Server 3 should not have 2 comment threads, because server 1 did not forward the server 2 comment
           if (server.serverNumber === 3) {
-            expect(threads).to.have.lengthOf(1)
+            expect(data).to.have.lengthOf(1)
             continue
           }
 
-          expect(threads).to.have.lengthOf(2)
-          expect(threads[0].text).to.equal('uploader')
-          expect(threads[1].text).to.equal('comment user 2')
+          expect(data).to.have.lengthOf(2)
+          expect(data[0].text).to.equal('uploader')
+          expect(data[1].text).to.equal('comment user 2')
 
-          const resReplies = await getVideoThreadComments(server.url, videoUUID3, threads[0].id)
-
-          const tree: VideoCommentThreadTree = resReplies.body
+          const tree = await server.comments.getThread({ videoId: videoUUID3, threadId: data[0].id })
           expect(tree.children).to.have.lengthOf(1)
           expect(tree.children[0].comment.text).to.equal('reply by user 2')
           expect(tree.children[0].children).to.have.lengthOf(1)
@@ -376,11 +336,11 @@ describe('Test blocklist', function () {
       })
 
       it('Should unblock the local account', async function () {
-        await removeAccountFromAccountBlocklist(servers[0].url, servers[0].accessToken, 'user1')
+        await command.removeFromMyBlocklist({ account: 'user1' })
       })
 
       it('Should display its comments', function () {
-        return checkAllComments(servers[0].url, servers[0].accessToken, videoUUID1)
+        return checkAllComments(servers[0], servers[0].accessToken, videoUUID1)
       })
 
       it('Should have a notification from a non blocked account', async function () {
@@ -404,46 +364,45 @@ describe('Test blocklist', function () {
     })
 
     describe('When managing server blocklist', function () {
+
       it('Should list all videos', function () {
-        return checkAllVideos(servers[0].url, servers[0].accessToken)
+        return checkAllVideos(servers[0], servers[0].accessToken)
       })
 
       it('Should list the comments', function () {
-        return checkAllComments(servers[0].url, servers[0].accessToken, videoUUID1)
+        return checkAllComments(servers[0], servers[0].accessToken, videoUUID1)
       })
 
       it('Should block a remote server', async function () {
-        await addServerToAccountBlocklist(servers[0].url, servers[0].accessToken, 'localhost:' + servers[1].port)
+        await command.addToMyBlocklist({ server: 'localhost:' + servers[1].port })
       })
 
       it('Should hide its videos', async function () {
-        const res = await getVideosListWithToken(servers[0].url, servers[0].accessToken)
+        const { data } = await servers[0].videos.listWithToken()
 
-        const videos: Video[] = res.body.data
-        expect(videos).to.have.lengthOf(3)
+        expect(data).to.have.lengthOf(3)
 
-        const v1 = videos.find(v => v.name === 'video user 2')
-        const v2 = videos.find(v => v.name === 'video server 2')
+        const v1 = data.find(v => v.name === 'video user 2')
+        const v2 = data.find(v => v.name === 'video server 2')
 
         expect(v1).to.be.undefined
         expect(v2).to.be.undefined
       })
 
       it('Should list all the videos with another user', async function () {
-        return checkAllVideos(servers[0].url, userToken1)
+        return checkAllVideos(servers[0], userToken1)
       })
 
       it('Should hide its comments', async function () {
         this.timeout(10000)
 
-        const resThreads = await addVideoCommentThread(servers[1].url, userToken2, videoUUID1, 'hidden comment 2')
-        const threadId = resThreads.body.comment.id
+        const { id } = await commentsCommand[1].createThread({ token: userToken2, videoId: videoUUID1, text: 'hidden comment 2' })
 
         await waitJobs(servers)
 
-        await checkAllComments(servers[0].url, servers[0].accessToken, videoUUID1)
+        await checkAllComments(servers[0], servers[0].accessToken, videoUUID1)
 
-        await deleteVideoComment(servers[1].url, userToken2, videoUUID1, threadId)
+        await commentsCommand[1].delete({ token: userToken2, videoId: videoUUID1, commentId: id })
       })
 
       it('Should not have notifications from blocked server', async function () {
@@ -466,27 +425,25 @@ describe('Test blocklist', function () {
       })
 
       it('Should list blocked servers', async function () {
-        const res = await getServerBlocklistByAccount(servers[0].url, servers[0].accessToken, 0, 1, 'createdAt')
-        const blocks: ServerBlock[] = res.body.data
-
-        expect(res.body.total).to.equal(1)
+        const body = await command.listMyServerBlocklist({ start: 0, count: 1, sort: 'createdAt' })
+        expect(body.total).to.equal(1)
 
-        const block = blocks[0]
+        const block = body.data[0]
         expect(block.byAccount.displayName).to.equal('root')
         expect(block.byAccount.name).to.equal('root')
         expect(block.blockedServer.host).to.equal('localhost:' + servers[1].port)
       })
 
       it('Should unblock the remote server', async function () {
-        await removeServerFromAccountBlocklist(servers[0].url, servers[0].accessToken, 'localhost:' + servers[1].port)
+        await command.removeFromMyBlocklist({ server: 'localhost:' + servers[1].port })
       })
 
       it('Should display its videos', function () {
-        return checkAllVideos(servers[0].url, servers[0].accessToken)
+        return checkAllVideos(servers[0], servers[0].accessToken)
       })
 
       it('Should display its comments', function () {
-        return checkAllComments(servers[0].url, servers[0].accessToken, videoUUID1)
+        return checkAllComments(servers[0], servers[0].accessToken, videoUUID1)
       })
 
       it('Should have notification from unblocked server', async function () {
@@ -515,54 +472,50 @@ describe('Test blocklist', function () {
     describe('When managing account blocklist', function () {
       it('Should list all videos', async function () {
         for (const token of [ userModeratorToken, servers[0].accessToken ]) {
-          await checkAllVideos(servers[0].url, token)
+          await checkAllVideos(servers[0], token)
         }
       })
 
       it('Should list the comments', async function () {
         for (const token of [ userModeratorToken, servers[0].accessToken ]) {
-          await checkAllComments(servers[0].url, token, videoUUID1)
+          await checkAllComments(servers[0], token, videoUUID1)
         }
       })
 
       it('Should block a remote account', async function () {
-        await addAccountToServerBlocklist(servers[0].url, servers[0].accessToken, 'user2@localhost:' + servers[1].port)
+        await command.addToServerBlocklist({ account: 'user2@localhost:' + servers[1].port })
       })
 
       it('Should hide its videos', async function () {
         for (const token of [ userModeratorToken, servers[0].accessToken ]) {
-          const res = await getVideosListWithToken(servers[0].url, token)
+          const { data } = await servers[0].videos.listWithToken({ token })
 
-          const videos: Video[] = res.body.data
-          expect(videos).to.have.lengthOf(4)
+          expect(data).to.have.lengthOf(4)
 
-          const v = videos.find(v => v.name === 'video user 2')
+          const v = data.find(v => v.name === 'video user 2')
           expect(v).to.be.undefined
         }
       })
 
       it('Should block a local account', async function () {
-        await addAccountToServerBlocklist(servers[0].url, servers[0].accessToken, 'user1')
+        await command.addToServerBlocklist({ account: 'user1' })
       })
 
       it('Should hide its videos', async function () {
         for (const token of [ userModeratorToken, servers[0].accessToken ]) {
-          const res = await getVideosListWithToken(servers[0].url, token)
+          const { data } = await servers[0].videos.listWithToken({ token })
 
-          const videos: Video[] = res.body.data
-          expect(videos).to.have.lengthOf(3)
+          expect(data).to.have.lengthOf(3)
 
-          const v = videos.find(v => v.name === 'video user 1')
+          const v = data.find(v => v.name === 'video user 1')
           expect(v).to.be.undefined
         }
       })
 
       it('Should hide its comments', async function () {
         for (const token of [ userModeratorToken, servers[0].accessToken ]) {
-          const resThreads = await getVideoCommentThreads(servers[0].url, videoUUID1, 0, 20, '-createdAt', token)
-
-          let threads: VideoComment[] = resThreads.body.data
-          threads = threads.filter(t => t.isDeleted === false)
+          const { data } = await commentsCommand[0].listThreads({ videoId: videoUUID1, count: 20, sort: '-createdAt', token })
+          const threads = data.filter(t => t.isDeleted === false)
 
           expect(threads).to.have.lengthOf(1)
           expect(threads[0].totalReplies).to.equal(1)
@@ -571,9 +524,7 @@ describe('Test blocklist', function () {
           expect(t).to.be.undefined
 
           for (const thread of threads) {
-            const res = await getVideoThreadComments(servers[0].url, videoUUID1, thread.id, token)
-
-            const tree: VideoCommentThreadTree = res.body
+            const tree = await commentsCommand[0].getThread({ videoId: videoUUID1, threadId: thread.id, token })
             expect(tree.children).to.have.lengthOf(0)
           }
         }
@@ -600,12 +551,10 @@ describe('Test blocklist', function () {
 
       it('Should list blocked accounts', async function () {
         {
-          const res = await getAccountBlocklistByServer(servers[0].url, servers[0].accessToken, 0, 1, 'createdAt')
-          const blocks: AccountBlock[] = res.body.data
-
-          expect(res.body.total).to.equal(2)
+          const body = await command.listServerAccountBlocklist({ start: 0, count: 1, sort: 'createdAt' })
+          expect(body.total).to.equal(2)
 
-          const block = blocks[0]
+          const block = body.data[0]
           expect(block.byAccount.displayName).to.equal('peertube')
           expect(block.byAccount.name).to.equal('peertube')
           expect(block.blockedAccount.displayName).to.equal('user2')
@@ -614,12 +563,10 @@ describe('Test blocklist', function () {
         }
 
         {
-          const res = await getAccountBlocklistByServer(servers[0].url, servers[0].accessToken, 1, 2, 'createdAt')
-          const blocks: AccountBlock[] = res.body.data
+          const body = await command.listServerAccountBlocklist({ start: 1, count: 2, sort: 'createdAt' })
+          expect(body.total).to.equal(2)
 
-          expect(res.body.total).to.equal(2)
-
-          const block = blocks[0]
+          const block = body.data[0]
           expect(block.byAccount.displayName).to.equal('peertube')
           expect(block.byAccount.name).to.equal('peertube')
           expect(block.blockedAccount.displayName).to.equal('user1')
@@ -629,28 +576,26 @@ describe('Test blocklist', function () {
       })
 
       it('Should unblock the remote account', async function () {
-        await removeAccountFromServerBlocklist(servers[0].url, servers[0].accessToken, 'user2@localhost:' + servers[1].port)
+        await command.removeFromServerBlocklist({ account: 'user2@localhost:' + servers[1].port })
       })
 
       it('Should display its videos', async function () {
         for (const token of [ userModeratorToken, servers[0].accessToken ]) {
-          const res = await getVideosListWithToken(servers[0].url, token)
-
-          const videos: Video[] = res.body.data
-          expect(videos).to.have.lengthOf(4)
+          const { data } = await servers[0].videos.listWithToken({ token })
+          expect(data).to.have.lengthOf(4)
 
-          const v = videos.find(v => v.name === 'video user 2')
+          const v = data.find(v => v.name === 'video user 2')
           expect(v).not.to.be.undefined
         }
       })
 
       it('Should unblock the local account', async function () {
-        await removeAccountFromServerBlocklist(servers[0].url, servers[0].accessToken, 'user1')
+        await command.removeFromServerBlocklist({ account: 'user1' })
       })
 
       it('Should display its comments', async function () {
         for (const token of [ userModeratorToken, servers[0].accessToken ]) {
-          await checkAllComments(servers[0].url, token, videoUUID1)
+          await checkAllComments(servers[0], token, videoUUID1)
         }
       })
 
@@ -677,31 +622,33 @@ describe('Test blocklist', function () {
     describe('When managing server blocklist', function () {
       it('Should list all videos', async function () {
         for (const token of [ userModeratorToken, servers[0].accessToken ]) {
-          await checkAllVideos(servers[0].url, token)
+          await checkAllVideos(servers[0], token)
         }
       })
 
       it('Should list the comments', async function () {
         for (const token of [ userModeratorToken, servers[0].accessToken ]) {
-          await checkAllComments(servers[0].url, token, videoUUID1)
+          await checkAllComments(servers[0], token, videoUUID1)
         }
       })
 
       it('Should block a remote server', async function () {
-        await addServerToServerBlocklist(servers[0].url, servers[0].accessToken, 'localhost:' + servers[1].port)
+        await command.addToServerBlocklist({ server: 'localhost:' + servers[1].port })
       })
 
       it('Should hide its videos', async function () {
         for (const token of [ userModeratorToken, servers[0].accessToken ]) {
-          const res1 = await getVideosList(servers[0].url)
-          const res2 = await getVideosListWithToken(servers[0].url, token)
+          const requests = [
+            servers[0].videos.list(),
+            servers[0].videos.listWithToken({ token })
+          ]
 
-          for (const res of [ res1, res2 ]) {
-            const videos: Video[] = res.body.data
-            expect(videos).to.have.lengthOf(3)
+          for (const req of requests) {
+            const { data } = await req
+            expect(data).to.have.lengthOf(3)
 
-            const v1 = videos.find(v => v.name === 'video user 2')
-            const v2 = videos.find(v => v.name === 'video server 2')
+            const v1 = data.find(v => v.name === 'video user 2')
+            const v2 = data.find(v => v.name === 'video server 2')
 
             expect(v1).to.be.undefined
             expect(v2).to.be.undefined
@@ -712,14 +659,13 @@ describe('Test blocklist', function () {
       it('Should hide its comments', async function () {
         this.timeout(10000)
 
-        const resThreads = await addVideoCommentThread(servers[1].url, userToken2, videoUUID1, 'hidden comment 2')
-        const threadId = resThreads.body.comment.id
+        const { id } = await commentsCommand[1].createThread({ token: userToken2, videoId: videoUUID1, text: 'hidden comment 2' })
 
         await waitJobs(servers)
 
-        await checkAllComments(servers[0].url, servers[0].accessToken, videoUUID1)
+        await checkAllComments(servers[0], servers[0].accessToken, videoUUID1)
 
-        await deleteVideoComment(servers[1].url, userToken2, videoUUID1, threadId)
+        await commentsCommand[1].delete({ token: userToken2, videoId: videoUUID1, commentId: id })
       })
 
       it('Should not have notification from blocked instances by instance', async function () {
@@ -742,48 +688,44 @@ describe('Test blocklist', function () {
 
         {
           const now = new Date()
-          await unfollow(servers[1].url, servers[1].accessToken, servers[0])
+          await servers[1].follows.unfollow({ target: servers[0] })
           await waitJobs(servers)
-          await follow(servers[1].url, [ servers[0].host ], servers[1].accessToken)
+          await servers[1].follows.follow({ hosts: [ servers[0].host ] })
 
           await waitJobs(servers)
 
-          const res = await getUserNotifications(servers[0].url, servers[0].accessToken, 0, 30)
-          const commentNotifications = (res.body.data as UserNotification[])
-                                          .filter(n => {
-                                            return n.type === UserNotificationType.NEW_INSTANCE_FOLLOWER &&
-                                            n.createdAt >= now.toISOString()
-                                          })
+          const { data } = await servers[0].notifications.list({ start: 0, count: 30 })
+          const commentNotifications = data.filter(n => {
+            return n.type === UserNotificationType.NEW_INSTANCE_FOLLOWER && n.createdAt >= now.toISOString()
+          })
 
           expect(commentNotifications).to.have.lengthOf(0)
         }
       })
 
       it('Should list blocked servers', async function () {
-        const res = await getServerBlocklistByServer(servers[0].url, servers[0].accessToken, 0, 1, 'createdAt')
-        const blocks: ServerBlock[] = res.body.data
-
-        expect(res.body.total).to.equal(1)
+        const body = await command.listServerServerBlocklist({ start: 0, count: 1, sort: 'createdAt' })
+        expect(body.total).to.equal(1)
 
-        const block = blocks[0]
+        const block = body.data[0]
         expect(block.byAccount.displayName).to.equal('peertube')
         expect(block.byAccount.name).to.equal('peertube')
         expect(block.blockedServer.host).to.equal('localhost:' + servers[1].port)
       })
 
       it('Should unblock the remote server', async function () {
-        await removeServerFromServerBlocklist(servers[0].url, servers[0].accessToken, 'localhost:' + servers[1].port)
+        await command.removeFromServerBlocklist({ server: 'localhost:' + servers[1].port })
       })
 
       it('Should list all videos', async function () {
         for (const token of [ userModeratorToken, servers[0].accessToken ]) {
-          await checkAllVideos(servers[0].url, token)
+          await checkAllVideos(servers[0], token)
         }
       })
 
       it('Should list the comments', async function () {
         for (const token of [ userModeratorToken, servers[0].accessToken ]) {
-          await checkAllComments(servers[0].url, token, videoUUID1)
+          await checkAllComments(servers[0], token, videoUUID1)
         }
       })
 
@@ -807,18 +749,16 @@ describe('Test blocklist', function () {
 
         {
           const now = new Date()
-          await unfollow(servers[1].url, servers[1].accessToken, servers[0])
+          await servers[1].follows.unfollow({ target: servers[0] })
           await waitJobs(servers)
-          await follow(servers[1].url, [ servers[0].host ], servers[1].accessToken)
+          await servers[1].follows.follow({ hosts: [ servers[0].host ] })
 
           await waitJobs(servers)
 
-          const res = await getUserNotifications(servers[0].url, servers[0].accessToken, 0, 30)
-          const commentNotifications = (res.body.data as UserNotification[])
-                                          .filter(n => {
-                                            return n.type === UserNotificationType.NEW_INSTANCE_FOLLOWER &&
-                                            n.createdAt >= now.toISOString()
-                                          })
+          const { data } = await servers[0].notifications.list({ start: 0, count: 30 })
+          const commentNotifications = data.filter(n => {
+            return n.type === UserNotificationType.NEW_INSTANCE_FOLLOWER && n.createdAt >= now.toISOString()
+          })
 
           expect(commentNotifications).to.have.lengthOf(1)
         }
diff --git a/server/tests/api/moderation/video-blacklist.ts b/server/tests/api/moderation/video-blacklist.ts
index 52cac20d9..d5838191a 100644
--- a/server/tests/api/moderation/video-blacklist.ts
+++ b/server/tests/api/moderation/video-blacklist.ts
@@ -4,44 +4,30 @@ import 'mocha'
 import * as chai from 'chai'
 import { orderBy } from 'lodash'
 import {
-  addVideoToBlacklist,
+  BlacklistCommand,
   cleanupTests,
-  createUser,
-  flushAndRunMultipleServers,
-  getBlacklistedVideosList,
-  getMyUserInformation,
-  getMyVideos,
-  getVideosList,
+  createMultipleServers,
+  doubleFollow,
+  FIXTURE_URLS,
   killallServers,
-  removeVideoFromBlacklist,
-  reRunServer,
-  searchVideo,
-  ServerInfo,
+  PeerTubeServer,
   setAccessTokensToServers,
-  updateVideo,
-  updateVideoBlacklist,
-  uploadVideo,
-  userLogin
-} from '../../../../shared/extra-utils/index'
-import { doubleFollow } from '../../../../shared/extra-utils/server/follows'
-import { waitJobs } from '../../../../shared/extra-utils/server/jobs'
-import { getGoodVideoUrl, getMagnetURI, importVideo } from '../../../../shared/extra-utils/videos/video-imports'
-import { User, UserRole } from '../../../../shared/models/users'
-import { UserAdminFlag } from '../../../../shared/models/users/user-flag.model'
-import { VideoBlacklist, VideoBlacklistType } from '../../../../shared/models/videos'
+  waitJobs
+} from '@shared/extra-utils'
+import { UserAdminFlag, UserRole, VideoBlacklist, VideoBlacklistType } from '@shared/models'
 
 const expect = chai.expect
 
 describe('Test video blacklist', function () {
-  let servers: ServerInfo[] = []
+  let servers: PeerTubeServer[] = []
   let videoId: number
+  let command: BlacklistCommand
 
-  async function blacklistVideosOnServer (server: ServerInfo) {
-    const res = await getVideosList(server.url)
+  async function blacklistVideosOnServer (server: PeerTubeServer) {
+    const { data } = await server.videos.list()
 
-    const videos = res.body.data
-    for (const video of videos) {
-      await addVideoToBlacklist(server.url, server.accessToken, video.id, 'super reason')
+    for (const video of data) {
+      await server.blacklist.add({ videoId: video.id, reason: 'super reason' })
     }
   }
 
@@ -49,7 +35,7 @@ describe('Test video blacklist', function () {
     this.timeout(50000)
 
     // Run servers
-    servers = await flushAndRunMultipleServers(2)
+    servers = await createMultipleServers(2)
 
     // Get the access tokens
     await setAccessTokensToServers(servers)
@@ -58,12 +44,14 @@ describe('Test video blacklist', function () {
     await doubleFollow(servers[0], servers[1])
 
     // Upload 2 videos on server 2
-    await uploadVideo(servers[1].url, servers[1].accessToken, { name: 'My 1st video', description: 'A video on server 2' })
-    await uploadVideo(servers[1].url, servers[1].accessToken, { name: 'My 2nd video', description: 'A video on server 2' })
+    await servers[1].videos.upload({ attributes: { name: 'My 1st video', description: 'A video on server 2' } })
+    await servers[1].videos.upload({ attributes: { name: 'My 2nd video', description: 'A video on server 2' } })
 
     // Wait videos propagation, server 2 has transcoding enabled
     await waitJobs(servers)
 
+    command = servers[0].blacklist
+
     // Blacklist the two videos on server 1
     await blacklistVideosOnServer(servers[0])
   })
@@ -72,48 +60,47 @@ describe('Test video blacklist', function () {
 
     it('Should not have the video blacklisted in videos list/search on server 1', async function () {
       {
-        const res = await getVideosList(servers[0].url)
+        const { total, data } = await servers[0].videos.list()
 
-        expect(res.body.total).to.equal(0)
-        expect(res.body.data).to.be.an('array')
-        expect(res.body.data.length).to.equal(0)
+        expect(total).to.equal(0)
+        expect(data).to.be.an('array')
+        expect(data.length).to.equal(0)
       }
 
       {
-        const res = await searchVideo(servers[0].url, 'name')
+        const body = await servers[0].search.searchVideos({ search: 'video' })
 
-        expect(res.body.total).to.equal(0)
-        expect(res.body.data).to.be.an('array')
-        expect(res.body.data.length).to.equal(0)
+        expect(body.total).to.equal(0)
+        expect(body.data).to.be.an('array')
+        expect(body.data.length).to.equal(0)
       }
     })
 
     it('Should have the blacklisted video in videos list/search on server 2', async function () {
       {
-        const res = await getVideosList(servers[1].url)
+        const { total, data } = await servers[1].videos.list()
 
-        expect(res.body.total).to.equal(2)
-        expect(res.body.data).to.be.an('array')
-        expect(res.body.data.length).to.equal(2)
+        expect(total).to.equal(2)
+        expect(data).to.be.an('array')
+        expect(data.length).to.equal(2)
       }
 
       {
-        const res = await searchVideo(servers[1].url, 'video')
+        const body = await servers[1].search.searchVideos({ search: 'video' })
 
-        expect(res.body.total).to.equal(2)
-        expect(res.body.data).to.be.an('array')
-        expect(res.body.data.length).to.equal(2)
+        expect(body.total).to.equal(2)
+        expect(body.data).to.be.an('array')
+        expect(body.data.length).to.equal(2)
       }
     })
   })
 
   describe('When listing manually blacklisted videos', function () {
     it('Should display all the blacklisted videos', async function () {
-      const res = await getBlacklistedVideosList({ url: servers[0].url, token: servers[0].accessToken })
-
-      expect(res.body.total).to.equal(2)
+      const body = await command.list()
+      expect(body.total).to.equal(2)
 
-      const blacklistedVideos = res.body.data
+      const blacklistedVideos = body.data
       expect(blacklistedVideos).to.be.an('array')
       expect(blacklistedVideos.length).to.equal(2)
 
@@ -124,79 +111,66 @@ describe('Test video blacklist', function () {
     })
 
     it('Should display all the blacklisted videos when applying manual type filter', async function () {
-      const res = await getBlacklistedVideosList({
-        url: servers[0].url,
-        token: servers[0].accessToken,
-        type: VideoBlacklistType.MANUAL
-      })
+      const body = await command.list({ type: VideoBlacklistType.MANUAL })
+      expect(body.total).to.equal(2)
 
-      expect(res.body.total).to.equal(2)
-
-      const blacklistedVideos = res.body.data
+      const blacklistedVideos = body.data
       expect(blacklistedVideos).to.be.an('array')
       expect(blacklistedVideos.length).to.equal(2)
     })
 
     it('Should display nothing when applying automatic type filter', async function () {
-      const res = await getBlacklistedVideosList({
-        url: servers[0].url,
-        token: servers[0].accessToken,
-        type: VideoBlacklistType.AUTO_BEFORE_PUBLISHED
-      })
-
-      expect(res.body.total).to.equal(0)
+      const body = await command.list({ type: VideoBlacklistType.AUTO_BEFORE_PUBLISHED })
+      expect(body.total).to.equal(0)
 
-      const blacklistedVideos = res.body.data
+      const blacklistedVideos = body.data
       expect(blacklistedVideos).to.be.an('array')
       expect(blacklistedVideos.length).to.equal(0)
     })
 
     it('Should get the correct sort when sorting by descending id', async function () {
-      const res = await getBlacklistedVideosList({ url: servers[0].url, token: servers[0].accessToken, sort: '-id' })
-      expect(res.body.total).to.equal(2)
+      const body = await command.list({ sort: '-id' })
+      expect(body.total).to.equal(2)
 
-      const blacklistedVideos = res.body.data
+      const blacklistedVideos = body.data
       expect(blacklistedVideos).to.be.an('array')
       expect(blacklistedVideos.length).to.equal(2)
 
-      const result = orderBy(res.body.data, [ 'id' ], [ 'desc' ])
-
+      const result = orderBy(body.data, [ 'id' ], [ 'desc' ])
       expect(blacklistedVideos).to.deep.equal(result)
     })
 
     it('Should get the correct sort when sorting by descending video name', async function () {
-      const res = await getBlacklistedVideosList({ url: servers[0].url, token: servers[0].accessToken, sort: '-name' })
-      expect(res.body.total).to.equal(2)
+      const body = await command.list({ sort: '-name' })
+      expect(body.total).to.equal(2)
 
-      const blacklistedVideos = res.body.data
+      const blacklistedVideos = body.data
       expect(blacklistedVideos).to.be.an('array')
       expect(blacklistedVideos.length).to.equal(2)
 
-      const result = orderBy(res.body.data, [ 'name' ], [ 'desc' ])
-
+      const result = orderBy(body.data, [ 'name' ], [ 'desc' ])
       expect(blacklistedVideos).to.deep.equal(result)
     })
 
     it('Should get the correct sort when sorting by ascending creation date', async function () {
-      const res = await getBlacklistedVideosList({ url: servers[0].url, token: servers[0].accessToken, sort: 'createdAt' })
-      expect(res.body.total).to.equal(2)
+      const body = await command.list({ sort: 'createdAt' })
+      expect(body.total).to.equal(2)
 
-      const blacklistedVideos = res.body.data
+      const blacklistedVideos = body.data
       expect(blacklistedVideos).to.be.an('array')
       expect(blacklistedVideos.length).to.equal(2)
 
-      const result = orderBy(res.body.data, [ 'createdAt' ])
-
+      const result = orderBy(body.data, [ 'createdAt' ])
       expect(blacklistedVideos).to.deep.equal(result)
     })
   })
 
   describe('When updating blacklisted videos', function () {
     it('Should change the reason', async function () {
-      await updateVideoBlacklist(servers[0].url, servers[0].accessToken, videoId, 'my super reason updated')
+      await command.update({ videoId, reason: 'my super reason updated' })
 
-      const res = await getBlacklistedVideosList({ url: servers[0].url, token: servers[0].accessToken, sort: '-name' })
-      const video = res.body.data.find(b => b.video.id === videoId)
+      const body = await command.list({ sort: '-name' })
+      const video = body.data.find(b => b.video.id === videoId)
 
       expect(video.reason).to.equal('my super reason updated')
     })
@@ -206,12 +180,12 @@ describe('Test video blacklist', function () {
     it('Should display blacklisted videos', async function () {
       await blacklistVideosOnServer(servers[1])
 
-      const res = await getMyVideos(servers[1].url, servers[1].accessToken, 0, 5)
+      const { total, data } = await servers[1].videos.listMyVideos()
 
-      expect(res.body.total).to.equal(2)
-      expect(res.body.data).to.have.lengthOf(2)
+      expect(total).to.equal(2)
+      expect(data).to.have.lengthOf(2)
 
-      for (const video of res.body.data) {
+      for (const video of data) {
         expect(video.blacklisted).to.be.true
         expect(video.blacklistedReason).to.equal('super reason')
       }
@@ -223,39 +197,38 @@ describe('Test video blacklist', function () {
     let blacklist = []
 
     it('Should not have any video in videos list on server 1', async function () {
-      const res = await getVideosList(servers[0].url)
-      expect(res.body.total).to.equal(0)
-      expect(res.body.data).to.be.an('array')
-      expect(res.body.data.length).to.equal(0)
+      const { total, data } = await servers[0].videos.list()
+      expect(total).to.equal(0)
+      expect(data).to.be.an('array')
+      expect(data.length).to.equal(0)
     })
 
     it('Should remove a video from the blacklist on server 1', async function () {
       // Get one video in the blacklist
-      const res = await getBlacklistedVideosList({ url: servers[0].url, token: servers[0].accessToken, sort: '-name' })
-      videoToRemove = res.body.data[0]
-      blacklist = res.body.data.slice(1)
+      const body = await command.list({ sort: '-name' })
+      videoToRemove = body.data[0]
+      blacklist = body.data.slice(1)
 
       // Remove it
-      await removeVideoFromBlacklist(servers[0].url, servers[0].accessToken, videoToRemove.video.id)
+      await command.remove({ videoId: videoToRemove.video.id })
     })
 
     it('Should have the ex-blacklisted video in videos list on server 1', async function () {
-      const res = await getVideosList(servers[0].url)
-      expect(res.body.total).to.equal(1)
+      const { total, data } = await servers[0].videos.list()
+      expect(total).to.equal(1)
 
-      const videos = res.body.data
-      expect(videos).to.be.an('array')
-      expect(videos.length).to.equal(1)
+      expect(data).to.be.an('array')
+      expect(data.length).to.equal(1)
 
-      expect(videos[0].name).to.equal(videoToRemove.video.name)
-      expect(videos[0].id).to.equal(videoToRemove.video.id)
+      expect(data[0].name).to.equal(videoToRemove.video.name)
+      expect(data[0].id).to.equal(videoToRemove.video.id)
     })
 
     it('Should not have the ex-blacklisted video in videos blacklist list on server 1', async function () {
-      const res = await getBlacklistedVideosList({ url: servers[0].url, token: servers[0].accessToken, sort: '-name' })
-      expect(res.body.total).to.equal(1)
+      const body = await command.list({ sort: '-name' })
+      expect(body.total).to.equal(1)
 
-      const videos = res.body.data
+      const videos = body.data
       expect(videos).to.be.an('array')
       expect(videos.length).to.equal(1)
       expect(videos).to.deep.equal(blacklist)
@@ -270,12 +243,12 @@ describe('Test video blacklist', function () {
       this.timeout(10000)
 
       {
-        const res = await uploadVideo(servers[0].url, servers[0].accessToken, { name: 'Video 3' })
-        video3UUID = res.body.video.uuid
+        const { uuid } = await servers[0].videos.upload({ attributes: { name: 'Video 3' } })
+        video3UUID = uuid
       }
       {
-        const res = await uploadVideo(servers[0].url, servers[0].accessToken, { name: 'Video 4' })
-        video4UUID = res.body.video.uuid
+        const { uuid } = await servers[0].videos.upload({ attributes: { name: 'Video 4' } })
+        video4UUID = uuid
       }
 
       await waitJobs(servers)
@@ -284,51 +257,51 @@ describe('Test video blacklist', function () {
     it('Should blacklist video 3 and keep it federated', async function () {
       this.timeout(10000)
 
-      await addVideoToBlacklist(servers[0].url, servers[0].accessToken, video3UUID, 'super reason', false)
+      await command.add({ videoId: video3UUID, reason: 'super reason', unfederate: false })
 
       await waitJobs(servers)
 
       {
-        const res = await getVideosList(servers[0].url)
-        expect(res.body.data.find(v => v.uuid === video3UUID)).to.be.undefined
+        const { data } = await servers[0].videos.list()
+        expect(data.find(v => v.uuid === video3UUID)).to.be.undefined
       }
 
       {
-        const res = await getVideosList(servers[1].url)
-        expect(res.body.data.find(v => v.uuid === video3UUID)).to.not.be.undefined
+        const { data } = await servers[1].videos.list()
+        expect(data.find(v => v.uuid === video3UUID)).to.not.be.undefined
       }
     })
 
     it('Should unfederate the video', async function () {
       this.timeout(10000)
 
-      await addVideoToBlacklist(servers[0].url, servers[0].accessToken, video4UUID, 'super reason', true)
+      await command.add({ videoId: video4UUID, reason: 'super reason', unfederate: true })
 
       await waitJobs(servers)
 
       for (const server of servers) {
-        const res = await getVideosList(server.url)
-        expect(res.body.data.find(v => v.uuid === video4UUID)).to.be.undefined
+        const { data } = await server.videos.list()
+        expect(data.find(v => v.uuid === video4UUID)).to.be.undefined
       }
     })
 
     it('Should have the video unfederated even after an Update AP message', async function () {
       this.timeout(10000)
 
-      await updateVideo(servers[0].url, servers[0].accessToken, video4UUID, { description: 'super description' })
+      await servers[0].videos.update({ id: video4UUID, attributes: { description: 'super description' } })
 
       await waitJobs(servers)
 
       for (const server of servers) {
-        const res = await getVideosList(server.url)
-        expect(res.body.data.find(v => v.uuid === video4UUID)).to.be.undefined
+        const { data } = await server.videos.list()
+        expect(data.find(v => v.uuid === video4UUID)).to.be.undefined
       }
     })
 
     it('Should have the correct video blacklist unfederate attribute', async function () {
-      const res = await getBlacklistedVideosList({ url: servers[0].url, token: servers[0].accessToken, sort: 'createdAt' })
+      const body = await command.list({ sort: 'createdAt' })
 
-      const blacklistedVideos: VideoBlacklist[] = res.body.data
+      const blacklistedVideos = body.data
       const video3Blacklisted = blacklistedVideos.find(b => b.video.uuid === video3UUID)
       const video4Blacklisted = blacklistedVideos.find(b => b.video.uuid === video4UUID)
 
@@ -339,13 +312,13 @@ describe('Test video blacklist', function () {
     it('Should remove the video from blacklist and refederate the video', async function () {
       this.timeout(10000)
 
-      await removeVideoFromBlacklist(servers[0].url, servers[0].accessToken, video4UUID)
+      await command.remove({ videoId: video4UUID })
 
       await waitJobs(servers)
 
       for (const server of servers) {
-        const res = await getVideosList(server.url)
-        expect(res.body.data.find(v => v.uuid === video4UUID)).to.not.be.undefined
+        const { data } = await server.videos.list()
+        expect(data.find(v => v.uuid === video4UUID)).to.not.be.undefined
       }
     })
 
@@ -359,7 +332,7 @@ describe('Test video blacklist', function () {
     before(async function () {
       this.timeout(20000)
 
-      killallServers([ servers[0] ])
+      await killallServers([ servers[0] ])
 
       const config = {
         auto_blacklist: {
@@ -370,106 +343,79 @@ describe('Test video blacklist', function () {
           }
         }
       }
-      await reRunServer(servers[0], config)
+      await servers[0].run(config)
 
       {
         const user = { username: 'user_without_flag', password: 'password' }
-        await createUser({
-          url: servers[0].url,
-          accessToken: servers[0].accessToken,
+        await servers[0].users.create({
           username: user.username,
           adminFlags: UserAdminFlag.NONE,
           password: user.password,
           role: UserRole.USER
         })
 
-        userWithoutFlag = await userLogin(servers[0], user)
+        userWithoutFlag = await servers[0].login.getAccessToken(user)
 
-        const res = await getMyUserInformation(servers[0].url, userWithoutFlag)
-        const body: User = res.body
-        channelOfUserWithoutFlag = body.videoChannels[0].id
+        const { videoChannels } = await servers[0].users.getMyInfo({ token: userWithoutFlag })
+        channelOfUserWithoutFlag = videoChannels[0].id
       }
 
       {
         const user = { username: 'user_with_flag', password: 'password' }
-        await createUser({
-          url: servers[0].url,
-          accessToken: servers[0].accessToken,
+        await servers[0].users.create({
           username: user.username,
           adminFlags: UserAdminFlag.BYPASS_VIDEO_AUTO_BLACKLIST,
           password: user.password,
           role: UserRole.USER
         })
 
-        userWithFlag = await userLogin(servers[0], user)
+        userWithFlag = await servers[0].login.getAccessToken(user)
       }
 
       await waitJobs(servers)
     })
 
     it('Should auto blacklist a video on upload', async function () {
-      await uploadVideo(servers[0].url, userWithoutFlag, { name: 'blacklisted' })
-
-      const res = await getBlacklistedVideosList({
-        url: servers[0].url,
-        token: servers[0].accessToken,
-        type: VideoBlacklistType.AUTO_BEFORE_PUBLISHED
-      })
+      await servers[0].videos.upload({ token: userWithoutFlag, attributes: { name: 'blacklisted' } })
 
-      expect(res.body.total).to.equal(1)
-      expect(res.body.data[0].video.name).to.equal('blacklisted')
+      const body = await command.list({ type: VideoBlacklistType.AUTO_BEFORE_PUBLISHED })
+      expect(body.total).to.equal(1)
+      expect(body.data[0].video.name).to.equal('blacklisted')
     })
 
     it('Should auto blacklist a video on URL import', async function () {
       this.timeout(15000)
 
       const attributes = {
-        targetUrl: getGoodVideoUrl(),
+        targetUrl: FIXTURE_URLS.goodVideo,
         name: 'URL import',
         channelId: channelOfUserWithoutFlag
       }
-      await importVideo(servers[0].url, userWithoutFlag, attributes)
+      await servers[0].imports.importVideo({ token: userWithoutFlag, attributes })
 
-      const res = await getBlacklistedVideosList({
-        url: servers[0].url,
-        token: servers[0].accessToken,
-        sort: 'createdAt',
-        type: VideoBlacklistType.AUTO_BEFORE_PUBLISHED
-      })
-
-      expect(res.body.total).to.equal(2)
-      expect(res.body.data[1].video.name).to.equal('URL import')
+      const body = await command.list({ sort: 'createdAt', type: VideoBlacklistType.AUTO_BEFORE_PUBLISHED })
+      expect(body.total).to.equal(2)
+      expect(body.data[1].video.name).to.equal('URL import')
     })
 
     it('Should auto blacklist a video on torrent import', async function () {
       const attributes = {
-        magnetUri: getMagnetURI(),
+        magnetUri: FIXTURE_URLS.magnet,
         name: 'Torrent import',
         channelId: channelOfUserWithoutFlag
       }
-      await importVideo(servers[0].url, userWithoutFlag, attributes)
-
-      const res = await getBlacklistedVideosList({
-        url: servers[0].url,
-        token: servers[0].accessToken,
-        sort: 'createdAt',
-        type: VideoBlacklistType.AUTO_BEFORE_PUBLISHED
-      })
+      await servers[0].imports.importVideo({ token: userWithoutFlag, attributes })
 
-      expect(res.body.total).to.equal(3)
-      expect(res.body.data[2].video.name).to.equal('Torrent import')
+      const body = await command.list({ sort: 'createdAt', type: VideoBlacklistType.AUTO_BEFORE_PUBLISHED })
+      expect(body.total).to.equal(3)
+      expect(body.data[2].video.name).to.equal('Torrent import')
     })
 
     it('Should not auto blacklist a video on upload if the user has the bypass blacklist flag', async function () {
-      await uploadVideo(servers[0].url, userWithFlag, { name: 'not blacklisted' })
-
-      const res = await getBlacklistedVideosList({
-        url: servers[0].url,
-        token: servers[0].accessToken,
-        type: VideoBlacklistType.AUTO_BEFORE_PUBLISHED
-      })
+      await servers[0].videos.upload({ token: userWithFlag, attributes: { name: 'not blacklisted' } })
 
-      expect(res.body.total).to.equal(3)
+      const body = await command.list({ type: VideoBlacklistType.AUTO_BEFORE_PUBLISHED })
+      expect(body.total).to.equal(3)
     })
   })
 
diff --git a/server/tests/api/notifications/admin-notifications.ts b/server/tests/api/notifications/admin-notifications.ts
index cfe0bd2bb..b36ba11a9 100644
--- a/server/tests/api/notifications/admin-notifications.ts
+++ b/server/tests/api/notifications/admin-notifications.ts
@@ -2,21 +2,21 @@
 
 import 'mocha'
 import { expect } from 'chai'
-import { MockJoinPeerTubeVersions } from '@shared/extra-utils/mock-servers/joinpeertube-versions'
-import { PluginType } from '@shared/models'
-import { cleanupTests, installPlugin, setPluginLatestVersion, setPluginVersion, wait } from '../../../../shared/extra-utils'
-import { ServerInfo } from '../../../../shared/extra-utils/index'
-import { MockSmtpServer } from '../../../../shared/extra-utils/miscs/email'
 import {
   CheckerBaseParams,
   checkNewPeerTubeVersion,
   checkNewPluginVersion,
-  prepareNotificationsTest
-} from '../../../../shared/extra-utils/users/user-notifications'
-import { UserNotification, UserNotificationType } from '../../../../shared/models/users'
+  cleanupTests,
+  MockJoinPeerTubeVersions,
+  MockSmtpServer,
+  PeerTubeServer,
+  prepareNotificationsTest,
+  wait
+} from '@shared/extra-utils'
+import { PluginType, UserNotification, UserNotificationType } from '@shared/models'
 
 describe('Test admin notifications', function () {
-  let server: ServerInfo
+  let server: PeerTubeServer
   let userNotifications: UserNotification[] = []
   let adminNotifications: UserNotification[] = []
   let emails: object[] = []
@@ -58,17 +58,8 @@ describe('Test admin notifications', function () {
       token: server.accessToken
     }
 
-    await installPlugin({
-      url: server.url,
-      accessToken: server.accessToken,
-      npmName: 'peertube-plugin-hello-world'
-    })
-
-    await installPlugin({
-      url: server.url,
-      accessToken: server.accessToken,
-      npmName: 'peertube-theme-background-red'
-    })
+    await server.plugins.install({ npmName: 'peertube-plugin-hello-world' })
+    await server.plugins.install({ npmName: 'peertube-theme-background-red' })
   })
 
   describe('Latest PeerTube version notification', function () {
@@ -127,8 +118,8 @@ describe('Test admin notifications', function () {
     it('Should send a notification to admins on new plugin version', async function () {
       this.timeout(30000)
 
-      await setPluginVersion(server.internalServerNumber, 'hello-world', '0.0.1')
-      await setPluginLatestVersion(server.internalServerNumber, 'hello-world', '0.0.1')
+      await server.sql.setPluginVersion('hello-world', '0.0.1')
+      await server.sql.setPluginLatestVersion('hello-world', '0.0.1')
       await wait(6000)
 
       await checkNewPluginVersion(baseParams, PluginType.PLUGIN, 'hello-world', 'presence')
@@ -149,8 +140,8 @@ describe('Test admin notifications', function () {
     it('Should send a new notification after a new plugin release', async function () {
       this.timeout(30000)
 
-      await setPluginVersion(server.internalServerNumber, 'hello-world', '0.0.1')
-      await setPluginLatestVersion(server.internalServerNumber, 'hello-world', '0.0.1')
+      await server.sql.setPluginVersion('hello-world', '0.0.1')
+      await server.sql.setPluginLatestVersion('hello-world', '0.0.1')
       await wait(6000)
 
       expect(adminNotifications.filter(n => n.type === UserNotificationType.NEW_PEERTUBE_VERSION)).to.have.lengthOf(2)
diff --git a/server/tests/api/notifications/comments-notifications.ts b/server/tests/api/notifications/comments-notifications.ts
index d2badf237..cbb46e510 100644
--- a/server/tests/api/notifications/comments-notifications.ts
+++ b/server/tests/api/notifications/comments-notifications.ts
@@ -3,30 +3,22 @@
 import 'mocha'
 import * as chai from 'chai'
 import {
-  addAccountToAccountBlocklist,
-  addVideoCommentReply,
-  addVideoCommentThread,
   checkCommentMention,
   CheckerBaseParams,
   checkNewCommentOnMyVideo,
   cleanupTests,
-  getVideoCommentThreads,
-  getVideoThreadComments,
   MockSmtpServer,
+  PeerTubeServer,
   prepareNotificationsTest,
-  removeAccountFromAccountBlocklist,
-  ServerInfo,
-  updateMyUser,
-  uploadVideo,
   waitJobs
 } from '@shared/extra-utils'
-import { UserNotification, VideoCommentThreadTree } from '@shared/models'
+import { UserNotification } from '@shared/models'
 
 const expect = chai.expect
 
 describe('Test comments notifications', function () {
-  let servers: ServerInfo[] = []
-  let userAccessToken: string
+  let servers: PeerTubeServer[] = []
+  let userToken: string
   let userNotifications: UserNotification[] = []
   let emails: object[] = []
 
@@ -40,7 +32,7 @@ describe('Test comments notifications', function () {
 
     const res = await prepareNotificationsTest(2)
     emails = res.emails
-    userAccessToken = res.userAccessToken
+    userToken = res.userAccessToken
     servers = res.servers
     userNotifications = res.userNotifications
   })
@@ -53,18 +45,17 @@ describe('Test comments notifications', function () {
         server: servers[0],
         emails,
         socketNotifications: userNotifications,
-        token: userAccessToken
+        token: userToken
       }
     })
 
     it('Should not send a new comment notification after a comment on another video', async function () {
       this.timeout(20000)
 
-      const resVideo = await uploadVideo(servers[0].url, servers[0].accessToken, { name: 'super video' })
-      const uuid = resVideo.body.video.uuid
+      const { uuid } = await servers[0].videos.upload({ attributes: { name: 'super video' } })
 
-      const resComment = await addVideoCommentThread(servers[0].url, servers[0].accessToken, uuid, 'comment')
-      const commentId = resComment.body.comment.id
+      const created = await servers[0].comments.createThread({ videoId: uuid, text: 'comment' })
+      const commentId = created.id
 
       await waitJobs(servers)
       await checkNewCommentOnMyVideo(baseParams, uuid, commentId, commentId, 'absence')
@@ -73,11 +64,10 @@ describe('Test comments notifications', function () {
     it('Should not send a new comment notification if I comment my own video', async function () {
       this.timeout(20000)
 
-      const resVideo = await uploadVideo(servers[0].url, userAccessToken, { name: 'super video' })
-      const uuid = resVideo.body.video.uuid
+      const { uuid } = await servers[0].videos.upload({ token: userToken, attributes: { name: 'super video' } })
 
-      const resComment = await addVideoCommentThread(servers[0].url, userAccessToken, uuid, 'comment')
-      const commentId = resComment.body.comment.id
+      const created = await servers[0].comments.createThread({ token: userToken, videoId: uuid, text: 'comment' })
+      const commentId = created.id
 
       await waitJobs(servers)
       await checkNewCommentOnMyVideo(baseParams, uuid, commentId, commentId, 'absence')
@@ -86,28 +76,26 @@ describe('Test comments notifications', function () {
     it('Should not send a new comment notification if the account is muted', async function () {
       this.timeout(20000)
 
-      await addAccountToAccountBlocklist(servers[0].url, userAccessToken, 'root')
+      await servers[0].blocklist.addToMyBlocklist({ token: userToken, account: 'root' })
 
-      const resVideo = await uploadVideo(servers[0].url, userAccessToken, { name: 'super video' })
-      const uuid = resVideo.body.video.uuid
+      const { uuid } = await servers[0].videos.upload({ token: userToken, attributes: { name: 'super video' } })
 
-      const resComment = await addVideoCommentThread(servers[0].url, servers[0].accessToken, uuid, 'comment')
-      const commentId = resComment.body.comment.id
+      const created = await servers[0].comments.createThread({ videoId: uuid, text: 'comment' })
+      const commentId = created.id
 
       await waitJobs(servers)
       await checkNewCommentOnMyVideo(baseParams, uuid, commentId, commentId, 'absence')
 
-      await removeAccountFromAccountBlocklist(servers[0].url, userAccessToken, 'root')
+      await servers[0].blocklist.removeFromMyBlocklist({ token: userToken, account: 'root' })
     })
 
     it('Should send a new comment notification after a local comment on my video', async function () {
       this.timeout(20000)
 
-      const resVideo = await uploadVideo(servers[0].url, userAccessToken, { name: 'super video' })
-      const uuid = resVideo.body.video.uuid
+      const { uuid } = await servers[0].videos.upload({ token: userToken, attributes: { name: 'super video' } })
 
-      const resComment = await addVideoCommentThread(servers[0].url, servers[0].accessToken, uuid, 'comment')
-      const commentId = resComment.body.comment.id
+      const created = await servers[0].comments.createThread({ videoId: uuid, text: 'comment' })
+      const commentId = created.id
 
       await waitJobs(servers)
       await checkNewCommentOnMyVideo(baseParams, uuid, commentId, commentId, 'presence')
@@ -116,33 +104,29 @@ describe('Test comments notifications', function () {
     it('Should send a new comment notification after a remote comment on my video', async function () {
       this.timeout(20000)
 
-      const resVideo = await uploadVideo(servers[0].url, userAccessToken, { name: 'super video' })
-      const uuid = resVideo.body.video.uuid
+      const { uuid } = await servers[0].videos.upload({ token: userToken, attributes: { name: 'super video' } })
 
       await waitJobs(servers)
 
-      await addVideoCommentThread(servers[1].url, servers[1].accessToken, uuid, 'comment')
+      await servers[1].comments.createThread({ videoId: uuid, text: 'comment' })
 
       await waitJobs(servers)
 
-      const resComment = await getVideoCommentThreads(servers[0].url, uuid, 0, 5)
-      expect(resComment.body.data).to.have.lengthOf(1)
-      const commentId = resComment.body.data[0].id
+      const { data } = await servers[0].comments.listThreads({ videoId: uuid })
+      expect(data).to.have.lengthOf(1)
 
+      const commentId = data[0].id
       await checkNewCommentOnMyVideo(baseParams, uuid, commentId, commentId, 'presence')
     })
 
     it('Should send a new comment notification after a local reply on my video', async function () {
       this.timeout(20000)
 
-      const resVideo = await uploadVideo(servers[0].url, userAccessToken, { name: 'super video' })
-      const uuid = resVideo.body.video.uuid
+      const { uuid } = await servers[0].videos.upload({ token: userToken, attributes: { name: 'super video' } })
 
-      const resThread = await addVideoCommentThread(servers[0].url, servers[0].accessToken, uuid, 'comment')
-      const threadId = resThread.body.comment.id
+      const { id: threadId } = await servers[0].comments.createThread({ videoId: uuid, text: 'comment' })
 
-      const resComment = await addVideoCommentReply(servers[0].url, servers[0].accessToken, uuid, threadId, 'reply')
-      const commentId = resComment.body.comment.id
+      const { id: commentId } = await servers[0].comments.addReply({ videoId: uuid, toCommentId: threadId, text: 'reply' })
 
       await waitJobs(servers)
       await checkNewCommentOnMyVideo(baseParams, uuid, commentId, threadId, 'presence')
@@ -151,24 +135,22 @@ describe('Test comments notifications', function () {
     it('Should send a new comment notification after a remote reply on my video', async function () {
       this.timeout(20000)
 
-      const resVideo = await uploadVideo(servers[0].url, userAccessToken, { name: 'super video' })
-      const uuid = resVideo.body.video.uuid
+      const { uuid } = await servers[0].videos.upload({ token: userToken, attributes: { name: 'super video' } })
       await waitJobs(servers)
 
       {
-        const resThread = await addVideoCommentThread(servers[1].url, servers[1].accessToken, uuid, 'comment')
-        const threadId = resThread.body.comment.id
-        await addVideoCommentReply(servers[1].url, servers[1].accessToken, uuid, threadId, 'reply')
+        const created = await servers[1].comments.createThread({ videoId: uuid, text: 'comment' })
+        const threadId = created.id
+        await servers[1].comments.addReply({ videoId: uuid, toCommentId: threadId, text: 'reply' })
       }
 
       await waitJobs(servers)
 
-      const resThread = await getVideoCommentThreads(servers[0].url, uuid, 0, 5)
-      expect(resThread.body.data).to.have.lengthOf(1)
-      const threadId = resThread.body.data[0].id
+      const { data } = await servers[0].comments.listThreads({ videoId: uuid })
+      expect(data).to.have.lengthOf(1)
 
-      const resComments = await getVideoThreadComments(servers[0].url, uuid, threadId)
-      const tree = resComments.body as VideoCommentThreadTree
+      const threadId = data[0].id
+      const tree = await servers[0].comments.getThread({ videoId: uuid, threadId })
 
       expect(tree.children).to.have.lengthOf(1)
       const commentId = tree.children[0].comment.id
@@ -179,10 +161,9 @@ describe('Test comments notifications', function () {
     it('Should convert markdown in comment to html', async function () {
       this.timeout(20000)
 
-      const resVideo = await uploadVideo(servers[0].url, userAccessToken, { name: 'cool video' })
-      const uuid = resVideo.body.video.uuid
+      const { uuid } = await servers[0].videos.upload({ token: userToken, attributes: { name: 'cool video' } })
 
-      await addVideoCommentThread(servers[0].url, servers[0].accessToken, uuid, commentText)
+      await servers[0].comments.createThread({ videoId: uuid, text: commentText })
 
       await waitJobs(servers)
 
@@ -199,30 +180,19 @@ describe('Test comments notifications', function () {
         server: servers[0],
         emails,
         socketNotifications: userNotifications,
-        token: userAccessToken
+        token: userToken
       }
 
-      await updateMyUser({
-        url: servers[0].url,
-        accessToken: servers[0].accessToken,
-        displayName: 'super root name'
-      })
-
-      await updateMyUser({
-        url: servers[1].url,
-        accessToken: servers[1].accessToken,
-        displayName: 'super root 2 name'
-      })
+      await servers[0].users.updateMe({ displayName: 'super root name' })
+      await servers[1].users.updateMe({ displayName: 'super root 2 name' })
     })
 
     it('Should not send a new mention comment notification if I mention the video owner', async function () {
       this.timeout(10000)
 
-      const resVideo = await uploadVideo(servers[0].url, userAccessToken, { name: 'super video' })
-      const uuid = resVideo.body.video.uuid
+      const { uuid } = await servers[0].videos.upload({ token: userToken, attributes: { name: 'super video' } })
 
-      const resComment = await addVideoCommentThread(servers[0].url, servers[0].accessToken, uuid, '@user_1 hello')
-      const commentId = resComment.body.comment.id
+      const { id: commentId } = await servers[0].comments.createThread({ videoId: uuid, text: '@user_1 hello' })
 
       await waitJobs(servers)
       await checkCommentMention(baseParams, uuid, commentId, commentId, 'super root name', 'absence')
@@ -231,11 +201,9 @@ describe('Test comments notifications', function () {
     it('Should not send a new mention comment notification if I mention myself', async function () {
       this.timeout(10000)
 
-      const resVideo = await uploadVideo(servers[0].url, servers[0].accessToken, { name: 'super video' })
-      const uuid = resVideo.body.video.uuid
+      const { uuid } = await servers[0].videos.upload({ attributes: { name: 'super video' } })
 
-      const resComment = await addVideoCommentThread(servers[0].url, userAccessToken, uuid, '@user_1 hello')
-      const commentId = resComment.body.comment.id
+      const { id: commentId } = await servers[0].comments.createThread({ token: userToken, videoId: uuid, text: '@user_1 hello' })
 
       await waitJobs(servers)
       await checkCommentMention(baseParams, uuid, commentId, commentId, 'super root name', 'absence')
@@ -244,29 +212,25 @@ describe('Test comments notifications', function () {
     it('Should not send a new mention notification if the account is muted', async function () {
       this.timeout(10000)
 
-      await addAccountToAccountBlocklist(servers[0].url, userAccessToken, 'root')
+      await servers[0].blocklist.addToMyBlocklist({ token: userToken, account: 'root' })
 
-      const resVideo = await uploadVideo(servers[0].url, servers[0].accessToken, { name: 'super video' })
-      const uuid = resVideo.body.video.uuid
+      const { uuid } = await servers[0].videos.upload({ attributes: { name: 'super video' } })
 
-      const resComment = await addVideoCommentThread(servers[0].url, servers[0].accessToken, uuid, '@user_1 hello')
-      const commentId = resComment.body.comment.id
+      const { id: commentId } = await servers[0].comments.createThread({ videoId: uuid, text: '@user_1 hello' })
 
       await waitJobs(servers)
       await checkCommentMention(baseParams, uuid, commentId, commentId, 'super root name', 'absence')
 
-      await removeAccountFromAccountBlocklist(servers[0].url, userAccessToken, 'root')
+      await servers[0].blocklist.removeFromMyBlocklist({ token: userToken, account: 'root' })
     })
 
     it('Should not send a new mention notification if the remote account mention a local account', async function () {
       this.timeout(20000)
 
-      const resVideo = await uploadVideo(servers[0].url, servers[0].accessToken, { name: 'super video' })
-      const uuid = resVideo.body.video.uuid
+      const { uuid } = await servers[0].videos.upload({ attributes: { name: 'super video' } })
 
       await waitJobs(servers)
-      const resThread = await addVideoCommentThread(servers[1].url, servers[1].accessToken, uuid, '@user_1 hello')
-      const threadId = resThread.body.comment.id
+      const { id: threadId } = await servers[1].comments.createThread({ videoId: uuid, text: '@user_1 hello' })
 
       await waitJobs(servers)
       await checkCommentMention(baseParams, uuid, threadId, threadId, 'super root 2 name', 'absence')
@@ -275,17 +239,14 @@ describe('Test comments notifications', function () {
     it('Should send a new mention notification after local comments', async function () {
       this.timeout(10000)
 
-      const resVideo = await uploadVideo(servers[0].url, servers[0].accessToken, { name: 'super video' })
-      const uuid = resVideo.body.video.uuid
+      const { uuid } = await servers[0].videos.upload({ attributes: { name: 'super video' } })
 
-      const resThread = await addVideoCommentThread(servers[0].url, servers[0].accessToken, uuid, '@user_1 hello 1')
-      const threadId = resThread.body.comment.id
+      const { id: threadId } = await servers[0].comments.createThread({ videoId: uuid, text: '@user_1 hellotext:  1' })
 
       await waitJobs(servers)
       await checkCommentMention(baseParams, uuid, threadId, threadId, 'super root name', 'presence')
 
-      const resComment = await addVideoCommentReply(servers[0].url, servers[0].accessToken, uuid, threadId, 'hello 2 @user_1')
-      const commentId = resComment.body.comment.id
+      const { id: commentId } = await servers[0].comments.addReply({ videoId: uuid, toCommentId: threadId, text: 'hello 2 @user_1' })
 
       await waitJobs(servers)
       await checkCommentMention(baseParams, uuid, commentId, threadId, 'super root name', 'presence')
@@ -294,29 +255,27 @@ describe('Test comments notifications', function () {
     it('Should send a new mention notification after remote comments', async function () {
       this.timeout(20000)
 
-      const resVideo = await uploadVideo(servers[0].url, servers[0].accessToken, { name: 'super video' })
-      const uuid = resVideo.body.video.uuid
+      const { uuid } = await servers[0].videos.upload({ attributes: { name: 'super video' } })
 
       await waitJobs(servers)
 
       const text1 = `hello @user_1@localhost:${servers[0].port} 1`
-      const resThread = await addVideoCommentThread(servers[1].url, servers[1].accessToken, uuid, text1)
-      const server2ThreadId = resThread.body.comment.id
+      const { id: server2ThreadId } = await servers[1].comments.createThread({ videoId: uuid, text: text1 })
 
       await waitJobs(servers)
 
-      const resThread2 = await getVideoCommentThreads(servers[0].url, uuid, 0, 5)
-      expect(resThread2.body.data).to.have.lengthOf(1)
-      const server1ThreadId = resThread2.body.data[0].id
+      const { data } = await servers[0].comments.listThreads({ videoId: uuid })
+      expect(data).to.have.lengthOf(1)
+
+      const server1ThreadId = data[0].id
       await checkCommentMention(baseParams, uuid, server1ThreadId, server1ThreadId, 'super root 2 name', 'presence')
 
       const text2 = `@user_1@localhost:${servers[0].port} hello 2 @root@localhost:${servers[0].port}`
-      await addVideoCommentReply(servers[1].url, servers[1].accessToken, uuid, server2ThreadId, text2)
+      await servers[1].comments.addReply({ videoId: uuid, toCommentId: server2ThreadId, text: text2 })
 
       await waitJobs(servers)
 
-      const resComments = await getVideoThreadComments(servers[0].url, uuid, server1ThreadId)
-      const tree = resComments.body as VideoCommentThreadTree
+      const tree = await servers[0].comments.getThread({ videoId: uuid, threadId: server1ThreadId })
 
       expect(tree.children).to.have.lengthOf(1)
       const commentId = tree.children[0].comment.id
@@ -327,13 +286,11 @@ describe('Test comments notifications', function () {
     it('Should convert markdown in comment to html', async function () {
       this.timeout(10000)
 
-      const resVideo = await uploadVideo(servers[0].url, servers[0].accessToken, { name: 'super video' })
-      const uuid = resVideo.body.video.uuid
+      const { uuid } = await servers[0].videos.upload({ attributes: { name: 'super video' } })
 
-      const resThread = await addVideoCommentThread(servers[0].url, servers[0].accessToken, uuid, '@user_1 hello 1')
-      const threadId = resThread.body.comment.id
+      const { id: threadId } = await servers[0].comments.createThread({ videoId: uuid, text: '@user_1 hello 1' })
 
-      await addVideoCommentReply(servers[0].url, servers[0].accessToken, uuid, threadId, '@user_1 ' + commentText)
+      await servers[0].comments.addReply({ videoId: uuid, toCommentId: threadId, text: '@user_1 ' + commentText })
 
       await waitJobs(servers)
 
diff --git a/server/tests/api/notifications/moderation-notifications.ts b/server/tests/api/notifications/moderation-notifications.ts
index 3425480ae..6f74709b3 100644
--- a/server/tests/api/notifications/moderation-notifications.ts
+++ b/server/tests/api/notifications/moderation-notifications.ts
@@ -2,33 +2,6 @@
 
 import 'mocha'
 import { buildUUID } from '@server/helpers/uuid'
-import { AbuseState } from '@shared/models'
-import {
-  addAbuseMessage,
-  addVideoCommentThread,
-  addVideoToBlacklist,
-  cleanupTests,
-  createUser,
-  follow,
-  generateUserAccessToken,
-  getAccount,
-  getCustomConfig,
-  getVideoCommentThreads,
-  getVideoIdFromUUID,
-  immutableAssign,
-  MockInstancesIndex,
-  registerUser,
-  removeVideoFromBlacklist,
-  reportAbuse,
-  unfollow,
-  updateAbuse,
-  updateCustomConfig,
-  updateCustomSubConfig,
-  wait
-} from '../../../../shared/extra-utils'
-import { ServerInfo, uploadVideo } from '../../../../shared/extra-utils/index'
-import { MockSmtpServer } from '../../../../shared/extra-utils/miscs/email'
-import { waitJobs } from '../../../../shared/extra-utils/server/jobs'
 import {
   checkAbuseStateChange,
   checkAutoInstanceFollowing,
@@ -43,15 +16,18 @@ import {
   checkUserRegistered,
   checkVideoAutoBlacklistForModerators,
   checkVideoIsPublished,
-  prepareNotificationsTest
-} from '../../../../shared/extra-utils/users/user-notifications'
-import { addUserSubscription, removeUserSubscription } from '../../../../shared/extra-utils/users/user-subscriptions'
-import { CustomConfig } from '../../../../shared/models/server'
-import { UserNotification } from '../../../../shared/models/users'
-import { VideoPrivacy } from '../../../../shared/models/videos'
+  cleanupTests,
+  MockInstancesIndex,
+  MockSmtpServer,
+  PeerTubeServer,
+  prepareNotificationsTest,
+  wait,
+  waitJobs
+} from '@shared/extra-utils'
+import { AbuseState, CustomConfig, UserNotification, VideoPrivacy } from '@shared/models'
 
 describe('Test moderation notifications', function () {
-  let servers: ServerInfo[] = []
+  let servers: PeerTubeServer[] = []
   let userAccessToken: string
   let userNotifications: UserNotification[] = []
   let adminNotifications: UserNotification[] = []
@@ -86,10 +62,9 @@ describe('Test moderation notifications', function () {
       this.timeout(20000)
 
       const name = 'video for abuse ' + buildUUID()
-      const resVideo = await uploadVideo(servers[0].url, userAccessToken, { name })
-      const video = resVideo.body.video
+      const video = await servers[0].videos.upload({ token: userAccessToken, attributes: { name } })
 
-      await reportAbuse({ url: servers[0].url, token: servers[0].accessToken, videoId: video.id, reason: 'super reason' })
+      await servers[0].abuses.report({ videoId: video.id, reason: 'super reason' })
 
       await waitJobs(servers)
       await checkNewVideoAbuseForModerators(baseParams, video.uuid, name, 'presence')
@@ -99,13 +74,12 @@ describe('Test moderation notifications', function () {
       this.timeout(20000)
 
       const name = 'video for abuse ' + buildUUID()
-      const resVideo = await uploadVideo(servers[0].url, userAccessToken, { name })
-      const video = resVideo.body.video
+      const video = await servers[0].videos.upload({ token: userAccessToken, attributes: { name } })
 
       await waitJobs(servers)
 
-      const videoId = await getVideoIdFromUUID(servers[1].url, video.uuid)
-      await reportAbuse({ url: servers[1].url, token: servers[1].accessToken, videoId, reason: 'super reason' })
+      const videoId = await servers[1].videos.getId({ uuid: video.uuid })
+      await servers[1].abuses.report({ videoId, reason: 'super reason' })
 
       await waitJobs(servers)
       await checkNewVideoAbuseForModerators(baseParams, video.uuid, name, 'presence')
@@ -115,14 +89,16 @@ describe('Test moderation notifications', function () {
       this.timeout(20000)
 
       const name = 'video for abuse ' + buildUUID()
-      const resVideo = await uploadVideo(servers[0].url, userAccessToken, { name })
-      const video = resVideo.body.video
-      const resComment = await addVideoCommentThread(servers[0].url, userAccessToken, video.id, 'comment abuse ' + buildUUID())
-      const comment = resComment.body.comment
+      const video = await servers[0].videos.upload({ token: userAccessToken, attributes: { name } })
+      const comment = await servers[0].comments.createThread({
+        token: userAccessToken,
+        videoId: video.id,
+        text: 'comment abuse ' + buildUUID()
+      })
 
       await waitJobs(servers)
 
-      await reportAbuse({ url: servers[0].url, token: servers[0].accessToken, commentId: comment.id, reason: 'super reason' })
+      await servers[0].abuses.report({ commentId: comment.id, reason: 'super reason' })
 
       await waitJobs(servers)
       await checkNewCommentAbuseForModerators(baseParams, video.uuid, name, 'presence')
@@ -132,15 +108,19 @@ describe('Test moderation notifications', function () {
       this.timeout(20000)
 
       const name = 'video for abuse ' + buildUUID()
-      const resVideo = await uploadVideo(servers[0].url, userAccessToken, { name })
-      const video = resVideo.body.video
-      await addVideoCommentThread(servers[0].url, userAccessToken, video.id, 'comment abuse ' + buildUUID())
+      const video = await servers[0].videos.upload({ token: userAccessToken, attributes: { name } })
+
+      await servers[0].comments.createThread({
+        token: userAccessToken,
+        videoId: video.id,
+        text: 'comment abuse ' + buildUUID()
+      })
 
       await waitJobs(servers)
 
-      const resComments = await getVideoCommentThreads(servers[1].url, video.uuid, 0, 5)
-      const commentId = resComments.body.data[0].id
-      await reportAbuse({ url: servers[1].url, token: servers[1].accessToken, commentId, reason: 'super reason' })
+      const { data } = await servers[1].comments.listThreads({ videoId: video.uuid })
+      const commentId = data[0].id
+      await servers[1].abuses.report({ commentId, reason: 'super reason' })
 
       await waitJobs(servers)
       await checkNewCommentAbuseForModerators(baseParams, video.uuid, name, 'presence')
@@ -150,10 +130,10 @@ describe('Test moderation notifications', function () {
       this.timeout(20000)
 
       const username = 'user' + new Date().getTime()
-      const resUser = await createUser({ url: servers[0].url, accessToken: servers[0].accessToken, username, password: 'donald' })
-      const accountId = resUser.body.user.account.id
+      const { account } = await servers[0].users.create({ username, password: 'donald' })
+      const accountId = account.id
 
-      await reportAbuse({ url: servers[0].url, token: servers[0].accessToken, accountId, reason: 'super reason' })
+      await servers[0].abuses.report({ accountId, reason: 'super reason' })
 
       await waitJobs(servers)
       await checkNewAccountAbuseForModerators(baseParams, username, 'presence')
@@ -163,13 +143,13 @@ describe('Test moderation notifications', function () {
       this.timeout(20000)
 
       const username = 'user' + new Date().getTime()
-      const tmpToken = await generateUserAccessToken(servers[0], username)
-      await uploadVideo(servers[0].url, tmpToken, { name: 'super video' })
+      const tmpToken = await servers[0].users.generateUserAndToken(username)
+      await servers[0].videos.upload({ token: tmpToken, attributes: { name: 'super video' } })
 
       await waitJobs(servers)
 
-      const resAccount = await getAccount(servers[1].url, username + '@' + servers[0].host)
-      await reportAbuse({ url: servers[1].url, token: servers[1].accessToken, accountId: resAccount.body.id, reason: 'super reason' })
+      const account = await servers[1].accounts.get({ accountName: username + '@' + servers[0].host })
+      await servers[1].abuses.report({ accountId: account.id, reason: 'super reason' })
 
       await waitJobs(servers)
       await checkNewAccountAbuseForModerators(baseParams, username, 'presence')
@@ -189,17 +169,16 @@ describe('Test moderation notifications', function () {
       }
 
       const name = 'abuse ' + buildUUID()
-      const resVideo = await uploadVideo(servers[0].url, userAccessToken, { name })
-      const video = resVideo.body.video
+      const video = await servers[0].videos.upload({ token: userAccessToken, attributes: { name } })
 
-      const res = await reportAbuse({ url: servers[0].url, token: userAccessToken, videoId: video.id, reason: 'super reason' })
-      abuseId = res.body.abuse.id
+      const body = await servers[0].abuses.report({ token: userAccessToken, videoId: video.id, reason: 'super reason' })
+      abuseId = body.abuse.id
     })
 
     it('Should send a notification to reporter if the abuse has been accepted', async function () {
       this.timeout(10000)
 
-      await updateAbuse(servers[0].url, servers[0].accessToken, abuseId, { state: AbuseState.ACCEPTED })
+      await servers[0].abuses.update({ abuseId, body: { state: AbuseState.ACCEPTED } })
       await waitJobs(servers)
 
       await checkAbuseStateChange(baseParams, abuseId, AbuseState.ACCEPTED, 'presence')
@@ -208,7 +187,7 @@ describe('Test moderation notifications', function () {
     it('Should send a notification to reporter if the abuse has been rejected', async function () {
       this.timeout(10000)
 
-      await updateAbuse(servers[0].url, servers[0].accessToken, abuseId, { state: AbuseState.REJECTED })
+      await servers[0].abuses.update({ abuseId, body: { state: AbuseState.REJECTED } })
       await waitJobs(servers)
 
       await checkAbuseStateChange(baseParams, abuseId, AbuseState.REJECTED, 'presence')
@@ -237,17 +216,16 @@ describe('Test moderation notifications', function () {
       }
 
       const name = 'abuse ' + buildUUID()
-      const resVideo = await uploadVideo(servers[0].url, userAccessToken, { name })
-      const video = resVideo.body.video
+      const video = await servers[0].videos.upload({ token: userAccessToken, attributes: { name } })
 
       {
-        const res = await reportAbuse({ url: servers[0].url, token: userAccessToken, videoId: video.id, reason: 'super reason' })
-        abuseId = res.body.abuse.id
+        const body = await servers[0].abuses.report({ token: userAccessToken, videoId: video.id, reason: 'super reason' })
+        abuseId = body.abuse.id
       }
 
       {
-        const res = await reportAbuse({ url: servers[0].url, token: userAccessToken, videoId: video.id, reason: 'super reason 2' })
-        abuseId2 = res.body.abuse.id
+        const body = await servers[0].abuses.report({ token: userAccessToken, videoId: video.id, reason: 'super reason 2' })
+        abuseId2 = body.abuse.id
       }
     })
 
@@ -255,7 +233,7 @@ describe('Test moderation notifications', function () {
       this.timeout(10000)
 
       const message = 'my super message to users'
-      await addAbuseMessage(servers[0].url, servers[0].accessToken, abuseId, message)
+      await servers[0].abuses.addMessage({ abuseId, message })
       await waitJobs(servers)
 
       await checkNewAbuseMessage(baseParamsUser, abuseId, message, 'user_1@example.com', 'presence')
@@ -265,7 +243,7 @@ describe('Test moderation notifications', function () {
       this.timeout(10000)
 
       const message = 'my super message that should not be sent to the admin'
-      await addAbuseMessage(servers[0].url, servers[0].accessToken, abuseId, message)
+      await servers[0].abuses.addMessage({ abuseId, message })
       await waitJobs(servers)
 
       await checkNewAbuseMessage(baseParamsAdmin, abuseId, message, 'admin' + servers[0].internalServerNumber + '@example.com', 'absence')
@@ -275,7 +253,7 @@ describe('Test moderation notifications', function () {
       this.timeout(10000)
 
       const message = 'my super message to moderators'
-      await addAbuseMessage(servers[0].url, userAccessToken, abuseId2, message)
+      await servers[0].abuses.addMessage({ token: userAccessToken, abuseId: abuseId2, message })
       await waitJobs(servers)
 
       await checkNewAbuseMessage(baseParamsAdmin, abuseId2, message, 'admin' + servers[0].internalServerNumber + '@example.com', 'presence')
@@ -285,7 +263,7 @@ describe('Test moderation notifications', function () {
       this.timeout(10000)
 
       const message = 'my super message that should not be sent to reporter'
-      await addAbuseMessage(servers[0].url, userAccessToken, abuseId2, message)
+      await servers[0].abuses.addMessage({ token: userAccessToken, abuseId: abuseId2, message })
       await waitJobs(servers)
 
       await checkNewAbuseMessage(baseParamsUser, abuseId2, message, 'user_1@example.com', 'absence')
@@ -308,10 +286,9 @@ describe('Test moderation notifications', function () {
       this.timeout(10000)
 
       const name = 'video for abuse ' + buildUUID()
-      const resVideo = await uploadVideo(servers[0].url, userAccessToken, { name })
-      const uuid = resVideo.body.video.uuid
+      const { uuid } = await servers[0].videos.upload({ token: userAccessToken, attributes: { name } })
 
-      await addVideoToBlacklist(servers[0].url, servers[0].accessToken, uuid)
+      await servers[0].blacklist.add({ videoId: uuid })
 
       await waitJobs(servers)
       await checkNewBlacklistOnMyVideo(baseParams, uuid, name, 'blacklist')
@@ -321,13 +298,12 @@ describe('Test moderation notifications', function () {
       this.timeout(10000)
 
       const name = 'video for abuse ' + buildUUID()
-      const resVideo = await uploadVideo(servers[0].url, userAccessToken, { name })
-      const uuid = resVideo.body.video.uuid
+      const { uuid } = await servers[0].videos.upload({ token: userAccessToken, attributes: { name } })
 
-      await addVideoToBlacklist(servers[0].url, servers[0].accessToken, uuid)
+      await servers[0].blacklist.add({ videoId: uuid })
 
       await waitJobs(servers)
-      await removeVideoFromBlacklist(servers[0].url, servers[0].accessToken, uuid)
+      await servers[0].blacklist.remove({ videoId: uuid })
       await waitJobs(servers)
 
       await wait(500)
@@ -350,14 +326,14 @@ describe('Test moderation notifications', function () {
     it('Should send a notification only to moderators when a user registers on the instance', async function () {
       this.timeout(10000)
 
-      await registerUser(servers[0].url, 'user_45', 'password')
+      await servers[0].users.register({ username: 'user_45' })
 
       await waitJobs(servers)
 
       await checkUserRegistered(baseParams, 'user_45', 'presence')
 
       const userOverride = { socketNotifications: userNotifications, token: userAccessToken, check: { web: true, mail: false } }
-      await checkUserRegistered(immutableAssign(baseParams, userOverride), 'user_45', 'absence')
+      await checkUserRegistered({ ...baseParams, ...userOverride }, 'user_45', 'absence')
     })
   })
 
@@ -392,20 +368,20 @@ describe('Test moderation notifications', function () {
     it('Should send a notification only to admin when there is a new instance follower', async function () {
       this.timeout(20000)
 
-      await follow(servers[2].url, [ servers[0].url ], servers[2].accessToken)
+      await servers[2].follows.follow({ hosts: [ servers[0].url ] })
 
       await waitJobs(servers)
 
       await checkNewInstanceFollower(baseParams, 'localhost:' + servers[2].port, 'presence')
 
       const userOverride = { socketNotifications: userNotifications, token: userAccessToken, check: { web: true, mail: false } }
-      await checkNewInstanceFollower(immutableAssign(baseParams, userOverride), 'localhost:' + servers[2].port, 'absence')
+      await checkNewInstanceFollower({ ...baseParams, ...userOverride }, 'localhost:' + servers[2].port, 'absence')
     })
 
     it('Should send a notification on auto follow back', async function () {
       this.timeout(40000)
 
-      await unfollow(servers[2].url, servers[2].accessToken, servers[0])
+      await servers[2].follows.unfollow({ target: servers[0] })
       await waitJobs(servers)
 
       const config = {
@@ -415,9 +391,9 @@ describe('Test moderation notifications', function () {
           }
         }
       }
-      await updateCustomSubConfig(servers[0].url, servers[0].accessToken, config)
+      await servers[0].config.updateCustomSubConfig({ newConfig: config })
 
-      await follow(servers[2].url, [ servers[0].url ], servers[2].accessToken)
+      await servers[2].follows.follow({ hosts: [ servers[0].url ] })
 
       await waitJobs(servers)
 
@@ -426,19 +402,19 @@ describe('Test moderation notifications', function () {
       await checkAutoInstanceFollowing(baseParams, followerHost, followingHost, 'presence')
 
       const userOverride = { socketNotifications: userNotifications, token: userAccessToken, check: { web: true, mail: false } }
-      await checkAutoInstanceFollowing(immutableAssign(baseParams, userOverride), followerHost, followingHost, 'absence')
+      await checkAutoInstanceFollowing({ ...baseParams, ...userOverride }, followerHost, followingHost, 'absence')
 
       config.followings.instance.autoFollowBack.enabled = false
-      await updateCustomSubConfig(servers[0].url, servers[0].accessToken, config)
-      await unfollow(servers[0].url, servers[0].accessToken, servers[2])
-      await unfollow(servers[2].url, servers[2].accessToken, servers[0])
+      await servers[0].config.updateCustomSubConfig({ newConfig: config })
+      await servers[0].follows.unfollow({ target: servers[2] })
+      await servers[2].follows.unfollow({ target: servers[0] })
     })
 
     it('Should send a notification on auto instances index follow', async function () {
       this.timeout(30000)
-      await unfollow(servers[0].url, servers[0].accessToken, servers[1])
+      await servers[0].follows.unfollow({ target: servers[1] })
 
-      await updateCustomSubConfig(servers[0].url, servers[0].accessToken, config)
+      await servers[0].config.updateCustomSubConfig({ newConfig: config })
 
       await wait(5000)
       await waitJobs(servers)
@@ -448,8 +424,8 @@ describe('Test moderation notifications', function () {
       await checkAutoInstanceFollowing(baseParams, followerHost, followingHost, 'presence')
 
       config.followings.instance.autoFollowIndex.enabled = false
-      await updateCustomSubConfig(servers[0].url, servers[0].accessToken, config)
-      await unfollow(servers[0].url, servers[0].accessToken, servers[1])
+      await servers[0].config.updateCustomSubConfig({ newConfig: config })
+      await servers[0].follows.unfollow({ target: servers[1] })
     })
   })
 
@@ -484,9 +460,11 @@ describe('Test moderation notifications', function () {
         token: userAccessToken
       }
 
-      const resCustomConfig = await getCustomConfig(servers[0].url, servers[0].accessToken)
-      currentCustomConfig = resCustomConfig.body
-      const autoBlacklistTestsCustomConfig = immutableAssign(currentCustomConfig, {
+      currentCustomConfig = await servers[0].config.getCustomConfig()
+
+      const autoBlacklistTestsCustomConfig = {
+        ...currentCustomConfig,
+
         autoBlacklist: {
           videos: {
             ofUsers: {
@@ -494,13 +472,14 @@ describe('Test moderation notifications', function () {
             }
           }
         }
-      })
+      }
+
       // enable transcoding otherwise own publish notification after transcoding not expected
       autoBlacklistTestsCustomConfig.transcoding.enabled = true
-      await updateCustomConfig(servers[0].url, servers[0].accessToken, autoBlacklistTestsCustomConfig)
+      await servers[0].config.updateCustomConfig({ newCustomConfig: autoBlacklistTestsCustomConfig })
 
-      await addUserSubscription(servers[0].url, servers[0].accessToken, 'user_1_channel@localhost:' + servers[0].port)
-      await addUserSubscription(servers[1].url, servers[1].accessToken, 'user_1_channel@localhost:' + servers[0].port)
+      await servers[0].subscriptions.add({ targetUri: 'user_1_channel@localhost:' + servers[0].port })
+      await servers[1].subscriptions.add({ targetUri: 'user_1_channel@localhost:' + servers[0].port })
 
     })
 
@@ -508,8 +487,8 @@ describe('Test moderation notifications', function () {
       this.timeout(40000)
 
       videoName = 'video with auto-blacklist ' + buildUUID()
-      const resVideo = await uploadVideo(servers[0].url, userAccessToken, { name: videoName })
-      videoUUID = resVideo.body.video.uuid
+      const { uuid } = await servers[0].videos.upload({ token: userAccessToken, attributes: { name: videoName } })
+      videoUUID = uuid
 
       await waitJobs(servers)
       await checkVideoAutoBlacklistForModerators(adminBaseParamsServer1, videoUUID, videoName, 'presence')
@@ -530,7 +509,7 @@ describe('Test moderation notifications', function () {
     it('Should send video published and unblacklist after video unblacklisted', async function () {
       this.timeout(40000)
 
-      await removeVideoFromBlacklist(servers[0].url, servers[0].accessToken, videoUUID)
+      await servers[0].blacklist.remove({ videoId: videoUUID })
 
       await waitJobs(servers)
 
@@ -555,19 +534,18 @@ describe('Test moderation notifications', function () {
 
       const name = 'video with auto-blacklist and future schedule ' + buildUUID()
 
-      const data = {
+      const attributes = {
         name,
         privacy: VideoPrivacy.PRIVATE,
         scheduleUpdate: {
           updateAt: updateAt.toISOString(),
-          privacy: VideoPrivacy.PUBLIC
+          privacy: VideoPrivacy.PUBLIC as VideoPrivacy.PUBLIC
         }
       }
 
-      const resVideo = await uploadVideo(servers[0].url, userAccessToken, data)
-      const uuid = resVideo.body.video.uuid
+      const { uuid } = await servers[0].videos.upload({ token: userAccessToken, attributes })
 
-      await removeVideoFromBlacklist(servers[0].url, servers[0].accessToken, uuid)
+      await servers[0].blacklist.remove({ videoId: uuid })
 
       await waitJobs(servers)
       await checkNewBlacklistOnMyVideo(userBaseParams, uuid, name, 'unblacklist')
@@ -588,17 +566,16 @@ describe('Test moderation notifications', function () {
 
       const name = 'video with schedule done and still auto-blacklisted ' + buildUUID()
 
-      const data = {
+      const attributes = {
         name,
         privacy: VideoPrivacy.PRIVATE,
         scheduleUpdate: {
           updateAt: updateAt.toISOString(),
-          privacy: VideoPrivacy.PUBLIC
+          privacy: VideoPrivacy.PUBLIC as VideoPrivacy.PUBLIC
         }
       }
 
-      const resVideo = await uploadVideo(servers[0].url, userAccessToken, data)
-      const uuid = resVideo.body.video.uuid
+      const { uuid } = await servers[0].videos.upload({ token: userAccessToken, attributes })
 
       await wait(6000)
       await checkVideoIsPublished(userBaseParams, name, uuid, 'absence')
@@ -612,18 +589,17 @@ describe('Test moderation notifications', function () {
       const name = 'video without auto-blacklist ' + buildUUID()
 
       // admin with blacklist right will not be auto-blacklisted
-      const resVideo = await uploadVideo(servers[0].url, servers[0].accessToken, { name })
-      const uuid = resVideo.body.video.uuid
+      const { uuid } = await servers[0].videos.upload({ attributes: { name } })
 
       await waitJobs(servers)
       await checkVideoAutoBlacklistForModerators(adminBaseParamsServer1, uuid, name, 'absence')
     })
 
     after(async () => {
-      await updateCustomConfig(servers[0].url, servers[0].accessToken, currentCustomConfig)
+      await servers[0].config.updateCustomConfig({ newCustomConfig: currentCustomConfig })
 
-      await removeUserSubscription(servers[0].url, servers[0].accessToken, 'user_1_channel@localhost:' + servers[0].port)
-      await removeUserSubscription(servers[1].url, servers[1].accessToken, 'user_1_channel@localhost:' + servers[0].port)
+      await servers[0].subscriptions.remove({ uri: 'user_1_channel@localhost:' + servers[0].port })
+      await servers[1].subscriptions.remove({ uri: 'user_1_channel@localhost:' + servers[0].port })
     })
   })
 
diff --git a/server/tests/api/notifications/notifications-api.ts b/server/tests/api/notifications/notifications-api.ts
index b81995449..fa4b53db6 100644
--- a/server/tests/api/notifications/notifications-api.ts
+++ b/server/tests/api/notifications/notifications-api.ts
@@ -2,28 +2,24 @@
 
 import 'mocha'
 import * as chai from 'chai'
-import { addUserSubscription } from '@shared/extra-utils/users/user-subscriptions'
-import { cleanupTests, getMyUserInformation, immutableAssign, uploadRandomVideo, waitJobs } from '../../../../shared/extra-utils'
-import { ServerInfo } from '../../../../shared/extra-utils/index'
-import { MockSmtpServer } from '../../../../shared/extra-utils/miscs/email'
 import {
   CheckerBaseParams,
   checkNewVideoFromSubscription,
+  cleanupTests,
   getAllNotificationsSettings,
-  getUserNotifications,
-  markAsReadAllNotifications,
-  markAsReadNotifications,
+  MockSmtpServer,
+  PeerTubeServer,
   prepareNotificationsTest,
-  updateMyNotificationSettings
-} from '../../../../shared/extra-utils/users/user-notifications'
-import { User, UserNotification, UserNotificationSettingValue } from '../../../../shared/models/users'
+  waitJobs
+} from '@shared/extra-utils'
+import { UserNotification, UserNotificationSettingValue } from '@shared/models'
 
 const expect = chai.expect
 
 describe('Test notifications API', function () {
-  let server: ServerInfo
+  let server: PeerTubeServer
   let userNotifications: UserNotification[] = []
-  let userAccessToken: string
+  let userToken: string
   let emails: object[] = []
 
   before(async function () {
@@ -31,14 +27,14 @@ describe('Test notifications API', function () {
 
     const res = await prepareNotificationsTest(1)
     emails = res.emails
-    userAccessToken = res.userAccessToken
+    userToken = res.userAccessToken
     userNotifications = res.userNotifications
     server = res.servers[0]
 
-    await addUserSubscription(server.url, userAccessToken, 'root_channel@localhost:' + server.port)
+    await server.subscriptions.add({ token: userToken, targetUri: 'root_channel@localhost:' + server.port })
 
     for (let i = 0; i < 10; i++) {
-      await uploadRandomVideo(server, false)
+      await server.videos.randomUpload({ wait: false })
     }
 
     await waitJobs([ server ])
@@ -47,49 +43,46 @@ describe('Test notifications API', function () {
   describe('Mark as read', function () {
 
     it('Should mark as read some notifications', async function () {
-      const res = await getUserNotifications(server.url, userAccessToken, 2, 3)
-      const ids = res.body.data.map(n => n.id)
+      const { data } = await server.notifications.list({ token: userToken, start: 2, count: 3 })
+      const ids = data.map(n => n.id)
 
-      await markAsReadNotifications(server.url, userAccessToken, ids)
+      await server.notifications.markAsRead({ token: userToken, ids })
     })
 
     it('Should have the notifications marked as read', async function () {
-      const res = await getUserNotifications(server.url, userAccessToken, 0, 10)
-
-      const notifications = res.body.data as UserNotification[]
-      expect(notifications[0].read).to.be.false
-      expect(notifications[1].read).to.be.false
-      expect(notifications[2].read).to.be.true
-      expect(notifications[3].read).to.be.true
-      expect(notifications[4].read).to.be.true
-      expect(notifications[5].read).to.be.false
+      const { data } = await server.notifications.list({ token: userToken, start: 0, count: 10 })
+
+      expect(data[0].read).to.be.false
+      expect(data[1].read).to.be.false
+      expect(data[2].read).to.be.true
+      expect(data[3].read).to.be.true
+      expect(data[4].read).to.be.true
+      expect(data[5].read).to.be.false
     })
 
     it('Should only list read notifications', async function () {
-      const res = await getUserNotifications(server.url, userAccessToken, 0, 10, false)
+      const { data } = await server.notifications.list({ token: userToken, start: 0, count: 10, unread: false })
 
-      const notifications = res.body.data as UserNotification[]
-      for (const notification of notifications) {
+      for (const notification of data) {
         expect(notification.read).to.be.true
       }
     })
 
     it('Should only list unread notifications', async function () {
-      const res = await getUserNotifications(server.url, userAccessToken, 0, 10, true)
+      const { data } = await server.notifications.list({ token: userToken, start: 0, count: 10, unread: true })
 
-      const notifications = res.body.data as UserNotification[]
-      for (const notification of notifications) {
+      for (const notification of data) {
         expect(notification.read).to.be.false
       }
     })
 
     it('Should mark as read all notifications', async function () {
-      await markAsReadAllNotifications(server.url, userAccessToken)
+      await server.notifications.markAsReadAll({ token: userToken })
 
-      const res = await getUserNotifications(server.url, userAccessToken, 0, 10, true)
+      const body = await server.notifications.list({ token: userToken, start: 0, count: 10, unread: true })
 
-      expect(res.body.total).to.equal(0)
-      expect(res.body.data).to.have.lengthOf(0)
+      expect(body.total).to.equal(0)
+      expect(body.data).to.have.lengthOf(0)
     })
   })
 
@@ -101,97 +94,100 @@ describe('Test notifications API', function () {
         server: server,
         emails,
         socketNotifications: userNotifications,
-        token: userAccessToken
+        token: userToken
       }
     })
 
     it('Should not have notifications', async function () {
       this.timeout(20000)
 
-      await updateMyNotificationSettings(server.url, userAccessToken, immutableAssign(getAllNotificationsSettings(), {
-        newVideoFromSubscription: UserNotificationSettingValue.NONE
-      }))
+      await server.notifications.updateMySettings({
+        token: userToken,
+        settings: { ...getAllNotificationsSettings(), newVideoFromSubscription: UserNotificationSettingValue.NONE }
+      })
 
       {
-        const res = await getMyUserInformation(server.url, userAccessToken)
-        const info = res.body as User
+        const info = await server.users.getMyInfo({ token: userToken })
         expect(info.notificationSettings.newVideoFromSubscription).to.equal(UserNotificationSettingValue.NONE)
       }
 
-      const { name, uuid } = await uploadRandomVideo(server)
+      const { name, uuid } = await server.videos.randomUpload()
 
       const check = { web: true, mail: true }
-      await checkNewVideoFromSubscription(immutableAssign(baseParams, { check }), name, uuid, 'absence')
+      await checkNewVideoFromSubscription({ ...baseParams, check }, name, uuid, 'absence')
     })
 
     it('Should only have web notifications', async function () {
       this.timeout(20000)
 
-      await updateMyNotificationSettings(server.url, userAccessToken, immutableAssign(getAllNotificationsSettings(), {
-        newVideoFromSubscription: UserNotificationSettingValue.WEB
-      }))
+      await server.notifications.updateMySettings({
+        token: userToken,
+        settings: { ...getAllNotificationsSettings(), newVideoFromSubscription: UserNotificationSettingValue.WEB }
+      })
 
       {
-        const res = await getMyUserInformation(server.url, userAccessToken)
-        const info = res.body as User
+        const info = await server.users.getMyInfo({ token: userToken })
         expect(info.notificationSettings.newVideoFromSubscription).to.equal(UserNotificationSettingValue.WEB)
       }
 
-      const { name, uuid } = await uploadRandomVideo(server)
+      const { name, uuid } = await server.videos.randomUpload()
 
       {
         const check = { mail: true, web: false }
-        await checkNewVideoFromSubscription(immutableAssign(baseParams, { check }), name, uuid, 'absence')
+        await checkNewVideoFromSubscription({ ...baseParams, check }, name, uuid, 'absence')
       }
 
       {
         const check = { mail: false, web: true }
-        await checkNewVideoFromSubscription(immutableAssign(baseParams, { check }), name, uuid, 'presence')
+        await checkNewVideoFromSubscription({ ...baseParams, check }, name, uuid, 'presence')
       }
     })
 
     it('Should only have mail notifications', async function () {
       this.timeout(20000)
 
-      await updateMyNotificationSettings(server.url, userAccessToken, immutableAssign(getAllNotificationsSettings(), {
-        newVideoFromSubscription: UserNotificationSettingValue.EMAIL
-      }))
+      await server.notifications.updateMySettings({
+        token: userToken,
+        settings: { ...getAllNotificationsSettings(), newVideoFromSubscription: UserNotificationSettingValue.EMAIL }
+      })
 
       {
-        const res = await getMyUserInformation(server.url, userAccessToken)
-        const info = res.body as User
+        const info = await server.users.getMyInfo({ token: userToken })
         expect(info.notificationSettings.newVideoFromSubscription).to.equal(UserNotificationSettingValue.EMAIL)
       }
 
-      const { name, uuid } = await uploadRandomVideo(server)
+      const { name, uuid } = await server.videos.randomUpload()
 
       {
         const check = { mail: false, web: true }
-        await checkNewVideoFromSubscription(immutableAssign(baseParams, { check }), name, uuid, 'absence')
+        await checkNewVideoFromSubscription({ ...baseParams, check }, name, uuid, 'absence')
       }
 
       {
         const check = { mail: true, web: false }
-        await checkNewVideoFromSubscription(immutableAssign(baseParams, { check }), name, uuid, 'presence')
+        await checkNewVideoFromSubscription({ ...baseParams, check }, name, uuid, 'presence')
       }
     })
 
     it('Should have email and web notifications', async function () {
       this.timeout(20000)
 
-      await updateMyNotificationSettings(server.url, userAccessToken, immutableAssign(getAllNotificationsSettings(), {
-        newVideoFromSubscription: UserNotificationSettingValue.WEB | UserNotificationSettingValue.EMAIL
-      }))
+      await server.notifications.updateMySettings({
+        token: userToken,
+        settings: {
+          ...getAllNotificationsSettings(),
+          newVideoFromSubscription: UserNotificationSettingValue.WEB | UserNotificationSettingValue.EMAIL
+        }
+      })
 
       {
-        const res = await getMyUserInformation(server.url, userAccessToken)
-        const info = res.body as User
+        const info = await server.users.getMyInfo({ token: userToken })
         expect(info.notificationSettings.newVideoFromSubscription).to.equal(
           UserNotificationSettingValue.WEB | UserNotificationSettingValue.EMAIL
         )
       }
 
-      const { name, uuid } = await uploadRandomVideo(server)
+      const { name, uuid } = await server.videos.randomUpload()
 
       await checkNewVideoFromSubscription(baseParams, name, uuid, 'presence')
     })
diff --git a/server/tests/api/notifications/user-notifications.ts b/server/tests/api/notifications/user-notifications.ts
index e981c1718..ca592d466 100644
--- a/server/tests/api/notifications/user-notifications.ts
+++ b/server/tests/api/notifications/user-notifications.ts
@@ -4,34 +4,26 @@ import 'mocha'
 import * as chai from 'chai'
 import { buildUUID } from '@server/helpers/uuid'
 import {
-  cleanupTests,
-  updateMyUser,
-  updateVideo,
-  updateVideoChannel,
-  uploadRandomVideoOnServers,
-  wait
-} from '../../../../shared/extra-utils'
-import { ServerInfo } from '../../../../shared/extra-utils/index'
-import { MockSmtpServer } from '../../../../shared/extra-utils/miscs/email'
-import { waitJobs } from '../../../../shared/extra-utils/server/jobs'
-import {
   CheckerBaseParams,
   checkMyVideoImportIsFinished,
   checkNewActorFollow,
   checkNewVideoFromSubscription,
   checkVideoIsPublished,
-  getLastNotification,
-  prepareNotificationsTest
-} from '../../../../shared/extra-utils/users/user-notifications'
-import { addUserSubscription, removeUserSubscription } from '../../../../shared/extra-utils/users/user-subscriptions'
-import { getBadVideoUrl, getGoodVideoUrl, importVideo } from '../../../../shared/extra-utils/videos/video-imports'
-import { UserNotification, UserNotificationType } from '../../../../shared/models/users'
-import { VideoPrivacy } from '../../../../shared/models/videos'
+  cleanupTests,
+  FIXTURE_URLS,
+  MockSmtpServer,
+  PeerTubeServer,
+  prepareNotificationsTest,
+  uploadRandomVideoOnServers,
+  wait,
+  waitJobs
+} from '@shared/extra-utils'
+import { UserNotification, UserNotificationType, VideoPrivacy } from '@shared/models'
 
 const expect = chai.expect
 
 describe('Test user notifications', function () {
-  let servers: ServerInfo[] = []
+  let servers: PeerTubeServer[] = []
   let userAccessToken: string
   let userNotifications: UserNotification[] = []
   let adminNotifications: UserNotification[] = []
@@ -69,7 +61,7 @@ describe('Test user notifications', function () {
 
       await uploadRandomVideoOnServers(servers, 1)
 
-      const notification = await getLastNotification(servers[0].url, userAccessToken)
+      const notification = await servers[0].notifications.getLastest({ token: userAccessToken })
       expect(notification).to.be.undefined
 
       expect(emails).to.have.lengthOf(0)
@@ -79,7 +71,7 @@ describe('Test user notifications', function () {
     it('Should send a new video notification if the user follows the local video publisher', async function () {
       this.timeout(15000)
 
-      await addUserSubscription(servers[0].url, userAccessToken, 'root_channel@localhost:' + servers[0].port)
+      await servers[0].subscriptions.add({ token: userAccessToken, targetUri: 'root_channel@localhost:' + servers[0].port })
       await waitJobs(servers)
 
       const { name, uuid } = await uploadRandomVideoOnServers(servers, 1)
@@ -89,7 +81,7 @@ describe('Test user notifications', function () {
     it('Should send a new video notification from a remote account', async function () {
       this.timeout(150000) // Server 2 has transcoding enabled
 
-      await addUserSubscription(servers[0].url, userAccessToken, 'root_channel@localhost:' + servers[1].port)
+      await servers[0].subscriptions.add({ token: userAccessToken, targetUri: 'root_channel@localhost:' + servers[1].port })
       await waitJobs(servers)
 
       const { name, uuid } = await uploadRandomVideoOnServers(servers, 2)
@@ -106,7 +98,7 @@ describe('Test user notifications', function () {
         privacy: VideoPrivacy.PRIVATE,
         scheduleUpdate: {
           updateAt: updateAt.toISOString(),
-          privacy: VideoPrivacy.PUBLIC
+          privacy: VideoPrivacy.PUBLIC as VideoPrivacy.PUBLIC
         }
       }
       const { name, uuid } = await uploadRandomVideoOnServers(servers, 1, data)
@@ -125,7 +117,7 @@ describe('Test user notifications', function () {
         privacy: VideoPrivacy.PRIVATE,
         scheduleUpdate: {
           updateAt: updateAt.toISOString(),
-          privacy: VideoPrivacy.PUBLIC
+          privacy: VideoPrivacy.PUBLIC as VideoPrivacy.PUBLIC
         }
       }
       const { name, uuid } = await uploadRandomVideoOnServers(servers, 2, data)
@@ -144,7 +136,7 @@ describe('Test user notifications', function () {
         privacy: VideoPrivacy.PRIVATE,
         scheduleUpdate: {
           updateAt: updateAt.toISOString(),
-          privacy: VideoPrivacy.PUBLIC
+          privacy: VideoPrivacy.PUBLIC as VideoPrivacy.PUBLIC
         }
       }
       const { name, uuid } = await uploadRandomVideoOnServers(servers, 1, data)
@@ -161,7 +153,7 @@ describe('Test user notifications', function () {
 
       await checkNewVideoFromSubscription(baseParams, name, uuid, 'absence')
 
-      await updateVideo(servers[0].url, servers[0].accessToken, uuid, { privacy: VideoPrivacy.PUBLIC })
+      await servers[0].videos.update({ id: uuid, attributes: { privacy: VideoPrivacy.PUBLIC } })
 
       await waitJobs(servers)
       await checkNewVideoFromSubscription(baseParams, name, uuid, 'presence')
@@ -175,7 +167,7 @@ describe('Test user notifications', function () {
 
       await checkNewVideoFromSubscription(baseParams, name, uuid, 'absence')
 
-      await updateVideo(servers[1].url, servers[1].accessToken, uuid, { privacy: VideoPrivacy.PUBLIC })
+      await servers[1].videos.update({ id: uuid, attributes: { privacy: VideoPrivacy.PUBLIC } })
 
       await waitJobs(servers)
       await checkNewVideoFromSubscription(baseParams, name, uuid, 'presence')
@@ -187,7 +179,7 @@ describe('Test user notifications', function () {
       const data = { privacy: VideoPrivacy.PRIVATE }
       const { name, uuid } = await uploadRandomVideoOnServers(servers, 1, data)
 
-      await updateVideo(servers[0].url, servers[0].accessToken, uuid, { privacy: VideoPrivacy.UNLISTED })
+      await servers[0].videos.update({ id: uuid, attributes: { privacy: VideoPrivacy.UNLISTED } })
 
       await checkNewVideoFromSubscription(baseParams, name, uuid, 'absence')
     })
@@ -198,7 +190,7 @@ describe('Test user notifications', function () {
       const data = { privacy: VideoPrivacy.PRIVATE }
       const { name, uuid } = await uploadRandomVideoOnServers(servers, 2, data)
 
-      await updateVideo(servers[1].url, servers[1].accessToken, uuid, { privacy: VideoPrivacy.UNLISTED })
+      await servers[1].videos.update({ id: uuid, attributes: { privacy: VideoPrivacy.UNLISTED } })
 
       await waitJobs(servers)
       await checkNewVideoFromSubscription(baseParams, name, uuid, 'absence')
@@ -213,14 +205,13 @@ describe('Test user notifications', function () {
         name,
         channelId,
         privacy: VideoPrivacy.PUBLIC,
-        targetUrl: getGoodVideoUrl()
+        targetUrl: FIXTURE_URLS.goodVideo
       }
-      const res = await importVideo(servers[0].url, servers[0].accessToken, attributes)
-      const uuid = res.body.video.uuid
+      const { video } = await servers[0].imports.importVideo({ attributes })
 
       await waitJobs(servers)
 
-      await checkNewVideoFromSubscription(baseParams, name, uuid, 'presence')
+      await checkNewVideoFromSubscription(baseParams, name, video.uuid, 'presence')
     })
   })
 
@@ -251,7 +242,7 @@ describe('Test user notifications', function () {
       await uploadRandomVideoOnServers(servers, 2, { waitTranscoding: false })
       await waitJobs(servers)
 
-      const notification = await getLastNotification(servers[0].url, userAccessToken)
+      const notification = await servers[0].notifications.getLastest({ token: userAccessToken })
       if (notification) {
         expect(notification.type).to.not.equal(UserNotificationType.MY_VIDEO_PUBLISHED)
       }
@@ -284,14 +275,13 @@ describe('Test user notifications', function () {
         name,
         channelId,
         privacy: VideoPrivacy.PUBLIC,
-        targetUrl: getGoodVideoUrl(),
+        targetUrl: FIXTURE_URLS.goodVideo,
         waitTranscoding: true
       }
-      const res = await importVideo(servers[1].url, servers[1].accessToken, attributes)
-      const uuid = res.body.video.uuid
+      const { video } = await servers[1].imports.importVideo({ attributes })
 
       await waitJobs(servers)
-      await checkVideoIsPublished(baseParams, name, uuid, 'presence')
+      await checkVideoIsPublished(baseParams, name, video.uuid, 'presence')
     })
 
     it('Should send a notification when the scheduled update has been proceeded', async function () {
@@ -304,7 +294,7 @@ describe('Test user notifications', function () {
         privacy: VideoPrivacy.PRIVATE,
         scheduleUpdate: {
           updateAt: updateAt.toISOString(),
-          privacy: VideoPrivacy.PUBLIC
+          privacy: VideoPrivacy.PUBLIC as VideoPrivacy.PUBLIC
         }
       }
       const { name, uuid } = await uploadRandomVideoOnServers(servers, 2, data)
@@ -322,7 +312,7 @@ describe('Test user notifications', function () {
         privacy: VideoPrivacy.PRIVATE,
         scheduleUpdate: {
           updateAt: updateAt.toISOString(),
-          privacy: VideoPrivacy.PUBLIC
+          privacy: VideoPrivacy.PUBLIC as VideoPrivacy.PUBLIC
         }
       }
       const { name, uuid } = await uploadRandomVideoOnServers(servers, 2, data)
@@ -353,13 +343,12 @@ describe('Test user notifications', function () {
         name,
         channelId,
         privacy: VideoPrivacy.PRIVATE,
-        targetUrl: getBadVideoUrl()
+        targetUrl: FIXTURE_URLS.badVideo
       }
-      const res = await importVideo(servers[0].url, servers[0].accessToken, attributes)
-      const uuid = res.body.video.uuid
+      const { video } = await servers[0].imports.importVideo({ attributes })
 
       await waitJobs(servers)
-      await checkMyVideoImportIsFinished(baseParams, name, uuid, getBadVideoUrl(), false, 'presence')
+      await checkMyVideoImportIsFinished(baseParams, name, video.uuid, FIXTURE_URLS.badVideo, false, 'presence')
     })
 
     it('Should send a notification when the video import succeeded', async function () {
@@ -371,13 +360,12 @@ describe('Test user notifications', function () {
         name,
         channelId,
         privacy: VideoPrivacy.PRIVATE,
-        targetUrl: getGoodVideoUrl()
+        targetUrl: FIXTURE_URLS.goodVideo
       }
-      const res = await importVideo(servers[0].url, servers[0].accessToken, attributes)
-      const uuid = res.body.video.uuid
+      const { video } = await servers[0].imports.importVideo({ attributes })
 
       await waitJobs(servers)
-      await checkMyVideoImportIsFinished(baseParams, name, uuid, getGoodVideoUrl(), true, 'presence')
+      await checkMyVideoImportIsFinished(baseParams, name, video.uuid, FIXTURE_URLS.goodVideo, true, 'presence')
     })
   })
 
@@ -394,47 +382,42 @@ describe('Test user notifications', function () {
         token: userAccessToken
       }
 
-      await updateMyUser({
-        url: servers[0].url,
-        accessToken: servers[0].accessToken,
-        displayName: 'super root name'
-      })
+      await servers[0].users.updateMe({ displayName: 'super root name' })
 
-      await updateMyUser({
-        url: servers[0].url,
-        accessToken: userAccessToken,
+      await servers[0].users.updateMe({
+        token: userAccessToken,
         displayName: myUserName
       })
 
-      await updateMyUser({
-        url: servers[1].url,
-        accessToken: servers[1].accessToken,
-        displayName: 'super root 2 name'
-      })
+      await servers[1].users.updateMe({ displayName: 'super root 2 name' })
 
-      await updateVideoChannel(servers[0].url, userAccessToken, 'user_1_channel', { displayName: myChannelName })
+      await servers[0].channels.update({
+        token: userAccessToken,
+        channelName: 'user_1_channel',
+        attributes: { displayName: myChannelName }
+      })
     })
 
     it('Should notify when a local channel is following one of our channel', async function () {
       this.timeout(50000)
 
-      await addUserSubscription(servers[0].url, servers[0].accessToken, 'user_1_channel@localhost:' + servers[0].port)
+      await servers[0].subscriptions.add({ targetUri: 'user_1_channel@localhost:' + servers[0].port })
       await waitJobs(servers)
 
       await checkNewActorFollow(baseParams, 'channel', 'root', 'super root name', myChannelName, 'presence')
 
-      await removeUserSubscription(servers[0].url, servers[0].accessToken, 'user_1_channel@localhost:' + servers[0].port)
+      await servers[0].subscriptions.remove({ uri: 'user_1_channel@localhost:' + servers[0].port })
     })
 
     it('Should notify when a remote channel is following one of our channel', async function () {
       this.timeout(50000)
 
-      await addUserSubscription(servers[1].url, servers[1].accessToken, 'user_1_channel@localhost:' + servers[0].port)
+      await servers[1].subscriptions.add({ targetUri: 'user_1_channel@localhost:' + servers[0].port })
       await waitJobs(servers)
 
       await checkNewActorFollow(baseParams, 'channel', 'root', 'super root 2 name', myChannelName, 'presence')
 
-      await removeUserSubscription(servers[1].url, servers[1].accessToken, 'user_1_channel@localhost:' + servers[0].port)
+      await servers[1].subscriptions.remove({ uri: 'user_1_channel@localhost:' + servers[0].port })
     })
 
     // PeerTube does not support accout -> account follows
diff --git a/server/tests/api/redundancy/manage-redundancy.ts b/server/tests/api/redundancy/manage-redundancy.ts
index 4253124c8..5fd464ded 100644
--- a/server/tests/api/redundancy/manage-redundancy.ts
+++ b/server/tests/api/redundancy/manage-redundancy.ts
@@ -1,32 +1,30 @@
 /* eslint-disable @typescript-eslint/no-unused-expressions,@typescript-eslint/require-await */
 
-import * as chai from 'chai'
 import 'mocha'
+import * as chai from 'chai'
 import {
   cleanupTests,
+  createMultipleServers,
   doubleFollow,
-  flushAndRunMultipleServers,
-  getLocalIdByUUID,
-  ServerInfo,
+  PeerTubeServer,
+  RedundancyCommand,
   setAccessTokensToServers,
-  uploadVideo,
-  uploadVideoAndGetId,
-  waitUntilLog
-} from '../../../../shared/extra-utils'
-import { waitJobs } from '../../../../shared/extra-utils/server/jobs'
-import { addVideoRedundancy, listVideoRedundancies, removeVideoRedundancy, updateRedundancy } from '@shared/extra-utils/server/redundancy'
-import { VideoPrivacy, VideoRedundanciesTarget, VideoRedundancy } from '@shared/models'
+  waitJobs
+} from '@shared/extra-utils'
+import { VideoPrivacy, VideoRedundanciesTarget } from '@shared/models'
 
 const expect = chai.expect
 
 describe('Test manage videos redundancy', function () {
   const targets: VideoRedundanciesTarget[] = [ 'my-videos', 'remote-videos' ]
 
-  let servers: ServerInfo[]
+  let servers: PeerTubeServer[]
   let video1Server2UUID: string
   let video2Server2UUID: string
   let redundanciesToRemove: number[] = []
 
+  let commands: RedundancyCommand[]
+
   before(async function () {
     this.timeout(120000)
 
@@ -50,40 +48,38 @@ describe('Test manage videos redundancy', function () {
         }
       }
     }
-    servers = await flushAndRunMultipleServers(3, config)
+    servers = await createMultipleServers(3, config)
 
     // Get the access tokens
     await setAccessTokensToServers(servers)
 
+    commands = servers.map(s => s.redundancy)
+
     {
-      const res = await uploadVideo(servers[1].url, servers[1].accessToken, { name: 'video 1 server 2' })
-      video1Server2UUID = res.body.video.uuid
+      const { uuid } = await servers[1].videos.upload({ attributes: { name: 'video 1 server 2' } })
+      video1Server2UUID = uuid
     }
 
     {
-      const res = await uploadVideo(servers[1].url, servers[1].accessToken, { name: 'video 2 server 2' })
-      video2Server2UUID = res.body.video.uuid
+      const { uuid } = await servers[1].videos.upload({ attributes: { name: 'video 2 server 2' } })
+      video2Server2UUID = uuid
     }
 
     await waitJobs(servers)
 
     // Server 1 and server 2 follow each other
     await doubleFollow(servers[0], servers[1])
-    await updateRedundancy(servers[0].url, servers[0].accessToken, servers[1].host, true)
+    await commands[0].updateRedundancy({ host: servers[1].host, redundancyAllowed: true })
 
     await waitJobs(servers)
   })
 
   it('Should not have redundancies on server 3', async function () {
     for (const target of targets) {
-      const res = await listVideoRedundancies({
-        url: servers[2].url,
-        accessToken: servers[2].accessToken,
-        target
-      })
+      const body = await commands[2].listVideos({ target })
 
-      expect(res.body.total).to.equal(0)
-      expect(res.body.data).to.have.lengthOf(0)
+      expect(body.total).to.equal(0)
+      expect(body.data).to.have.lengthOf(0)
     }
   })
 
@@ -91,31 +87,22 @@ describe('Test manage videos redundancy', function () {
     this.timeout(120000)
 
     await waitJobs(servers)
-    await waitUntilLog(servers[0], 'Duplicated ', 10)
+    await servers[0].servers.waitUntilLog('Duplicated ', 10)
     await waitJobs(servers)
 
-    const res = await listVideoRedundancies({
-      url: servers[1].url,
-      accessToken: servers[1].accessToken,
-      target: 'remote-videos'
-    })
+    const body = await commands[1].listVideos({ target: 'remote-videos' })
 
-    expect(res.body.total).to.equal(0)
-    expect(res.body.data).to.have.lengthOf(0)
+    expect(body.total).to.equal(0)
+    expect(body.data).to.have.lengthOf(0)
   })
 
   it('Should have "my-videos" redundancies on server 2', async function () {
     this.timeout(120000)
 
-    const res = await listVideoRedundancies({
-      url: servers[1].url,
-      accessToken: servers[1].accessToken,
-      target: 'my-videos'
-    })
-
-    expect(res.body.total).to.equal(2)
+    const body = await commands[1].listVideos({ target: 'my-videos' })
+    expect(body.total).to.equal(2)
 
-    const videos = res.body.data as VideoRedundancy[]
+    const videos = body.data
     expect(videos).to.have.lengthOf(2)
 
     const videos1 = videos.find(v => v.uuid === video1Server2UUID)
@@ -139,28 +126,19 @@ describe('Test manage videos redundancy', function () {
   })
 
   it('Should not have "my-videos" redundancies on server 1', async function () {
-    const res = await listVideoRedundancies({
-      url: servers[0].url,
-      accessToken: servers[0].accessToken,
-      target: 'my-videos'
-    })
+    const body = await commands[0].listVideos({ target: 'my-videos' })
 
-    expect(res.body.total).to.equal(0)
-    expect(res.body.data).to.have.lengthOf(0)
+    expect(body.total).to.equal(0)
+    expect(body.data).to.have.lengthOf(0)
   })
 
   it('Should have "remote-videos" redundancies on server 1', async function () {
     this.timeout(120000)
 
-    const res = await listVideoRedundancies({
-      url: servers[0].url,
-      accessToken: servers[0].accessToken,
-      target: 'remote-videos'
-    })
+    const body = await commands[0].listVideos({ target: 'remote-videos' })
+    expect(body.total).to.equal(2)
 
-    expect(res.body.total).to.equal(2)
-
-    const videos = res.body.data as VideoRedundancy[]
+    const videos = body.data
     expect(videos).to.have.lengthOf(2)
 
     const videos1 = videos.find(v => v.uuid === video1Server2UUID)
@@ -185,81 +163,67 @@ describe('Test manage videos redundancy', function () {
 
   it('Should correctly paginate and sort results', async function () {
     {
-      const res = await listVideoRedundancies({
-        url: servers[0].url,
-        accessToken: servers[0].accessToken,
+      const body = await commands[0].listVideos({
         target: 'remote-videos',
         sort: 'name',
         start: 0,
         count: 2
       })
 
-      const videos = res.body.data
+      const videos = body.data
       expect(videos[0].name).to.equal('video 1 server 2')
       expect(videos[1].name).to.equal('video 2 server 2')
     }
 
     {
-      const res = await listVideoRedundancies({
-        url: servers[0].url,
-        accessToken: servers[0].accessToken,
+      const body = await commands[0].listVideos({
         target: 'remote-videos',
         sort: '-name',
         start: 0,
         count: 2
       })
 
-      const videos = res.body.data
+      const videos = body.data
       expect(videos[0].name).to.equal('video 2 server 2')
       expect(videos[1].name).to.equal('video 1 server 2')
     }
 
     {
-      const res = await listVideoRedundancies({
-        url: servers[0].url,
-        accessToken: servers[0].accessToken,
+      const body = await commands[0].listVideos({
         target: 'remote-videos',
         sort: '-name',
         start: 1,
         count: 1
       })
 
-      const videos = res.body.data
-      expect(videos[0].name).to.equal('video 1 server 2')
+      expect(body.data[0].name).to.equal('video 1 server 2')
     }
   })
 
   it('Should manually add a redundancy and list it', async function () {
     this.timeout(120000)
 
-    const uuid = (await uploadVideoAndGetId({ server: servers[1], videoName: 'video 3 server 2', privacy: VideoPrivacy.UNLISTED })).uuid
+    const uuid = (await servers[1].videos.quickUpload({ name: 'video 3 server 2', privacy: VideoPrivacy.UNLISTED })).uuid
     await waitJobs(servers)
-    const videoId = await getLocalIdByUUID(servers[0].url, uuid)
+    const videoId = await servers[0].videos.getId({ uuid })
 
-    await addVideoRedundancy({
-      url: servers[0].url,
-      accessToken: servers[0].accessToken,
-      videoId
-    })
+    await commands[0].addVideo({ videoId })
 
     await waitJobs(servers)
-    await waitUntilLog(servers[0], 'Duplicated ', 15)
+    await servers[0].servers.waitUntilLog('Duplicated ', 15)
     await waitJobs(servers)
 
     {
-      const res = await listVideoRedundancies({
-        url: servers[0].url,
-        accessToken: servers[0].accessToken,
+      const body = await commands[0].listVideos({
         target: 'remote-videos',
         sort: '-name',
         start: 0,
         count: 5
       })
 
-      const videos = res.body.data
-      expect(videos[0].name).to.equal('video 3 server 2')
+      const video = body.data[0]
 
-      const video = videos[0]
+      expect(video.name).to.equal('video 3 server 2')
       expect(video.redundancies.files).to.have.lengthOf(4)
       expect(video.redundancies.streamingPlaylists).to.have.lengthOf(1)
 
@@ -276,19 +240,15 @@ describe('Test manage videos redundancy', function () {
       }
     }
 
-    const res = await listVideoRedundancies({
-      url: servers[1].url,
-      accessToken: servers[1].accessToken,
+    const body = await commands[1].listVideos({
       target: 'my-videos',
       sort: '-name',
       start: 0,
       count: 5
     })
 
-    const videos = res.body.data
-    expect(videos[0].name).to.equal('video 3 server 2')
-
-    const video = videos[0]
+    const video = body.data[0]
+    expect(video.name).to.equal('video 3 server 2')
     expect(video.redundancies.files).to.have.lengthOf(4)
     expect(video.redundancies.streamingPlaylists).to.have.lengthOf(1)
 
@@ -307,64 +267,47 @@ describe('Test manage videos redundancy', function () {
     this.timeout(120000)
 
     for (const redundancyId of redundanciesToRemove) {
-      await removeVideoRedundancy({
-        url: servers[0].url,
-        accessToken: servers[0].accessToken,
-        redundancyId
-      })
+      await commands[0].removeVideo({ redundancyId })
     }
 
     {
-      const res = await listVideoRedundancies({
-        url: servers[0].url,
-        accessToken: servers[0].accessToken,
+      const body = await commands[0].listVideos({
         target: 'remote-videos',
         sort: '-name',
         start: 0,
         count: 5
       })
 
-      const videos = res.body.data
-      expect(videos).to.have.lengthOf(2)
+      const videos = body.data
 
-      expect(videos[0].name).to.equal('video 2 server 2')
+      expect(videos).to.have.lengthOf(2)
 
-      redundanciesToRemove = []
       const video = videos[0]
+      expect(video.name).to.equal('video 2 server 2')
       expect(video.redundancies.files).to.have.lengthOf(4)
       expect(video.redundancies.streamingPlaylists).to.have.lengthOf(1)
 
       const redundancies = video.redundancies.files.concat(video.redundancies.streamingPlaylists)
 
-      for (const r of redundancies) {
-        redundanciesToRemove.push(r.id)
-      }
+      redundanciesToRemove = redundancies.map(r => r.id)
     }
   })
 
   it('Should remove another (auto) redundancy', async function () {
-    {
-      for (const redundancyId of redundanciesToRemove) {
-        await removeVideoRedundancy({
-          url: servers[0].url,
-          accessToken: servers[0].accessToken,
-          redundancyId
-        })
-      }
+    for (const redundancyId of redundanciesToRemove) {
+      await commands[0].removeVideo({ redundancyId })
+    }
 
-      const res = await listVideoRedundancies({
-        url: servers[0].url,
-        accessToken: servers[0].accessToken,
-        target: 'remote-videos',
-        sort: '-name',
-        start: 0,
-        count: 5
-      })
+    const body = await commands[0].listVideos({
+      target: 'remote-videos',
+      sort: '-name',
+      start: 0,
+      count: 5
+    })
 
-      const videos = res.body.data
-      expect(videos[0].name).to.equal('video 1 server 2')
-      expect(videos).to.have.lengthOf(1)
-    }
+    const videos = body.data
+    expect(videos).to.have.lengthOf(1)
+    expect(videos[0].name).to.equal('video 1 server 2')
   })
 
   after(async function () {
diff --git a/server/tests/api/redundancy/redundancy-constraints.ts b/server/tests/api/redundancy/redundancy-constraints.ts
index 1cb1603bc..933a2c776 100644
--- a/server/tests/api/redundancy/redundancy-constraints.ts
+++ b/server/tests/api/redundancy/redundancy-constraints.ts
@@ -1,29 +1,14 @@
 /* eslint-disable @typescript-eslint/no-unused-expressions,@typescript-eslint/require-await */
 
 import 'mocha'
-import * as chai from 'chai'
-import { listVideoRedundancies, updateRedundancy } from '@shared/extra-utils/server/redundancy'
+import { expect } from 'chai'
+import { cleanupTests, createSingleServer, killallServers, PeerTubeServer, setAccessTokensToServers, waitJobs } from '@shared/extra-utils'
 import { VideoPrivacy } from '@shared/models'
-import {
-  cleanupTests,
-  flushAndRunServer,
-  follow,
-  killallServers,
-  reRunServer,
-  ServerInfo,
-  setAccessTokensToServers,
-  updateVideo,
-  uploadVideo,
-  waitUntilLog
-} from '../../../../shared/extra-utils'
-import { waitJobs } from '../../../../shared/extra-utils/server/jobs'
-
-const expect = chai.expect
 
 describe('Test redundancy constraints', function () {
-  let remoteServer: ServerInfo
-  let localServer: ServerInfo
-  let servers: ServerInfo[]
+  let remoteServer: PeerTubeServer
+  let localServer: PeerTubeServer
+  let servers: PeerTubeServer[]
 
   const remoteServerConfig = {
     redundancy: {
@@ -43,38 +28,30 @@ describe('Test redundancy constraints', function () {
 
   async function uploadWrapper (videoName: string) {
     // Wait for transcoding
-    const res = await uploadVideo(localServer.url, localServer.accessToken, { name: 'to transcode', privacy: VideoPrivacy.PRIVATE })
+    const { id } = await localServer.videos.upload({ attributes: { name: 'to transcode', privacy: VideoPrivacy.PRIVATE } })
     await waitJobs([ localServer ])
 
     // Update video to schedule a federation
-    await updateVideo(localServer.url, localServer.accessToken, res.body.video.id, { name: videoName, privacy: VideoPrivacy.PUBLIC })
+    await localServer.videos.update({ id, attributes: { name: videoName, privacy: VideoPrivacy.PUBLIC } })
   }
 
   async function getTotalRedundanciesLocalServer () {
-    const res = await listVideoRedundancies({
-      url: localServer.url,
-      accessToken: localServer.accessToken,
-      target: 'my-videos'
-    })
+    const body = await localServer.redundancy.listVideos({ target: 'my-videos' })
 
-    return res.body.total
+    return body.total
   }
 
   async function getTotalRedundanciesRemoteServer () {
-    const res = await listVideoRedundancies({
-      url: remoteServer.url,
-      accessToken: remoteServer.accessToken,
-      target: 'remote-videos'
-    })
+    const body = await remoteServer.redundancy.listVideos({ target: 'remote-videos' })
 
-    return res.body.total
+    return body.total
   }
 
   before(async function () {
     this.timeout(120000)
 
     {
-      remoteServer = await flushAndRunServer(1, remoteServerConfig)
+      remoteServer = await createSingleServer(1, remoteServerConfig)
     }
 
     {
@@ -85,7 +62,7 @@ describe('Test redundancy constraints', function () {
           }
         }
       }
-      localServer = await flushAndRunServer(2, config)
+      localServer = await createSingleServer(2, config)
     }
 
     servers = [ remoteServer, localServer ]
@@ -93,14 +70,14 @@ describe('Test redundancy constraints', function () {
     // Get the access tokens
     await setAccessTokensToServers(servers)
 
-    await uploadVideo(localServer.url, localServer.accessToken, { name: 'video 1 server 2' })
+    await localServer.videos.upload({ attributes: { name: 'video 1 server 2' } })
 
     await waitJobs(servers)
 
     // Server 1 and server 2 follow each other
-    await follow(remoteServer.url, [ localServer.url ], remoteServer.accessToken)
+    await remoteServer.follows.follow({ hosts: [ localServer.url ] })
     await waitJobs(servers)
-    await updateRedundancy(remoteServer.url, remoteServer.accessToken, localServer.host, true)
+    await remoteServer.redundancy.updateRedundancy({ host: localServer.host, redundancyAllowed: true })
 
     await waitJobs(servers)
   })
@@ -109,7 +86,7 @@ describe('Test redundancy constraints', function () {
     this.timeout(120000)
 
     await waitJobs(servers)
-    await waitUntilLog(remoteServer, 'Duplicated ', 5)
+    await remoteServer.servers.waitUntilLog('Duplicated ', 5)
     await waitJobs(servers)
 
     {
@@ -134,11 +111,11 @@ describe('Test redundancy constraints', function () {
       }
     }
     await killallServers([ localServer ])
-    await reRunServer(localServer, config)
+    await localServer.run(config)
 
     await uploadWrapper('video 2 server 2')
 
-    await waitUntilLog(remoteServer, 'Duplicated ', 10)
+    await remoteServer.servers.waitUntilLog('Duplicated ', 10)
     await waitJobs(servers)
 
     {
@@ -163,11 +140,11 @@ describe('Test redundancy constraints', function () {
       }
     }
     await killallServers([ localServer ])
-    await reRunServer(localServer, config)
+    await localServer.run(config)
 
     await uploadWrapper('video 3 server 2')
 
-    await waitUntilLog(remoteServer, 'Duplicated ', 15)
+    await remoteServer.servers.waitUntilLog('Duplicated ', 15)
     await waitJobs(servers)
 
     {
@@ -184,11 +161,11 @@ describe('Test redundancy constraints', function () {
   it('Should have redundancy on server 1 and on server 2 with followings filter now server 2 follows server 1', async function () {
     this.timeout(120000)
 
-    await follow(localServer.url, [ remoteServer.url ], localServer.accessToken)
+    await localServer.follows.follow({ hosts: [ remoteServer.url ] })
     await waitJobs(servers)
 
     await uploadWrapper('video 4 server 2')
-    await waitUntilLog(remoteServer, 'Duplicated ', 20)
+    await remoteServer.servers.waitUntilLog('Duplicated ', 20)
     await waitJobs(servers)
 
     {
diff --git a/server/tests/api/redundancy/redundancy.ts b/server/tests/api/redundancy/redundancy.ts
index 0e0a73b9d..a6559d304 100644
--- a/server/tests/api/redundancy/redundancy.ts
+++ b/server/tests/api/redundancy/redundancy.ts
@@ -5,51 +5,29 @@ import * as chai from 'chai'
 import { readdir } from 'fs-extra'
 import * as magnetUtil from 'magnet-uri'
 import { join } from 'path'
-import { HttpStatusCode } from '../../../../shared/core-utils/miscs/http-error-codes'
 import {
   checkSegmentHash,
   checkVideoFilesWereRemoved,
   cleanupTests,
+  createMultipleServers,
   doubleFollow,
-  flushAndRunMultipleServers,
-  getFollowingListPaginationAndSort,
-  getVideo,
-  getVideoWithToken,
-  immutableAssign,
   killallServers,
   makeGetRequest,
-  removeVideo,
-  reRunServer,
+  PeerTubeServer,
   root,
-  ServerInfo,
   setAccessTokensToServers,
-  unfollow,
-  updateVideo,
-  uploadVideo,
-  viewVideo,
   wait,
-  waitUntilLog
-} from '../../../../shared/extra-utils'
-import { waitJobs } from '../../../../shared/extra-utils/server/jobs'
-import {
-  addVideoRedundancy,
-  listVideoRedundancies,
-  removeVideoRedundancy,
-  updateRedundancy
-} from '../../../../shared/extra-utils/server/redundancy'
-import { getStats } from '../../../../shared/extra-utils/server/stats'
-import { ActorFollow } from '../../../../shared/models/actors'
-import { VideoRedundancy, VideoRedundancyStrategy, VideoRedundancyStrategyWithManual } from '../../../../shared/models/redundancy'
-import { ServerStats } from '../../../../shared/models/server/server-stats.model'
-import { VideoDetails, VideoPrivacy } from '../../../../shared/models/videos'
+  waitJobs
+} from '@shared/extra-utils'
+import { HttpStatusCode, VideoPrivacy, VideoRedundancyStrategy, VideoRedundancyStrategyWithManual } from '@shared/models'
 
 const expect = chai.expect
 
-let servers: ServerInfo[] = []
+let servers: PeerTubeServer[] = []
 let video1Server2UUID: string
 let video1Server2Id: number
 
-function checkMagnetWebseeds (file: { magnetUri: string, resolution: { id: number } }, baseWebseeds: string[], server: ServerInfo) {
+function checkMagnetWebseeds (file: { magnetUri: string, resolution: { id: number } }, baseWebseeds: string[], server: PeerTubeServer) {
   const parsed = magnetUtil.decode(file.magnetUri)
 
   for (const ws of baseWebseeds) {
@@ -60,16 +38,18 @@ function checkMagnetWebseeds (file: { magnetUri: string, resolution: { id: numbe
   expect(parsed.urlList).to.have.lengthOf(baseWebseeds.length)
 }
 
-async function flushAndRunServers (strategy: VideoRedundancyStrategy | null, additionalParams: any = {}, withWebtorrent = true) {
+async function createSingleServers (strategy: VideoRedundancyStrategy | null, additionalParams: any = {}, withWebtorrent = true) {
   const strategies: any[] = []
 
   if (strategy !== null) {
     strategies.push(
-      immutableAssign({
+      {
         min_lifetime: '1 hour',
         strategy: strategy,
-        size: '400KB'
-      }, additionalParams)
+        size: '400KB',
+
+        ...additionalParams
+      }
     )
   }
 
@@ -90,17 +70,17 @@ async function flushAndRunServers (strategy: VideoRedundancyStrategy | null, add
     }
   }
 
-  servers = await flushAndRunMultipleServers(3, config)
+  servers = await createMultipleServers(3, config)
 
   // Get the access tokens
   await setAccessTokensToServers(servers)
 
   {
-    const res = await uploadVideo(servers[1].url, servers[1].accessToken, { name: 'video 1 server 2' })
-    video1Server2UUID = res.body.video.uuid
-    video1Server2Id = res.body.video.id
+    const { uuid, id } = await servers[1].videos.upload({ attributes: { name: 'video 1 server 2' } })
+    video1Server2UUID = uuid
+    video1Server2Id = id
 
-    await viewVideo(servers[1].url, video1Server2UUID)
+    await servers[1].videos.view({ id: video1Server2UUID })
   }
 
   await waitJobs(servers)
@@ -124,9 +104,8 @@ async function check1WebSeed (videoUUID?: string) {
 
   for (const server of servers) {
     // With token to avoid issues with video follow constraints
-    const res = await getVideoWithToken(server.url, server.accessToken, videoUUID)
+    const video = await server.videos.getWithToken({ id: videoUUID })
 
-    const video: VideoDetails = res.body
     for (const f of video.files) {
       checkMagnetWebseeds(f, webseeds, server)
     }
@@ -142,22 +121,20 @@ async function check2Webseeds (videoUUID?: string) {
   ]
 
   for (const server of servers) {
-    const res = await getVideo(server.url, videoUUID)
-
-    const video: VideoDetails = res.body
+    const video = await server.videos.get({ id: videoUUID })
 
     for (const file of video.files) {
       checkMagnetWebseeds(file, webseeds, server)
 
       await makeGetRequest({
         url: servers[0].url,
-        statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.OK_200,
+        expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.OK_200,
         path: '/static/redundancy/' + `${videoUUID}-${file.resolution.id}.mp4`,
         contentType: null
       })
       await makeGetRequest({
         url: servers[1].url,
-        statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.OK_200,
+        expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.OK_200,
         path: `/static/webseed/${videoUUID}-${file.resolution.id}.mp4`,
         contentType: null
       })
@@ -184,8 +161,7 @@ async function check0PlaylistRedundancies (videoUUID?: string) {
 
   for (const server of servers) {
     // With token to avoid issues with video follow constraints
-    const res = await getVideoWithToken(server.url, server.accessToken, videoUUID)
-    const video: VideoDetails = res.body
+    const video = await server.videos.getWithToken({ id: videoUUID })
 
     expect(video.streamingPlaylists).to.be.an('array')
     expect(video.streamingPlaylists).to.have.lengthOf(1)
@@ -197,8 +173,7 @@ async function check1PlaylistRedundancies (videoUUID?: string) {
   if (!videoUUID) videoUUID = video1Server2UUID
 
   for (const server of servers) {
-    const res = await getVideo(server.url, videoUUID)
-    const video: VideoDetails = res.body
+    const video = await server.videos.get({ id: videoUUID })
 
     expect(video.streamingPlaylists).to.have.lengthOf(1)
     expect(video.streamingPlaylists[0].redundancies).to.have.lengthOf(1)
@@ -211,11 +186,11 @@ async function check1PlaylistRedundancies (videoUUID?: string) {
   const baseUrlPlaylist = servers[1].url + '/static/streaming-playlists/hls'
   const baseUrlSegment = servers[0].url + '/static/redundancy/hls'
 
-  const res = await getVideo(servers[0].url, videoUUID)
-  const hlsPlaylist = (res.body as VideoDetails).streamingPlaylists[0]
+  const video = await servers[0].videos.get({ id: videoUUID })
+  const hlsPlaylist = video.streamingPlaylists[0]
 
   for (const resolution of [ 240, 360, 480, 720 ]) {
-    await checkSegmentHash(baseUrlPlaylist, baseUrlSegment, videoUUID, resolution, hlsPlaylist)
+    await checkSegmentHash({ server: servers[1], baseUrlPlaylist, baseUrlSegment, videoUUID, resolution, hlsPlaylist })
   }
 
   const directories = [
@@ -244,9 +219,7 @@ async function checkStatsGlobal (strategy: VideoRedundancyStrategyWithManual) {
     statsLength = 2
   }
 
-  const res = await getStats(servers[0].url)
-  const data: ServerStats = res.body
-
+  const data = await servers[0].stats.get()
   expect(data.videosRedundancy).to.have.lengthOf(statsLength)
 
   const stat = data.videosRedundancy[0]
@@ -272,14 +245,20 @@ async function checkStatsWithoutRedundancy (strategy: VideoRedundancyStrategyWit
   expect(stat.totalVideos).to.equal(0)
 }
 
-async function enableRedundancyOnServer1 () {
-  await updateRedundancy(servers[0].url, servers[0].accessToken, servers[1].host, true)
-
-  const res = await getFollowingListPaginationAndSort({ url: servers[0].url, start: 0, count: 5, sort: '-createdAt' })
-  const follows: ActorFollow[] = res.body.data
+async function findServerFollows () {
+  const body = await servers[0].follows.getFollowings({ start: 0, count: 5, sort: '-createdAt' })
+  const follows = body.data
   const server2 = follows.find(f => f.following.host === `localhost:${servers[1].port}`)
   const server3 = follows.find(f => f.following.host === `localhost:${servers[2].port}`)
 
+  return { server2, server3 }
+}
+
+async function enableRedundancyOnServer1 () {
+  await servers[0].redundancy.updateRedundancy({ host: servers[1].host, redundancyAllowed: true })
+
+  const { server2, server3 } = await findServerFollows()
+
   expect(server3).to.not.be.undefined
   expect(server3.following.hostRedundancyAllowed).to.be.false
 
@@ -288,12 +267,9 @@ async function enableRedundancyOnServer1 () {
 }
 
 async function disableRedundancyOnServer1 () {
-  await updateRedundancy(servers[0].url, servers[0].accessToken, servers[1].host, false)
+  await servers[0].redundancy.updateRedundancy({ host: servers[1].host, redundancyAllowed: false })
 
-  const res = await getFollowingListPaginationAndSort({ url: servers[0].url, start: 0, count: 5, sort: '-createdAt' })
-  const follows: ActorFollow[] = res.body.data
-  const server2 = follows.find(f => f.following.host === `localhost:${servers[1].port}`)
-  const server3 = follows.find(f => f.following.host === `localhost:${servers[2].port}`)
+  const { server2, server3 } = await findServerFollows()
 
   expect(server3).to.not.be.undefined
   expect(server3.following.hostRedundancyAllowed).to.be.false
@@ -310,7 +286,7 @@ describe('Test videos redundancy', function () {
     before(function () {
       this.timeout(120000)
 
-      return flushAndRunServers(strategy)
+      return createSingleServers(strategy)
     })
 
     it('Should have 1 webseed on the first video', async function () {
@@ -327,7 +303,7 @@ describe('Test videos redundancy', function () {
       this.timeout(80000)
 
       await waitJobs(servers)
-      await waitUntilLog(servers[0], 'Duplicated ', 5)
+      await servers[0].servers.waitUntilLog('Duplicated ', 5)
       await waitJobs(servers)
 
       await check2Webseeds()
@@ -346,7 +322,7 @@ describe('Test videos redundancy', function () {
       await check1WebSeed()
       await check0PlaylistRedundancies()
 
-      await checkVideoFilesWereRemoved(video1Server2UUID, servers[0].internalServerNumber, [ 'videos', join('playlists', 'hls') ])
+      await checkVideoFilesWereRemoved(video1Server2UUID, servers[0], [ 'videos', join('playlists', 'hls') ])
     })
 
     after(async function () {
@@ -360,7 +336,7 @@ describe('Test videos redundancy', function () {
     before(function () {
       this.timeout(120000)
 
-      return flushAndRunServers(strategy)
+      return createSingleServers(strategy)
     })
 
     it('Should have 1 webseed on the first video', async function () {
@@ -377,7 +353,7 @@ describe('Test videos redundancy', function () {
       this.timeout(80000)
 
       await waitJobs(servers)
-      await waitUntilLog(servers[0], 'Duplicated ', 5)
+      await servers[0].servers.waitUntilLog('Duplicated ', 5)
       await waitJobs(servers)
 
       await check2Webseeds()
@@ -388,7 +364,7 @@ describe('Test videos redundancy', function () {
     it('Should unfollow on server 1 and remove duplicated videos', async function () {
       this.timeout(80000)
 
-      await unfollow(servers[0].url, servers[0].accessToken, servers[1])
+      await servers[0].follows.unfollow({ target: servers[1] })
 
       await waitJobs(servers)
       await wait(5000)
@@ -396,7 +372,7 @@ describe('Test videos redundancy', function () {
       await check1WebSeed()
       await check0PlaylistRedundancies()
 
-      await checkVideoFilesWereRemoved(video1Server2UUID, servers[0].internalServerNumber, [ 'videos' ])
+      await checkVideoFilesWereRemoved(video1Server2UUID, servers[0], [ 'videos' ])
     })
 
     after(async function () {
@@ -410,7 +386,7 @@ describe('Test videos redundancy', function () {
     before(function () {
       this.timeout(120000)
 
-      return flushAndRunServers(strategy, { min_views: 3 })
+      return createSingleServers(strategy, { min_views: 3 })
     })
 
     it('Should have 1 webseed on the first video', async function () {
@@ -438,8 +414,8 @@ describe('Test videos redundancy', function () {
     it('Should view 2 times the first video to have > min_views config', async function () {
       this.timeout(80000)
 
-      await viewVideo(servers[0].url, video1Server2UUID)
-      await viewVideo(servers[2].url, video1Server2UUID)
+      await servers[0].videos.view({ id: video1Server2UUID })
+      await servers[2].videos.view({ id: video1Server2UUID })
 
       await wait(10000)
       await waitJobs(servers)
@@ -449,7 +425,7 @@ describe('Test videos redundancy', function () {
       this.timeout(80000)
 
       await waitJobs(servers)
-      await waitUntilLog(servers[0], 'Duplicated ', 5)
+      await servers[0].servers.waitUntilLog('Duplicated ', 5)
       await waitJobs(servers)
 
       await check2Webseeds()
@@ -460,12 +436,12 @@ describe('Test videos redundancy', function () {
     it('Should remove the video and the redundancy files', async function () {
       this.timeout(20000)
 
-      await removeVideo(servers[1].url, servers[1].accessToken, video1Server2UUID)
+      await servers[1].videos.remove({ id: video1Server2UUID })
 
       await waitJobs(servers)
 
       for (const server of servers) {
-        await checkVideoFilesWereRemoved(video1Server2UUID, server.internalServerNumber)
+        await checkVideoFilesWereRemoved(video1Server2UUID, server)
       }
     })
 
@@ -480,7 +456,7 @@ describe('Test videos redundancy', function () {
     before(async function () {
       this.timeout(120000)
 
-      await flushAndRunServers(strategy, { min_views: 3 }, false)
+      await createSingleServers(strategy, { min_views: 3 }, false)
     })
 
     it('Should have 0 playlist redundancy on the first video', async function () {
@@ -506,14 +482,14 @@ describe('Test videos redundancy', function () {
     it('Should have 1 redundancy on the first video', async function () {
       this.timeout(160000)
 
-      await viewVideo(servers[0].url, video1Server2UUID)
-      await viewVideo(servers[2].url, video1Server2UUID)
+      await servers[0].videos.view({ id: video1Server2UUID })
+      await servers[2].videos.view({ id: video1Server2UUID })
 
       await wait(10000)
       await waitJobs(servers)
 
       await waitJobs(servers)
-      await waitUntilLog(servers[0], 'Duplicated ', 1)
+      await servers[0].servers.waitUntilLog('Duplicated ', 1)
       await waitJobs(servers)
 
       await check1PlaylistRedundancies()
@@ -523,12 +499,12 @@ describe('Test videos redundancy', function () {
     it('Should remove the video and the redundancy files', async function () {
       this.timeout(20000)
 
-      await removeVideo(servers[1].url, servers[1].accessToken, video1Server2UUID)
+      await servers[1].videos.remove({ id: video1Server2UUID })
 
       await waitJobs(servers)
 
       for (const server of servers) {
-        await checkVideoFilesWereRemoved(video1Server2UUID, server.internalServerNumber)
+        await checkVideoFilesWereRemoved(video1Server2UUID, server)
       }
     })
 
@@ -541,7 +517,7 @@ describe('Test videos redundancy', function () {
     before(function () {
       this.timeout(120000)
 
-      return flushAndRunServers(null)
+      return createSingleServers(null)
     })
 
     it('Should have 1 webseed on the first video', async function () {
@@ -551,18 +527,14 @@ describe('Test videos redundancy', function () {
     })
 
     it('Should create a redundancy on first video', async function () {
-      await addVideoRedundancy({
-        url: servers[0].url,
-        accessToken: servers[0].accessToken,
-        videoId: video1Server2Id
-      })
+      await servers[0].redundancy.addVideo({ videoId: video1Server2Id })
     })
 
     it('Should have 2 webseeds on the first video', async function () {
       this.timeout(80000)
 
       await waitJobs(servers)
-      await waitUntilLog(servers[0], 'Duplicated ', 5)
+      await servers[0].servers.waitUntilLog('Duplicated ', 5)
       await waitJobs(servers)
 
       await check2Webseeds()
@@ -573,22 +545,15 @@ describe('Test videos redundancy', function () {
     it('Should manually remove redundancies on server 1 and remove duplicated videos', async function () {
       this.timeout(80000)
 
-      const res = await listVideoRedundancies({
-        url: servers[0].url,
-        accessToken: servers[0].accessToken,
-        target: 'remote-videos'
-      })
+      const body = await servers[0].redundancy.listVideos({ target: 'remote-videos' })
 
-      const videos = res.body.data as VideoRedundancy[]
+      const videos = body.data
       expect(videos).to.have.lengthOf(1)
 
       const video = videos[0]
+
       for (const r of video.redundancies.files.concat(video.redundancies.streamingPlaylists)) {
-        await removeVideoRedundancy({
-          url: servers[0].url,
-          accessToken: servers[0].accessToken,
-          redundancyId: r.id
-        })
+        await servers[0].redundancy.removeVideo({ redundancyId: r.id })
       }
 
       await waitJobs(servers)
@@ -597,7 +562,7 @@ describe('Test videos redundancy', function () {
       await check1WebSeed()
       await check0PlaylistRedundancies()
 
-      await checkVideoFilesWereRemoved(video1Server2UUID, servers[0].serverNumber, [ 'videos' ])
+      await checkVideoFilesWereRemoved(video1Server2UUID, servers[0], [ 'videos' ])
     })
 
     after(async function () {
@@ -608,10 +573,9 @@ describe('Test videos redundancy', function () {
   describe('Test expiration', function () {
     const strategy = 'recently-added'
 
-    async function checkContains (servers: ServerInfo[], str: string) {
+    async function checkContains (servers: PeerTubeServer[], str: string) {
       for (const server of servers) {
-        const res = await getVideo(server.url, video1Server2UUID)
-        const video: VideoDetails = res.body
+        const video = await server.videos.get({ id: video1Server2UUID })
 
         for (const f of video.files) {
           expect(f.magnetUri).to.contain(str)
@@ -619,10 +583,9 @@ describe('Test videos redundancy', function () {
       }
     }
 
-    async function checkNotContains (servers: ServerInfo[], str: string) {
+    async function checkNotContains (servers: PeerTubeServer[], str: string) {
       for (const server of servers) {
-        const res = await getVideo(server.url, video1Server2UUID)
-        const video: VideoDetails = res.body
+        const video = await server.videos.get({ id: video1Server2UUID })
 
         for (const f of video.files) {
           expect(f.magnetUri).to.not.contain(str)
@@ -633,7 +596,7 @@ describe('Test videos redundancy', function () {
     before(async function () {
       this.timeout(120000)
 
-      await flushAndRunServers(strategy, { min_lifetime: '7 seconds', min_views: 0 })
+      await createSingleServers(strategy, { min_lifetime: '7 seconds', min_views: 0 })
 
       await enableRedundancyOnServer1()
     })
@@ -656,7 +619,7 @@ describe('Test videos redundancy', function () {
     it('Should stop server 1 and expire video redundancy', async function () {
       this.timeout(80000)
 
-      killallServers([ servers[0] ])
+      await killallServers([ servers[0] ])
 
       await wait(15000)
 
@@ -675,25 +638,25 @@ describe('Test videos redundancy', function () {
     before(async function () {
       this.timeout(120000)
 
-      await flushAndRunServers(strategy, { min_lifetime: '7 seconds', min_views: 0 })
+      await createSingleServers(strategy, { min_lifetime: '7 seconds', min_views: 0 })
 
       await enableRedundancyOnServer1()
 
       await waitJobs(servers)
-      await waitUntilLog(servers[0], 'Duplicated ', 5)
+      await servers[0].servers.waitUntilLog('Duplicated ', 5)
       await waitJobs(servers)
 
       await check2Webseeds(video1Server2UUID)
       await check1PlaylistRedundancies(video1Server2UUID)
       await checkStatsWith1Redundancy(strategy)
 
-      const res = await uploadVideo(servers[1].url, servers[1].accessToken, { name: 'video 2 server 2', privacy: VideoPrivacy.PRIVATE })
-      video2Server2UUID = res.body.video.uuid
+      const { uuid } = await servers[1].videos.upload({ attributes: { name: 'video 2 server 2', privacy: VideoPrivacy.PRIVATE } })
+      video2Server2UUID = uuid
 
       // Wait transcoding before federation
       await waitJobs(servers)
 
-      await updateVideo(servers[1].url, servers[1].accessToken, video2Server2UUID, { privacy: VideoPrivacy.PUBLIC })
+      await servers[1].videos.update({ id: video2Server2UUID, attributes: { privacy: VideoPrivacy.PUBLIC } })
     })
 
     it('Should cache video 2 webseeds on the first video', async function () {
@@ -725,8 +688,8 @@ describe('Test videos redundancy', function () {
 
       await waitJobs(servers)
 
-      killallServers([ servers[0] ])
-      await reRunServer(servers[0], {
+      await killallServers([ servers[0] ])
+      await servers[0].run({
         redundancy: {
           videos: {
             check_interval: '1 second',
@@ -737,7 +700,7 @@ describe('Test videos redundancy', function () {
 
       await waitJobs(servers)
 
-      await checkVideoFilesWereRemoved(video1Server2UUID, servers[0].internalServerNumber, [ join('redundancy', 'hls') ])
+      await checkVideoFilesWereRemoved(video1Server2UUID, servers[0], [ join('redundancy', 'hls') ])
     })
 
     after(async function () {
diff --git a/server/tests/api/search/search-activitypub-video-channels.ts b/server/tests/api/search/search-activitypub-video-channels.ts
index e83eb7171..426cbc8e1 100644
--- a/server/tests/api/search/search-activitypub-video-channels.ts
+++ b/server/tests/api/search/search-activitypub-video-channels.ts
@@ -1,69 +1,63 @@
 /* eslint-disable @typescript-eslint/no-unused-expressions,@typescript-eslint/require-await */
 
-import * as chai from 'chai'
 import 'mocha'
+import * as chai from 'chai'
 import {
-  addVideoChannel,
   cleanupTests,
-  createUser,
-  deleteVideoChannel,
-  flushAndRunMultipleServers,
-  getVideoChannelsList,
-  getVideoChannelVideos,
-  ServerInfo,
+  createMultipleServers,
+  PeerTubeServer,
+  SearchCommand,
   setAccessTokensToServers,
-  updateMyUser,
-  updateVideo,
-  updateVideoChannel,
-  uploadVideo,
-  userLogin,
-  wait
-} from '../../../../shared/extra-utils'
-import { waitJobs } from '../../../../shared/extra-utils/server/jobs'
-import { VideoChannel } from '../../../../shared/models/videos'
-import { searchVideoChannel } from '../../../../shared/extra-utils/search/video-channels'
+  wait,
+  waitJobs
+} from '@shared/extra-utils'
+import { VideoChannel } from '@shared/models'
 
 const expect = chai.expect
 
 describe('Test ActivityPub video channels search', function () {
-  let servers: ServerInfo[]
+  let servers: PeerTubeServer[]
   let userServer2Token: string
   let videoServer2UUID: string
   let channelIdServer2: number
+  let command: SearchCommand
 
   before(async function () {
     this.timeout(120000)
 
-    servers = await flushAndRunMultipleServers(2)
+    servers = await createMultipleServers(2)
 
     await setAccessTokensToServers(servers)
 
     {
-      await createUser({ url: servers[0].url, accessToken: servers[0].accessToken, username: 'user1_server1', password: 'password' })
+      await servers[0].users.create({ username: 'user1_server1', password: 'password' })
       const channel = {
         name: 'channel1_server1',
         displayName: 'Channel 1 server 1'
       }
-      await addVideoChannel(servers[0].url, servers[0].accessToken, channel)
+      await servers[0].channels.create({ attributes: channel })
     }
 
     {
       const user = { username: 'user1_server2', password: 'password' }
-      await createUser({ url: servers[1].url, accessToken: servers[1].accessToken, username: user.username, password: user.password })
-      userServer2Token = await userLogin(servers[1], user)
+      await servers[1].users.create({ username: user.username, password: user.password })
+      userServer2Token = await servers[1].login.getAccessToken(user)
 
       const channel = {
         name: 'channel1_server2',
         displayName: 'Channel 1 server 2'
       }
-      const resChannel = await addVideoChannel(servers[1].url, userServer2Token, channel)
-      channelIdServer2 = resChannel.body.videoChannel.id
+      const created = await servers[1].channels.create({ token: userServer2Token, attributes: channel })
+      channelIdServer2 = created.id
 
-      const res = await uploadVideo(servers[1].url, userServer2Token, { name: 'video 1 server 2', channelId: channelIdServer2 })
-      videoServer2UUID = res.body.video.uuid
+      const attributes = { name: 'video 1 server 2', channelId: channelIdServer2 }
+      const { uuid } = await servers[1].videos.upload({ token: userServer2Token, attributes })
+      videoServer2UUID = uuid
     }
 
     await waitJobs(servers)
+
+    command = servers[0].search
   })
 
   it('Should not find a remote video channel', async function () {
@@ -71,21 +65,21 @@ describe('Test ActivityPub video channels search', function () {
 
     {
       const search = 'http://localhost:' + servers[1].port + '/video-channels/channel1_server3'
-      const res = await searchVideoChannel(servers[0].url, search, servers[0].accessToken)
+      const body = await command.searchChannels({ search, token: servers[0].accessToken })
 
-      expect(res.body.total).to.equal(0)
-      expect(res.body.data).to.be.an('array')
-      expect(res.body.data).to.have.lengthOf(0)
+      expect(body.total).to.equal(0)
+      expect(body.data).to.be.an('array')
+      expect(body.data).to.have.lengthOf(0)
     }
 
     {
       // Without token
       const search = 'http://localhost:' + servers[1].port + '/video-channels/channel1_server2'
-      const res = await searchVideoChannel(servers[0].url, search)
+      const body = await command.searchChannels({ search })
 
-      expect(res.body.total).to.equal(0)
-      expect(res.body.data).to.be.an('array')
-      expect(res.body.data).to.have.lengthOf(0)
+      expect(body.total).to.equal(0)
+      expect(body.data).to.be.an('array')
+      expect(body.data).to.have.lengthOf(0)
     }
   })
 
@@ -96,13 +90,13 @@ describe('Test ActivityPub video channels search', function () {
     ]
 
     for (const search of searches) {
-      const res = await searchVideoChannel(servers[0].url, search)
+      const body = await command.searchChannels({ search })
 
-      expect(res.body.total).to.equal(1)
-      expect(res.body.data).to.be.an('array')
-      expect(res.body.data).to.have.lengthOf(1)
-      expect(res.body.data[0].name).to.equal('channel1_server1')
-      expect(res.body.data[0].displayName).to.equal('Channel 1 server 1')
+      expect(body.total).to.equal(1)
+      expect(body.data).to.be.an('array')
+      expect(body.data).to.have.lengthOf(1)
+      expect(body.data[0].name).to.equal('channel1_server1')
+      expect(body.data[0].displayName).to.equal('Channel 1 server 1')
     }
   })
 
@@ -110,13 +104,13 @@ describe('Test ActivityPub video channels search', function () {
     const search = 'http://localhost:' + servers[0].port + '/c/channel1_server1'
 
     for (const token of [ undefined, servers[0].accessToken ]) {
-      const res = await searchVideoChannel(servers[0].url, search, token)
+      const body = await command.searchChannels({ search, token })
 
-      expect(res.body.total).to.equal(1)
-      expect(res.body.data).to.be.an('array')
-      expect(res.body.data).to.have.lengthOf(1)
-      expect(res.body.data[0].name).to.equal('channel1_server1')
-      expect(res.body.data[0].displayName).to.equal('Channel 1 server 1')
+      expect(body.total).to.equal(1)
+      expect(body.data).to.be.an('array')
+      expect(body.data).to.have.lengthOf(1)
+      expect(body.data[0].name).to.equal('channel1_server1')
+      expect(body.data[0].displayName).to.equal('Channel 1 server 1')
     }
   })
 
@@ -129,23 +123,23 @@ describe('Test ActivityPub video channels search', function () {
     ]
 
     for (const search of searches) {
-      const res = await searchVideoChannel(servers[0].url, search, servers[0].accessToken)
+      const body = await command.searchChannels({ search, token: servers[0].accessToken })
 
-      expect(res.body.total).to.equal(1)
-      expect(res.body.data).to.be.an('array')
-      expect(res.body.data).to.have.lengthOf(1)
-      expect(res.body.data[0].name).to.equal('channel1_server2')
-      expect(res.body.data[0].displayName).to.equal('Channel 1 server 2')
+      expect(body.total).to.equal(1)
+      expect(body.data).to.be.an('array')
+      expect(body.data).to.have.lengthOf(1)
+      expect(body.data[0].name).to.equal('channel1_server2')
+      expect(body.data[0].displayName).to.equal('Channel 1 server 2')
     }
   })
 
   it('Should not list this remote video channel', async function () {
-    const res = await getVideoChannelsList(servers[0].url, 0, 5)
-    expect(res.body.total).to.equal(3)
-    expect(res.body.data).to.have.lengthOf(3)
-    expect(res.body.data[0].name).to.equal('channel1_server1')
-    expect(res.body.data[1].name).to.equal('user1_server1_channel')
-    expect(res.body.data[2].name).to.equal('root_channel')
+    const body = await servers[0].channels.list()
+    expect(body.total).to.equal(3)
+    expect(body.data).to.have.lengthOf(3)
+    expect(body.data[0].name).to.equal('channel1_server1')
+    expect(body.data[1].name).to.equal('user1_server1_channel')
+    expect(body.data[2].name).to.equal('root_channel')
   })
 
   it('Should list video channel videos of server 2 without token', async function () {
@@ -153,34 +147,43 @@ describe('Test ActivityPub video channels search', function () {
 
     await waitJobs(servers)
 
-    const res = await getVideoChannelVideos(servers[0].url, null, 'channel1_server2@localhost:' + servers[1].port, 0, 5)
-    expect(res.body.total).to.equal(0)
-    expect(res.body.data).to.have.lengthOf(0)
+    const { total, data } = await servers[0].videos.listByChannel({
+      token: null,
+      handle: 'channel1_server2@localhost:' + servers[1].port
+    })
+    expect(total).to.equal(0)
+    expect(data).to.have.lengthOf(0)
   })
 
   it('Should list video channel videos of server 2 with token', async function () {
-    const res = await getVideoChannelVideos(servers[0].url, servers[0].accessToken, 'channel1_server2@localhost:' + servers[1].port, 0, 5)
+    const { total, data } = await servers[0].videos.listByChannel({
+      handle: 'channel1_server2@localhost:' + servers[1].port
+    })
 
-    expect(res.body.total).to.equal(1)
-    expect(res.body.data[0].name).to.equal('video 1 server 2')
+    expect(total).to.equal(1)
+    expect(data[0].name).to.equal('video 1 server 2')
   })
 
   it('Should update video channel of server 2, and refresh it on server 1', async function () {
     this.timeout(60000)
 
-    await updateVideoChannel(servers[1].url, userServer2Token, 'channel1_server2', { displayName: 'channel updated' })
-    await updateMyUser({ url: servers[1].url, accessToken: userServer2Token, displayName: 'user updated' })
+    await servers[1].channels.update({
+      token: userServer2Token,
+      channelName: 'channel1_server2',
+      attributes: { displayName: 'channel updated' }
+    })
+    await servers[1].users.updateMe({ token: userServer2Token, displayName: 'user updated' })
 
     await waitJobs(servers)
     // Expire video channel
     await wait(10000)
 
     const search = 'http://localhost:' + servers[1].port + '/video-channels/channel1_server2'
-    const res = await searchVideoChannel(servers[0].url, search, servers[0].accessToken)
-    expect(res.body.total).to.equal(1)
-    expect(res.body.data).to.have.lengthOf(1)
+    const body = await command.searchChannels({ search, token: servers[0].accessToken })
+    expect(body.total).to.equal(1)
+    expect(body.data).to.have.lengthOf(1)
 
-    const videoChannel: VideoChannel = res.body.data[0]
+    const videoChannel: VideoChannel = body.data[0]
     expect(videoChannel.displayName).to.equal('channel updated')
 
     // We don't return the owner account for now
@@ -190,8 +193,8 @@ describe('Test ActivityPub video channels search', function () {
   it('Should update and add a video on server 2, and update it on server 1 after a search', async function () {
     this.timeout(60000)
 
-    await updateVideo(servers[1].url, userServer2Token, videoServer2UUID, { name: 'video 1 updated' })
-    await uploadVideo(servers[1].url, userServer2Token, { name: 'video 2 server 2', channelId: channelIdServer2 })
+    await servers[1].videos.update({ token: userServer2Token, id: videoServer2UUID, attributes: { name: 'video 1 updated' } })
+    await servers[1].videos.upload({ token: userServer2Token, attributes: { name: 'video 2 server 2', channelId: channelIdServer2 } })
 
     await waitJobs(servers)
 
@@ -199,31 +202,31 @@ describe('Test ActivityPub video channels search', function () {
     await wait(10000)
 
     const search = 'http://localhost:' + servers[1].port + '/video-channels/channel1_server2'
-    await searchVideoChannel(servers[0].url, search, servers[0].accessToken)
+    await command.searchChannels({ search, token: servers[0].accessToken })
 
     await waitJobs(servers)
 
-    const videoChannelName = 'channel1_server2@localhost:' + servers[1].port
-    const res = await getVideoChannelVideos(servers[0].url, servers[0].accessToken, videoChannelName, 0, 5, '-createdAt')
+    const handle = 'channel1_server2@localhost:' + servers[1].port
+    const { total, data } = await servers[0].videos.listByChannel({ handle, sort: '-createdAt' })
 
-    expect(res.body.total).to.equal(2)
-    expect(res.body.data[0].name).to.equal('video 2 server 2')
-    expect(res.body.data[1].name).to.equal('video 1 updated')
+    expect(total).to.equal(2)
+    expect(data[0].name).to.equal('video 2 server 2')
+    expect(data[1].name).to.equal('video 1 updated')
   })
 
   it('Should delete video channel of server 2, and delete it on server 1', async function () {
     this.timeout(60000)
 
-    await deleteVideoChannel(servers[1].url, userServer2Token, 'channel1_server2')
+    await servers[1].channels.delete({ token: userServer2Token, channelName: 'channel1_server2' })
 
     await waitJobs(servers)
     // Expire video
     await wait(10000)
 
     const search = 'http://localhost:' + servers[1].port + '/video-channels/channel1_server2'
-    const res = await searchVideoChannel(servers[0].url, search, servers[0].accessToken)
-    expect(res.body.total).to.equal(0)
-    expect(res.body.data).to.have.lengthOf(0)
+    const body = await command.searchChannels({ search, token: servers[0].accessToken })
+    expect(body.total).to.equal(0)
+    expect(body.data).to.have.lengthOf(0)
   })
 
   after(async function () {
diff --git a/server/tests/api/search/search-activitypub-video-playlists.ts b/server/tests/api/search/search-activitypub-video-playlists.ts
index 4c08e9548..33ca7be12 100644
--- a/server/tests/api/search/search-activitypub-video-playlists.ts
+++ b/server/tests/api/search/search-activitypub-video-playlists.ts
@@ -3,113 +3,102 @@
 import 'mocha'
 import * as chai from 'chai'
 import {
-  addVideoInPlaylist,
   cleanupTests,
-  createVideoPlaylist,
-  deleteVideoPlaylist,
-  flushAndRunMultipleServers,
-  getVideoPlaylistsList,
-  searchVideoPlaylists,
-  ServerInfo,
+  createMultipleServers,
+  PeerTubeServer,
+  SearchCommand,
   setAccessTokensToServers,
   setDefaultVideoChannel,
-  uploadVideoAndGetId,
-  wait
-} from '../../../../shared/extra-utils'
-import { waitJobs } from '../../../../shared/extra-utils/server/jobs'
-import { VideoPlaylist, VideoPlaylistPrivacy } from '../../../../shared/models/videos'
+  wait,
+  waitJobs
+} from '@shared/extra-utils'
+import { VideoPlaylistPrivacy } from '@shared/models'
 
 const expect = chai.expect
 
 describe('Test ActivityPub playlists search', function () {
-  let servers: ServerInfo[]
+  let servers: PeerTubeServer[]
   let playlistServer1UUID: string
   let playlistServer2UUID: string
   let video2Server2: string
 
+  let command: SearchCommand
+
   before(async function () {
     this.timeout(120000)
 
-    servers = await flushAndRunMultipleServers(2)
+    servers = await createMultipleServers(2)
 
     await setAccessTokensToServers(servers)
     await setDefaultVideoChannel(servers)
 
     {
-      const video1 = (await uploadVideoAndGetId({ server: servers[0], videoName: 'video 1' })).uuid
-      const video2 = (await uploadVideoAndGetId({ server: servers[0], videoName: 'video 2' })).uuid
+      const video1 = (await servers[0].videos.quickUpload({ name: 'video 1' })).uuid
+      const video2 = (await servers[0].videos.quickUpload({ name: 'video 2' })).uuid
 
       const attributes = {
         displayName: 'playlist 1 on server 1',
         privacy: VideoPlaylistPrivacy.PUBLIC,
-        videoChannelId: servers[0].videoChannel.id
+        videoChannelId: servers[0].store.channel.id
       }
-      const res = await createVideoPlaylist({ url: servers[0].url, token: servers[0].accessToken, playlistAttrs: attributes })
-      playlistServer1UUID = res.body.videoPlaylist.uuid
+      const created = await servers[0].playlists.create({ attributes })
+      playlistServer1UUID = created.uuid
 
       for (const videoId of [ video1, video2 ]) {
-        await addVideoInPlaylist({
-          url: servers[0].url,
-          token: servers[0].accessToken,
-          playlistId: playlistServer1UUID,
-          elementAttrs: { videoId }
-        })
+        await servers[0].playlists.addElement({ playlistId: playlistServer1UUID, attributes: { videoId } })
       }
     }
 
     {
-      const videoId = (await uploadVideoAndGetId({ server: servers[1], videoName: 'video 1' })).uuid
-      video2Server2 = (await uploadVideoAndGetId({ server: servers[1], videoName: 'video 2' })).uuid
+      const videoId = (await servers[1].videos.quickUpload({ name: 'video 1' })).uuid
+      video2Server2 = (await servers[1].videos.quickUpload({ name: 'video 2' })).uuid
 
       const attributes = {
         displayName: 'playlist 1 on server 2',
         privacy: VideoPlaylistPrivacy.PUBLIC,
-        videoChannelId: servers[1].videoChannel.id
+        videoChannelId: servers[1].store.channel.id
       }
-      const res = await createVideoPlaylist({ url: servers[1].url, token: servers[1].accessToken, playlistAttrs: attributes })
-      playlistServer2UUID = res.body.videoPlaylist.uuid
-
-      await addVideoInPlaylist({
-        url: servers[1].url,
-        token: servers[1].accessToken,
-        playlistId: playlistServer2UUID,
-        elementAttrs: { videoId }
-      })
+      const created = await servers[1].playlists.create({ attributes })
+      playlistServer2UUID = created.uuid
+
+      await servers[1].playlists.addElement({ playlistId: playlistServer2UUID, attributes: { videoId } })
     }
 
     await waitJobs(servers)
+
+    command = servers[0].search
   })
 
   it('Should not find a remote playlist', async function () {
     {
       const search = 'http://localhost:' + servers[1].port + '/video-playlists/43'
-      const res = await searchVideoPlaylists(servers[0].url, search, servers[0].accessToken)
+      const body = await command.searchPlaylists({ search, token: servers[0].accessToken })
 
-      expect(res.body.total).to.equal(0)
-      expect(res.body.data).to.be.an('array')
-      expect(res.body.data).to.have.lengthOf(0)
+      expect(body.total).to.equal(0)
+      expect(body.data).to.be.an('array')
+      expect(body.data).to.have.lengthOf(0)
     }
 
     {
       // Without token
       const search = 'http://localhost:' + servers[1].port + '/video-playlists/' + playlistServer2UUID
-      const res = await searchVideoPlaylists(servers[0].url, search)
+      const body = await command.searchPlaylists({ search })
 
-      expect(res.body.total).to.equal(0)
-      expect(res.body.data).to.be.an('array')
-      expect(res.body.data).to.have.lengthOf(0)
+      expect(body.total).to.equal(0)
+      expect(body.data).to.be.an('array')
+      expect(body.data).to.have.lengthOf(0)
     }
   })
 
   it('Should search a local playlist', async function () {
     const search = 'http://localhost:' + servers[0].port + '/video-playlists/' + playlistServer1UUID
-    const res = await searchVideoPlaylists(servers[0].url, search)
+    const body = await command.searchPlaylists({ search })
 
-    expect(res.body.total).to.equal(1)
-    expect(res.body.data).to.be.an('array')
-    expect(res.body.data).to.have.lengthOf(1)
-    expect(res.body.data[0].displayName).to.equal('playlist 1 on server 1')
-    expect(res.body.data[0].videosLength).to.equal(2)
+    expect(body.total).to.equal(1)
+    expect(body.data).to.be.an('array')
+    expect(body.data).to.have.lengthOf(1)
+    expect(body.data[0].displayName).to.equal('playlist 1 on server 1')
+    expect(body.data[0].videosLength).to.equal(2)
   })
 
   it('Should search a local playlist with an alternative URL', async function () {
@@ -120,13 +109,13 @@ describe('Test ActivityPub playlists search', function () {
 
     for (const search of searches) {
       for (const token of [ undefined, servers[0].accessToken ]) {
-        const res = await searchVideoPlaylists(servers[0].url, search, token)
+        const body = await command.searchPlaylists({ search, token })
 
-        expect(res.body.total).to.equal(1)
-        expect(res.body.data).to.be.an('array')
-        expect(res.body.data).to.have.lengthOf(1)
-        expect(res.body.data[0].displayName).to.equal('playlist 1 on server 1')
-        expect(res.body.data[0].videosLength).to.equal(2)
+        expect(body.total).to.equal(1)
+        expect(body.data).to.be.an('array')
+        expect(body.data).to.have.lengthOf(1)
+        expect(body.data[0].displayName).to.equal('playlist 1 on server 1')
+        expect(body.data[0].videosLength).to.equal(2)
       }
     }
   })
@@ -139,32 +128,27 @@ describe('Test ActivityPub playlists search', function () {
     ]
 
     for (const search of searches) {
-      const res = await searchVideoPlaylists(servers[0].url, search, servers[0].accessToken)
+      const body = await command.searchPlaylists({ search, token: servers[0].accessToken })
 
-      expect(res.body.total).to.equal(1)
-      expect(res.body.data).to.be.an('array')
-      expect(res.body.data).to.have.lengthOf(1)
-      expect(res.body.data[0].displayName).to.equal('playlist 1 on server 2')
-      expect(res.body.data[0].videosLength).to.equal(1)
+      expect(body.total).to.equal(1)
+      expect(body.data).to.be.an('array')
+      expect(body.data).to.have.lengthOf(1)
+      expect(body.data[0].displayName).to.equal('playlist 1 on server 2')
+      expect(body.data[0].videosLength).to.equal(1)
     }
   })
 
   it('Should not list this remote playlist', async function () {
-    const res = await getVideoPlaylistsList(servers[0].url, 0, 10)
-    expect(res.body.total).to.equal(1)
-    expect(res.body.data).to.have.lengthOf(1)
-    expect(res.body.data[0].displayName).to.equal('playlist 1 on server 1')
+    const body = await servers[0].playlists.list({ start: 0, count: 10 })
+    expect(body.total).to.equal(1)
+    expect(body.data).to.have.lengthOf(1)
+    expect(body.data[0].displayName).to.equal('playlist 1 on server 1')
   })
 
   it('Should update the playlist of server 2, and refresh it on server 1', async function () {
     this.timeout(60000)
 
-    await addVideoInPlaylist({
-      url: servers[1].url,
-      token: servers[1].accessToken,
-      playlistId: playlistServer2UUID,
-      elementAttrs: { videoId: video2Server2 }
-    })
+    await servers[1].playlists.addElement({ playlistId: playlistServer2UUID, attributes: { videoId: video2Server2 } })
 
     await waitJobs(servers)
     // Expire playlist
@@ -172,23 +156,23 @@ describe('Test ActivityPub playlists search', function () {
 
     // Will run refresh async
     const search = 'http://localhost:' + servers[1].port + '/video-playlists/' + playlistServer2UUID
-    await searchVideoPlaylists(servers[0].url, search, servers[0].accessToken)
+    await command.searchPlaylists({ search, token: servers[0].accessToken })
 
     // Wait refresh
     await wait(5000)
 
-    const res = await searchVideoPlaylists(servers[0].url, search, servers[0].accessToken)
-    expect(res.body.total).to.equal(1)
-    expect(res.body.data).to.have.lengthOf(1)
+    const body = await command.searchPlaylists({ search, token: servers[0].accessToken })
+    expect(body.total).to.equal(1)
+    expect(body.data).to.have.lengthOf(1)
 
-    const playlist: VideoPlaylist = res.body.data[0]
+    const playlist = body.data[0]
     expect(playlist.videosLength).to.equal(2)
   })
 
   it('Should delete playlist of server 2, and delete it on server 1', async function () {
     this.timeout(60000)
 
-    await deleteVideoPlaylist(servers[1].url, servers[1].accessToken, playlistServer2UUID)
+    await servers[1].playlists.delete({ playlistId: playlistServer2UUID })
 
     await waitJobs(servers)
     // Expiration
@@ -196,14 +180,14 @@ describe('Test ActivityPub playlists search', function () {
 
     // Will run refresh async
     const search = 'http://localhost:' + servers[1].port + '/video-playlists/' + playlistServer2UUID
-    await searchVideoPlaylists(servers[0].url, search, servers[0].accessToken)
+    await command.searchPlaylists({ search, token: servers[0].accessToken })
 
     // Wait refresh
     await wait(5000)
 
-    const res = await searchVideoPlaylists(servers[0].url, search, servers[0].accessToken)
-    expect(res.body.total).to.equal(0)
-    expect(res.body.data).to.have.lengthOf(0)
+    const body = await command.searchPlaylists({ search, token: servers[0].accessToken })
+    expect(body.total).to.equal(0)
+    expect(body.data).to.have.lengthOf(0)
   })
 
   after(async function () {
diff --git a/server/tests/api/search/search-activitypub-videos.ts b/server/tests/api/search/search-activitypub-videos.ts
index e9b4978da..b3cfcacca 100644
--- a/server/tests/api/search/search-activitypub-videos.ts
+++ b/server/tests/api/search/search-activitypub-videos.ts
@@ -1,92 +1,90 @@
 /* eslint-disable @typescript-eslint/no-unused-expressions,@typescript-eslint/require-await */
 
-import * as chai from 'chai'
 import 'mocha'
+import * as chai from 'chai'
 import {
-  addVideoChannel,
   cleanupTests,
-  flushAndRunMultipleServers,
-  getVideosList,
-  removeVideo,
-  searchVideo,
-  searchVideoWithToken,
-  ServerInfo,
+  createMultipleServers,
+  PeerTubeServer,
+  SearchCommand,
   setAccessTokensToServers,
-  updateVideo,
-  uploadVideo,
-  wait
-} from '../../../../shared/extra-utils'
-import { waitJobs } from '../../../../shared/extra-utils/server/jobs'
-import { Video, VideoPrivacy } from '../../../../shared/models/videos'
+  wait,
+  waitJobs
+} from '@shared/extra-utils'
+import { VideoPrivacy } from '@shared/models'
 
 const expect = chai.expect
 
 describe('Test ActivityPub videos search', function () {
-  let servers: ServerInfo[]
+  let servers: PeerTubeServer[]
   let videoServer1UUID: string
   let videoServer2UUID: string
 
+  let command: SearchCommand
+
   before(async function () {
     this.timeout(120000)
 
-    servers = await flushAndRunMultipleServers(2)
+    servers = await createMultipleServers(2)
 
     await setAccessTokensToServers(servers)
 
     {
-      const res = await uploadVideo(servers[0].url, servers[0].accessToken, { name: 'video 1 on server 1' })
-      videoServer1UUID = res.body.video.uuid
+      const { uuid } = await servers[0].videos.upload({ attributes: { name: 'video 1 on server 1' } })
+      videoServer1UUID = uuid
     }
 
     {
-      const res = await uploadVideo(servers[1].url, servers[1].accessToken, { name: 'video 1 on server 2' })
-      videoServer2UUID = res.body.video.uuid
+      const { uuid } = await servers[1].videos.upload({ attributes: { name: 'video 1 on server 2' } })
+      videoServer2UUID = uuid
     }
 
     await waitJobs(servers)
+
+    command = servers[0].search
   })
 
   it('Should not find a remote video', async function () {
     {
       const search = 'http://localhost:' + servers[1].port + '/videos/watch/43'
-      const res = await searchVideoWithToken(servers[0].url, search, servers[0].accessToken)
+      const body = await command.searchVideos({ search, token: servers[0].accessToken })
 
-      expect(res.body.total).to.equal(0)
-      expect(res.body.data).to.be.an('array')
-      expect(res.body.data).to.have.lengthOf(0)
+      expect(body.total).to.equal(0)
+      expect(body.data).to.be.an('array')
+      expect(body.data).to.have.lengthOf(0)
     }
 
     {
       // Without token
       const search = 'http://localhost:' + servers[1].port + '/videos/watch/' + videoServer2UUID
-      const res = await searchVideo(servers[0].url, search)
+      const body = await command.searchVideos({ search })
 
-      expect(res.body.total).to.equal(0)
-      expect(res.body.data).to.be.an('array')
-      expect(res.body.data).to.have.lengthOf(0)
+      expect(body.total).to.equal(0)
+      expect(body.data).to.be.an('array')
+      expect(body.data).to.have.lengthOf(0)
     }
   })
 
   it('Should search a local video', async function () {
     const search = 'http://localhost:' + servers[0].port + '/videos/watch/' + videoServer1UUID
-    const res = await searchVideo(servers[0].url, search)
+    const body = await command.searchVideos({ search })
 
-    expect(res.body.total).to.equal(1)
-    expect(res.body.data).to.be.an('array')
-    expect(res.body.data).to.have.lengthOf(1)
-    expect(res.body.data[0].name).to.equal('video 1 on server 1')
+    expect(body.total).to.equal(1)
+    expect(body.data).to.be.an('array')
+    expect(body.data).to.have.lengthOf(1)
+    expect(body.data[0].name).to.equal('video 1 on server 1')
   })
 
   it('Should search a local video with an alternative URL', async function () {
     const search = 'http://localhost:' + servers[0].port + '/w/' + videoServer1UUID
-    const res1 = await searchVideo(servers[0].url, search)
-    const res2 = await searchVideoWithToken(servers[0].url, search, servers[0].accessToken)
-
-    for (const res of [ res1, res2 ]) {
-      expect(res.body.total).to.equal(1)
-      expect(res.body.data).to.be.an('array')
-      expect(res.body.data).to.have.lengthOf(1)
-      expect(res.body.data[0].name).to.equal('video 1 on server 1')
+    const body1 = await command.searchVideos({ search })
+    const body2 = await command.searchVideos({ search, token: servers[0].accessToken })
+
+    for (const body of [ body1, body2 ]) {
+      expect(body.total).to.equal(1)
+      expect(body.data).to.be.an('array')
+      expect(body.data).to.have.lengthOf(1)
+      expect(body.data[0].name).to.equal('video 1 on server 1')
     }
   })
 
@@ -97,20 +95,20 @@ describe('Test ActivityPub videos search', function () {
     ]
 
     for (const search of searches) {
-      const res = await searchVideoWithToken(servers[0].url, search, servers[0].accessToken)
+      const body = await command.searchVideos({ search, token: servers[0].accessToken })
 
-      expect(res.body.total).to.equal(1)
-      expect(res.body.data).to.be.an('array')
-      expect(res.body.data).to.have.lengthOf(1)
-      expect(res.body.data[0].name).to.equal('video 1 on server 2')
+      expect(body.total).to.equal(1)
+      expect(body.data).to.be.an('array')
+      expect(body.data).to.have.lengthOf(1)
+      expect(body.data[0].name).to.equal('video 1 on server 2')
     }
   })
 
   it('Should not list this remote video', async function () {
-    const res = await getVideosList(servers[0].url)
-    expect(res.body.total).to.equal(1)
-    expect(res.body.data).to.have.lengthOf(1)
-    expect(res.body.data[0].name).to.equal('video 1 on server 1')
+    const { total, data } = await servers[0].videos.list()
+    expect(total).to.equal(1)
+    expect(data).to.have.lengthOf(1)
+    expect(data[0].name).to.equal('video 1 on server 1')
   })
 
   it('Should update video of server 2, and refresh it on server 1', async function () {
@@ -120,8 +118,8 @@ describe('Test ActivityPub videos search', function () {
       name: 'super_channel',
       displayName: 'super channel'
     }
-    const resChannel = await addVideoChannel(servers[1].url, servers[1].accessToken, channelAttributes)
-    const videoChannelId = resChannel.body.videoChannel.id
+    const created = await servers[1].channels.create({ attributes: channelAttributes })
+    const videoChannelId = created.id
 
     const attributes = {
       name: 'updated',
@@ -129,7 +127,7 @@ describe('Test ActivityPub videos search', function () {
       privacy: VideoPrivacy.UNLISTED,
       channelId: videoChannelId
     }
-    await updateVideo(servers[1].url, servers[1].accessToken, videoServer2UUID, attributes)
+    await servers[1].videos.update({ id: videoServer2UUID, attributes })
 
     await waitJobs(servers)
     // Expire video
@@ -137,16 +135,16 @@ describe('Test ActivityPub videos search', function () {
 
     // Will run refresh async
     const search = 'http://localhost:' + servers[1].port + '/videos/watch/' + videoServer2UUID
-    await searchVideoWithToken(servers[0].url, search, servers[0].accessToken)
+    await command.searchVideos({ search, token: servers[0].accessToken })
 
     // Wait refresh
     await wait(5000)
 
-    const res = await searchVideoWithToken(servers[0].url, search, servers[0].accessToken)
-    expect(res.body.total).to.equal(1)
-    expect(res.body.data).to.have.lengthOf(1)
+    const body = await command.searchVideos({ search, token: servers[0].accessToken })
+    expect(body.total).to.equal(1)
+    expect(body.data).to.have.lengthOf(1)
 
-    const video: Video = res.body.data[0]
+    const video = body.data[0]
     expect(video.name).to.equal('updated')
     expect(video.channel.name).to.equal('super_channel')
     expect(video.privacy.id).to.equal(VideoPrivacy.UNLISTED)
@@ -155,7 +153,7 @@ describe('Test ActivityPub videos search', function () {
   it('Should delete video of server 2, and delete it on server 1', async function () {
     this.timeout(120000)
 
-    await removeVideo(servers[1].url, servers[1].accessToken, videoServer2UUID)
+    await servers[1].videos.remove({ id: videoServer2UUID })
 
     await waitJobs(servers)
     // Expire video
@@ -163,14 +161,14 @@ describe('Test ActivityPub videos search', function () {
 
     // Will run refresh async
     const search = 'http://localhost:' + servers[1].port + '/videos/watch/' + videoServer2UUID
-    await searchVideoWithToken(servers[0].url, search, servers[0].accessToken)
+    await command.searchVideos({ search, token: servers[0].accessToken })
 
     // Wait refresh
     await wait(5000)
 
-    const res = await searchVideoWithToken(servers[0].url, search, servers[0].accessToken)
-    expect(res.body.total).to.equal(0)
-    expect(res.body.data).to.have.lengthOf(0)
+    const body = await command.searchVideos({ search, token: servers[0].accessToken })
+    expect(body.total).to.equal(0)
+    expect(body.data).to.have.lengthOf(0)
   })
 
   after(async function () {
diff --git a/server/tests/api/search/search-channels.ts b/server/tests/api/search/search-channels.ts
index daca2aebe..4da2d0ece 100644
--- a/server/tests/api/search/search-channels.ts
+++ b/server/tests/api/search/search-channels.ts
@@ -2,44 +2,39 @@
 
 import 'mocha'
 import * as chai from 'chai'
-import { searchVideoChannel, advancedVideoChannelSearch } from '@shared/extra-utils/search/video-channels'
-import {
-  addVideoChannel,
-  cleanupTests,
-  createUser,
-  flushAndRunServer,
-  ServerInfo,
-  setAccessTokensToServers
-} from '../../../../shared/extra-utils'
+import { cleanupTests, createSingleServer, PeerTubeServer, SearchCommand, setAccessTokensToServers } from '@shared/extra-utils'
 import { VideoChannel } from '@shared/models'
 
 const expect = chai.expect
 
 describe('Test channels search', function () {
-  let server: ServerInfo = null
+  let server: PeerTubeServer = null
+  let command: SearchCommand
 
   before(async function () {
     this.timeout(30000)
 
-    server = await flushAndRunServer(1)
+    server = await createSingleServer(1)
 
     await setAccessTokensToServers([ server ])
 
     {
-      await createUser({ url: server.url, accessToken: server.accessToken, username: 'user1', password: 'password' })
+      await server.users.create({ username: 'user1', password: 'password' })
       const channel = {
         name: 'squall_channel',
         displayName: 'Squall channel'
       }
-      await addVideoChannel(server.url, server.accessToken, channel)
+      await server.channels.create({ attributes: channel })
     }
+
+    command = server.search
   })
 
   it('Should make a simple search and not have results', async function () {
-    const res = await searchVideoChannel(server.url, 'abc')
+    const body = await command.searchChannels({ search: 'abc' })
 
-    expect(res.body.total).to.equal(0)
-    expect(res.body.data).to.have.lengthOf(0)
+    expect(body.total).to.equal(0)
+    expect(body.data).to.have.lengthOf(0)
   })
 
   it('Should make a search and have results', async function () {
@@ -49,11 +44,11 @@ describe('Test channels search', function () {
         start: 0,
         count: 1
       }
-      const res = await advancedVideoChannelSearch(server.url, search)
-      expect(res.body.total).to.equal(1)
-      expect(res.body.data).to.have.lengthOf(1)
+      const body = await command.advancedChannelSearch({ search })
+      expect(body.total).to.equal(1)
+      expect(body.data).to.have.lengthOf(1)
 
-      const channel: VideoChannel = res.body.data[0]
+      const channel: VideoChannel = body.data[0]
       expect(channel.name).to.equal('squall_channel')
       expect(channel.displayName).to.equal('Squall channel')
     }
@@ -65,11 +60,9 @@ describe('Test channels search', function () {
         count: 1
       }
 
-      const res = await advancedVideoChannelSearch(server.url, search)
-
-      expect(res.body.total).to.equal(1)
-
-      expect(res.body.data).to.have.lengthOf(0)
+      const body = await command.advancedChannelSearch({ search })
+      expect(body.total).to.equal(1)
+      expect(body.data).to.have.lengthOf(0)
     }
   })
 
diff --git a/server/tests/api/search/search-index.ts b/server/tests/api/search/search-index.ts
index 00f79232a..feb35411f 100644
--- a/server/tests/api/search/search-index.ts
+++ b/server/tests/api/search/search-index.ts
@@ -2,36 +2,27 @@
 
 import 'mocha'
 import * as chai from 'chai'
-import { advancedVideoChannelSearch, searchVideoChannel } from '@shared/extra-utils/search/video-channels'
-import { Video, VideoChannel, VideoPlaylist, VideoPlaylistPrivacy, VideoPlaylistType, VideosSearchQuery } from '@shared/models'
-import {
-  advancedVideoPlaylistSearch,
-  advancedVideosSearch,
-  cleanupTests,
-  flushAndRunServer,
-  immutableAssign,
-  searchVideo,
-  searchVideoPlaylists,
-  ServerInfo,
-  setAccessTokensToServers,
-  updateCustomSubConfig,
-  uploadVideo
-} from '../../../../shared/extra-utils'
+import { cleanupTests, createSingleServer, PeerTubeServer, SearchCommand, setAccessTokensToServers } from '@shared/extra-utils'
+import { BooleanBothQuery, VideoPlaylistPrivacy, VideoPlaylistType, VideosSearchQuery } from '@shared/models'
 
 const expect = chai.expect
 
 describe('Test videos search', function () {
-  let server: ServerInfo = null
   const localVideoName = 'local video' + new Date().toISOString()
 
+  let server: PeerTubeServer = null
+  let command: SearchCommand
+
   before(async function () {
     this.timeout(30000)
 
-    server = await flushAndRunServer(1)
+    server = await createSingleServer(1)
 
     await setAccessTokensToServers([ server ])
 
-    await uploadVideo(server.url, server.accessToken, { name: localVideoName })
+    await server.videos.upload({ attributes: { name: localVideoName } })
+
+    command = server.search
   })
 
   describe('Default search', async function () {
@@ -39,101 +30,107 @@ describe('Test videos search', function () {
     it('Should make a local videos search by default', async function () {
       this.timeout(10000)
 
-      await updateCustomSubConfig(server.url, server.accessToken, {
-        search: {
-          searchIndex: {
-            enabled: true,
-            isDefaultSearch: false,
-            disableLocalSearch: false
+      await server.config.updateCustomSubConfig({
+        newConfig: {
+          search: {
+            searchIndex: {
+              enabled: true,
+              isDefaultSearch: false,
+              disableLocalSearch: false
+            }
           }
         }
       })
 
-      const res = await searchVideo(server.url, 'local video')
+      const body = await command.searchVideos({ search: 'local video' })
 
-      expect(res.body.total).to.equal(1)
-      expect(res.body.data[0].name).to.equal(localVideoName)
+      expect(body.total).to.equal(1)
+      expect(body.data[0].name).to.equal(localVideoName)
     })
 
     it('Should make a local channels search by default', async function () {
-      const res = await searchVideoChannel(server.url, 'root')
+      const body = await command.searchChannels({ search: 'root' })
 
-      expect(res.body.total).to.equal(1)
-      expect(res.body.data[0].name).to.equal('root_channel')
-      expect(res.body.data[0].host).to.equal('localhost:' + server.port)
+      expect(body.total).to.equal(1)
+      expect(body.data[0].name).to.equal('root_channel')
+      expect(body.data[0].host).to.equal('localhost:' + server.port)
     })
 
     it('Should make an index videos search by default', async function () {
-      await updateCustomSubConfig(server.url, server.accessToken, {
-        search: {
-          searchIndex: {
-            enabled: true,
-            isDefaultSearch: true,
-            disableLocalSearch: false
+      await server.config.updateCustomSubConfig({
+        newConfig: {
+          search: {
+            searchIndex: {
+              enabled: true,
+              isDefaultSearch: true,
+              disableLocalSearch: false
+            }
           }
         }
       })
 
-      const res = await searchVideo(server.url, 'local video')
-      expect(res.body.total).to.be.greaterThan(2)
+      const body = await command.searchVideos({ search: 'local video' })
+      expect(body.total).to.be.greaterThan(2)
     })
 
     it('Should make an index channels search by default', async function () {
-      const res = await searchVideoChannel(server.url, 'root')
-      expect(res.body.total).to.be.greaterThan(2)
+      const body = await command.searchChannels({ search: 'root' })
+      expect(body.total).to.be.greaterThan(2)
     })
 
     it('Should make an index videos search if local search is disabled', async function () {
-      await updateCustomSubConfig(server.url, server.accessToken, {
-        search: {
-          searchIndex: {
-            enabled: true,
-            isDefaultSearch: false,
-            disableLocalSearch: true
+      await server.config.updateCustomSubConfig({
+        newConfig: {
+          search: {
+            searchIndex: {
+              enabled: true,
+              isDefaultSearch: false,
+              disableLocalSearch: true
+            }
           }
         }
       })
 
-      const res = await searchVideo(server.url, 'local video')
-      expect(res.body.total).to.be.greaterThan(2)
+      const body = await command.searchVideos({ search: 'local video' })
+      expect(body.total).to.be.greaterThan(2)
     })
 
     it('Should make an index channels search if local search is disabled', async function () {
-      const res = await searchVideoChannel(server.url, 'root')
-      expect(res.body.total).to.be.greaterThan(2)
+      const body = await command.searchChannels({ search: 'root' })
+      expect(body.total).to.be.greaterThan(2)
     })
   })
 
   describe('Videos search', async function () {
 
     it('Should make a simple search and not have results', async function () {
-      const res = await searchVideo(server.url, 'djidane'.repeat(50))
+      const body = await command.searchVideos({ search: 'djidane'.repeat(50) })
 
-      expect(res.body.total).to.equal(0)
-      expect(res.body.data).to.have.lengthOf(0)
+      expect(body.total).to.equal(0)
+      expect(body.data).to.have.lengthOf(0)
     })
 
     it('Should make a simple search and have results', async function () {
-      const res = await searchVideo(server.url, 'What is PeerTube')
+      const body = await command.searchVideos({ search: 'What is PeerTube' })
 
-      expect(res.body.total).to.be.greaterThan(1)
+      expect(body.total).to.be.greaterThan(1)
     })
 
     it('Should make a complex search', async function () {
 
       async function check (search: VideosSearchQuery, exists = true) {
-        const res = await advancedVideosSearch(server.url, search)
+        const body = await command.advancedVideoSearch({ search })
 
         if (exists === false) {
-          expect(res.body.total).to.equal(0)
-          expect(res.body.data).to.have.lengthOf(0)
+          expect(body.total).to.equal(0)
+          expect(body.data).to.have.lengthOf(0)
           return
         }
 
-        expect(res.body.total).to.equal(1)
-        expect(res.body.data).to.have.lengthOf(1)
+        expect(body.total).to.equal(1)
+        expect(body.data).to.have.lengthOf(1)
 
-        const video: Video = res.body.data[0]
+        const video = body.data[0]
 
         expect(video.name).to.equal('What is PeerTube?')
         expect(video.category.label).to.equal('Science & Technology')
@@ -169,32 +166,32 @@ describe('Test videos search', function () {
       }
 
       {
-        const search = immutableAssign(baseSearch, { startDate: '2018-10-01T10:54:46.396Z' })
+        const search = { ...baseSearch, startDate: '2018-10-01T10:54:46.396Z' }
         await check(search, false)
       }
 
       {
-        const search = immutableAssign(baseSearch, { tagsAllOf: [ 'toto', 'framasoft' ] })
+        const search = { ...baseSearch, tagsAllOf: [ 'toto', 'framasoft' ] }
         await check(search, false)
       }
 
       {
-        const search = immutableAssign(baseSearch, { durationMin: 2000 })
+        const search = { ...baseSearch, durationMin: 2000 }
         await check(search, false)
       }
 
       {
-        const search = immutableAssign(baseSearch, { nsfw: 'true' })
+        const search = { ...baseSearch, nsfw: 'true' as BooleanBothQuery }
         await check(search, false)
       }
 
       {
-        const search = immutableAssign(baseSearch, { nsfw: 'false' })
+        const search = { ...baseSearch, nsfw: 'false' as BooleanBothQuery }
         await check(search, true)
       }
 
       {
-        const search = immutableAssign(baseSearch, { nsfw: 'both' })
+        const search = { ...baseSearch, nsfw: 'both' as BooleanBothQuery }
         await check(search, true)
       }
     })
@@ -206,37 +203,44 @@ describe('Test videos search', function () {
         count: 5
       }
 
-      const res = await advancedVideosSearch(server.url, search)
+      const body = await command.advancedVideoSearch({ search })
 
-      expect(res.body.total).to.be.greaterThan(5)
-      expect(res.body.data).to.have.lengthOf(5)
+      expect(body.total).to.be.greaterThan(5)
+      expect(body.data).to.have.lengthOf(5)
     })
 
     it('Should use the nsfw instance policy as default', async function () {
       let nsfwUUID: string
 
       {
-        await updateCustomSubConfig(server.url, server.accessToken, { instance: { defaultNSFWPolicy: 'display' } })
+        await server.config.updateCustomSubConfig({
+          newConfig: {
+            instance: { defaultNSFWPolicy: 'display' }
+          }
+        })
 
-        const res = await searchVideo(server.url, 'NSFW search index', '-match')
-        const video = res.body.data[0] as Video
+        const body = await command.searchVideos({ search: 'NSFW search index', sort: '-match' })
+        expect(body.data).to.have.length.greaterThan(0)
 
-        expect(res.body.data).to.have.length.greaterThan(0)
+        const video = body.data[0]
         expect(video.nsfw).to.be.true
 
         nsfwUUID = video.uuid
       }
 
       {
-        await updateCustomSubConfig(server.url, server.accessToken, { instance: { defaultNSFWPolicy: 'do_not_list' } })
+        await server.config.updateCustomSubConfig({
+          newConfig: {
+            instance: { defaultNSFWPolicy: 'do_not_list' }
+          }
+        })
 
-        const res = await searchVideo(server.url, 'NSFW search index', '-match')
+        const body = await command.searchVideos({ search: 'NSFW search index', sort: '-match' })
 
         try {
-          expect(res.body.data).to.have.lengthOf(0)
-        } catch (err) {
-          //
-          const video = res.body.data[0] as Video
+          expect(body.data).to.have.lengthOf(0)
+        } catch {
+          const video = body.data[0]
 
           expect(video.uuid).not.equal(nsfwUUID)
         }
@@ -247,19 +251,19 @@ describe('Test videos search', function () {
   describe('Channels search', async function () {
 
     it('Should make a simple search and not have results', async function () {
-      const res = await searchVideoChannel(server.url, 'a'.repeat(500))
+      const body = await command.searchChannels({ search: 'a'.repeat(500) })
 
-      expect(res.body.total).to.equal(0)
-      expect(res.body.data).to.have.lengthOf(0)
+      expect(body.total).to.equal(0)
+      expect(body.data).to.have.lengthOf(0)
     })
 
     it('Should make a search and have results', async function () {
-      const res = await advancedVideoChannelSearch(server.url, { search: 'Framasoft', sort: 'createdAt' })
+      const body = await command.advancedChannelSearch({ search: { search: 'Framasoft', sort: 'createdAt' } })
 
-      expect(res.body.total).to.be.greaterThan(0)
-      expect(res.body.data).to.have.length.greaterThan(0)
+      expect(body.total).to.be.greaterThan(0)
+      expect(body.data).to.have.length.greaterThan(0)
 
-      const videoChannel: VideoChannel = res.body.data[0]
+      const videoChannel = body.data[0]
       expect(videoChannel.url).to.equal('https://framatube.org/video-channels/bf54d359-cfad-4935-9d45-9d6be93f63e8')
       expect(videoChannel.host).to.equal('framatube.org')
       expect(videoChannel.avatar).to.exist
@@ -272,29 +276,29 @@ describe('Test videos search', function () {
     })
 
     it('Should have a correct pagination', async function () {
-      const res = await advancedVideoChannelSearch(server.url, { search: 'root', start: 0, count: 2 })
+      const body = await command.advancedChannelSearch({ search: { search: 'root', start: 0, count: 2 } })
 
-      expect(res.body.total).to.be.greaterThan(2)
-      expect(res.body.data).to.have.lengthOf(2)
+      expect(body.total).to.be.greaterThan(2)
+      expect(body.data).to.have.lengthOf(2)
     })
   })
 
   describe('Playlists search', async function () {
 
     it('Should make a simple search and not have results', async function () {
-      const res = await searchVideoPlaylists(server.url, 'a'.repeat(500))
+      const body = await command.searchPlaylists({ search: 'a'.repeat(500) })
 
-      expect(res.body.total).to.equal(0)
-      expect(res.body.data).to.have.lengthOf(0)
+      expect(body.total).to.equal(0)
+      expect(body.data).to.have.lengthOf(0)
     })
 
     it('Should make a search and have results', async function () {
-      const res = await advancedVideoPlaylistSearch(server.url, { search: 'E2E playlist', sort: '-match' })
+      const body = await command.advancedPlaylistSearch({ search: { search: 'E2E playlist', sort: '-match' } })
 
-      expect(res.body.total).to.be.greaterThan(0)
-      expect(res.body.data).to.have.length.greaterThan(0)
+      expect(body.total).to.be.greaterThan(0)
+      expect(body.data).to.have.length.greaterThan(0)
 
-      const videoPlaylist: VideoPlaylist = res.body.data[0]
+      const videoPlaylist = body.data[0]
 
       expect(videoPlaylist.url).to.equal('https://peertube2.cpy.re/videos/watch/playlist/73804a40-da9a-40c2-b1eb-2c6d9eec8f0a')
       expect(videoPlaylist.thumbnailUrl).to.exist
@@ -322,10 +326,10 @@ describe('Test videos search', function () {
     })
 
     it('Should have a correct pagination', async function () {
-      const res = await advancedVideoChannelSearch(server.url, { search: 'root', start: 0, count: 2 })
+      const body = await command.advancedChannelSearch({ search: { search: 'root', start: 0, count: 2 } })
 
-      expect(res.body.total).to.be.greaterThan(2)
-      expect(res.body.data).to.have.lengthOf(2)
+      expect(body.total).to.be.greaterThan(2)
+      expect(body.data).to.have.lengthOf(2)
     })
   })
 
diff --git a/server/tests/api/search/search-playlists.ts b/server/tests/api/search/search-playlists.ts
index ab17d55e9..22e9b8fca 100644
--- a/server/tests/api/search/search-playlists.ts
+++ b/server/tests/api/search/search-playlists.ts
@@ -2,82 +2,71 @@
 
 import 'mocha'
 import * as chai from 'chai'
-import { VideoPlaylist, VideoPlaylistPrivacy } from '@shared/models'
 import {
-  addVideoInPlaylist,
-  advancedVideoPlaylistSearch,
   cleanupTests,
-  createVideoPlaylist,
-  flushAndRunServer,
-  searchVideoPlaylists,
-  ServerInfo,
+  createSingleServer,
+  PeerTubeServer,
+  SearchCommand,
   setAccessTokensToServers,
-  setDefaultVideoChannel,
-  uploadVideoAndGetId
-} from '../../../../shared/extra-utils'
+  setDefaultVideoChannel
+} from '@shared/extra-utils'
+import { VideoPlaylistPrivacy } from '@shared/models'
 
 const expect = chai.expect
 
 describe('Test playlists search', function () {
-  let server: ServerInfo = null
+  let server: PeerTubeServer = null
+  let command: SearchCommand
 
   before(async function () {
     this.timeout(30000)
 
-    server = await flushAndRunServer(1)
+    server = await createSingleServer(1)
 
     await setAccessTokensToServers([ server ])
     await setDefaultVideoChannel([ server ])
 
-    const videoId = (await uploadVideoAndGetId({ server: server, videoName: 'video' })).uuid
+    const videoId = (await server.videos.quickUpload({ name: 'video' })).uuid
 
     {
       const attributes = {
         displayName: 'Dr. Kenzo Tenma hospital videos',
         privacy: VideoPlaylistPrivacy.PUBLIC,
-        videoChannelId: server.videoChannel.id
+        videoChannelId: server.store.channel.id
       }
-      const res = await createVideoPlaylist({ url: server.url, token: server.accessToken, playlistAttrs: attributes })
-
-      await addVideoInPlaylist({
-        url: server.url,
-        token: server.accessToken,
-        playlistId: res.body.videoPlaylist.id,
-        elementAttrs: { videoId }
-      })
+      const created = await server.playlists.create({ attributes })
+
+      await server.playlists.addElement({ playlistId: created.id, attributes: { videoId } })
     }
 
     {
       const attributes = {
         displayName: 'Johan & Anna Libert musics',
         privacy: VideoPlaylistPrivacy.PUBLIC,
-        videoChannelId: server.videoChannel.id
+        videoChannelId: server.store.channel.id
       }
-      const res = await createVideoPlaylist({ url: server.url, token: server.accessToken, playlistAttrs: attributes })
-
-      await addVideoInPlaylist({
-        url: server.url,
-        token: server.accessToken,
-        playlistId: res.body.videoPlaylist.id,
-        elementAttrs: { videoId }
-      })
+      const created = await server.playlists.create({ attributes })
+
+      await server.playlists.addElement({ playlistId: created.id, attributes: { videoId } })
     }
 
     {
       const attributes = {
         displayName: 'Inspector Lunge playlist',
         privacy: VideoPlaylistPrivacy.PUBLIC,
-        videoChannelId: server.videoChannel.id
+        videoChannelId: server.store.channel.id
       }
-      await createVideoPlaylist({ url: server.url, token: server.accessToken, playlistAttrs: attributes })
+      await server.playlists.create({ attributes })
     }
+
+    command = server.search
   })
 
   it('Should make a simple search and not have results', async function () {
-    const res = await searchVideoPlaylists(server.url, 'abc')
+    const body = await command.searchPlaylists({ search: 'abc' })
 
-    expect(res.body.total).to.equal(0)
-    expect(res.body.data).to.have.lengthOf(0)
+    expect(body.total).to.equal(0)
+    expect(body.data).to.have.lengthOf(0)
   })
 
   it('Should make a search and have results', async function () {
@@ -87,11 +76,11 @@ describe('Test playlists search', function () {
         start: 0,
         count: 1
       }
-      const res = await advancedVideoPlaylistSearch(server.url, search)
-      expect(res.body.total).to.equal(1)
-      expect(res.body.data).to.have.lengthOf(1)
+      const body = await command.advancedPlaylistSearch({ search })
+      expect(body.total).to.equal(1)
+      expect(body.data).to.have.lengthOf(1)
 
-      const playlist: VideoPlaylist = res.body.data[0]
+      const playlist = body.data[0]
       expect(playlist.displayName).to.equal('Dr. Kenzo Tenma hospital videos')
       expect(playlist.url).to.equal(server.url + '/video-playlists/' + playlist.uuid)
     }
@@ -102,11 +91,11 @@ describe('Test playlists search', function () {
         start: 0,
         count: 1
       }
-      const res = await advancedVideoPlaylistSearch(server.url, search)
-      expect(res.body.total).to.equal(1)
-      expect(res.body.data).to.have.lengthOf(1)
+      const body = await command.advancedPlaylistSearch({ search })
+      expect(body.total).to.equal(1)
+      expect(body.data).to.have.lengthOf(1)
 
-      const playlist: VideoPlaylist = res.body.data[0]
+      const playlist = body.data[0]
       expect(playlist.displayName).to.equal('Johan & Anna Libert musics')
     }
   })
@@ -117,9 +106,9 @@ describe('Test playlists search', function () {
       start: 0,
       count: 1
     }
-    const res = await advancedVideoPlaylistSearch(server.url, search)
-    expect(res.body.total).to.equal(0)
-    expect(res.body.data).to.have.lengthOf(0)
+    const body = await command.advancedPlaylistSearch({ search })
+    expect(body.total).to.equal(0)
+    expect(body.data).to.have.lengthOf(0)
   })
 
   after(async function () {
diff --git a/server/tests/api/search/search-videos.ts b/server/tests/api/search/search-videos.ts
index 5b8907961..965766742 100644
--- a/server/tests/api/search/search-videos.ts
+++ b/server/tests/api/search/search-videos.ts
@@ -2,37 +2,31 @@
 
 import 'mocha'
 import * as chai from 'chai'
-import { VideoPrivacy } from '@shared/models'
 import {
-  advancedVideosSearch,
   cleanupTests,
-  createLive,
-  flushAndRunServer,
-  immutableAssign,
-  searchVideo,
-  sendRTMPStreamInVideo,
-  ServerInfo,
+  createSingleServer,
+  PeerTubeServer,
+  SearchCommand,
   setAccessTokensToServers,
   setDefaultVideoChannel,
   stopFfmpeg,
-  updateCustomSubConfig,
-  uploadVideo,
-  wait,
-  waitUntilLivePublished
-} from '../../../../shared/extra-utils'
-import { createVideoCaption } from '../../../../shared/extra-utils/videos/video-captions'
+  wait
+} from '@shared/extra-utils'
+import { VideoPrivacy } from '@shared/models'
 
 const expect = chai.expect
 
 describe('Test videos search', function () {
-  let server: ServerInfo = null
+  let server: PeerTubeServer = null
   let startDate: string
   let videoUUID: string
 
+  let command: SearchCommand
+
   before(async function () {
     this.timeout(60000)
 
-    server = await flushAndRunServer(1)
+    server = await createSingleServer(1)
 
     await setAccessTokensToServers([ server ])
     await setDefaultVideoChannel([ server ])
@@ -46,57 +40,49 @@ describe('Test videos search', function () {
         nsfw: false,
         language: 'fr'
       }
-      await uploadVideo(server.url, server.accessToken, attributes1)
+      await server.videos.upload({ attributes: attributes1 })
 
-      const attributes2 = immutableAssign(attributes1, { name: attributes1.name + ' - 2', fixture: 'video_short.mp4' })
-      await uploadVideo(server.url, server.accessToken, attributes2)
+      const attributes2 = { ...attributes1, name: attributes1.name + ' - 2', fixture: 'video_short.mp4' }
+      await server.videos.upload({ attributes: attributes2 })
 
       {
-        const attributes3 = immutableAssign(attributes1, { name: attributes1.name + ' - 3', language: undefined })
-        const res = await uploadVideo(server.url, server.accessToken, attributes3)
-        const videoId = res.body.video.id
-        videoUUID = res.body.video.uuid
-
-        await createVideoCaption({
-          url: server.url,
-          accessToken: server.accessToken,
+        const attributes3 = { ...attributes1, name: attributes1.name + ' - 3', language: undefined }
+        const { id, uuid } = await server.videos.upload({ attributes: attributes3 })
+        videoUUID = uuid
+
+        await server.captions.add({
           language: 'en',
-          videoId,
+          videoId: id,
           fixture: 'subtitle-good2.vtt',
           mimeType: 'application/octet-stream'
         })
 
-        await createVideoCaption({
-          url: server.url,
-          accessToken: server.accessToken,
+        await server.captions.add({
           language: 'aa',
-          videoId,
+          videoId: id,
           fixture: 'subtitle-good2.vtt',
           mimeType: 'application/octet-stream'
         })
       }
 
-      const attributes4 = immutableAssign(attributes1, { name: attributes1.name + ' - 4', language: 'pl', nsfw: true })
-      await uploadVideo(server.url, server.accessToken, attributes4)
+      const attributes4 = { ...attributes1, name: attributes1.name + ' - 4', language: 'pl', nsfw: true }
+      await server.videos.upload({ attributes: attributes4 })
 
       await wait(1000)
 
       startDate = new Date().toISOString()
 
-      const attributes5 = immutableAssign(attributes1, { name: attributes1.name + ' - 5', licence: 2, language: undefined })
-      await uploadVideo(server.url, server.accessToken, attributes5)
+      const attributes5 = { ...attributes1, name: attributes1.name + ' - 5', licence: 2, language: undefined }
+      await server.videos.upload({ attributes: attributes5 })
 
-      const attributes6 = immutableAssign(attributes1, { name: attributes1.name + ' - 6', tags: [ 't1', 't2' ] })
-      await uploadVideo(server.url, server.accessToken, attributes6)
+      const attributes6 = { ...attributes1, name: attributes1.name + ' - 6', tags: [ 't1', 't2' ] }
+      await server.videos.upload({ attributes: attributes6 })
 
-      const attributes7 = immutableAssign(attributes1, {
-        name: attributes1.name + ' - 7',
-        originallyPublishedAt: '2019-02-12T09:58:08.286Z'
-      })
-      await uploadVideo(server.url, server.accessToken, attributes7)
+      const attributes7 = { ...attributes1, name: attributes1.name + ' - 7', originallyPublishedAt: '2019-02-12T09:58:08.286Z' }
+      await server.videos.upload({ attributes: attributes7 })
 
-      const attributes8 = immutableAssign(attributes1, { name: attributes1.name + ' - 8', licence: 4 })
-      await uploadVideo(server.url, server.accessToken, attributes8)
+      const attributes8 = { ...attributes1, name: attributes1.name + ' - 8', licence: 4 }
+      await server.videos.upload({ attributes: attributes8 })
     }
 
     {
@@ -107,9 +93,9 @@ describe('Test videos search', function () {
         licence: 2,
         language: 'en'
       }
-      await uploadVideo(server.url, server.accessToken, attributes)
+      await server.videos.upload({ attributes: attributes })
 
-      await uploadVideo(server.url, server.accessToken, immutableAssign(attributes, { name: attributes.name + ' duplicate' }))
+      await server.videos.upload({ attributes: { ...attributes, name: attributes.name + ' duplicate' } })
     }
 
     {
@@ -120,7 +106,7 @@ describe('Test videos search', function () {
         licence: 3,
         language: 'pl'
       }
-      await uploadVideo(server.url, server.accessToken, attributes)
+      await server.videos.upload({ attributes: attributes })
     }
 
     {
@@ -129,11 +115,11 @@ describe('Test videos search', function () {
         tags: [ 'aaaa', 'bbbb', 'cccc' ],
         category: 1
       }
-      await uploadVideo(server.url, server.accessToken, attributes1)
-      await uploadVideo(server.url, server.accessToken, immutableAssign(attributes1, { category: 2 }))
+      await server.videos.upload({ attributes: attributes1 })
+      await server.videos.upload({ attributes: { ...attributes1, category: 2 } })
 
-      await uploadVideo(server.url, server.accessToken, immutableAssign(attributes1, { tags: [ 'cccc', 'dddd' ] }))
-      await uploadVideo(server.url, server.accessToken, immutableAssign(attributes1, { tags: [ 'eeee', 'ffff' ] }))
+      await server.videos.upload({ attributes: { ...attributes1, tags: [ 'cccc', 'dddd' ] } })
+      await server.videos.upload({ attributes: { ...attributes1, tags: [ 'eeee', 'ffff' ] } })
     }
 
     {
@@ -141,24 +127,26 @@ describe('Test videos search', function () {
         name: 'aaaa 2',
         category: 1
       }
-      await uploadVideo(server.url, server.accessToken, attributes1)
-      await uploadVideo(server.url, server.accessToken, immutableAssign(attributes1, { category: 2 }))
+      await server.videos.upload({ attributes: attributes1 })
+      await server.videos.upload({ attributes: { ...attributes1, category: 2 } })
     }
+
+    command = server.search
   })
 
   it('Should make a simple search and not have results', async function () {
-    const res = await searchVideo(server.url, 'abc')
+    const body = await command.searchVideos({ search: 'abc' })
 
-    expect(res.body.total).to.equal(0)
-    expect(res.body.data).to.have.lengthOf(0)
+    expect(body.total).to.equal(0)
+    expect(body.data).to.have.lengthOf(0)
   })
 
   it('Should make a simple search and have results', async function () {
-    const res = await searchVideo(server.url, '4444 5555 duplicate')
+    const body = await command.searchVideos({ search: '4444 5555 duplicate' })
 
-    expect(res.body.total).to.equal(2)
+    expect(body.total).to.equal(2)
 
-    const videos = res.body.data
+    const videos = body.data
     expect(videos).to.have.lengthOf(2)
 
     // bestmatch
@@ -167,15 +155,15 @@ describe('Test videos search', function () {
   })
 
   it('Should make a search on tags too, and have results', async function () {
-    const query = {
+    const search = {
       search: 'aaaa',
       categoryOneOf: [ 1 ]
     }
-    const res = await advancedVideosSearch(server.url, query)
+    const body = await command.advancedVideoSearch({ search })
 
-    expect(res.body.total).to.equal(2)
+    expect(body.total).to.equal(2)
 
-    const videos = res.body.data
+    const videos = body.data
     expect(videos).to.have.lengthOf(2)
 
     // bestmatch
@@ -184,14 +172,14 @@ describe('Test videos search', function () {
   })
 
   it('Should filter on tags without a search', async function () {
-    const query = {
+    const search = {
       tagsAllOf: [ 'bbbb' ]
     }
-    const res = await advancedVideosSearch(server.url, query)
+    const body = await command.advancedVideoSearch({ search })
 
-    expect(res.body.total).to.equal(2)
+    expect(body.total).to.equal(2)
 
-    const videos = res.body.data
+    const videos = body.data
     expect(videos).to.have.lengthOf(2)
 
     expect(videos[0].name).to.equal('9999')
@@ -199,14 +187,14 @@ describe('Test videos search', function () {
   })
 
   it('Should filter on category without a search', async function () {
-    const query = {
+    const search = {
       categoryOneOf: [ 3 ]
     }
-    const res = await advancedVideosSearch(server.url, query)
+    const body = await command.advancedVideoSearch({ search: search })
 
-    expect(res.body.total).to.equal(1)
+    expect(body.total).to.equal(1)
 
-    const videos = res.body.data
+    const videos = body.data
     expect(videos).to.have.lengthOf(1)
 
     expect(videos[0].name).to.equal('6666 7777 8888')
@@ -218,11 +206,16 @@ describe('Test videos search', function () {
       categoryOneOf: [ 1 ],
       tagsOneOf: [ 'aAaa', 'ffff' ]
     }
-    const res1 = await advancedVideosSearch(server.url, query)
-    expect(res1.body.total).to.equal(2)
 
-    const res2 = await advancedVideosSearch(server.url, immutableAssign(query, { tagsOneOf: [ 'blabla' ] }))
-    expect(res2.body.total).to.equal(0)
+    {
+      const body = await command.advancedVideoSearch({ search: query })
+      expect(body.total).to.equal(2)
+    }
+
+    {
+      const body = await command.advancedVideoSearch({ search: { ...query, tagsOneOf: [ 'blabla' ] } })
+      expect(body.total).to.equal(0)
+    }
   })
 
   it('Should search by tags (all of)', async function () {
@@ -231,14 +224,21 @@ describe('Test videos search', function () {
       categoryOneOf: [ 1 ],
       tagsAllOf: [ 'CCcc' ]
     }
-    const res1 = await advancedVideosSearch(server.url, query)
-    expect(res1.body.total).to.equal(2)
 
-    const res2 = await advancedVideosSearch(server.url, immutableAssign(query, { tagsAllOf: [ 'blAbla' ] }))
-    expect(res2.body.total).to.equal(0)
+    {
+      const body = await command.advancedVideoSearch({ search: query })
+      expect(body.total).to.equal(2)
+    }
 
-    const res3 = await advancedVideosSearch(server.url, immutableAssign(query, { tagsAllOf: [ 'bbbb', 'CCCC' ] }))
-    expect(res3.body.total).to.equal(1)
+    {
+      const body = await command.advancedVideoSearch({ search: { ...query, tagsAllOf: [ 'blAbla' ] } })
+      expect(body.total).to.equal(0)
+    }
+
+    {
+      const body = await command.advancedVideoSearch({ search: { ...query, tagsAllOf: [ 'bbbb', 'CCCC' ] } })
+      expect(body.total).to.equal(1)
+    }
   })
 
   it('Should search by category', async function () {
@@ -246,12 +246,17 @@ describe('Test videos search', function () {
       search: '6666',
       categoryOneOf: [ 3 ]
     }
-    const res1 = await advancedVideosSearch(server.url, query)
-    expect(res1.body.total).to.equal(1)
-    expect(res1.body.data[0].name).to.equal('6666 7777 8888')
 
-    const res2 = await advancedVideosSearch(server.url, immutableAssign(query, { categoryOneOf: [ 2 ] }))
-    expect(res2.body.total).to.equal(0)
+    {
+      const body = await command.advancedVideoSearch({ search: query })
+      expect(body.total).to.equal(1)
+      expect(body.data[0].name).to.equal('6666 7777 8888')
+    }
+
+    {
+      const body = await command.advancedVideoSearch({ search: { ...query, categoryOneOf: [ 2 ] } })
+      expect(body.total).to.equal(0)
+    }
   })
 
   it('Should search by licence', async function () {
@@ -259,13 +264,18 @@ describe('Test videos search', function () {
       search: '4444 5555',
       licenceOneOf: [ 2 ]
     }
-    const res1 = await advancedVideosSearch(server.url, query)
-    expect(res1.body.total).to.equal(2)
-    expect(res1.body.data[0].name).to.equal('3333 4444 5555')
-    expect(res1.body.data[1].name).to.equal('3333 4444 5555 duplicate')
 
-    const res2 = await advancedVideosSearch(server.url, immutableAssign(query, { licenceOneOf: [ 3 ] }))
-    expect(res2.body.total).to.equal(0)
+    {
+      const body = await command.advancedVideoSearch({ search: query })
+      expect(body.total).to.equal(2)
+      expect(body.data[0].name).to.equal('3333 4444 5555')
+      expect(body.data[1].name).to.equal('3333 4444 5555 duplicate')
+    }
+
+    {
+      const body = await command.advancedVideoSearch({ search: { ...query, licenceOneOf: [ 3 ] } })
+      expect(body.total).to.equal(0)
+    }
   })
 
   it('Should search by languages', async function () {
@@ -275,23 +285,23 @@ describe('Test videos search', function () {
     }
 
     {
-      const res = await advancedVideosSearch(server.url, query)
-      expect(res.body.total).to.equal(2)
-      expect(res.body.data[0].name).to.equal('1111 2222 3333 - 3')
-      expect(res.body.data[1].name).to.equal('1111 2222 3333 - 4')
+      const body = await command.advancedVideoSearch({ search: query })
+      expect(body.total).to.equal(2)
+      expect(body.data[0].name).to.equal('1111 2222 3333 - 3')
+      expect(body.data[1].name).to.equal('1111 2222 3333 - 4')
     }
 
     {
-      const res = await advancedVideosSearch(server.url, immutableAssign(query, { languageOneOf: [ 'pl', 'en', '_unknown' ] }))
-      expect(res.body.total).to.equal(3)
-      expect(res.body.data[0].name).to.equal('1111 2222 3333 - 3')
-      expect(res.body.data[1].name).to.equal('1111 2222 3333 - 4')
-      expect(res.body.data[2].name).to.equal('1111 2222 3333 - 5')
+      const body = await command.advancedVideoSearch({ search: { ...query, languageOneOf: [ 'pl', 'en', '_unknown' ] } })
+      expect(body.total).to.equal(3)
+      expect(body.data[0].name).to.equal('1111 2222 3333 - 3')
+      expect(body.data[1].name).to.equal('1111 2222 3333 - 4')
+      expect(body.data[2].name).to.equal('1111 2222 3333 - 5')
     }
 
     {
-      const res = await advancedVideosSearch(server.url, immutableAssign(query, { languageOneOf: [ 'eo' ] }))
-      expect(res.body.total).to.equal(0)
+      const body = await command.advancedVideoSearch({ search: { ...query, languageOneOf: [ 'eo' ] } })
+      expect(body.total).to.equal(0)
     }
   })
 
@@ -301,10 +311,10 @@ describe('Test videos search', function () {
       startDate
     }
 
-    const res = await advancedVideosSearch(server.url, query)
-    expect(res.body.total).to.equal(4)
+    const body = await command.advancedVideoSearch({ search: query })
+    expect(body.total).to.equal(4)
 
-    const videos = res.body.data
+    const videos = body.data
     expect(videos[0].name).to.equal('1111 2222 3333 - 5')
     expect(videos[1].name).to.equal('1111 2222 3333 - 6')
     expect(videos[2].name).to.equal('1111 2222 3333 - 7')
@@ -320,10 +330,10 @@ describe('Test videos search', function () {
       licenceOneOf: [ 1, 4 ]
     }
 
-    const res = await advancedVideosSearch(server.url, query)
-    expect(res.body.total).to.equal(4)
+    const body = await command.advancedVideoSearch({ search: query })
+    expect(body.total).to.equal(4)
 
-    const videos = res.body.data
+    const videos = body.data
     expect(videos[0].name).to.equal('1111 2222 3333')
     expect(videos[1].name).to.equal('1111 2222 3333 - 6')
     expect(videos[2].name).to.equal('1111 2222 3333 - 7')
@@ -340,10 +350,10 @@ describe('Test videos search', function () {
       sort: '-name'
     }
 
-    const res = await advancedVideosSearch(server.url, query)
-    expect(res.body.total).to.equal(4)
+    const body = await command.advancedVideoSearch({ search: query })
+    expect(body.total).to.equal(4)
 
-    const videos = res.body.data
+    const videos = body.data
     expect(videos[0].name).to.equal('1111 2222 3333 - 8')
     expect(videos[1].name).to.equal('1111 2222 3333 - 7')
     expect(videos[2].name).to.equal('1111 2222 3333 - 6')
@@ -362,10 +372,10 @@ describe('Test videos search', function () {
       count: 1
     }
 
-    const res = await advancedVideosSearch(server.url, query)
-    expect(res.body.total).to.equal(4)
+    const body = await command.advancedVideoSearch({ search: query })
+    expect(body.total).to.equal(4)
 
-    const videos = res.body.data
+    const videos = body.data
     expect(videos[0].name).to.equal('1111 2222 3333 - 8')
   })
 
@@ -381,10 +391,10 @@ describe('Test videos search', function () {
       count: 1
     }
 
-    const res = await advancedVideosSearch(server.url, query)
-    expect(res.body.total).to.equal(4)
+    const body = await command.advancedVideoSearch({ search: query })
+    expect(body.total).to.equal(4)
 
-    const videos = res.body.data
+    const videos = body.data
     expect(videos[0].name).to.equal('1111 2222 3333')
   })
 
@@ -398,99 +408,102 @@ describe('Test videos search', function () {
     }
 
     {
-      const query = immutableAssign(baseQuery, { originallyPublishedStartDate: '2019-02-11T09:58:08.286Z' })
-      const res = await advancedVideosSearch(server.url, query)
+      const query = { ...baseQuery, originallyPublishedStartDate: '2019-02-11T09:58:08.286Z' }
+      const body = await command.advancedVideoSearch({ search: query })
 
-      expect(res.body.total).to.equal(1)
-      expect(res.body.data[0].name).to.equal('1111 2222 3333 - 7')
+      expect(body.total).to.equal(1)
+      expect(body.data[0].name).to.equal('1111 2222 3333 - 7')
     }
 
     {
-      const query = immutableAssign(baseQuery, { originallyPublishedEndDate: '2019-03-11T09:58:08.286Z' })
-      const res = await advancedVideosSearch(server.url, query)
+      const query = { ...baseQuery, originallyPublishedEndDate: '2019-03-11T09:58:08.286Z' }
+      const body = await command.advancedVideoSearch({ search: query })
 
-      expect(res.body.total).to.equal(1)
-      expect(res.body.data[0].name).to.equal('1111 2222 3333 - 7')
+      expect(body.total).to.equal(1)
+      expect(body.data[0].name).to.equal('1111 2222 3333 - 7')
     }
 
     {
-      const query = immutableAssign(baseQuery, { originallyPublishedEndDate: '2019-01-11T09:58:08.286Z' })
-      const res = await advancedVideosSearch(server.url, query)
+      const query = { ...baseQuery, originallyPublishedEndDate: '2019-01-11T09:58:08.286Z' }
+      const body = await command.advancedVideoSearch({ search: query })
 
-      expect(res.body.total).to.equal(0)
+      expect(body.total).to.equal(0)
     }
 
     {
-      const query = immutableAssign(baseQuery, { originallyPublishedStartDate: '2019-03-11T09:58:08.286Z' })
-      const res = await advancedVideosSearch(server.url, query)
+      const query = { ...baseQuery, originallyPublishedStartDate: '2019-03-11T09:58:08.286Z' }
+      const body = await command.advancedVideoSearch({ search: query })
 
-      expect(res.body.total).to.equal(0)
+      expect(body.total).to.equal(0)
     }
 
     {
-      const query = immutableAssign(baseQuery, {
+      const query = {
+        ...baseQuery,
         originallyPublishedStartDate: '2019-01-11T09:58:08.286Z',
         originallyPublishedEndDate: '2019-01-10T09:58:08.286Z'
-      })
-      const res = await advancedVideosSearch(server.url, query)
+      }
+      const body = await command.advancedVideoSearch({ search: query })
 
-      expect(res.body.total).to.equal(0)
+      expect(body.total).to.equal(0)
     }
 
     {
-      const query = immutableAssign(baseQuery, {
+      const query = {
+        ...baseQuery,
         originallyPublishedStartDate: '2019-01-11T09:58:08.286Z',
         originallyPublishedEndDate: '2019-04-11T09:58:08.286Z'
-      })
-      const res = await advancedVideosSearch(server.url, query)
+      }
+      const body = await command.advancedVideoSearch({ search: query })
 
-      expect(res.body.total).to.equal(1)
-      expect(res.body.data[0].name).to.equal('1111 2222 3333 - 7')
+      expect(body.total).to.equal(1)
+      expect(body.data[0].name).to.equal('1111 2222 3333 - 7')
     }
   })
 
   it('Should search by UUID', async function () {
     const search = videoUUID
-    const res = await advancedVideosSearch(server.url, { search })
+    const body = await command.advancedVideoSearch({ search: { search } })
 
-    expect(res.body.total).to.equal(1)
-    expect(res.body.data[0].name).to.equal('1111 2222 3333 - 3')
+    expect(body.total).to.equal(1)
+    expect(body.data[0].name).to.equal('1111 2222 3333 - 3')
   })
 
   it('Should search by live', async function () {
     this.timeout(30000)
 
     {
-      const options = {
+      const newConfig = {
         search: {
           searchIndex: { enabled: false }
         },
         live: { enabled: true }
       }
-      await updateCustomSubConfig(server.url, server.accessToken, options)
+      await server.config.updateCustomSubConfig({ newConfig })
     }
 
     {
-      const res = await advancedVideosSearch(server.url, { isLive: true })
+      const body = await command.advancedVideoSearch({ search: { isLive: true } })
 
-      expect(res.body.total).to.equal(0)
-      expect(res.body.data).to.have.lengthOf(0)
+      expect(body.total).to.equal(0)
+      expect(body.data).to.have.lengthOf(0)
     }
 
     {
-      const liveOptions = { name: 'live', privacy: VideoPrivacy.PUBLIC, channelId: server.videoChannel.id }
-      const resLive = await createLive(server.url, server.accessToken, liveOptions)
-      const liveVideoId = resLive.body.video.uuid
+      const liveCommand = server.live
+
+      const liveAttributes = { name: 'live', privacy: VideoPrivacy.PUBLIC, channelId: server.store.channel.id }
+      const live = await liveCommand.create({ fields: liveAttributes })
 
-      const command = await sendRTMPStreamInVideo(server.url, server.accessToken, liveVideoId)
-      await waitUntilLivePublished(server.url, server.accessToken, liveVideoId)
+      const ffmpegCommand = await liveCommand.sendRTMPStreamInVideo({ videoId: live.id })
+      await liveCommand.waitUntilPublished({ videoId: live.id })
 
-      const res = await advancedVideosSearch(server.url, { isLive: true })
+      const body = await command.advancedVideoSearch({ search: { isLive: true } })
 
-      expect(res.body.total).to.equal(1)
-      expect(res.body.data[0].name).to.equal('live')
+      expect(body.total).to.equal(1)
+      expect(body.data[0].name).to.equal('live')
 
-      await stopFfmpeg(command)
+      await stopFfmpeg(ffmpegCommand)
     }
   })
 
diff --git a/server/tests/api/server/auto-follows.ts b/server/tests/api/server/auto-follows.ts
index 1519b263f..ce7b51925 100644
--- a/server/tests/api/server/auto-follows.ts
+++ b/server/tests/api/server/auto-follows.ts
@@ -3,64 +3,45 @@
 import 'mocha'
 import * as chai from 'chai'
 import {
-  acceptFollower,
   cleanupTests,
-  flushAndRunMultipleServers,
+  createMultipleServers,
   MockInstancesIndex,
-  ServerInfo,
+  PeerTubeServer,
   setAccessTokensToServers,
-  unfollow,
-  updateCustomSubConfig,
-  wait
-} from '../../../../shared/extra-utils/index'
-import { follow, getFollowersListPaginationAndSort, getFollowingListPaginationAndSort } from '../../../../shared/extra-utils/server/follows'
-import { waitJobs } from '../../../../shared/extra-utils/server/jobs'
-import { ActorFollow } from '../../../../shared/models/actors'
+  wait,
+  waitJobs
+} from '@shared/extra-utils'
 
 const expect = chai.expect
 
-async function checkFollow (follower: ServerInfo, following: ServerInfo, exists: boolean) {
+async function checkFollow (follower: PeerTubeServer, following: PeerTubeServer, exists: boolean) {
   {
-    const res = await getFollowersListPaginationAndSort({ url: following.url, start: 0, count: 5, sort: '-createdAt' })
-    const follows = res.body.data as ActorFollow[]
+    const body = await following.follows.getFollowers({ start: 0, count: 5, sort: '-createdAt' })
+    const follow = body.data.find(f => f.follower.host === follower.host && f.state === 'accepted')
 
-    const follow = follows.find(f => {
-      return f.follower.host === follower.host && f.state === 'accepted'
-    })
-
-    if (exists === true) {
-      expect(follow).to.exist
-    } else {
-      expect(follow).to.be.undefined
-    }
+    if (exists === true) expect(follow).to.exist
+    else expect(follow).to.be.undefined
   }
 
   {
-    const res = await getFollowingListPaginationAndSort({ url: follower.url, start: 0, count: 5, sort: '-createdAt' })
-    const follows = res.body.data as ActorFollow[]
-
-    const follow = follows.find(f => {
-      return f.following.host === following.host && f.state === 'accepted'
-    })
+    const body = await follower.follows.getFollowings({ start: 0, count: 5, sort: '-createdAt' })
+    const follow = body.data.find(f => f.following.host === following.host && f.state === 'accepted')
 
-    if (exists === true) {
-      expect(follow).to.exist
-    } else {
-      expect(follow).to.be.undefined
-    }
+    if (exists === true) expect(follow).to.exist
+    else expect(follow).to.be.undefined
   }
 }
 
-async function server1Follows2 (servers: ServerInfo[]) {
-  await follow(servers[0].url, [ servers[1].host ], servers[0].accessToken)
+async function server1Follows2 (servers: PeerTubeServer[]) {
+  await servers[0].follows.follow({ hosts: [ servers[1].host ] })
 
   await waitJobs(servers)
 }
 
-async function resetFollows (servers: ServerInfo[]) {
+async function resetFollows (servers: PeerTubeServer[]) {
   try {
-    await unfollow(servers[0].url, servers[0].accessToken, servers[1])
-    await unfollow(servers[1].url, servers[1].accessToken, servers[0])
+    await servers[0].follows.unfollow({ target: servers[1] })
+    await servers[1].follows.unfollow({ target: servers[0] })
   } catch { /* empty */
   }
 
@@ -71,12 +52,12 @@ async function resetFollows (servers: ServerInfo[]) {
 }
 
 describe('Test auto follows', function () {
-  let servers: ServerInfo[] = []
+  let servers: PeerTubeServer[] = []
 
   before(async function () {
     this.timeout(30000)
 
-    servers = await flushAndRunMultipleServers(3)
+    servers = await createMultipleServers(3)
 
     // Get the access tokens
     await setAccessTokensToServers(servers)
@@ -105,7 +86,7 @@ describe('Test auto follows', function () {
           }
         }
       }
-      await updateCustomSubConfig(servers[1].url, servers[1].accessToken, config)
+      await servers[1].config.updateCustomSubConfig({ newConfig: config })
 
       await server1Follows2(servers)
 
@@ -130,14 +111,14 @@ describe('Test auto follows', function () {
           }
         }
       }
-      await updateCustomSubConfig(servers[1].url, servers[1].accessToken, config)
+      await servers[1].config.updateCustomSubConfig({ newConfig: config })
 
       await server1Follows2(servers)
 
       await checkFollow(servers[0], servers[1], false)
       await checkFollow(servers[1], servers[0], false)
 
-      await acceptFollower(servers[1].url, servers[1].accessToken, 'peertube@' + servers[0].host)
+      await servers[1].follows.acceptFollower({ follower: 'peertube@' + servers[0].host })
       await waitJobs(servers)
 
       await checkFollow(servers[0], servers[1], true)
@@ -147,7 +128,7 @@ describe('Test auto follows', function () {
 
       config.followings.instance.autoFollowBack.enabled = false
       config.followers.instance.manualApproval = false
-      await updateCustomSubConfig(servers[1].url, servers[1].accessToken, config)
+      await servers[1].config.updateCustomSubConfig({ newConfig: config })
     })
   })
 
@@ -184,7 +165,7 @@ describe('Test auto follows', function () {
           }
         }
       }
-      await updateCustomSubConfig(servers[0].url, servers[0].accessToken, config)
+      await servers[0].config.updateCustomSubConfig({ newConfig: config })
 
       await wait(5000)
       await waitJobs(servers)
diff --git a/server/tests/api/server/bulk.ts b/server/tests/api/server/bulk.ts
index 80fa7fce6..16cbcd5c3 100644
--- a/server/tests/api/server/bulk.ts
+++ b/server/tests/api/server/bulk.ts
@@ -2,91 +2,83 @@
 
 import 'mocha'
 import * as chai from 'chai'
-import { Video, VideoComment } from '@shared/models'
 import {
-  addVideoCommentReply,
-  addVideoCommentThread,
-  bulkRemoveCommentsOf,
+  BulkCommand,
   cleanupTests,
-  createUser,
+  createMultipleServers,
   doubleFollow,
-  flushAndRunMultipleServers,
-  getVideoCommentThreads,
-  getVideosList,
-  ServerInfo,
+  PeerTubeServer,
   setAccessTokensToServers,
-  uploadVideo,
-  userLogin,
   waitJobs
-} from '../../../../shared/extra-utils/index'
+} from '@shared/extra-utils'
 
 const expect = chai.expect
 
 describe('Test bulk actions', function () {
   const commentsUser3: { videoId: number, commentId: number }[] = []
 
-  let servers: ServerInfo[] = []
-  let user1AccessToken: string
-  let user2AccessToken: string
-  let user3AccessToken: string
+  let servers: PeerTubeServer[] = []
+  let user1Token: string
+  let user2Token: string
+  let user3Token: string
+
+  let bulkCommand: BulkCommand
 
   before(async function () {
     this.timeout(30000)
 
-    servers = await flushAndRunMultipleServers(2)
+    servers = await createMultipleServers(2)
 
     // Get the access tokens
     await setAccessTokensToServers(servers)
 
     {
       const user = { username: 'user1', password: 'password' }
-      await createUser({ url: servers[0].url, accessToken: servers[0].accessToken, username: user.username, password: user.password })
+      await servers[0].users.create({ username: user.username, password: user.password })
 
-      user1AccessToken = await userLogin(servers[0], user)
+      user1Token = await servers[0].login.getAccessToken(user)
     }
 
     {
       const user = { username: 'user2', password: 'password' }
-      await createUser({ url: servers[0].url, accessToken: servers[0].accessToken, username: user.username, password: user.password })
+      await servers[0].users.create({ username: user.username, password: user.password })
 
-      user2AccessToken = await userLogin(servers[0], user)
+      user2Token = await servers[0].login.getAccessToken(user)
     }
 
     {
       const user = { username: 'user3', password: 'password' }
-      await createUser({ url: servers[1].url, accessToken: servers[1].accessToken, username: user.username, password: user.password })
+      await servers[1].users.create({ username: user.username, password: user.password })
 
-      user3AccessToken = await userLogin(servers[1], user)
+      user3Token = await servers[1].login.getAccessToken(user)
     }
 
     await doubleFollow(servers[0], servers[1])
+
+    bulkCommand = new BulkCommand(servers[0])
   })
 
   describe('Bulk remove comments', function () {
     async function checkInstanceCommentsRemoved () {
       {
-        const res = await getVideosList(servers[0].url)
-        const videos = res.body.data as Video[]
+        const { data } = await servers[0].videos.list()
 
         // Server 1 should not have these comments anymore
-        for (const video of videos) {
-          const resThreads = await getVideoCommentThreads(servers[0].url, video.id, 0, 10)
-          const comments = resThreads.body.data as VideoComment[]
-          const comment = comments.find(c => c.text === 'comment by user 3')
+        for (const video of data) {
+          const { data } = await servers[0].comments.listThreads({ videoId: video.id })
+          const comment = data.find(c => c.text === 'comment by user 3')
 
           expect(comment).to.not.exist
         }
       }
 
       {
-        const res = await getVideosList(servers[1].url)
-        const videos = res.body.data as Video[]
+        const { data } = await servers[1].videos.list()
 
         // Server 1 should not have these comments on videos of server 1
-        for (const video of videos) {
-          const resThreads = await getVideoCommentThreads(servers[1].url, video.id, 0, 10)
-          const comments = resThreads.body.data as VideoComment[]
-          const comment = comments.find(c => c.text === 'comment by user 3')
+        for (const video of data) {
+          const { data } = await servers[1].comments.listThreads({ videoId: video.id })
+          const comment = data.find(c => c.text === 'comment by user 3')
 
           if (video.account.host === 'localhost:' + servers[0].port) {
             expect(comment).to.not.exist
@@ -100,30 +92,31 @@ describe('Test bulk actions', function () {
     before(async function () {
       this.timeout(120000)
 
-      await uploadVideo(servers[0].url, servers[0].accessToken, { name: 'video 1 server 1' })
-      await uploadVideo(servers[0].url, servers[0].accessToken, { name: 'video 2 server 1' })
-      await uploadVideo(servers[0].url, user1AccessToken, { name: 'video 3 server 1' })
+      await servers[0].videos.upload({ attributes: { name: 'video 1 server 1' } })
+      await servers[0].videos.upload({ attributes: { name: 'video 2 server 1' } })
+      await servers[0].videos.upload({ token: user1Token, attributes: { name: 'video 3 server 1' } })
 
-      await uploadVideo(servers[1].url, servers[1].accessToken, { name: 'video 1 server 2' })
+      await servers[1].videos.upload({ attributes: { name: 'video 1 server 2' } })
 
       await waitJobs(servers)
 
       {
-        const res = await getVideosList(servers[0].url)
-        for (const video of res.body.data) {
-          await addVideoCommentThread(servers[0].url, servers[0].accessToken, video.id, 'comment by root server 1')
-          await addVideoCommentThread(servers[0].url, user1AccessToken, video.id, 'comment by user 1')
-          await addVideoCommentThread(servers[0].url, user2AccessToken, video.id, 'comment by user 2')
+        const { data } = await servers[0].videos.list()
+        for (const video of data) {
+          await servers[0].comments.createThread({ videoId: video.id, text: 'comment by root server 1' })
+          await servers[0].comments.createThread({ token: user1Token, videoId: video.id, text: 'comment by user 1' })
+          await servers[0].comments.createThread({ token: user2Token, videoId: video.id, text: 'comment by user 2' })
         }
       }
 
       {
-        const res = await getVideosList(servers[1].url)
-        for (const video of res.body.data) {
-          await addVideoCommentThread(servers[1].url, servers[1].accessToken, video.id, 'comment by root server 2')
+        const { data } = await servers[1].videos.list()
 
-          const res = await addVideoCommentThread(servers[1].url, user3AccessToken, video.id, 'comment by user 3')
-          commentsUser3.push({ videoId: video.id, commentId: res.body.comment.id })
+        for (const video of data) {
+          await servers[1].comments.createThread({ videoId: video.id, text: 'comment by root server 2' })
+
+          const comment = await servers[1].comments.createThread({ token: user3Token, videoId: video.id, text: 'comment by user 3' })
+          commentsUser3.push({ videoId: video.id, commentId: comment.id })
         }
       }
 
@@ -133,9 +126,8 @@ describe('Test bulk actions', function () {
     it('Should delete comments of an account on my videos', async function () {
       this.timeout(60000)
 
-      await bulkRemoveCommentsOf({
-        url: servers[0].url,
-        token: user1AccessToken,
+      await bulkCommand.removeCommentsOf({
+        token: user1Token,
         attributes: {
           accountName: 'user2',
           scope: 'my-videos'
@@ -145,18 +137,14 @@ describe('Test bulk actions', function () {
       await waitJobs(servers)
 
       for (const server of servers) {
-        const res = await getVideosList(server.url)
+        const { data } = await server.videos.list()
 
-        for (const video of res.body.data) {
-          const resThreads = await getVideoCommentThreads(server.url, video.id, 0, 10)
-          const comments = resThreads.body.data as VideoComment[]
-          const comment = comments.find(c => c.text === 'comment by user 2')
+        for (const video of data) {
+          const { data } = await server.comments.listThreads({ videoId: video.id })
+          const comment = data.find(c => c.text === 'comment by user 2')
 
-          if (video.name === 'video 3 server 1') {
-            expect(comment).to.not.exist
-          } else {
-            expect(comment).to.exist
-          }
+          if (video.name === 'video 3 server 1') expect(comment).to.not.exist
+          else expect(comment).to.exist
         }
       }
     })
@@ -164,9 +152,7 @@ describe('Test bulk actions', function () {
     it('Should delete comments of an account on the instance', async function () {
       this.timeout(60000)
 
-      await bulkRemoveCommentsOf({
-        url: servers[0].url,
-        token: servers[0].accessToken,
+      await bulkCommand.removeCommentsOf({
         attributes: {
           accountName: 'user3@localhost:' + servers[1].port,
           scope: 'instance'
@@ -182,7 +168,12 @@ describe('Test bulk actions', function () {
       this.timeout(60000)
 
       for (const obj of commentsUser3) {
-        await addVideoCommentReply(servers[1].url, user3AccessToken, obj.videoId, obj.commentId, 'comment by user 3 bis')
+        await servers[1].comments.addReply({
+          token: user3Token,
+          videoId: obj.videoId,
+          toCommentId: obj.commentId,
+          text: 'comment by user 3 bis'
+        })
       }
 
       await waitJobs(servers)
diff --git a/server/tests/api/server/config.ts b/server/tests/api/server/config.ts
index 19bf9582c..fd61e95df 100644
--- a/server/tests/api/server/config.ts
+++ b/server/tests/api/server/config.ts
@@ -2,31 +2,20 @@
 
 import 'mocha'
 import * as chai from 'chai'
-import { About } from '../../../../shared/models/server/about.model'
-import { CustomConfig } from '../../../../shared/models/server/custom-config.model'
 import {
   cleanupTests,
-  deleteCustomConfig,
-  flushAndRunServer,
-  getAbout,
-  getConfig,
-  getCustomConfig,
+  createSingleServer,
   killallServers,
   makeGetRequest,
   parallelTests,
-  registerUser,
-  reRunServer,
-  ServerInfo,
-  setAccessTokensToServers,
-  updateCustomConfig,
-  uploadVideo
-} from '../../../../shared/extra-utils'
-import { ServerConfig } from '../../../../shared/models'
-import { HttpStatusCode } from '../../../../shared/core-utils/miscs/http-error-codes'
+  PeerTubeServer,
+  setAccessTokensToServers
+} from '@shared/extra-utils'
+import { CustomConfig, HttpStatusCode } from '@shared/models'
 
 const expect = chai.expect
 
-function checkInitialConfig (server: ServerInfo, data: CustomConfig) {
+function checkInitialConfig (server: PeerTubeServer, data: CustomConfig) {
   expect(data.instance.name).to.equal('PeerTube')
   expect(data.instance.shortDescription).to.equal(
     'PeerTube, an ActivityPub-federated video streaming platform using P2P directly in your web browser.'
@@ -213,18 +202,17 @@ function checkUpdatedConfig (data: CustomConfig) {
 }
 
 describe('Test config', function () {
-  let server = null
+  let server: PeerTubeServer = null
 
   before(async function () {
     this.timeout(30000)
 
-    server = await flushAndRunServer(1)
+    server = await createSingleServer(1)
     await setAccessTokensToServers([ server ])
   })
 
   it('Should have a correct config on a server with registration enabled', async function () {
-    const res = await getConfig(server.url)
-    const data: ServerConfig = res.body
+    const data = await server.config.getConfig()
 
     expect(data.signup.allowed).to.be.true
   })
@@ -233,35 +221,32 @@ describe('Test config', function () {
     this.timeout(5000)
 
     await Promise.all([
-      registerUser(server.url, 'user1', 'super password'),
-      registerUser(server.url, 'user2', 'super password'),
-      registerUser(server.url, 'user3', 'super password')
+      server.users.register({ username: 'user1' }),
+      server.users.register({ username: 'user2' }),
+      server.users.register({ username: 'user3' })
     ])
 
-    const res = await getConfig(server.url)
-    const data: ServerConfig = res.body
+    const data = await server.config.getConfig()
 
     expect(data.signup.allowed).to.be.false
   })
 
   it('Should have the correct video allowed extensions', async function () {
-    const res = await getConfig(server.url)
-    const data: ServerConfig = res.body
+    const data = await server.config.getConfig()
 
     expect(data.video.file.extensions).to.have.lengthOf(3)
     expect(data.video.file.extensions).to.contain('.mp4')
     expect(data.video.file.extensions).to.contain('.webm')
     expect(data.video.file.extensions).to.contain('.ogv')
 
-    await uploadVideo(server.url, server.accessToken, { fixture: 'video_short.mkv' }, HttpStatusCode.UNSUPPORTED_MEDIA_TYPE_415)
-    await uploadVideo(server.url, server.accessToken, { fixture: 'sample.ogg' }, HttpStatusCode.UNSUPPORTED_MEDIA_TYPE_415)
+    await server.videos.upload({ attributes: { fixture: 'video_short.mkv' }, expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.UNSUPPORTED_MEDIA_TYPE_415 })
+    await server.videos.upload({ attributes: { fixture: 'sample.ogg' }, expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.UNSUPPORTED_MEDIA_TYPE_415 })
 
     expect(data.contactForm.enabled).to.be.true
   })
 
   it('Should get the customized configuration', async function () {
-    const res = await getCustomConfig(server.url, server.accessToken)
-    const data = res.body as CustomConfig
+    const data = await server.config.getCustomConfig()
 
     checkInitialConfig(server, data)
   })
@@ -438,19 +423,16 @@ describe('Test config', function () {
         }
       }
     }
-    await updateCustomConfig(server.url, server.accessToken, newCustomConfig)
-
-    const res = await getCustomConfig(server.url, server.accessToken)
-    const data = res.body
+    await server.config.updateCustomConfig({ newCustomConfig })
 
+    const data = await server.config.getCustomConfig()
     checkUpdatedConfig(data)
   })
 
   it('Should have the correct updated video allowed extensions', async function () {
     this.timeout(10000)
 
-    const res = await getConfig(server.url)
-    const data: ServerConfig = res.body
+    const data = await server.config.getConfig()
 
     expect(data.video.file.extensions).to.have.length.above(4)
     expect(data.video.file.extensions).to.contain('.mp4')
@@ -463,26 +445,24 @@ describe('Test config', function () {
     expect(data.video.file.extensions).to.contain('.ogg')
     expect(data.video.file.extensions).to.contain('.flac')
 
-    await uploadVideo(server.url, server.accessToken, { fixture: 'video_short.mkv' }, HttpStatusCode.OK_200)
-    await uploadVideo(server.url, server.accessToken, { fixture: 'sample.ogg' }, HttpStatusCode.OK_200)
+    await server.videos.upload({ attributes: { fixture: 'video_short.mkv' }, expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.OK_200 })
+    await server.videos.upload({ attributes: { fixture: 'sample.ogg' }, expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.OK_200 })
   })
 
   it('Should have the configuration updated after a restart', async function () {
     this.timeout(10000)
 
-    killallServers([ server ])
+    await killallServers([ server ])
 
-    await reRunServer(server)
+    await server.run()
 
-    const res = await getCustomConfig(server.url, server.accessToken)
-    const data = res.body
+    const data = await server.config.getCustomConfig()
 
     checkUpdatedConfig(data)
   })
 
   it('Should fetch the about information', async function () {
-    const res = await getAbout(server.url)
-    const data: About = res.body
+    const data = await server.config.getAbout()
 
     expect(data.instance.name).to.equal('PeerTube updated')
     expect(data.instance.shortDescription).to.equal('my short description')
@@ -504,11 +484,9 @@ describe('Test config', function () {
   it('Should remove the custom configuration', async function () {
     this.timeout(10000)
 
-    await deleteCustomConfig(server.url, server.accessToken)
-
-    const res = await getCustomConfig(server.url, server.accessToken)
-    const data = res.body
+    await server.config.deleteCustomConfig()
 
+    const data = await server.config.getCustomConfig()
     checkInitialConfig(server, data)
   })
 
@@ -519,26 +497,26 @@ describe('Test config', function () {
       const res = await makeGetRequest({
         url: server.url,
         path: '/api/v1/config',
-        statusCodeExpected: 200
+        expectedStatus: 200
       })
 
       expect(res.headers['x-frame-options']).to.exist
     }
 
-    killallServers([ server ])
+    await killallServers([ server ])
 
     const config = {
       security: {
         frameguard: { enabled: false }
       }
     }
-    server = await reRunServer(server, config)
+    await server.run(config)
 
     {
       const res = await makeGetRequest({
         url: server.url,
         path: '/api/v1/config',
-        statusCodeExpected: 200
+        expectedStatus: 200
       })
 
       expect(res.headers['x-frame-options']).to.not.exist
diff --git a/server/tests/api/server/contact-form.ts b/server/tests/api/server/contact-form.ts
index 8851ad55e..c555661ad 100644
--- a/server/tests/api/server/contact-form.ts
+++ b/server/tests/api/server/contact-form.ts
@@ -1,18 +1,25 @@
 /* eslint-disable @typescript-eslint/no-unused-expressions,@typescript-eslint/require-await */
 
-import * as chai from 'chai'
 import 'mocha'
-import { cleanupTests, flushAndRunServer, ServerInfo, setAccessTokensToServers, wait } from '../../../../shared/extra-utils'
-import { MockSmtpServer } from '../../../../shared/extra-utils/miscs/email'
-import { waitJobs } from '../../../../shared/extra-utils/server/jobs'
-import { sendContactForm } from '../../../../shared/extra-utils/server/contact-form'
-import { HttpStatusCode } from '../../../../shared/core-utils/miscs/http-error-codes'
+import * as chai from 'chai'
+import {
+  cleanupTests,
+  ContactFormCommand,
+  createSingleServer,
+  MockSmtpServer,
+  PeerTubeServer,
+  setAccessTokensToServers,
+  wait,
+  waitJobs
+} from '@shared/extra-utils'
+import { HttpStatusCode } from '@shared/models'
 
 const expect = chai.expect
 
 describe('Test contact form', function () {
-  let server: ServerInfo
+  let server: PeerTubeServer
   const emails: object[] = []
+  let command: ContactFormCommand
 
   before(async function () {
     this.timeout(30000)
@@ -25,15 +32,16 @@ describe('Test contact form', function () {
         port
       }
     }
-    server = await flushAndRunServer(1, overrideConfig)
+    server = await createSingleServer(1, overrideConfig)
     await setAccessTokensToServers([ server ])
+
+    command = server.contactForm
   })
 
   it('Should send a contact form', async function () {
     this.timeout(10000)
 
-    await sendContactForm({
-      url: server.url,
+    await command.send({
       fromEmail: 'toto@example.com',
       body: 'my super message',
       subject: 'my subject',
@@ -58,16 +66,14 @@ describe('Test contact form', function () {
 
     await wait(1000)
 
-    await sendContactForm({
-      url: server.url,
+    await command.send({
       fromEmail: 'toto@example.com',
       body: 'my super message',
       subject: 'my subject',
       fromName: 'Super toto'
     })
 
-    await sendContactForm({
-      url: server.url,
+    await command.send({
       fromEmail: 'toto@example.com',
       body: 'my super message',
       fromName: 'Super toto',
@@ -79,8 +85,7 @@ describe('Test contact form', function () {
   it('Should be able to send another contact form after a while', async function () {
     await wait(1000)
 
-    await sendContactForm({
-      url: server.url,
+    await command.send({
       fromEmail: 'toto@example.com',
       fromName: 'Super toto',
       subject: 'my subject',
diff --git a/server/tests/api/server/email.ts b/server/tests/api/server/email.ts
index 92768d9df..ae86b380f 100644
--- a/server/tests/api/server/email.ts
+++ b/server/tests/api/server/email.ts
@@ -2,32 +2,13 @@
 
 import 'mocha'
 import * as chai from 'chai'
-import {
-  addVideoToBlacklist,
-  askResetPassword,
-  askSendVerifyEmail,
-  blockUser,
-  cleanupTests,
-  createUser,
-  flushAndRunServer,
-  removeVideoFromBlacklist,
-  reportAbuse,
-  resetPassword,
-  ServerInfo,
-  setAccessTokensToServers,
-  unblockUser,
-  uploadVideo,
-  userLogin,
-  verifyEmail
-} from '../../../../shared/extra-utils'
-import { MockSmtpServer } from '../../../../shared/extra-utils/miscs/email'
-import { waitJobs } from '../../../../shared/extra-utils/server/jobs'
-import { HttpStatusCode } from '../../../../shared/core-utils/miscs/http-error-codes'
+import { cleanupTests, createSingleServer, MockSmtpServer, PeerTubeServer, setAccessTokensToServers, waitJobs } from '@shared/extra-utils'
+import { HttpStatusCode } from '@shared/models'
 
 const expect = chai.expect
 
 describe('Test emails', function () {
-  let server: ServerInfo
+  let server: PeerTubeServer
   let userId: number
   let userId2: number
   let userAccessToken: string
@@ -58,31 +39,29 @@ describe('Test emails', function () {
         port: emailPort
       }
     }
-    server = await flushAndRunServer(1, overrideConfig)
+    server = await createSingleServer(1, overrideConfig)
     await setAccessTokensToServers([ server ])
 
     {
-      const res = await createUser({ url: server.url, accessToken: server.accessToken, username: user.username, password: user.password })
-      userId = res.body.user.id
+      const created = await server.users.create({ username: user.username, password: user.password })
+      userId = created.id
 
-      userAccessToken = await userLogin(server, user)
+      userAccessToken = await server.login.getAccessToken(user)
     }
 
     {
-      const attributes = {
-        name: 'my super user video'
-      }
-      const res = await uploadVideo(server.url, userAccessToken, attributes)
-      videoUserUUID = res.body.video.uuid
+      const attributes = { name: 'my super user video' }
+      const { uuid } = await server.videos.upload({ token: userAccessToken, attributes })
+      videoUserUUID = uuid
     }
 
     {
       const attributes = {
         name: 'my super name'
       }
-      const res = await uploadVideo(server.url, server.accessToken, attributes)
-      videoUUID = res.body.video.uuid
-      videoId = res.body.video.id
+      const { uuid, id } = await server.videos.upload({ attributes })
+      videoUUID = uuid
+      videoId = id
     }
   })
 
@@ -91,7 +70,7 @@ describe('Test emails', function () {
     it('Should ask to reset the password', async function () {
       this.timeout(10000)
 
-      await askResetPassword(server.url, 'user_1@example.com')
+      await server.users.askResetPassword({ email: 'user_1@example.com' })
 
       await waitJobs(server)
       expect(emails).to.have.lengthOf(1)
@@ -117,34 +96,40 @@ describe('Test emails', function () {
     })
 
     it('Should not reset the password with an invalid verification string', async function () {
-      await resetPassword(server.url, userId, verificationString + 'b', 'super_password2', HttpStatusCode.FORBIDDEN_403)
+      await server.users.resetPassword({
+        userId,
+        verificationString: verificationString + 'b',
+        password: 'super_password2',
+        expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.FORBIDDEN_403
+      })
     })
 
     it('Should reset the password', async function () {
-      await resetPassword(server.url, userId, verificationString, 'super_password2')
+      await server.users.resetPassword({ userId, verificationString, password: 'super_password2' })
     })
 
     it('Should not reset the password with the same verification string', async function () {
-      await resetPassword(server.url, userId, verificationString, 'super_password3', HttpStatusCode.FORBIDDEN_403)
+      await server.users.resetPassword({
+        userId,
+        verificationString,
+        password: 'super_password3',
+        expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.FORBIDDEN_403
+      })
     })
 
     it('Should login with this new password', async function () {
       user.password = 'super_password2'
 
-      await userLogin(server, user)
+      await server.login.getAccessToken(user)
     })
   })
 
   describe('When creating a user without password', function () {
+
     it('Should send a create password email', async function () {
       this.timeout(10000)
 
-      await createUser({
-        url: server.url,
-        accessToken: server.accessToken,
-        username: 'create_password',
-        password: ''
-      })
+      await server.users.create({ username: 'create_password', password: '' })
 
       await waitJobs(server)
       expect(emails).to.have.lengthOf(2)
@@ -170,15 +155,24 @@ describe('Test emails', function () {
     })
 
     it('Should not reset the password with an invalid verification string', async function () {
-      await resetPassword(server.url, userId2, verificationString2 + 'c', 'newly_created_password', HttpStatusCode.FORBIDDEN_403)
+      await server.users.resetPassword({
+        userId: userId2,
+        verificationString: verificationString2 + 'c',
+        password: 'newly_created_password',
+        expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.FORBIDDEN_403
+      })
     })
 
     it('Should reset the password', async function () {
-      await resetPassword(server.url, userId2, verificationString2, 'newly_created_password')
+      await server.users.resetPassword({
+        userId: userId2,
+        verificationString: verificationString2,
+        password: 'newly_created_password'
+      })
     })
 
     it('Should login with this new password', async function () {
-      await userLogin(server, {
+      await server.login.getAccessToken({
         username: 'create_password',
         password: 'newly_created_password'
       })
@@ -190,7 +184,7 @@ describe('Test emails', function () {
       this.timeout(10000)
 
       const reason = 'my super bad reason'
-      await reportAbuse({ url: server.url, token: server.accessToken, videoId, reason })
+      await server.abuses.report({ videoId, reason })
 
       await waitJobs(server)
       expect(emails).to.have.lengthOf(3)
@@ -211,7 +205,7 @@ describe('Test emails', function () {
       this.timeout(10000)
 
       const reason = 'my super bad reason'
-      await blockUser(server.url, userId, server.accessToken, HttpStatusCode.NO_CONTENT_204, reason)
+      await server.users.banUser({ userId, reason })
 
       await waitJobs(server)
       expect(emails).to.have.lengthOf(4)
@@ -229,7 +223,7 @@ describe('Test emails', function () {
     it('Should send the notification email when unblocking a user', async function () {
       this.timeout(10000)
 
-      await unblockUser(server.url, userId, server.accessToken, HttpStatusCode.NO_CONTENT_204)
+      await server.users.unbanUser({ userId })
 
       await waitJobs(server)
       expect(emails).to.have.lengthOf(5)
@@ -249,7 +243,7 @@ describe('Test emails', function () {
       this.timeout(10000)
 
       const reason = 'my super reason'
-      await addVideoToBlacklist(server.url, server.accessToken, videoUserUUID, reason)
+      await server.blacklist.add({ videoId: videoUserUUID, reason })
 
       await waitJobs(server)
       expect(emails).to.have.lengthOf(6)
@@ -267,7 +261,7 @@ describe('Test emails', function () {
     it('Should send the notification email', async function () {
       this.timeout(10000)
 
-      await removeVideoFromBlacklist(server.url, server.accessToken, videoUserUUID)
+      await server.blacklist.remove({ videoId: videoUserUUID })
 
       await waitJobs(server)
       expect(emails).to.have.lengthOf(7)
@@ -292,7 +286,7 @@ describe('Test emails', function () {
     it('Should ask to send the verification email', async function () {
       this.timeout(10000)
 
-      await askSendVerifyEmail(server.url, 'user_1@example.com')
+      await server.users.askSendVerifyEmail({ email: 'user_1@example.com' })
 
       await waitJobs(server)
       expect(emails).to.have.lengthOf(8)
@@ -318,11 +312,16 @@ describe('Test emails', function () {
     })
 
     it('Should not verify the email with an invalid verification string', async function () {
-      await verifyEmail(server.url, userId, verificationString + 'b', false, HttpStatusCode.FORBIDDEN_403)
+      await server.users.verifyEmail({
+        userId,
+        verificationString: verificationString + 'b',
+        isPendingEmail: false,
+        expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.FORBIDDEN_403
+      })
     })
 
     it('Should verify the email', async function () {
-      await verifyEmail(server.url, userId, verificationString)
+      await server.users.verifyEmail({ userId, verificationString })
     })
   })
 
diff --git a/server/tests/api/server/follow-constraints.ts b/server/tests/api/server/follow-constraints.ts
index 3f2f71f46..471f5d8d0 100644
--- a/server/tests/api/server/follow-constraints.ts
+++ b/server/tests/api/server/follow-constraints.ts
@@ -1,56 +1,41 @@
 /* eslint-disable @typescript-eslint/no-unused-expressions,@typescript-eslint/require-await */
 
-import * as chai from 'chai'
 import 'mocha'
-import {
-  cleanupTests,
-  doubleFollow,
-  flushAndRunMultipleServers,
-  getAccountVideos,
-  getVideo,
-  getVideoChannelVideos,
-  getVideoWithToken,
-  ServerInfo,
-  setAccessTokensToServers,
-  uploadVideo
-} from '../../../../shared/extra-utils'
-import { unfollow } from '../../../../shared/extra-utils/server/follows'
-import { userLogin } from '../../../../shared/extra-utils/users/login'
-import { createUser } from '../../../../shared/extra-utils/users/users'
-import { HttpStatusCode } from '../../../../shared/core-utils/miscs/http-error-codes'
-import { PeerTubeProblemDocument, ServerErrorCode } from '@shared/models'
+import * as chai from 'chai'
+import { cleanupTests, createMultipleServers, doubleFollow, PeerTubeServer, setAccessTokensToServers } from '@shared/extra-utils'
+import { HttpStatusCode, PeerTubeProblemDocument, ServerErrorCode } from '@shared/models'
 
 const expect = chai.expect
 
 describe('Test follow constraints', function () {
-  let servers: ServerInfo[] = []
+  let servers: PeerTubeServer[] = []
   let video1UUID: string
   let video2UUID: string
-  let userAccessToken: string
+  let userToken: string
 
   before(async function () {
     this.timeout(90000)
 
-    servers = await flushAndRunMultipleServers(2)
+    servers = await createMultipleServers(2)
 
     // Get the access tokens
     await setAccessTokensToServers(servers)
 
     {
-      const res = await uploadVideo(servers[0].url, servers[0].accessToken, { name: 'video server 1' })
-      video1UUID = res.body.video.uuid
+      const { uuid } = await servers[0].videos.upload({ attributes: { name: 'video server 1' } })
+      video1UUID = uuid
     }
     {
-      const res = await uploadVideo(servers[1].url, servers[1].accessToken, { name: 'video server 2' })
-      video2UUID = res.body.video.uuid
+      const { uuid } = await servers[1].videos.upload({ attributes: { name: 'video server 2' } })
+      video2UUID = uuid
     }
 
     const user = {
       username: 'user1',
       password: 'super_password'
     }
-    await createUser({ url: servers[0].url, accessToken: servers[0].accessToken, username: user.username, password: user.password })
-    userAccessToken = await userLogin(servers[0], user)
+    await servers[0].users.create({ username: user.username, password: user.password })
+    userToken = await servers[0].login.getAccessToken(user)
 
     await doubleFollow(servers[0], servers[1])
   })
@@ -60,81 +45,81 @@ describe('Test follow constraints', function () {
     describe('With an unlogged user', function () {
 
       it('Should get the local video', async function () {
-        await getVideo(servers[0].url, video1UUID, HttpStatusCode.OK_200)
+        await servers[0].videos.get({ id: video1UUID })
       })
 
       it('Should get the remote video', async function () {
-        await getVideo(servers[0].url, video2UUID, HttpStatusCode.OK_200)
+        await servers[0].videos.get({ id: video2UUID })
       })
 
       it('Should list local account videos', async function () {
-        const res = await getAccountVideos(servers[0].url, undefined, 'root@localhost:' + servers[0].port, 0, 5)
+        const { total, data } = await servers[0].videos.listByAccount({ handle: 'root@localhost:' + servers[0].port })
 
-        expect(res.body.total).to.equal(1)
-        expect(res.body.data).to.have.lengthOf(1)
+        expect(total).to.equal(1)
+        expect(data).to.have.lengthOf(1)
       })
 
       it('Should list remote account videos', async function () {
-        const res = await getAccountVideos(servers[0].url, undefined, 'root@localhost:' + servers[1].port, 0, 5)
+        const { total, data } = await servers[0].videos.listByAccount({ handle: 'root@localhost:' + servers[1].port })
 
-        expect(res.body.total).to.equal(1)
-        expect(res.body.data).to.have.lengthOf(1)
+        expect(total).to.equal(1)
+        expect(data).to.have.lengthOf(1)
       })
 
       it('Should list local channel videos', async function () {
-        const videoChannelName = 'root_channel@localhost:' + servers[0].port
-        const res = await getVideoChannelVideos(servers[0].url, undefined, videoChannelName, 0, 5)
+        const handle = 'root_channel@localhost:' + servers[0].port
+        const { total, data } = await servers[0].videos.listByChannel({ handle })
 
-        expect(res.body.total).to.equal(1)
-        expect(res.body.data).to.have.lengthOf(1)
+        expect(total).to.equal(1)
+        expect(data).to.have.lengthOf(1)
       })
 
       it('Should list remote channel videos', async function () {
-        const videoChannelName = 'root_channel@localhost:' + servers[1].port
-        const res = await getVideoChannelVideos(servers[0].url, undefined, videoChannelName, 0, 5)
+        const handle = 'root_channel@localhost:' + servers[1].port
+        const { total, data } = await servers[0].videos.listByChannel({ handle })
 
-        expect(res.body.total).to.equal(1)
-        expect(res.body.data).to.have.lengthOf(1)
+        expect(total).to.equal(1)
+        expect(data).to.have.lengthOf(1)
       })
     })
 
     describe('With a logged user', function () {
       it('Should get the local video', async function () {
-        await getVideoWithToken(servers[0].url, userAccessToken, video1UUID, HttpStatusCode.OK_200)
+        await servers[0].videos.getWithToken({ token: userToken, id: video1UUID })
       })
 
       it('Should get the remote video', async function () {
-        await getVideoWithToken(servers[0].url, userAccessToken, video2UUID, HttpStatusCode.OK_200)
+        await servers[0].videos.getWithToken({ token: userToken, id: video2UUID })
       })
 
       it('Should list local account videos', async function () {
-        const res = await getAccountVideos(servers[0].url, userAccessToken, 'root@localhost:' + servers[0].port, 0, 5)
+        const { total, data } = await servers[0].videos.listByAccount({ token: userToken, handle: 'root@localhost:' + servers[0].port })
 
-        expect(res.body.total).to.equal(1)
-        expect(res.body.data).to.have.lengthOf(1)
+        expect(total).to.equal(1)
+        expect(data).to.have.lengthOf(1)
       })
 
       it('Should list remote account videos', async function () {
-        const res = await getAccountVideos(servers[0].url, userAccessToken, 'root@localhost:' + servers[1].port, 0, 5)
+        const { total, data } = await servers[0].videos.listByAccount({ token: userToken, handle: 'root@localhost:' + servers[1].port })
 
-        expect(res.body.total).to.equal(1)
-        expect(res.body.data).to.have.lengthOf(1)
+        expect(total).to.equal(1)
+        expect(data).to.have.lengthOf(1)
       })
 
       it('Should list local channel videos', async function () {
-        const videoChannelName = 'root_channel@localhost:' + servers[0].port
-        const res = await getVideoChannelVideos(servers[0].url, userAccessToken, videoChannelName, 0, 5)
+        const handle = 'root_channel@localhost:' + servers[0].port
+        const { total, data } = await servers[0].videos.listByChannel({ token: userToken, handle })
 
-        expect(res.body.total).to.equal(1)
-        expect(res.body.data).to.have.lengthOf(1)
+        expect(total).to.equal(1)
+        expect(data).to.have.lengthOf(1)
       })
 
       it('Should list remote channel videos', async function () {
-        const videoChannelName = 'root_channel@localhost:' + servers[1].port
-        const res = await getVideoChannelVideos(servers[0].url, userAccessToken, videoChannelName, 0, 5)
+        const handle = 'root_channel@localhost:' + servers[1].port
+        const { total, data } = await servers[0].videos.listByChannel({ token: userToken, handle })
 
-        expect(res.body.total).to.equal(1)
-        expect(res.body.data).to.have.lengthOf(1)
+        expect(total).to.equal(1)
+        expect(data).to.have.lengthOf(1)
       })
     })
   })
@@ -144,19 +129,18 @@ describe('Test follow constraints', function () {
     before(async function () {
       this.timeout(30000)
 
-      await unfollow(servers[0].url, servers[0].accessToken, servers[1])
+      await servers[0].follows.unfollow({ target: servers[1] })
     })
 
     describe('With an unlogged user', function () {
 
       it('Should get the local video', async function () {
-        await getVideo(servers[0].url, video1UUID, HttpStatusCode.OK_200)
+        await servers[0].videos.get({ id: video1UUID })
       })
 
       it('Should not get the remote video', async function () {
-        const res = await getVideo(servers[0].url, video2UUID, HttpStatusCode.FORBIDDEN_403)
-
-        const error = res.body as PeerTubeProblemDocument
+        const body = await servers[0].videos.get({ id: video2UUID, expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.FORBIDDEN_403 })
+        const error = body as unknown as PeerTubeProblemDocument
 
         const doc = 'https://docs.joinpeertube.org/api-rest-reference.html#section/Errors/does_not_respect_follow_constraints'
         expect(error.type).to.equal(doc)
@@ -171,73 +155,79 @@ describe('Test follow constraints', function () {
       })
 
       it('Should list local account videos', async function () {
-        const res = await getAccountVideos(servers[0].url, undefined, 'root@localhost:' + servers[0].port, 0, 5)
+        const { total, data } = await servers[0].videos.listByAccount({
+          token: null,
+          handle: 'root@localhost:' + servers[0].port
+        })
 
-        expect(res.body.total).to.equal(1)
-        expect(res.body.data).to.have.lengthOf(1)
+        expect(total).to.equal(1)
+        expect(data).to.have.lengthOf(1)
       })
 
       it('Should not list remote account videos', async function () {
-        const res = await getAccountVideos(servers[0].url, undefined, 'root@localhost:' + servers[1].port, 0, 5)
+        const { total, data } = await servers[0].videos.listByAccount({
+          token: null,
+          handle: 'root@localhost:' + servers[1].port
+        })
 
-        expect(res.body.total).to.equal(0)
-        expect(res.body.data).to.have.lengthOf(0)
+        expect(total).to.equal(0)
+        expect(data).to.have.lengthOf(0)
       })
 
       it('Should list local channel videos', async function () {
-        const videoChannelName = 'root_channel@localhost:' + servers[0].port
-        const res = await getVideoChannelVideos(servers[0].url, undefined, videoChannelName, 0, 5)
+        const handle = 'root_channel@localhost:' + servers[0].port
+        const { total, data } = await servers[0].videos.listByChannel({ token: null, handle })
 
-        expect(res.body.total).to.equal(1)
-        expect(res.body.data).to.have.lengthOf(1)
+        expect(total).to.equal(1)
+        expect(data).to.have.lengthOf(1)
       })
 
       it('Should not list remote channel videos', async function () {
-        const videoChannelName = 'root_channel@localhost:' + servers[1].port
-        const res = await getVideoChannelVideos(servers[0].url, undefined, videoChannelName, 0, 5)
+        const handle = 'root_channel@localhost:' + servers[1].port
+        const { total, data } = await servers[0].videos.listByChannel({ token: null, handle })
 
-        expect(res.body.total).to.equal(0)
-        expect(res.body.data).to.have.lengthOf(0)
+        expect(total).to.equal(0)
+        expect(data).to.have.lengthOf(0)
       })
     })
 
     describe('With a logged user', function () {
       it('Should get the local video', async function () {
-        await getVideoWithToken(servers[0].url, userAccessToken, video1UUID, HttpStatusCode.OK_200)
+        await servers[0].videos.getWithToken({ token: userToken, id: video1UUID })
       })
 
       it('Should get the remote video', async function () {
-        await getVideoWithToken(servers[0].url, userAccessToken, video2UUID, HttpStatusCode.OK_200)
+        await servers[0].videos.getWithToken({ token: userToken, id: video2UUID })
       })
 
       it('Should list local account videos', async function () {
-        const res = await getAccountVideos(servers[0].url, userAccessToken, 'root@localhost:' + servers[0].port, 0, 5)
+        const { total, data } = await servers[0].videos.listByAccount({ token: userToken, handle: 'root@localhost:' + servers[0].port })
 
-        expect(res.body.total).to.equal(1)
-        expect(res.body.data).to.have.lengthOf(1)
+        expect(total).to.equal(1)
+        expect(data).to.have.lengthOf(1)
       })
 
       it('Should list remote account videos', async function () {
-        const res = await getAccountVideos(servers[0].url, userAccessToken, 'root@localhost:' + servers[1].port, 0, 5)
+        const { total, data } = await servers[0].videos.listByAccount({ token: userToken, handle: 'root@localhost:' + servers[1].port })
 
-        expect(res.body.total).to.equal(1)
-        expect(res.body.data).to.have.lengthOf(1)
+        expect(total).to.equal(1)
+        expect(data).to.have.lengthOf(1)
       })
 
       it('Should list local channel videos', async function () {
-        const videoChannelName = 'root_channel@localhost:' + servers[0].port
-        const res = await getVideoChannelVideos(servers[0].url, userAccessToken, videoChannelName, 0, 5)
+        const handle = 'root_channel@localhost:' + servers[0].port
+        const { total, data } = await servers[0].videos.listByChannel({ token: userToken, handle })
 
-        expect(res.body.total).to.equal(1)
-        expect(res.body.data).to.have.lengthOf(1)
+        expect(total).to.equal(1)
+        expect(data).to.have.lengthOf(1)
       })
 
       it('Should list remote channel videos', async function () {
-        const videoChannelName = 'root_channel@localhost:' + servers[1].port
-        const res = await getVideoChannelVideos(servers[0].url, userAccessToken, videoChannelName, 0, 5)
+        const handle = 'root_channel@localhost:' + servers[1].port
+        const { total, data } = await servers[0].videos.listByChannel({ token: userToken, handle })
 
-        expect(res.body.total).to.equal(1)
-        expect(res.body.data).to.have.lengthOf(1)
+        expect(total).to.equal(1)
+        expect(data).to.have.lengthOf(1)
       })
     })
   })
diff --git a/server/tests/api/server/follows-moderation.ts b/server/tests/api/server/follows-moderation.ts
index 73c212a32..921f51043 100644
--- a/server/tests/api/server/follows-moderation.ts
+++ b/server/tests/api/server/follows-moderation.ts
@@ -1,77 +1,66 @@
 /* eslint-disable @typescript-eslint/no-unused-expressions,@typescript-eslint/require-await */
 
-import * as chai from 'chai'
 import 'mocha'
+import * as chai from 'chai'
 import {
-  acceptFollower,
   cleanupTests,
-  flushAndRunMultipleServers,
-  ServerInfo,
+  createMultipleServers,
+  FollowsCommand,
+  PeerTubeServer,
   setAccessTokensToServers,
-  updateCustomSubConfig
-} from '../../../../shared/extra-utils/index'
-import {
-  follow,
-  getFollowersListPaginationAndSort,
-  getFollowingListPaginationAndSort,
-  rejectFollower,
-  removeFollower
-} from '../../../../shared/extra-utils/server/follows'
-import { waitJobs } from '../../../../shared/extra-utils/server/jobs'
-import { ActorFollow } from '../../../../shared/models/actors'
+  waitJobs
+} from '@shared/extra-utils'
 
 const expect = chai.expect
 
-async function checkServer1And2HasFollowers (servers: ServerInfo[], state = 'accepted') {
-  {
-    const res = await getFollowingListPaginationAndSort({ url: servers[0].url, start: 0, count: 5, sort: 'createdAt' })
-    expect(res.body.total).to.equal(1)
-
-    const follow = res.body.data[0] as ActorFollow
-    expect(follow.state).to.equal(state)
-    expect(follow.follower.url).to.equal('http://localhost:' + servers[0].port + '/accounts/peertube')
-    expect(follow.following.url).to.equal('http://localhost:' + servers[1].port + '/accounts/peertube')
-  }
+async function checkServer1And2HasFollowers (servers: PeerTubeServer[], state = 'accepted') {
+  const fns = [
+    servers[0].follows.getFollowings.bind(servers[0].follows),
+    servers[1].follows.getFollowers.bind(servers[1].follows)
+  ]
 
-  {
-    const res = await getFollowersListPaginationAndSort({ url: servers[1].url, start: 0, count: 5, sort: 'createdAt' })
-    expect(res.body.total).to.equal(1)
+  for (const fn of fns) {
+    const body = await fn({ start: 0, count: 5, sort: 'createdAt' })
+    expect(body.total).to.equal(1)
 
-    const follow = res.body.data[0] as ActorFollow
+    const follow = body.data[0]
     expect(follow.state).to.equal(state)
     expect(follow.follower.url).to.equal('http://localhost:' + servers[0].port + '/accounts/peertube')
     expect(follow.following.url).to.equal('http://localhost:' + servers[1].port + '/accounts/peertube')
   }
 }
 
-async function checkNoFollowers (servers: ServerInfo[]) {
-  {
-    const res = await getFollowingListPaginationAndSort({ url: servers[0].url, start: 0, count: 5, sort: 'createdAt' })
-    expect(res.body.total).to.equal(0)
-  }
+async function checkNoFollowers (servers: PeerTubeServer[]) {
+  const fns = [
+    servers[0].follows.getFollowings.bind(servers[0].follows),
+    servers[1].follows.getFollowers.bind(servers[1].follows)
+  ]
 
-  {
-    const res = await getFollowersListPaginationAndSort({ url: servers[1].url, start: 0, count: 5, sort: 'createdAt' })
-    expect(res.body.total).to.equal(0)
+  for (const fn of fns) {
+    const body = await fn({ start: 0, count: 5, sort: 'createdAt' })
+    expect(body.total).to.equal(0)
   }
 }
 
 describe('Test follows moderation', function () {
-  let servers: ServerInfo[] = []
+  let servers: PeerTubeServer[] = []
+  let commands: FollowsCommand[]
 
   before(async function () {
     this.timeout(30000)
 
-    servers = await flushAndRunMultipleServers(3)
+    servers = await createMultipleServers(3)
 
     // Get the access tokens
     await setAccessTokensToServers(servers)
+
+    commands = servers.map(s => s.follows)
   })
 
   it('Should have server 1 following server 2', async function () {
     this.timeout(30000)
 
-    await follow(servers[0].url, [ servers[1].url ], servers[0].accessToken)
+    await commands[0].follow({ hosts: [ servers[1].url ] })
 
     await waitJobs(servers)
   })
@@ -83,7 +72,7 @@ describe('Test follows moderation', function () {
   it('Should remove follower on server 2', async function () {
     this.timeout(10000)
 
-    await removeFollower(servers[1].url, servers[1].accessToken, servers[0])
+    await commands[1].removeFollower({ follower: servers[0] })
 
     await waitJobs(servers)
   })
@@ -104,9 +93,9 @@ describe('Test follows moderation', function () {
       }
     }
 
-    await updateCustomSubConfig(servers[1].url, servers[1].accessToken, subConfig)
+    await servers[1].config.updateCustomSubConfig({ newConfig: subConfig })
 
-    await follow(servers[0].url, [ servers[1].url ], servers[0].accessToken)
+    await commands[0].follow({ hosts: [ servers[1].url ] })
     await waitJobs(servers)
 
     await checkNoFollowers(servers)
@@ -124,9 +113,9 @@ describe('Test follows moderation', function () {
       }
     }
 
-    await updateCustomSubConfig(servers[1].url, servers[1].accessToken, subConfig)
+    await servers[1].config.updateCustomSubConfig({ newConfig: subConfig })
 
-    await follow(servers[0].url, [ servers[1].url ], servers[0].accessToken)
+    await commands[0].follow({ hosts: [ servers[1].url ] })
     await waitJobs(servers)
 
     await checkServer1And2HasFollowers(servers)
@@ -135,7 +124,7 @@ describe('Test follows moderation', function () {
   it('Should manually approve followers', async function () {
     this.timeout(20000)
 
-    await removeFollower(servers[1].url, servers[1].accessToken, servers[0])
+    await commands[1].removeFollower({ follower: servers[0] })
     await waitJobs(servers)
 
     const subConfig = {
@@ -147,10 +136,10 @@ describe('Test follows moderation', function () {
       }
     }
 
-    await updateCustomSubConfig(servers[1].url, servers[1].accessToken, subConfig)
-    await updateCustomSubConfig(servers[2].url, servers[2].accessToken, subConfig)
+    await servers[1].config.updateCustomSubConfig({ newConfig: subConfig })
+    await servers[2].config.updateCustomSubConfig({ newConfig: subConfig })
 
-    await follow(servers[0].url, [ servers[1].url ], servers[0].accessToken)
+    await commands[0].follow({ hosts: [ servers[1].url ] })
     await waitJobs(servers)
 
     await checkServer1And2HasFollowers(servers, 'pending')
@@ -159,7 +148,7 @@ describe('Test follows moderation', function () {
   it('Should accept a follower', async function () {
     this.timeout(10000)
 
-    await acceptFollower(servers[1].url, servers[1].accessToken, 'peertube@localhost:' + servers[0].port)
+    await commands[1].acceptFollower({ follower: 'peertube@localhost:' + servers[0].port })
     await waitJobs(servers)
 
     await checkServer1And2HasFollowers(servers)
@@ -168,32 +157,32 @@ describe('Test follows moderation', function () {
   it('Should reject another follower', async function () {
     this.timeout(20000)
 
-    await follow(servers[0].url, [ servers[2].url ], servers[0].accessToken)
+    await commands[0].follow({ hosts: [ servers[2].url ] })
     await waitJobs(servers)
 
     {
-      const res = await getFollowingListPaginationAndSort({ url: servers[0].url, start: 0, count: 5, sort: 'createdAt' })
-      expect(res.body.total).to.equal(2)
+      const body = await commands[0].getFollowings({ start: 0, count: 5, sort: 'createdAt' })
+      expect(body.total).to.equal(2)
     }
 
     {
-      const res = await getFollowersListPaginationAndSort({ url: servers[1].url, start: 0, count: 5, sort: 'createdAt' })
-      expect(res.body.total).to.equal(1)
+      const body = await commands[1].getFollowers({ start: 0, count: 5, sort: 'createdAt' })
+      expect(body.total).to.equal(1)
     }
 
     {
-      const res = await getFollowersListPaginationAndSort({ url: servers[2].url, start: 0, count: 5, sort: 'createdAt' })
-      expect(res.body.total).to.equal(1)
+      const body = await commands[2].getFollowers({ start: 0, count: 5, sort: 'createdAt' })
+      expect(body.total).to.equal(1)
     }
 
-    await rejectFollower(servers[2].url, servers[2].accessToken, 'peertube@localhost:' + servers[0].port)
+    await commands[2].rejectFollower({ follower: 'peertube@localhost:' + servers[0].port })
     await waitJobs(servers)
 
     await checkServer1And2HasFollowers(servers)
 
     {
-      const res = await getFollowersListPaginationAndSort({ url: servers[2].url, start: 0, count: 5, sort: 'createdAt' })
-      expect(res.body.total).to.equal(0)
+      const body = await commands[2].getFollowers({ start: 0, count: 5, sort: 'createdAt' })
+      expect(body.total).to.equal(0)
     }
   })
 
diff --git a/server/tests/api/server/follows.ts b/server/tests/api/server/follows.ts
index 9e5aa00c7..832ba561a 100644
--- a/server/tests/api/server/follows.ts
+++ b/server/tests/api/server/follows.ts
@@ -3,325 +3,374 @@
 import 'mocha'
 import * as chai from 'chai'
 import {
-  addVideoCommentReply,
-  addVideoCommentThread,
   cleanupTests,
   completeVideoCheck,
-  createUser,
-  createVideoCaption,
+  createMultipleServers,
   dateIsValid,
-  deleteVideoComment,
   expectAccountFollows,
-  flushAndRunMultipleServers,
-  follow,
-  getFollowersListPaginationAndSort,
-  getFollowingListPaginationAndSort,
-  getVideoCommentThreads,
-  getVideosList,
-  getVideoThreadComments,
-  listVideoCaptions,
-  rateVideo,
-  ServerInfo,
+  expectChannelsFollows,
+  PeerTubeServer,
   setAccessTokensToServers,
   testCaptionFile,
-  unfollow,
-  uploadVideo,
-  userLogin,
   waitJobs
 } from '@shared/extra-utils'
-import { Video, VideoCaption, VideoComment, VideoCommentThreadTree, VideoPrivacy } from '@shared/models'
+import { VideoCreateResult, VideoPrivacy } from '@shared/models'
 
 const expect = chai.expect
 
 describe('Test follows', function () {
-  let servers: ServerInfo[] = []
+  let servers: PeerTubeServer[] = []
 
   before(async function () {
     this.timeout(30000)
 
-    servers = await flushAndRunMultipleServers(3)
+    servers = await createMultipleServers(3)
 
     // Get the access tokens
     await setAccessTokensToServers(servers)
   })
 
-  it('Should not have followers', async function () {
-    for (const server of servers) {
-      const res = await getFollowersListPaginationAndSort({ url: server.url, start: 0, count: 5, sort: 'createdAt' })
-      const follows = res.body.data
+  describe('Data propagation after follow', function () {
 
-      expect(res.body.total).to.equal(0)
-      expect(follows).to.be.an('array')
-      expect(follows.length).to.equal(0)
-    }
-  })
-
-  it('Should not have following', async function () {
-    for (const server of servers) {
-      const res = await getFollowingListPaginationAndSort({ url: server.url, start: 0, count: 5, sort: 'createdAt' })
-      const follows = res.body.data
+    it('Should not have followers/followings', async function () {
+      for (const server of servers) {
+        const bodies = await Promise.all([
+          server.follows.getFollowers({ start: 0, count: 5, sort: 'createdAt' }),
+          server.follows.getFollowings({ start: 0, count: 5, sort: 'createdAt' })
+        ])
 
-      expect(res.body.total).to.equal(0)
-      expect(follows).to.be.an('array')
-      expect(follows.length).to.equal(0)
-    }
-  })
+        for (const body of bodies) {
+          expect(body.total).to.equal(0)
 
-  it('Should have server 1 following server 2 and 3', async function () {
-    this.timeout(30000)
+          const follows = body.data
+          expect(follows).to.be.an('array')
+          expect(follows).to.have.lengthOf(0)
+        }
+      }
+    })
 
-    await follow(servers[0].url, [ servers[1].url, servers[2].url ], servers[0].accessToken)
+    it('Should have server 1 following root account of server 2 and server 3', async function () {
+      this.timeout(30000)
 
-    await waitJobs(servers)
-  })
+      await servers[0].follows.follow({
+        hosts: [ servers[2].url ],
+        handles: [ 'root@' + servers[1].host ]
+      })
 
-  it('Should have 2 followings on server 1', async function () {
-    let res = await getFollowingListPaginationAndSort({ url: servers[0].url, start: 0, count: 1, sort: 'createdAt' })
-    let follows = res.body.data
+      await waitJobs(servers)
+    })
 
-    expect(res.body.total).to.equal(2)
-    expect(follows).to.be.an('array')
-    expect(follows.length).to.equal(1)
+    it('Should have 2 followings on server 1', async function () {
+      const body = await servers[0].follows.getFollowings({ start: 0, count: 1, sort: 'createdAt' })
+      expect(body.total).to.equal(2)
 
-    res = await getFollowingListPaginationAndSort({ url: servers[0].url, start: 1, count: 1, sort: 'createdAt' })
-    follows = follows.concat(res.body.data)
+      let follows = body.data
+      expect(follows).to.be.an('array')
+      expect(follows).to.have.lengthOf(1)
 
-    const server2Follow = follows.find(f => f.following.host === 'localhost:' + servers[1].port)
-    const server3Follow = follows.find(f => f.following.host === 'localhost:' + servers[2].port)
+      const body2 = await servers[0].follows.getFollowings({ start: 1, count: 1, sort: 'createdAt' })
+      follows = follows.concat(body2.data)
 
-    expect(server2Follow).to.not.be.undefined
-    expect(server3Follow).to.not.be.undefined
-    expect(server2Follow.state).to.equal('accepted')
-    expect(server3Follow.state).to.equal('accepted')
-  })
+      const server2Follow = follows.find(f => f.following.host === servers[1].host)
+      const server3Follow = follows.find(f => f.following.host === servers[2].host)
 
-  it('Should search/filter followings on server 1', async function () {
-    const sort = 'createdAt'
-    const start = 0
-    const count = 1
-    const url = servers[0].url
+      expect(server2Follow).to.not.be.undefined
+      expect(server2Follow.following.name).to.equal('root')
+      expect(server2Follow.state).to.equal('accepted')
 
-    {
-      const search = ':' + servers[1].port
+      expect(server3Follow).to.not.be.undefined
+      expect(server3Follow.following.name).to.equal('peertube')
+      expect(server3Follow.state).to.equal('accepted')
+    })
 
-      {
-        const res = await getFollowingListPaginationAndSort({ url, start, count, sort, search })
-        const follows = res.body.data
+    it('Should have 0 followings on server 2 and 3', async function () {
+      for (const server of [ servers[1], servers[2] ]) {
+        const body = await server.follows.getFollowings({ start: 0, count: 5, sort: 'createdAt' })
+        expect(body.total).to.equal(0)
 
-        expect(res.body.total).to.equal(1)
-        expect(follows.length).to.equal(1)
-        expect(follows[0].following.host).to.equal('localhost:' + servers[1].port)
+        const follows = body.data
+        expect(follows).to.be.an('array')
+        expect(follows).to.have.lengthOf(0)
       }
+    })
 
-      {
-        const res = await getFollowingListPaginationAndSort({ url, start, count, sort, search, state: 'accepted' })
-        expect(res.body.total).to.equal(1)
-        expect(res.body.data).to.have.lengthOf(1)
+    it('Should have 1 followers on server 3', async function () {
+      const body = await servers[2].follows.getFollowers({ start: 0, count: 1, sort: 'createdAt' })
+      expect(body.total).to.equal(1)
+
+      const follows = body.data
+      expect(follows).to.be.an('array')
+      expect(follows).to.have.lengthOf(1)
+      expect(follows[0].follower.host).to.equal('localhost:' + servers[0].port)
+    })
+
+    it('Should have 0 followers on server 1 and 2', async function () {
+      for (const server of [ servers[0], servers[1] ]) {
+        const body = await server.follows.getFollowers({ start: 0, count: 5, sort: 'createdAt' })
+        expect(body.total).to.equal(0)
+
+        const follows = body.data
+        expect(follows).to.be.an('array')
+        expect(follows).to.have.lengthOf(0)
       }
+    })
+
+    it('Should search/filter followings on server 1', async function () {
+      const sort = 'createdAt'
+      const start = 0
+      const count = 1
 
       {
-        const res = await getFollowingListPaginationAndSort({ url, start, count, sort, search, state: 'accepted', actorType: 'Person' })
-        expect(res.body.total).to.equal(0)
-        expect(res.body.data).to.have.lengthOf(0)
+        const search = ':' + servers[1].port
+
+        {
+          const body = await servers[0].follows.getFollowings({ start, count, sort, search })
+          expect(body.total).to.equal(1)
+
+          const follows = body.data
+          expect(follows).to.have.lengthOf(1)
+          expect(follows[0].following.host).to.equal(servers[1].host)
+        }
+
+        {
+          const body = await servers[0].follows.getFollowings({ start, count, sort, search, state: 'accepted' })
+          expect(body.total).to.equal(1)
+          expect(body.data).to.have.lengthOf(1)
+        }
+
+        {
+          const body = await servers[0].follows.getFollowings({ start, count, sort, search, state: 'accepted', actorType: 'Person' })
+          expect(body.total).to.equal(1)
+          expect(body.data).to.have.lengthOf(1)
+        }
+
+        {
+          const body = await servers[0].follows.getFollowings({
+            start,
+            count,
+            sort,
+            search,
+            state: 'accepted',
+            actorType: 'Application'
+          })
+          expect(body.total).to.equal(0)
+          expect(body.data).to.have.lengthOf(0)
+        }
+
+        {
+          const body = await servers[0].follows.getFollowings({ start, count, sort, search, state: 'pending' })
+          expect(body.total).to.equal(0)
+          expect(body.data).to.have.lengthOf(0)
+        }
       }
 
       {
-        const res = await getFollowingListPaginationAndSort({
-          url,
-          start,
-          count,
-          sort,
-          search,
-          state: 'accepted',
-          actorType: 'Application'
-        })
-        expect(res.body.total).to.equal(1)
-        expect(res.body.data).to.have.lengthOf(1)
+        const body = await servers[0].follows.getFollowings({ start, count, sort, search: 'root' })
+        expect(body.total).to.equal(1)
+        expect(body.data).to.have.lengthOf(1)
       }
 
       {
-        const res = await getFollowingListPaginationAndSort({ url, start, count, sort, search, state: 'pending' })
-        expect(res.body.total).to.equal(0)
-        expect(res.body.data).to.have.lengthOf(0)
+        const body = await servers[0].follows.getFollowings({ start, count, sort, search: 'bla' })
+        expect(body.total).to.equal(0)
+
+        expect(body.data).to.have.lengthOf(0)
       }
-    }
+    })
 
-    {
-      const res = await getFollowingListPaginationAndSort({ url, start, count, sort, search: 'bla' })
-      const follows = res.body.data
+    it('Should search/filter followers on server 2', async function () {
+      const start = 0
+      const count = 5
+      const sort = 'createdAt'
 
-      expect(res.body.total).to.equal(0)
-      expect(follows.length).to.equal(0)
-    }
-  })
+      {
+        const search = servers[0].port + ''
 
-  it('Should have 0 followings on server 2 and 3', async function () {
-    for (const server of [ servers[1], servers[2] ]) {
-      const res = await getFollowingListPaginationAndSort({ url: server.url, start: 0, count: 5, sort: 'createdAt' })
-      const follows = res.body.data
+        {
+          const body = await servers[2].follows.getFollowers({ start, count, sort, search })
+          expect(body.total).to.equal(1)
 
-      expect(res.body.total).to.equal(0)
-      expect(follows).to.be.an('array')
-      expect(follows.length).to.equal(0)
-    }
-  })
+          const follows = body.data
+          expect(follows).to.have.lengthOf(1)
+          expect(follows[0].following.host).to.equal(servers[2].host)
+        }
 
-  it('Should have 1 followers on server 2 and 3', async function () {
-    for (const server of [ servers[1], servers[2] ]) {
-      const res = await getFollowersListPaginationAndSort({ url: server.url, start: 0, count: 1, sort: 'createdAt' })
+        {
+          const body = await servers[2].follows.getFollowers({ start, count, sort, search, state: 'accepted' })
+          expect(body.total).to.equal(1)
+          expect(body.data).to.have.lengthOf(1)
+        }
 
-      const follows = res.body.data
-      expect(res.body.total).to.equal(1)
-      expect(follows).to.be.an('array')
-      expect(follows.length).to.equal(1)
-      expect(follows[0].follower.host).to.equal('localhost:' + servers[0].port)
-    }
-  })
+        {
+          const body = await servers[2].follows.getFollowers({ start, count, sort, search, state: 'accepted', actorType: 'Person' })
+          expect(body.total).to.equal(0)
+          expect(body.data).to.have.lengthOf(0)
+        }
 
-  it('Should search/filter followers on server 2', async function () {
-    const url = servers[2].url
-    const start = 0
-    const count = 5
-    const sort = 'createdAt'
+        {
+          const body = await servers[2].follows.getFollowers({
+            start,
+            count,
+            sort,
+            search,
+            state: 'accepted',
+            actorType: 'Application'
+          })
+          expect(body.total).to.equal(1)
+          expect(body.data).to.have.lengthOf(1)
+        }
 
-    {
-      const search = servers[0].port + ''
+        {
+          const body = await servers[2].follows.getFollowers({ start, count, sort, search, state: 'pending' })
+          expect(body.total).to.equal(0)
+          expect(body.data).to.have.lengthOf(0)
+        }
+      }
 
       {
-        const res = await getFollowersListPaginationAndSort({ url, start, count, sort, search })
-        const follows = res.body.data
+        const body = await servers[2].follows.getFollowers({ start, count, sort, search: 'bla' })
+        expect(body.total).to.equal(0)
 
-        expect(res.body.total).to.equal(1)
-        expect(follows.length).to.equal(1)
-        expect(follows[0].following.host).to.equal('localhost:' + servers[2].port)
+        const follows = body.data
+        expect(follows).to.have.lengthOf(0)
       }
+    })
 
-      {
-        const res = await getFollowersListPaginationAndSort({ url, start, count, sort, search, state: 'accepted' })
-        expect(res.body.total).to.equal(1)
-        expect(res.body.data).to.have.lengthOf(1)
-      }
+    it('Should have the correct follows counts', async function () {
+      await expectAccountFollows({ server: servers[0], handle: 'peertube@' + servers[0].host, followers: 0, following: 2 })
+      await expectAccountFollows({ server: servers[0], handle: 'root@' + servers[1].host, followers: 1, following: 0 })
+      await expectAccountFollows({ server: servers[0], handle: 'peertube@' + servers[2].host, followers: 1, following: 0 })
 
-      {
-        const res = await getFollowersListPaginationAndSort({ url, start, count, sort, search, state: 'accepted', actorType: 'Person' })
-        expect(res.body.total).to.equal(0)
-        expect(res.body.data).to.have.lengthOf(0)
-      }
+      // Server 2 and 3 does not know server 1 follow another server (there was not a refresh)
+      await expectAccountFollows({ server: servers[1], handle: 'peertube@' + servers[0].host, followers: 0, following: 1 })
+      await expectAccountFollows({ server: servers[1], handle: 'root@' + servers[1].host, followers: 1, following: 0 })
+      await expectAccountFollows({ server: servers[1], handle: 'peertube@' + servers[1].host, followers: 0, following: 0 })
 
-      {
-        const res = await getFollowersListPaginationAndSort({
-          url,
-          start,
-          count,
-          sort,
-          search,
-          state: 'accepted',
-          actorType: 'Application'
-        })
-        expect(res.body.total).to.equal(1)
-        expect(res.body.data).to.have.lengthOf(1)
-      }
+      await expectAccountFollows({ server: servers[2], handle: 'peertube@' + servers[0].host, followers: 0, following: 1 })
+      await expectAccountFollows({ server: servers[2], handle: 'peertube@' + servers[2].host, followers: 1, following: 0 })
+    })
 
-      {
-        const res = await getFollowersListPaginationAndSort({ url, start, count, sort, search, state: 'pending' })
-        expect(res.body.total).to.equal(0)
-        expect(res.body.data).to.have.lengthOf(0)
-      }
-    }
+    it('Should unfollow server 3 on server 1', async function () {
+      this.timeout(15000)
 
-    {
-      const res = await getFollowersListPaginationAndSort({ url, start, count, sort, search: 'bla' })
-      const follows = res.body.data
+      await servers[0].follows.unfollow({ target: servers[2] })
 
-      expect(res.body.total).to.equal(0)
-      expect(follows.length).to.equal(0)
-    }
-  })
+      await waitJobs(servers)
+    })
 
-  it('Should have 0 followers on server 1', async function () {
-    const res = await getFollowersListPaginationAndSort({ url: servers[0].url, start: 0, count: 5, sort: 'createdAt' })
-    const follows = res.body.data
+    it('Should not follow server 3 on server 1 anymore', async function () {
+      const body = await servers[0].follows.getFollowings({ start: 0, count: 2, sort: 'createdAt' })
+      expect(body.total).to.equal(1)
 
-    expect(res.body.total).to.equal(0)
-    expect(follows).to.be.an('array')
-    expect(follows.length).to.equal(0)
-  })
+      const follows = body.data
+      expect(follows).to.be.an('array')
+      expect(follows).to.have.lengthOf(1)
 
-  it('Should have the correct follows counts', async function () {
-    await expectAccountFollows(servers[0].url, 'peertube@localhost:' + servers[0].port, 0, 2)
-    await expectAccountFollows(servers[0].url, 'peertube@localhost:' + servers[1].port, 1, 0)
-    await expectAccountFollows(servers[0].url, 'peertube@localhost:' + servers[2].port, 1, 0)
+      expect(follows[0].following.host).to.equal(servers[1].host)
+    })
 
-    // Server 2 and 3 does not know server 1 follow another server (there was not a refresh)
-    await expectAccountFollows(servers[1].url, 'peertube@localhost:' + servers[0].port, 0, 1)
-    await expectAccountFollows(servers[1].url, 'peertube@localhost:' + servers[1].port, 1, 0)
+    it('Should not have server 1 as follower on server 3 anymore', async function () {
+      const body = await servers[2].follows.getFollowers({ start: 0, count: 1, sort: 'createdAt' })
+      expect(body.total).to.equal(0)
 
-    await expectAccountFollows(servers[2].url, 'peertube@localhost:' + servers[0].port, 0, 1)
-    await expectAccountFollows(servers[2].url, 'peertube@localhost:' + servers[2].port, 1, 0)
-  })
+      const follows = body.data
+      expect(follows).to.be.an('array')
+      expect(follows).to.have.lengthOf(0)
+    })
 
-  it('Should unfollow server 3 on server 1', async function () {
-    this.timeout(5000)
+    it('Should have the correct follows counts after the unfollow', async function () {
+      await expectAccountFollows({ server: servers[0], handle: 'peertube@' + servers[0].host, followers: 0, following: 1 })
+      await expectAccountFollows({ server: servers[0], handle: 'root@' + servers[1].host, followers: 1, following: 0 })
+      await expectAccountFollows({ server: servers[0], handle: 'peertube@' + servers[2].host, followers: 0, following: 0 })
 
-    await unfollow(servers[0].url, servers[0].accessToken, servers[2])
+      await expectAccountFollows({ server: servers[1], handle: 'peertube@' + servers[0].host, followers: 0, following: 1 })
+      await expectAccountFollows({ server: servers[1], handle: 'root@' + servers[1].host, followers: 1, following: 0 })
+      await expectAccountFollows({ server: servers[1], handle: 'peertube@' + servers[1].host, followers: 0, following: 0 })
 
-    await waitJobs(servers)
-  })
+      await expectAccountFollows({ server: servers[2], handle: 'peertube@' + servers[0].host, followers: 0, following: 0 })
+      await expectAccountFollows({ server: servers[2], handle: 'peertube@' + servers[2].host, followers: 0, following: 0 })
+    })
 
-  it('Should not follow server 3 on server 1 anymore', async function () {
-    const res = await getFollowingListPaginationAndSort({ url: servers[0].url, start: 0, count: 2, sort: 'createdAt' })
-    const follows = res.body.data
+    it('Should upload a video on server 2 and 3 and propagate only the video of server 2', async function () {
+      this.timeout(60000)
 
-    expect(res.body.total).to.equal(1)
-    expect(follows).to.be.an('array')
-    expect(follows.length).to.equal(1)
+      await servers[1].videos.upload({ attributes: { name: 'server2' } })
+      await servers[2].videos.upload({ attributes: { name: 'server3' } })
 
-    expect(follows[0].following.host).to.equal('localhost:' + servers[1].port)
-  })
+      await waitJobs(servers)
 
-  it('Should not have server 1 as follower on server 3 anymore', async function () {
-    const res = await getFollowersListPaginationAndSort({ url: servers[2].url, start: 0, count: 1, sort: 'createdAt' })
+      {
+        const { total, data } = await servers[0].videos.list()
+        expect(total).to.equal(1)
+        expect(data[0].name).to.equal('server2')
+      }
 
-    const follows = res.body.data
-    expect(res.body.total).to.equal(0)
-    expect(follows).to.be.an('array')
-    expect(follows.length).to.equal(0)
-  })
+      {
+        const { total, data } = await servers[1].videos.list()
+        expect(total).to.equal(1)
+        expect(data[0].name).to.equal('server2')
+      }
+
+      {
+        const { total, data } = await servers[2].videos.list()
+        expect(total).to.equal(1)
+        expect(data[0].name).to.equal('server3')
+      }
+    })
 
-  it('Should have the correct follows counts 2', async function () {
-    await expectAccountFollows(servers[0].url, 'peertube@localhost:' + servers[0].port, 0, 1)
-    await expectAccountFollows(servers[0].url, 'peertube@localhost:' + servers[1].port, 1, 0)
+    it('Should remove account follow', async function () {
+      this.timeout(15000)
 
-    await expectAccountFollows(servers[1].url, 'peertube@localhost:' + servers[0].port, 0, 1)
-    await expectAccountFollows(servers[1].url, 'peertube@localhost:' + servers[1].port, 1, 0)
+      await servers[0].follows.unfollow({ target: 'root@' + servers[1].host })
 
-    await expectAccountFollows(servers[2].url, 'peertube@localhost:' + servers[0].port, 0, 0)
-    await expectAccountFollows(servers[2].url, 'peertube@localhost:' + servers[2].port, 0, 0)
-  })
+      await waitJobs(servers)
+    })
 
-  it('Should upload a video on server 2 and 3 and propagate only the video of server 2', async function () {
-    this.timeout(60000)
+    it('Should have removed the account follow', async function () {
+      await expectAccountFollows({ server: servers[0], handle: 'root@' + servers[1].host, followers: 0, following: 0 })
+      await expectAccountFollows({ server: servers[1], handle: 'root@' + servers[1].host, followers: 0, following: 0 })
 
-    await uploadVideo(servers[1].url, servers[1].accessToken, { name: 'server2' })
-    await uploadVideo(servers[2].url, servers[2].accessToken, { name: 'server3' })
+      {
+        const { total, data } = await servers[0].follows.getFollowings()
+        expect(total).to.equal(0)
+        expect(data).to.have.lengthOf(0)
+      }
 
-    await waitJobs(servers)
+      {
+        const { total, data } = await servers[0].videos.list()
+        expect(total).to.equal(0)
+        expect(data).to.have.lengthOf(0)
+      }
+    })
 
-    let res = await getVideosList(servers[0].url)
-    expect(res.body.total).to.equal(1)
-    expect(res.body.data[0].name).to.equal('server2')
+    it('Should follow a channel', async function () {
+      this.timeout(15000)
 
-    res = await getVideosList(servers[1].url)
-    expect(res.body.total).to.equal(1)
-    expect(res.body.data[0].name).to.equal('server2')
+      await servers[0].follows.follow({
+        handles: [ 'root_channel@' + servers[1].host ]
+      })
 
-    res = await getVideosList(servers[2].url)
-    expect(res.body.total).to.equal(1)
-    expect(res.body.data[0].name).to.equal('server3')
+      await waitJobs(servers)
+
+      await expectChannelsFollows({ server: servers[0], handle: 'root_channel@' + servers[1].host, followers: 1, following: 0 })
+      await expectChannelsFollows({ server: servers[1], handle: 'root_channel@' + servers[1].host, followers: 1, following: 0 })
+
+      {
+        const { total, data } = await servers[0].follows.getFollowings()
+        expect(total).to.equal(1)
+        expect(data).to.have.lengthOf(1)
+      }
+
+      {
+        const { total, data } = await servers[0].videos.list()
+        expect(total).to.equal(1)
+        expect(data).to.have.lengthOf(1)
+      }
+    })
   })
 
-  describe('Should propagate data on a new following', function () {
-    let video4: Video
+  describe('Should propagate data on a new server follow', function () {
+    let video4: VideoCreateResult
 
     before(async function () {
       this.timeout(50000)
@@ -334,100 +383,75 @@ describe('Test follows', function () {
         tags: [ 'tag1', 'tag2', 'tag3' ]
       }
 
-      await uploadVideo(servers[2].url, servers[2].accessToken, { name: 'server3-2' })
-      await uploadVideo(servers[2].url, servers[2].accessToken, { name: 'server3-3' })
-      await uploadVideo(servers[2].url, servers[2].accessToken, video4Attributes)
-      await uploadVideo(servers[2].url, servers[2].accessToken, { name: 'server3-5' })
-      await uploadVideo(servers[2].url, servers[2].accessToken, { name: 'server3-6' })
+      await servers[2].videos.upload({ attributes: { name: 'server3-2' } })
+      await servers[2].videos.upload({ attributes: { name: 'server3-3' } })
+      video4 = await servers[2].videos.upload({ attributes: video4Attributes })
+      await servers[2].videos.upload({ attributes: { name: 'server3-5' } })
+      await servers[2].videos.upload({ attributes: { name: 'server3-6' } })
 
       {
-        const user = { username: 'captain', password: 'password' }
-        await createUser({ url: servers[2].url, accessToken: servers[2].accessToken, username: user.username, password: user.password })
-        const userAccessToken = await userLogin(servers[2], user)
-
-        const resVideos = await getVideosList(servers[2].url)
-        video4 = resVideos.body.data.find(v => v.name === 'server3-4')
+        const userAccessToken = await servers[2].users.generateUserAndToken('captain')
 
-        {
-          await rateVideo(servers[2].url, servers[2].accessToken, video4.id, 'like')
-          await rateVideo(servers[2].url, userAccessToken, video4.id, 'dislike')
-        }
-
-        {
-          {
-            const text = 'my super first comment'
-            const res = await addVideoCommentThread(servers[2].url, servers[2].accessToken, video4.id, text)
-            const threadId = res.body.comment.id
-
-            const text1 = 'my super answer to thread 1'
-            const childCommentRes = await addVideoCommentReply(servers[2].url, servers[2].accessToken, video4.id, threadId, text1)
-            const childCommentId = childCommentRes.body.comment.id
-
-            const text2 = 'my super answer to answer of thread 1'
-            await addVideoCommentReply(servers[2].url, servers[2].accessToken, video4.id, childCommentId, text2)
-
-            const text3 = 'my second answer to thread 1'
-            await addVideoCommentReply(servers[2].url, servers[2].accessToken, video4.id, threadId, text3)
-          }
+        await servers[2].videos.rate({ id: video4.id, rating: 'like' })
+        await servers[2].videos.rate({ token: userAccessToken, id: video4.id, rating: 'dislike' })
+      }
 
-          {
-            const text = 'will be deleted'
-            const res = await addVideoCommentThread(servers[2].url, servers[2].accessToken, video4.id, text)
-            const threadId = res.body.comment.id
+      {
+        await servers[2].comments.createThread({ videoId: video4.id, text: 'my super first comment' })
 
-            const text1 = 'answer to deleted'
-            await addVideoCommentReply(servers[2].url, servers[2].accessToken, video4.id, threadId, text1)
+        await servers[2].comments.addReplyToLastThread({ text: 'my super answer to thread 1' })
+        await servers[2].comments.addReplyToLastReply({ text: 'my super answer to answer of thread 1' })
+        await servers[2].comments.addReplyToLastThread({ text: 'my second answer to thread 1' })
+      }
 
-            const text2 = 'will also be deleted'
-            const childCommentRes = await addVideoCommentReply(servers[2].url, servers[2].accessToken, video4.id, threadId, text2)
-            const childCommentId = childCommentRes.body.comment.id
+      {
+        const { id: threadId } = await servers[2].comments.createThread({ videoId: video4.id, text: 'will be deleted' })
+        await servers[2].comments.addReplyToLastThread({ text: 'answer to deleted' })
 
-            const text3 = 'my second answer to deleted'
-            await addVideoCommentReply(servers[2].url, servers[2].accessToken, video4.id, childCommentId, text3)
+        const { id: replyId } = await servers[2].comments.addReplyToLastThread({ text: 'will also be deleted' })
 
-            await deleteVideoComment(servers[2].url, servers[2].accessToken, video4.id, threadId)
-            await deleteVideoComment(servers[2].url, servers[2].accessToken, video4.id, childCommentId)
-          }
-        }
+        await servers[2].comments.addReplyToLastReply({ text: 'my second answer to deleted' })
 
-        {
-          await createVideoCaption({
-            url: servers[2].url,
-            accessToken: servers[2].accessToken,
-            language: 'ar',
-            videoId: video4.id,
-            fixture: 'subtitle-good2.vtt'
-          })
-        }
+        await servers[2].comments.delete({ videoId: video4.id, commentId: threadId })
+        await servers[2].comments.delete({ videoId: video4.id, commentId: replyId })
       }
 
+      await servers[2].captions.add({
+        language: 'ar',
+        videoId: video4.id,
+        fixture: 'subtitle-good2.vtt'
+      })
+
       await waitJobs(servers)
 
       // Server 1 follows server 3
-      await follow(servers[0].url, [ servers[2].url ], servers[0].accessToken)
+      await servers[0].follows.follow({ hosts: [ servers[2].url ] })
 
       await waitJobs(servers)
     })
 
-    it('Should have the correct follows counts 3', async function () {
-      await expectAccountFollows(servers[0].url, 'peertube@localhost:' + servers[0].port, 0, 2)
-      await expectAccountFollows(servers[0].url, 'peertube@localhost:' + servers[1].port, 1, 0)
-      await expectAccountFollows(servers[0].url, 'peertube@localhost:' + servers[2].port, 1, 0)
+    it('Should have the correct follows counts', async function () {
+      await expectAccountFollows({ server: servers[0], handle: 'peertube@' + servers[0].host, followers: 0, following: 2 })
+      await expectAccountFollows({ server: servers[0], handle: 'root@' + servers[1].host, followers: 0, following: 0 })
+      await expectChannelsFollows({ server: servers[0], handle: 'root_channel@' + servers[1].host, followers: 1, following: 0 })
+      await expectAccountFollows({ server: servers[0], handle: 'peertube@' + servers[2].host, followers: 1, following: 0 })
 
-      await expectAccountFollows(servers[1].url, 'peertube@localhost:' + servers[0].port, 0, 1)
-      await expectAccountFollows(servers[1].url, 'peertube@localhost:' + servers[1].port, 1, 0)
+      await expectAccountFollows({ server: servers[1], handle: 'peertube@' + servers[0].host, followers: 0, following: 1 })
+      await expectAccountFollows({ server: servers[1], handle: 'peertube@' + servers[1].host, followers: 0, following: 0 })
+      await expectAccountFollows({ server: servers[1], handle: 'root@' + servers[1].host, followers: 0, following: 0 })
+      await expectChannelsFollows({ server: servers[1], handle: 'root_channel@' + servers[1].host, followers: 1, following: 0 })
 
-      await expectAccountFollows(servers[2].url, 'peertube@localhost:' + servers[0].port, 0, 1)
-      await expectAccountFollows(servers[2].url, 'peertube@localhost:' + servers[2].port, 1, 0)
+      await expectAccountFollows({ server: servers[2], handle: 'peertube@' + servers[0].host, followers: 0, following: 1 })
+      await expectAccountFollows({ server: servers[2], handle: 'peertube@' + servers[2].host, followers: 1, following: 0 })
     })
 
     it('Should have propagated videos', async function () {
-      const res = await getVideosList(servers[0].url)
-      expect(res.body.total).to.equal(7)
+      const { total, data } = await servers[0].videos.list()
+      expect(total).to.equal(7)
 
-      const video2 = res.body.data.find(v => v.name === 'server3-2')
-      video4 = res.body.data.find(v => v.name === 'server3-4')
-      const video6 = res.body.data.find(v => v.name === 'server3-6')
+      const video2 = data.find(v => v.name === 'server3-2')
+      video4 = data.find(v => v.name === 'server3-4')
+      const video6 = data.find(v => v.name === 'server3-6')
 
       expect(video2).to.not.be.undefined
       expect(video4).to.not.be.undefined
@@ -444,7 +468,7 @@ describe('Test follows', function () {
         support: 'my super support text',
         account: {
           name: 'root',
-          host: 'localhost:' + servers[2].port
+          host: servers[2].host
         },
         isLocal,
         commentsEnabled: true,
@@ -468,33 +492,31 @@ describe('Test follows', function () {
           }
         ]
       }
-      await completeVideoCheck(servers[0].url, video4, checkAttributes)
+      await completeVideoCheck(servers[0], video4, checkAttributes)
     })
 
     it('Should have propagated comments', async function () {
-      const res1 = await getVideoCommentThreads(servers[0].url, video4.id, 0, 5, 'createdAt')
+      const { total, data } = await servers[0].comments.listThreads({ videoId: video4.id, sort: 'createdAt' })
 
-      expect(res1.body.total).to.equal(2)
-      expect(res1.body.data).to.be.an('array')
-      expect(res1.body.data).to.have.lengthOf(2)
+      expect(total).to.equal(2)
+      expect(data).to.be.an('array')
+      expect(data).to.have.lengthOf(2)
 
       {
-        const comment: VideoComment = res1.body.data[0]
+        const comment = data[0]
         expect(comment.inReplyToCommentId).to.be.null
         expect(comment.text).equal('my super first comment')
         expect(comment.videoId).to.equal(video4.id)
         expect(comment.id).to.equal(comment.threadId)
         expect(comment.account.name).to.equal('root')
-        expect(comment.account.host).to.equal('localhost:' + servers[2].port)
+        expect(comment.account.host).to.equal(servers[2].host)
         expect(comment.totalReplies).to.equal(3)
         expect(dateIsValid(comment.createdAt as string)).to.be.true
         expect(dateIsValid(comment.updatedAt as string)).to.be.true
 
         const threadId = comment.threadId
 
-        const res2 = await getVideoThreadComments(servers[0].url, video4.id, threadId)
-
-        const tree: VideoCommentThreadTree = res2.body
+        const tree = await servers[0].comments.getThread({ videoId: video4.id, threadId })
         expect(tree.comment.text).equal('my super first comment')
         expect(tree.children).to.have.lengthOf(2)
 
@@ -512,7 +534,7 @@ describe('Test follows', function () {
       }
 
       {
-        const deletedComment: VideoComment = res1.body.data[1]
+        const deletedComment = data[1]
         expect(deletedComment).to.not.be.undefined
         expect(deletedComment.isDeleted).to.be.true
         expect(deletedComment.deletedAt).to.not.be.null
@@ -522,9 +544,7 @@ describe('Test follows', function () {
         expect(deletedComment.totalReplies).to.equal(2)
         expect(dateIsValid(deletedComment.deletedAt as string)).to.be.true
 
-        const res2 = await getVideoThreadComments(servers[0].url, video4.id, deletedComment.threadId)
-
-        const tree: VideoCommentThreadTree = res2.body
+        const tree = await servers[0].comments.getThread({ videoId: video4.id, threadId: deletedComment.threadId })
         const [ commentRoot, deletedChildRoot ] = tree.children
 
         expect(deletedChildRoot).to.not.be.undefined
@@ -549,11 +569,11 @@ describe('Test follows', function () {
     })
 
     it('Should have propagated captions', async function () {
-      const res = await listVideoCaptions(servers[0].url, video4.id)
-      expect(res.body.total).to.equal(1)
-      expect(res.body.data).to.have.lengthOf(1)
+      const body = await servers[0].captions.list({ videoId: video4.id })
+      expect(body.total).to.equal(1)
+      expect(body.data).to.have.lengthOf(1)
 
-      const caption1: VideoCaption = res.body.data[0]
+      const caption1 = body.data[0]
       expect(caption1.language.id).to.equal('ar')
       expect(caption1.language.label).to.equal('Arabic')
       expect(caption1.captionPath).to.match(new RegExp('^/lazy-static/video-captions/.+-ar.vtt$'))
@@ -563,14 +583,39 @@ describe('Test follows', function () {
     it('Should unfollow server 3 on server 1 and does not list server 3 videos', async function () {
       this.timeout(5000)
 
-      await unfollow(servers[0].url, servers[0].accessToken, servers[2])
+      await servers[0].follows.unfollow({ target: servers[2] })
+
+      await waitJobs(servers)
+
+      const { total } = await servers[0].videos.list()
+      expect(total).to.equal(1)
+    })
+  })
+
+  describe('Should propagate data on a new channel follow', function () {
+
+    before(async function () {
+      this.timeout(60000)
+
+      await servers[2].videos.upload({ attributes: { name: 'server3-7' } })
 
       await waitJobs(servers)
 
-      const res = await getVideosList(servers[0].url)
-      expect(res.body.total).to.equal(1)
+      const video = await servers[0].videos.find({ name: 'server3-7' })
+      expect(video).to.not.exist
     })
 
+    it('Should have propagated channel video', async function () {
+      this.timeout(60000)
+
+      await servers[0].follows.follow({ handles: [ 'root_channel@' + servers[2].host ] })
+
+      await waitJobs(servers)
+
+      const video = await servers[0].videos.find({ name: 'server3-7' })
+
+      expect(video).to.exist
+    })
   })
 
   after(async function () {
diff --git a/server/tests/api/server/handle-down.ts b/server/tests/api/server/handle-down.ts
index d57d72f5e..2f3950354 100644
--- a/server/tests/api/server/handle-down.ts
+++ b/server/tests/api/server/handle-down.ts
@@ -1,51 +1,31 @@
 /* eslint-disable @typescript-eslint/no-unused-expressions,@typescript-eslint/require-await */
 
-import * as chai from 'chai'
 import 'mocha'
-import { JobState, Video } from '../../../../shared/models'
-import { VideoPrivacy } from '../../../../shared/models/videos'
-import { VideoCommentThreadTree } from '../../../../shared/models/videos/comment/video-comment.model'
-
+import * as chai from 'chai'
 import {
   cleanupTests,
-  closeAllSequelize,
+  CommentsCommand,
   completeVideoCheck,
-  flushAndRunMultipleServers,
-  getVideo,
-  getVideosList,
-  immutableAssign,
+  createMultipleServers,
   killallServers,
-  reRunServer,
-  ServerInfo,
+  PeerTubeServer,
   setAccessTokensToServers,
-  setActorFollowScores,
-  unfollow,
-  updateVideo,
-  uploadVideo,
-  uploadVideoAndGetId,
-  wait
-} from '../../../../shared/extra-utils'
-import { follow, getFollowersListPaginationAndSort } from '../../../../shared/extra-utils/server/follows'
-import { getJobsListPaginationAndSort, waitJobs } from '../../../../shared/extra-utils/server/jobs'
-import {
-  addVideoCommentReply,
-  addVideoCommentThread,
-  getVideoCommentThreads,
-  getVideoThreadComments
-} from '../../../../shared/extra-utils/videos/video-comments'
-import { HttpStatusCode } from '../../../../shared/core-utils/miscs/http-error-codes'
+  wait,
+  waitJobs
+} from '@shared/extra-utils'
+import { HttpStatusCode, JobState, VideoCreateResult, VideoPrivacy } from '@shared/models'
 
 const expect = chai.expect
 
 describe('Test handle downs', function () {
-  let servers: ServerInfo[] = []
+  let servers: PeerTubeServer[] = []
   let threadIdServer1: number
   let threadIdServer2: number
   let commentIdServer1: number
   let commentIdServer2: number
-  let missedVideo1: Video
-  let missedVideo2: Video
-  let unlistedVideo: Video
+  let missedVideo1: VideoCreateResult
+  let missedVideo2: VideoCreateResult
+  let unlistedVideo: VideoCreateResult
 
   const videoIdsServer1: string[] = []
 
@@ -62,17 +42,18 @@ describe('Test handle downs', function () {
     fixture: 'video_short1.webm'
   }
 
-  const unlistedVideoAttributes = immutableAssign(videoAttributes, {
-    privacy: VideoPrivacy.UNLISTED
-  })
+  const unlistedVideoAttributes = { ...videoAttributes, privacy: VideoPrivacy.UNLISTED }
 
   let checkAttributes: any
   let unlistedCheckAttributes: any
 
+  let commentCommands: CommentsCommand[]
+
   before(async function () {
     this.timeout(30000)
 
-    servers = await flushAndRunMultipleServers(3)
+    servers = await createMultipleServers(3)
+    commentCommands = servers.map(s => s.comments)
 
     checkAttributes = {
       name: 'my super name for server 1',
@@ -106,9 +87,7 @@ describe('Test handle downs', function () {
         }
       ]
     }
-    unlistedCheckAttributes = immutableAssign(checkAttributes, {
-      privacy: VideoPrivacy.UNLISTED
-    })
+    unlistedCheckAttributes = { ...checkAttributes, privacy: VideoPrivacy.UNLISTED }
 
     // Get the access tokens
     await setAccessTokensToServers(servers)
@@ -118,58 +97,53 @@ describe('Test handle downs', function () {
     this.timeout(240000)
 
     // Server 2 and 3 follow server 1
-    await follow(servers[1].url, [ servers[0].url ], servers[1].accessToken)
-    await follow(servers[2].url, [ servers[0].url ], servers[2].accessToken)
+    await servers[1].follows.follow({ hosts: [ servers[0].url ] })
+    await servers[2].follows.follow({ hosts: [ servers[0].url ] })
 
     await waitJobs(servers)
 
     // Upload a video to server 1
-    await uploadVideo(servers[0].url, servers[0].accessToken, videoAttributes)
+    await servers[0].videos.upload({ attributes: videoAttributes })
 
     await waitJobs(servers)
 
     // And check all servers have this video
     for (const server of servers) {
-      const res = await getVideosList(server.url)
-      expect(res.body.data).to.be.an('array')
-      expect(res.body.data).to.have.lengthOf(1)
+      const { data } = await server.videos.list()
+      expect(data).to.be.an('array')
+      expect(data).to.have.lengthOf(1)
     }
 
     // Kill server 2
-    killallServers([ servers[1] ])
+    await killallServers([ servers[1] ])
 
     // Remove server 2 follower
     for (let i = 0; i < 10; i++) {
-      await uploadVideo(servers[0].url, servers[0].accessToken, videoAttributes)
+      await servers[0].videos.upload({ attributes: videoAttributes })
     }
 
     await waitJobs([ servers[0], servers[2] ])
 
     // Kill server 3
-    killallServers([ servers[2] ])
+    await killallServers([ servers[2] ])
 
-    const resLastVideo1 = await uploadVideo(servers[0].url, servers[0].accessToken, videoAttributes)
-    missedVideo1 = resLastVideo1.body.video
+    missedVideo1 = await servers[0].videos.upload({ attributes: videoAttributes })
 
-    const resLastVideo2 = await uploadVideo(servers[0].url, servers[0].accessToken, videoAttributes)
-    missedVideo2 = resLastVideo2.body.video
+    missedVideo2 = await servers[0].videos.upload({ attributes: videoAttributes })
 
     // Unlisted video
-    const resVideo = await uploadVideo(servers[0].url, servers[0].accessToken, unlistedVideoAttributes)
-    unlistedVideo = resVideo.body.video
+    unlistedVideo = await servers[0].videos.upload({ attributes: unlistedVideoAttributes })
 
     // Add comments to video 2
     {
       const text = 'thread 1'
-      let resComment = await addVideoCommentThread(servers[0].url, servers[0].accessToken, missedVideo2.uuid, text)
-      let comment = resComment.body.comment
+      let comment = await commentCommands[0].createThread({ videoId: missedVideo2.uuid, text })
       threadIdServer1 = comment.id
 
-      resComment = await addVideoCommentReply(servers[0].url, servers[0].accessToken, missedVideo2.uuid, comment.id, 'comment 1-1')
-      comment = resComment.body.comment
+      comment = await commentCommands[0].addReply({ videoId: missedVideo2.uuid, toCommentId: comment.id, text: 'comment 1-1' })
 
-      resComment = await addVideoCommentReply(servers[0].url, servers[0].accessToken, missedVideo2.uuid, comment.id, 'comment 1-2')
-      commentIdServer1 = resComment.body.comment.id
+      const created = await commentCommands[0].addReply({ videoId: missedVideo2.uuid, toCommentId: comment.id, text: 'comment 1-2' })
+      commentIdServer1 = created.id
     }
 
     await waitJobs(servers[0])
@@ -177,90 +151,87 @@ describe('Test handle downs', function () {
     await wait(11000)
 
     // Only server 3 is still a follower of server 1
-    const res = await getFollowersListPaginationAndSort({ url: servers[0].url, start: 0, count: 2, sort: 'createdAt' })
-    expect(res.body.data).to.be.an('array')
-    expect(res.body.data).to.have.lengthOf(1)
-    expect(res.body.data[0].follower.host).to.equal('localhost:' + servers[2].port)
+    const body = await servers[0].follows.getFollowers({ start: 0, count: 2, sort: 'createdAt' })
+    expect(body.data).to.be.an('array')
+    expect(body.data).to.have.lengthOf(1)
+    expect(body.data[0].follower.host).to.equal('localhost:' + servers[2].port)
   })
 
   it('Should not have pending/processing jobs anymore', async function () {
     const states: JobState[] = [ 'waiting', 'active' ]
 
     for (const state of states) {
-      const res = await getJobsListPaginationAndSort({
-        url: servers[0].url,
-        accessToken: servers[0].accessToken,
+      const body = await servers[0].jobs.getJobsList({
         state: state,
         start: 0,
         count: 50,
         sort: '-createdAt'
       })
-      expect(res.body.data).to.have.length(0)
+      expect(body.data).to.have.length(0)
     }
   })
 
   it('Should re-follow server 1', async function () {
     this.timeout(35000)
 
-    await reRunServer(servers[1])
-    await reRunServer(servers[2])
+    await servers[1].run()
+    await servers[2].run()
 
-    await unfollow(servers[1].url, servers[1].accessToken, servers[0])
+    await servers[1].follows.unfollow({ target: servers[0] })
     await waitJobs(servers)
 
-    await follow(servers[1].url, [ servers[0].url ], servers[1].accessToken)
+    await servers[1].follows.follow({ hosts: [ servers[0].url ] })
 
     await waitJobs(servers)
 
-    const res = await getFollowersListPaginationAndSort({ url: servers[0].url, start: 0, count: 2, sort: 'createdAt' })
-    expect(res.body.data).to.be.an('array')
-    expect(res.body.data).to.have.lengthOf(2)
+    const body = await servers[0].follows.getFollowers({ start: 0, count: 2, sort: 'createdAt' })
+    expect(body.data).to.be.an('array')
+    expect(body.data).to.have.lengthOf(2)
   })
 
   it('Should send an update to server 3, and automatically fetch the video', async function () {
     this.timeout(15000)
 
-    const res1 = await getVideosList(servers[2].url)
-    expect(res1.body.data).to.be.an('array')
-    expect(res1.body.data).to.have.lengthOf(11)
+    {
+      const { data } = await servers[2].videos.list()
+      expect(data).to.be.an('array')
+      expect(data).to.have.lengthOf(11)
+    }
 
-    await updateVideo(servers[0].url, servers[0].accessToken, missedVideo1.uuid, {})
-    await updateVideo(servers[0].url, servers[0].accessToken, unlistedVideo.uuid, {})
+    await servers[0].videos.update({ id: missedVideo1.uuid })
+    await servers[0].videos.update({ id: unlistedVideo.uuid })
 
     await waitJobs(servers)
 
-    const res = await getVideosList(servers[2].url)
-    expect(res.body.data).to.be.an('array')
-    // 1 video is unlisted
-    expect(res.body.data).to.have.lengthOf(12)
+    {
+      const { data } = await servers[2].videos.list()
+      expect(data).to.be.an('array')
+      // 1 video is unlisted
+      expect(data).to.have.lengthOf(12)
+    }
 
     // Check unlisted video
-    const resVideo = await getVideo(servers[2].url, unlistedVideo.uuid)
-    expect(resVideo.body).not.to.be.undefined
-
-    await completeVideoCheck(servers[2].url, resVideo.body, unlistedCheckAttributes)
+    const video = await servers[2].videos.get({ id: unlistedVideo.uuid })
+    await completeVideoCheck(servers[2], video, unlistedCheckAttributes)
   })
 
   it('Should send comments on a video to server 3, and automatically fetch the video', async function () {
     this.timeout(25000)
 
-    await addVideoCommentReply(servers[0].url, servers[0].accessToken, missedVideo2.uuid, commentIdServer1, 'comment 1-3')
+    await commentCommands[0].addReply({ videoId: missedVideo2.uuid, toCommentId: commentIdServer1, text: 'comment 1-3' })
 
     await waitJobs(servers)
 
-    const resVideo = await getVideo(servers[2].url, missedVideo2.uuid)
-    expect(resVideo.body).not.to.be.undefined
+    await servers[2].videos.get({ id: missedVideo2.uuid })
 
     {
-      let resComment = await getVideoCommentThreads(servers[2].url, missedVideo2.uuid, 0, 5)
-      expect(resComment.body.data).to.be.an('array')
-      expect(resComment.body.data).to.have.lengthOf(1)
-
-      threadIdServer2 = resComment.body.data[0].id
+      const { data } = await servers[2].comments.listThreads({ videoId: missedVideo2.uuid })
+      expect(data).to.be.an('array')
+      expect(data).to.have.lengthOf(1)
 
-      resComment = await getVideoThreadComments(servers[2].url, missedVideo2.uuid, threadIdServer2)
+      threadIdServer2 = data[0].id
 
-      const tree: VideoCommentThreadTree = resComment.body
+      const tree = await servers[2].comments.getThread({ videoId: missedVideo2.uuid, threadId: threadIdServer2 })
       expect(tree.comment.text).equal('thread 1')
       expect(tree.children).to.have.lengthOf(1)
 
@@ -283,57 +254,54 @@ describe('Test handle downs', function () {
   it('Should correctly reply to the comment', async function () {
     this.timeout(15000)
 
-    await addVideoCommentReply(servers[2].url, servers[2].accessToken, missedVideo2.uuid, commentIdServer2, 'comment 1-4')
+    await servers[2].comments.addReply({ videoId: missedVideo2.uuid, toCommentId: commentIdServer2, text: 'comment 1-4' })
 
     await waitJobs(servers)
 
-    {
-      const resComment = await getVideoThreadComments(servers[0].url, missedVideo2.uuid, threadIdServer1)
+    const tree = await commentCommands[0].getThread({ videoId: missedVideo2.uuid, threadId: threadIdServer1 })
 
-      const tree: VideoCommentThreadTree = resComment.body
-      expect(tree.comment.text).equal('thread 1')
-      expect(tree.children).to.have.lengthOf(1)
+    expect(tree.comment.text).equal('thread 1')
+    expect(tree.children).to.have.lengthOf(1)
 
-      const firstChild = tree.children[0]
-      expect(firstChild.comment.text).to.equal('comment 1-1')
-      expect(firstChild.children).to.have.lengthOf(1)
+    const firstChild = tree.children[0]
+    expect(firstChild.comment.text).to.equal('comment 1-1')
+    expect(firstChild.children).to.have.lengthOf(1)
 
-      const childOfFirstChild = firstChild.children[0]
-      expect(childOfFirstChild.comment.text).to.equal('comment 1-2')
-      expect(childOfFirstChild.children).to.have.lengthOf(1)
+    const childOfFirstChild = firstChild.children[0]
+    expect(childOfFirstChild.comment.text).to.equal('comment 1-2')
+    expect(childOfFirstChild.children).to.have.lengthOf(1)
 
-      const childOfChildFirstChild = childOfFirstChild.children[0]
-      expect(childOfChildFirstChild.comment.text).to.equal('comment 1-3')
-      expect(childOfChildFirstChild.children).to.have.lengthOf(1)
+    const childOfChildFirstChild = childOfFirstChild.children[0]
+    expect(childOfChildFirstChild.comment.text).to.equal('comment 1-3')
+    expect(childOfChildFirstChild.children).to.have.lengthOf(1)
 
-      const childOfChildOfChildOfFirstChild = childOfChildFirstChild.children[0]
-      expect(childOfChildOfChildOfFirstChild.comment.text).to.equal('comment 1-4')
-      expect(childOfChildOfChildOfFirstChild.children).to.have.lengthOf(0)
-    }
+    const childOfChildOfChildOfFirstChild = childOfChildFirstChild.children[0]
+    expect(childOfChildOfChildOfFirstChild.comment.text).to.equal('comment 1-4')
+    expect(childOfChildOfChildOfFirstChild.children).to.have.lengthOf(0)
   })
 
   it('Should upload many videos on server 1', async function () {
     this.timeout(120000)
 
     for (let i = 0; i < 10; i++) {
-      const uuid = (await uploadVideoAndGetId({ server: servers[0], videoName: 'video ' + i })).uuid
+      const uuid = (await servers[0].videos.quickUpload({ name: 'video ' + i })).uuid
       videoIdsServer1.push(uuid)
     }
 
     await waitJobs(servers)
 
     for (const id of videoIdsServer1) {
-      await getVideo(servers[1].url, id)
+      await servers[1].videos.get({ id })
     }
 
     await waitJobs(servers)
-    await setActorFollowScores(servers[1].internalServerNumber, 20)
+    await servers[1].sql.setActorFollowScores(20)
 
     // Wait video expiration
     await wait(11000)
 
     // Refresh video -> score + 10 = 30
-    await getVideo(servers[1].url, videoIdsServer1[0])
+    await servers[1].videos.get({ id: videoIdsServer1[0] })
 
     await waitJobs(servers)
   })
@@ -341,27 +309,25 @@ describe('Test handle downs', function () {
   it('Should remove followings that are down', async function () {
     this.timeout(120000)
 
-    killallServers([ servers[0] ])
+    await killallServers([ servers[0] ])
 
     // Wait video expiration
     await wait(11000)
 
     for (let i = 0; i < 5; i++) {
       try {
-        await getVideo(servers[1].url, videoIdsServer1[i])
+        await servers[1].videos.get({ id: videoIdsServer1[i] })
         await waitJobs([ servers[1] ])
         await wait(1500)
       } catch {}
     }
 
     for (const id of videoIdsServer1) {
-      await getVideo(servers[1].url, id, HttpStatusCode.FORBIDDEN_403)
+      await servers[1].videos.get({ id, expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.FORBIDDEN_403 })
     }
   })
 
   after(async function () {
-    await closeAllSequelize([ servers[1] ])
-
     await cleanupTests(servers)
   })
 })
diff --git a/server/tests/api/server/homepage.ts b/server/tests/api/server/homepage.ts
index e8ba89ca6..cb3ba5677 100644
--- a/server/tests/api/server/homepage.ts
+++ b/server/tests/api/server/homepage.ts
@@ -2,51 +2,48 @@
 
 import 'mocha'
 import * as chai from 'chai'
-import { HttpStatusCode } from '@shared/core-utils'
-import { CustomPage, ServerConfig } from '@shared/models'
+import { HttpStatusCode } from '@shared/models'
 import {
   cleanupTests,
-  flushAndRunServer,
-  getConfig,
-  getInstanceHomepage,
+  createSingleServer,
+  CustomPagesCommand,
   killallServers,
-  reRunServer,
-  ServerInfo,
-  setAccessTokensToServers,
-  updateInstanceHomepage
+  PeerTubeServer,
+  setAccessTokensToServers
 } from '../../../../shared/extra-utils/index'
 
 const expect = chai.expect
 
-async function getHomepageState (server: ServerInfo) {
-  const res = await getConfig(server.url)
+async function getHomepageState (server: PeerTubeServer) {
+  const config = await server.config.getConfig()
 
-  const config = res.body as ServerConfig
   return config.homepage.enabled
 }
 
 describe('Test instance homepage actions', function () {
-  let server: ServerInfo
+  let server: PeerTubeServer
+  let command: CustomPagesCommand
 
   before(async function () {
     this.timeout(30000)
 
-    server = await flushAndRunServer(1)
+    server = await createSingleServer(1)
     await setAccessTokensToServers([ server ])
+
+    command = server.customPage
   })
 
   it('Should not have a homepage', async function () {
     const state = await getHomepageState(server)
     expect(state).to.be.false
 
-    await getInstanceHomepage(server.url, HttpStatusCode.NOT_FOUND_404)
+    await command.getInstanceHomepage({ expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.NOT_FOUND_404 })
   })
 
   it('Should set a homepage', async function () {
-    await updateInstanceHomepage(server.url, server.accessToken, '<picsou-magazine></picsou-magazine>')
+    await command.updateInstanceHomepage({ content: '<picsou-magazine></picsou-magazine>' })
 
-    const res = await getInstanceHomepage(server.url)
-    const page: CustomPage = res.body
+    const page = await command.getInstanceHomepage()
     expect(page.content).to.equal('<picsou-magazine></picsou-magazine>')
 
     const state = await getHomepageState(server)
@@ -56,12 +53,11 @@ describe('Test instance homepage actions', function () {
   it('Should have the same homepage after a restart', async function () {
     this.timeout(30000)
 
-    killallServers([ server ])
+    await killallServers([ server ])
 
-    await reRunServer(server)
+    await server.run()
 
-    const res = await getInstanceHomepage(server.url)
-    const page: CustomPage = res.body
+    const page = await command.getInstanceHomepage()
     expect(page.content).to.equal('<picsou-magazine></picsou-magazine>')
 
     const state = await getHomepageState(server)
@@ -69,10 +65,9 @@ describe('Test instance homepage actions', function () {
   })
 
   it('Should empty the homepage', async function () {
-    await updateInstanceHomepage(server.url, server.accessToken, '')
+    await command.updateInstanceHomepage({ content: '' })
 
-    const res = await getInstanceHomepage(server.url)
-    const page: CustomPage = res.body
+    const page = await command.getInstanceHomepage()
     expect(page.content).to.be.empty
 
     const state = await getHomepageState(server)
diff --git a/server/tests/api/server/jobs.ts b/server/tests/api/server/jobs.ts
index d0e222997..c10c154c2 100644
--- a/server/tests/api/server/jobs.ts
+++ b/server/tests/api/server/jobs.ts
@@ -1,24 +1,26 @@
 /* eslint-disable @typescript-eslint/no-unused-expressions,@typescript-eslint/require-await */
 
-import * as chai from 'chai'
 import 'mocha'
-import { cleanupTests, ServerInfo, setAccessTokensToServers } from '../../../../shared/extra-utils/index'
-import { doubleFollow } from '../../../../shared/extra-utils/server/follows'
-import { getJobsList, getJobsListPaginationAndSort, waitJobs } from '../../../../shared/extra-utils/server/jobs'
-import { flushAndRunMultipleServers } from '../../../../shared/extra-utils/server/servers'
-import { uploadVideo } from '../../../../shared/extra-utils/videos/videos'
-import { dateIsValid } from '../../../../shared/extra-utils/miscs/miscs'
-import { Job } from '../../../../shared/models/server'
+import * as chai from 'chai'
+import {
+  cleanupTests,
+  createMultipleServers,
+  dateIsValid,
+  doubleFollow,
+  PeerTubeServer,
+  setAccessTokensToServers,
+  waitJobs
+} from '@shared/extra-utils'
 
 const expect = chai.expect
 
 describe('Test jobs', function () {
-  let servers: ServerInfo[]
+  let servers: PeerTubeServer[]
 
   before(async function () {
     this.timeout(30000)
 
-    servers = await flushAndRunMultipleServers(2)
+    servers = await createMultipleServers(2)
 
     await setAccessTokensToServers(servers)
 
@@ -27,36 +29,34 @@ describe('Test jobs', function () {
   })
 
   it('Should create some jobs', async function () {
-    this.timeout(60000)
+    this.timeout(120000)
 
-    await uploadVideo(servers[1].url, servers[1].accessToken, { name: 'video1' })
-    await uploadVideo(servers[1].url, servers[1].accessToken, { name: 'video2' })
+    await servers[1].videos.upload({ attributes: { name: 'video1' } })
+    await servers[1].videos.upload({ attributes: { name: 'video2' } })
 
     await waitJobs(servers)
   })
 
   it('Should list jobs', async function () {
-    const res = await getJobsList(servers[1].url, servers[1].accessToken, 'completed')
-    expect(res.body.total).to.be.above(2)
-    expect(res.body.data).to.have.length.above(2)
+    const body = await servers[1].jobs.getJobsList({ state: 'completed' })
+    expect(body.total).to.be.above(2)
+    expect(body.data).to.have.length.above(2)
   })
 
   it('Should list jobs with sort, pagination and job type', async function () {
     {
-      const res = await getJobsListPaginationAndSort({
-        url: servers[1].url,
-        accessToken: servers[1].accessToken,
+      const body = await servers[1].jobs.getJobsList({
         state: 'completed',
         start: 1,
         count: 2,
         sort: 'createdAt'
       })
-      expect(res.body.total).to.be.above(2)
-      expect(res.body.data).to.have.lengthOf(2)
+      expect(body.total).to.be.above(2)
+      expect(body.data).to.have.lengthOf(2)
 
-      let job: Job = res.body.data[0]
+      let job = body.data[0]
       // Skip repeat jobs
-      if (job.type === 'videos-views') job = res.body.data[1]
+      if (job.type === 'videos-views') job = body.data[1]
 
       expect(job.state).to.equal('completed')
       expect(job.type.startsWith('activitypub-')).to.be.true
@@ -66,29 +66,26 @@ describe('Test jobs', function () {
     }
 
     {
-      const res = await getJobsListPaginationAndSort({
-        url: servers[1].url,
-        accessToken: servers[1].accessToken,
+      const body = await servers[1].jobs.getJobsList({
         state: 'completed',
         start: 0,
         count: 100,
         sort: 'createdAt',
         jobType: 'activitypub-http-broadcast'
       })
-      expect(res.body.total).to.be.above(2)
+      expect(body.total).to.be.above(2)
 
-      for (const j of res.body.data as Job[]) {
+      for (const j of body.data) {
         expect(j.type).to.equal('activitypub-http-broadcast')
       }
     }
   })
 
   it('Should list all jobs', async function () {
-    const res = await getJobsList(servers[1].url, servers[1].accessToken)
-
-    const jobs = res.body.data as Job[]
+    const body = await servers[1].jobs.getJobsList()
+    expect(body.total).to.be.above(2)
 
-    expect(res.body.total).to.be.above(2)
+    const jobs = body.data
     expect(jobs).to.have.length.above(2)
 
     // We know there are a least 1 delayed job (video views) and 1 completed job (broadcast)
diff --git a/server/tests/api/server/logs.ts b/server/tests/api/server/logs.ts
index bc398ea73..bcd94dda3 100644
--- a/server/tests/api/server/logs.ts
+++ b/server/tests/api/server/logs.ts
@@ -4,27 +4,27 @@ import 'mocha'
 import * as chai from 'chai'
 import {
   cleanupTests,
-  flushAndRunServer,
+  createSingleServer,
   killallServers,
-  makePingRequest,
-  reRunServer,
-  ServerInfo,
-  setAccessTokensToServers
-} from '../../../../shared/extra-utils/index'
-import { getAuditLogs, getLogs } from '../../../../shared/extra-utils/logs/logs'
-import { waitJobs } from '../../../../shared/extra-utils/server/jobs'
-import { uploadVideo } from '../../../../shared/extra-utils/videos/videos'
+  LogsCommand,
+  PeerTubeServer,
+  setAccessTokensToServers,
+  waitJobs
+} from '@shared/extra-utils'
 
 const expect = chai.expect
 
 describe('Test logs', function () {
-  let server: ServerInfo
+  let server: PeerTubeServer
+  let logsCommand: LogsCommand
 
   before(async function () {
     this.timeout(30000)
 
-    server = await flushAndRunServer(1)
+    server = await createSingleServer(1)
     await setAccessTokensToServers([ server ])
+
+    logsCommand = server.logs
   })
 
   describe('With the standard log file', function () {
@@ -32,16 +32,16 @@ describe('Test logs', function () {
     it('Should get logs with a start date', async function () {
       this.timeout(20000)
 
-      await uploadVideo(server.url, server.accessToken, { name: 'video 1' })
+      await server.videos.upload({ attributes: { name: 'video 1' } })
       await waitJobs([ server ])
 
       const now = new Date()
 
-      await uploadVideo(server.url, server.accessToken, { name: 'video 2' })
+      await server.videos.upload({ attributes: { name: 'video 2' } })
       await waitJobs([ server ])
 
-      const res = await getLogs(server.url, server.accessToken, now)
-      const logsString = JSON.stringify(res.body)
+      const body = await logsCommand.getLogs({ startDate: now })
+      const logsString = JSON.stringify(body)
 
       expect(logsString.includes('video 1')).to.be.false
       expect(logsString.includes('video 2')).to.be.true
@@ -50,21 +50,21 @@ describe('Test logs', function () {
     it('Should get logs with an end date', async function () {
       this.timeout(30000)
 
-      await uploadVideo(server.url, server.accessToken, { name: 'video 3' })
+      await server.videos.upload({ attributes: { name: 'video 3' } })
       await waitJobs([ server ])
 
       const now1 = new Date()
 
-      await uploadVideo(server.url, server.accessToken, { name: 'video 4' })
+      await server.videos.upload({ attributes: { name: 'video 4' } })
       await waitJobs([ server ])
 
       const now2 = new Date()
 
-      await uploadVideo(server.url, server.accessToken, { name: 'video 5' })
+      await server.videos.upload({ attributes: { name: 'video 5' } })
       await waitJobs([ server ])
 
-      const res = await getLogs(server.url, server.accessToken, now1, now2)
-      const logsString = JSON.stringify(res.body)
+      const body = await logsCommand.getLogs({ startDate: now1, endDate: now2 })
+      const logsString = JSON.stringify(body)
 
       expect(logsString.includes('video 3')).to.be.false
       expect(logsString.includes('video 4')).to.be.true
@@ -76,19 +76,19 @@ describe('Test logs', function () {
 
       const now = new Date()
 
-      await uploadVideo(server.url, server.accessToken, { name: 'video 6' })
+      await server.videos.upload({ attributes: { name: 'video 6' } })
       await waitJobs([ server ])
 
       {
-        const res = await getLogs(server.url, server.accessToken, now, undefined, 'info')
-        const logsString = JSON.stringify(res.body)
+        const body = await logsCommand.getLogs({ startDate: now, level: 'info' })
+        const logsString = JSON.stringify(body)
 
         expect(logsString.includes('video 6')).to.be.true
       }
 
       {
-        const res = await getLogs(server.url, server.accessToken, now, undefined, 'warn')
-        const logsString = JSON.stringify(res.body)
+        const body = await logsCommand.getLogs({ startDate: now, level: 'warn' })
+        const logsString = JSON.stringify(body)
 
         expect(logsString.includes('video 6')).to.be.false
       }
@@ -99,10 +99,10 @@ describe('Test logs', function () {
 
       const now = new Date()
 
-      await makePingRequest(server)
+      await server.servers.ping()
 
-      const res = await getLogs(server.url, server.accessToken, now, undefined, 'info')
-      const logsString = JSON.stringify(res.body)
+      const body = await logsCommand.getLogs({ startDate: now, level: 'info' })
+      const logsString = JSON.stringify(body)
 
       expect(logsString.includes('/api/v1/ping')).to.be.true
     })
@@ -110,16 +110,16 @@ describe('Test logs', function () {
     it('Should not log ping requests', async function () {
       this.timeout(30000)
 
-      killallServers([ server ])
+      await killallServers([ server ])
 
-      await reRunServer(server, { log: { log_ping_requests: false } })
+      await server.run({ log: { log_ping_requests: false } })
 
       const now = new Date()
 
-      await makePingRequest(server)
+      await server.servers.ping()
 
-      const res = await getLogs(server.url, server.accessToken, now, undefined, 'info')
-      const logsString = JSON.stringify(res.body)
+      const body = await logsCommand.getLogs({ startDate: now, level: 'info' })
+      const logsString = JSON.stringify(body)
 
       expect(logsString.includes('/api/v1/ping')).to.be.false
     })
@@ -129,23 +129,23 @@ describe('Test logs', function () {
     it('Should get logs with a start date', async function () {
       this.timeout(20000)
 
-      await uploadVideo(server.url, server.accessToken, { name: 'video 7' })
+      await server.videos.upload({ attributes: { name: 'video 7' } })
       await waitJobs([ server ])
 
       const now = new Date()
 
-      await uploadVideo(server.url, server.accessToken, { name: 'video 8' })
+      await server.videos.upload({ attributes: { name: 'video 8' } })
       await waitJobs([ server ])
 
-      const res = await getAuditLogs(server.url, server.accessToken, now)
-      const logsString = JSON.stringify(res.body)
+      const body = await logsCommand.getAuditLogs({ startDate: now })
+      const logsString = JSON.stringify(body)
 
       expect(logsString.includes('video 7')).to.be.false
       expect(logsString.includes('video 8')).to.be.true
 
-      expect(res.body).to.have.lengthOf(1)
+      expect(body).to.have.lengthOf(1)
 
-      const item = res.body[0]
+      const item = body[0]
 
       const message = JSON.parse(item.message)
       expect(message.domain).to.equal('videos')
@@ -155,21 +155,21 @@ describe('Test logs', function () {
     it('Should get logs with an end date', async function () {
       this.timeout(30000)
 
-      await uploadVideo(server.url, server.accessToken, { name: 'video 9' })
+      await server.videos.upload({ attributes: { name: 'video 9' } })
       await waitJobs([ server ])
 
       const now1 = new Date()
 
-      await uploadVideo(server.url, server.accessToken, { name: 'video 10' })
+      await server.videos.upload({ attributes: { name: 'video 10' } })
       await waitJobs([ server ])
 
       const now2 = new Date()
 
-      await uploadVideo(server.url, server.accessToken, { name: 'video 11' })
+      await server.videos.upload({ attributes: { name: 'video 11' } })
       await waitJobs([ server ])
 
-      const res = await getAuditLogs(server.url, server.accessToken, now1, now2)
-      const logsString = JSON.stringify(res.body)
+      const body = await logsCommand.getAuditLogs({ startDate: now1, endDate: now2 })
+      const logsString = JSON.stringify(body)
 
       expect(logsString.includes('video 9')).to.be.false
       expect(logsString.includes('video 10')).to.be.true
diff --git a/server/tests/api/server/no-client.ts b/server/tests/api/server/no-client.ts
index d589f51f3..efa890ad4 100644
--- a/server/tests/api/server/no-client.ts
+++ b/server/tests/api/server/no-client.ts
@@ -1,16 +1,15 @@
 import 'mocha'
 import * as request from 'supertest'
-import { ServerInfo } from '../../../../shared/extra-utils'
-import { cleanupTests, flushAndRunServer } from '../../../../shared/extra-utils/server/servers'
-import { HttpStatusCode } from '../../../../shared/core-utils/miscs/http-error-codes'
+import { cleanupTests, createSingleServer, PeerTubeServer } from '@shared/extra-utils'
+import { HttpStatusCode } from '@shared/models'
 
 describe('Start and stop server without web client routes', function () {
-  let server: ServerInfo
+  let server: PeerTubeServer
 
   before(async function () {
     this.timeout(30000)
 
-    server = await flushAndRunServer(1, {}, [ '--no-client' ])
+    server = await createSingleServer(1, {}, [ '--no-client' ])
   })
 
   it('Should fail getting the client', function () {
diff --git a/server/tests/api/server/plugins.ts b/server/tests/api/server/plugins.ts
index 6b61c7c33..5f9f4ffdd 100644
--- a/server/tests/api/server/plugins.ts
+++ b/server/tests/api/server/plugins.ts
@@ -2,41 +2,23 @@
 
 import 'mocha'
 import * as chai from 'chai'
-import { HttpStatusCode } from '@shared/core-utils'
 import {
   cleanupTests,
-  closeAllSequelize,
-  flushAndRunServer,
-  getConfig,
-  getMyUserInformation,
-  getPlugin,
-  getPluginPackageJSON,
-  getPluginTestPath,
-  getPublicSettings,
-  installPlugin,
+  createSingleServer,
   killallServers,
-  listAvailablePlugins,
-  listPlugins,
-  reRunServer,
-  ServerInfo,
+  PeerTubeServer,
+  PluginsCommand,
   setAccessTokensToServers,
-  setPluginVersion,
   testHelloWorldRegisteredSettings,
-  uninstallPlugin,
-  updateCustomSubConfig,
-  updateMyUser,
-  updatePlugin,
-  updatePluginPackageJSON,
-  updatePluginSettings,
-  wait,
-  waitUntilLog
+  wait
 } from '@shared/extra-utils'
-import { PeerTubePlugin, PeerTubePluginIndex, PluginPackageJson, PluginType, PublicServerSetting, ServerConfig, User } from '@shared/models'
+import { HttpStatusCode, PluginType } from '@shared/models'
 
 const expect = chai.expect
 
 describe('Test plugins', function () {
-  let server: ServerInfo = null
+  let server: PeerTubeServer = null
+  let command: PluginsCommand
 
   before(async function () {
     this.timeout(30000)
@@ -46,68 +28,61 @@ describe('Test plugins', function () {
         index: { check_latest_versions_interval: '5 seconds' }
       }
     }
-    server = await flushAndRunServer(1, configOverride)
+    server = await createSingleServer(1, configOverride)
     await setAccessTokensToServers([ server ])
+
+    command = server.plugins
   })
 
   it('Should list and search available plugins and themes', async function () {
     this.timeout(30000)
 
     {
-      const res = await listAvailablePlugins({
-        url: server.url,
-        accessToken: server.accessToken,
+      const body = await command.listAvailable({
         count: 1,
         start: 0,
         pluginType: PluginType.THEME,
         search: 'background-red'
       })
 
-      expect(res.body.total).to.be.at.least(1)
-      expect(res.body.data).to.have.lengthOf(1)
+      expect(body.total).to.be.at.least(1)
+      expect(body.data).to.have.lengthOf(1)
     }
 
     {
-      const res1 = await listAvailablePlugins({
-        url: server.url,
-        accessToken: server.accessToken,
+      const body1 = await command.listAvailable({
         count: 2,
         start: 0,
         sort: 'npmName'
       })
-      const data1: PeerTubePluginIndex[] = res1.body.data
+      expect(body1.total).to.be.at.least(2)
 
-      expect(res1.body.total).to.be.at.least(2)
+      const data1 = body1.data
       expect(data1).to.have.lengthOf(2)
 
-      const res2 = await listAvailablePlugins({
-        url: server.url,
-        accessToken: server.accessToken,
+      const body2 = await command.listAvailable({
         count: 2,
         start: 0,
         sort: '-npmName'
       })
-      const data2: PeerTubePluginIndex[] = res2.body.data
+      expect(body2.total).to.be.at.least(2)
 
-      expect(res2.body.total).to.be.at.least(2)
+      const data2 = body2.data
       expect(data2).to.have.lengthOf(2)
 
       expect(data1[0].npmName).to.not.equal(data2[0].npmName)
     }
 
     {
-      const res = await listAvailablePlugins({
-        url: server.url,
-        accessToken: server.accessToken,
+      const body = await command.listAvailable({
         count: 10,
         start: 0,
         pluginType: PluginType.THEME,
         search: 'background-red',
         currentPeerTubeEngine: '1.0.0'
       })
-      const data: PeerTubePluginIndex[] = res.body.data
 
-      const p = data.find(p => p.npmName === 'peertube-theme-background-red')
+      const p = body.data.find(p => p.npmName === 'peertube-theme-background-red')
       expect(p).to.be.undefined
     }
   })
@@ -115,22 +90,12 @@ describe('Test plugins', function () {
   it('Should install a plugin and a theme', async function () {
     this.timeout(30000)
 
-    await installPlugin({
-      url: server.url,
-      accessToken: server.accessToken,
-      npmName: 'peertube-plugin-hello-world'
-    })
-
-    await installPlugin({
-      url: server.url,
-      accessToken: server.accessToken,
-      npmName: 'peertube-theme-background-red'
-    })
+    await command.install({ npmName: 'peertube-plugin-hello-world' })
+    await command.install({ npmName: 'peertube-theme-background-red' })
   })
 
   it('Should have the plugin loaded in the configuration', async function () {
-    const res = await getConfig(server.url)
-    const config: ServerConfig = res.body
+    const config = await server.config.getConfig()
 
     const theme = config.theme.registered.find(r => r.name === 'background-red')
     expect(theme).to.not.be.undefined
@@ -140,66 +105,56 @@ describe('Test plugins', function () {
   })
 
   it('Should update the default theme in the configuration', async function () {
-    await updateCustomSubConfig(server.url, server.accessToken, { theme: { default: 'background-red' } })
-
-    const res = await getConfig(server.url)
-    const config: ServerConfig = res.body
+    await server.config.updateCustomSubConfig({
+      newConfig: {
+        theme: { default: 'background-red' }
+      }
+    })
 
+    const config = await server.config.getConfig()
     expect(config.theme.default).to.equal('background-red')
   })
 
   it('Should update my default theme', async function () {
-    await updateMyUser({
-      url: server.url,
-      accessToken: server.accessToken,
-      theme: 'background-red'
-    })
+    await server.users.updateMe({ theme: 'background-red' })
 
-    const res = await getMyUserInformation(server.url, server.accessToken)
-    expect((res.body as User).theme).to.equal('background-red')
+    const user = await server.users.getMyInfo()
+    expect(user.theme).to.equal('background-red')
   })
 
   it('Should list plugins and themes', async function () {
     {
-      const res = await listPlugins({
-        url: server.url,
-        accessToken: server.accessToken,
+      const body = await command.list({
         count: 1,
         start: 0,
         pluginType: PluginType.THEME
       })
-      const data: PeerTubePlugin[] = res.body.data
+      expect(body.total).to.be.at.least(1)
 
-      expect(res.body.total).to.be.at.least(1)
+      const data = body.data
       expect(data).to.have.lengthOf(1)
       expect(data[0].name).to.equal('background-red')
     }
 
     {
-      const res = await listPlugins({
-        url: server.url,
-        accessToken: server.accessToken,
+      const { data } = await command.list({
         count: 2,
         start: 0,
         sort: 'name'
       })
-      const data: PeerTubePlugin[] = res.body.data
 
       expect(data[0].name).to.equal('background-red')
       expect(data[1].name).to.equal('hello-world')
     }
 
     {
-      const res = await listPlugins({
-        url: server.url,
-        accessToken: server.accessToken,
+      const body = await command.list({
         count: 2,
         start: 1,
         sort: 'name'
       })
-      const data: PeerTubePlugin[] = res.body.data
 
-      expect(data[0].name).to.equal('hello-world')
+      expect(body.data[0].name).to.equal('hello-world')
     }
   })
 
@@ -208,9 +163,8 @@ describe('Test plugins', function () {
   })
 
   it('Should get public settings', async function () {
-    const res = await getPublicSettings({ url: server.url, npmName: 'peertube-plugin-hello-world' })
-
-    const publicSettings = (res.body as PublicServerSetting).publicSettings
+    const body = await command.getPublicSettings({ npmName: 'peertube-plugin-hello-world' })
+    const publicSettings = body.publicSettings
 
     expect(Object.keys(publicSettings)).to.have.lengthOf(1)
     expect(Object.keys(publicSettings)).to.deep.equal([ 'user-name' ])
@@ -222,9 +176,7 @@ describe('Test plugins', function () {
       'admin-name': 'Cid'
     }
 
-    await updatePluginSettings({
-      url: server.url,
-      accessToken: server.accessToken,
+    await command.updateSettings({
       npmName: 'peertube-plugin-hello-world',
       settings
     })
@@ -233,18 +185,12 @@ describe('Test plugins', function () {
   it('Should have watched settings changes', async function () {
     this.timeout(10000)
 
-    await waitUntilLog(server, 'Settings changed!')
+    await server.servers.waitUntilLog('Settings changed!')
   })
 
   it('Should get a plugin and a theme', async function () {
     {
-      const res = await getPlugin({
-        url: server.url,
-        accessToken: server.accessToken,
-        npmName: 'peertube-plugin-hello-world'
-      })
-
-      const plugin: PeerTubePlugin = res.body
+      const plugin = await command.get({ npmName: 'peertube-plugin-hello-world' })
 
       expect(plugin.type).to.equal(PluginType.PLUGIN)
       expect(plugin.name).to.equal('hello-world')
@@ -262,13 +208,7 @@ describe('Test plugins', function () {
     }
 
     {
-      const res = await getPlugin({
-        url: server.url,
-        accessToken: server.accessToken,
-        npmName: 'peertube-theme-background-red'
-      })
-
-      const plugin: PeerTubePlugin = res.body
+      const plugin = await command.get({ npmName: 'peertube-theme-background-red' })
 
       expect(plugin.type).to.equal(PluginType.THEME)
       expect(plugin.name).to.equal('background-red')
@@ -292,101 +232,66 @@ describe('Test plugins', function () {
     await wait(6000)
 
     // Fake update our plugin version
-    await setPluginVersion(server.internalServerNumber, 'hello-world', '0.0.1')
+    await server.sql.setPluginVersion('hello-world', '0.0.1')
 
     // Fake update package.json
-    const packageJSON: PluginPackageJson = await getPluginPackageJSON(server, 'peertube-plugin-hello-world')
+    const packageJSON = await command.getPackageJSON('peertube-plugin-hello-world')
     const oldVersion = packageJSON.version
 
     packageJSON.version = '0.0.1'
-    await updatePluginPackageJSON(server, 'peertube-plugin-hello-world', packageJSON)
+    await command.updatePackageJSON('peertube-plugin-hello-world', packageJSON)
 
     // Restart the server to take into account this change
-    killallServers([ server ])
-    await reRunServer(server)
+    await killallServers([ server ])
+    await server.run()
 
     {
-      const res = await listPlugins({
-        url: server.url,
-        accessToken: server.accessToken,
-        pluginType: PluginType.PLUGIN
-      })
-
-      const plugin: PeerTubePlugin = res.body.data[0]
+      const body = await command.list({ pluginType: PluginType.PLUGIN })
 
+      const plugin = body.data[0]
       expect(plugin.version).to.equal('0.0.1')
       expect(plugin.latestVersion).to.exist
       expect(plugin.latestVersion).to.not.equal('0.0.1')
     }
 
     {
-      await updatePlugin({
-        url: server.url,
-        accessToken: server.accessToken,
-        npmName: 'peertube-plugin-hello-world'
-      })
-
-      const res = await listPlugins({
-        url: server.url,
-        accessToken: server.accessToken,
-        pluginType: PluginType.PLUGIN
-      })
+      await command.update({ npmName: 'peertube-plugin-hello-world' })
 
-      const plugin: PeerTubePlugin = res.body.data[0]
+      const body = await command.list({ pluginType: PluginType.PLUGIN })
 
+      const plugin = body.data[0]
       expect(plugin.version).to.equal(oldVersion)
 
-      const updatedPackageJSON: PluginPackageJson = await getPluginPackageJSON(server, 'peertube-plugin-hello-world')
+      const updatedPackageJSON = await command.getPackageJSON('peertube-plugin-hello-world')
       expect(updatedPackageJSON.version).to.equal(oldVersion)
     }
   })
 
   it('Should uninstall the plugin', async function () {
-    await uninstallPlugin({
-      url: server.url,
-      accessToken: server.accessToken,
-      npmName: 'peertube-plugin-hello-world'
-    })
-
-    const res = await listPlugins({
-      url: server.url,
-      accessToken: server.accessToken,
-      pluginType: PluginType.PLUGIN
-    })
+    await command.uninstall({ npmName: 'peertube-plugin-hello-world' })
 
-    expect(res.body.total).to.equal(0)
-    expect(res.body.data).to.have.lengthOf(0)
+    const body = await command.list({ pluginType: PluginType.PLUGIN })
+    expect(body.total).to.equal(0)
+    expect(body.data).to.have.lengthOf(0)
   })
 
   it('Should list uninstalled plugins', async function () {
-    const res = await listPlugins({
-      url: server.url,
-      accessToken: server.accessToken,
-      pluginType: PluginType.PLUGIN,
-      uninstalled: true
-    })
-
-    expect(res.body.total).to.equal(1)
-    expect(res.body.data).to.have.lengthOf(1)
+    const body = await command.list({ pluginType: PluginType.PLUGIN, uninstalled: true })
+    expect(body.total).to.equal(1)
+    expect(body.data).to.have.lengthOf(1)
 
-    const plugin: PeerTubePlugin = res.body.data[0]
+    const plugin = body.data[0]
     expect(plugin.name).to.equal('hello-world')
     expect(plugin.enabled).to.be.false
     expect(plugin.uninstalled).to.be.true
   })
 
   it('Should uninstall the theme', async function () {
-    await uninstallPlugin({
-      url: server.url,
-      accessToken: server.accessToken,
-      npmName: 'peertube-theme-background-red'
-    })
+    await command.uninstall({ npmName: 'peertube-theme-background-red' })
   })
 
   it('Should have updated the configuration', async function () {
-    // get /config (default theme + registered themes + registered plugins)
-    const res = await getConfig(server.url)
-    const config: ServerConfig = res.body
+    const config = await server.config.getConfig()
 
     expect(config.theme.default).to.equal('default')
 
@@ -398,42 +303,33 @@ describe('Test plugins', function () {
   })
 
   it('Should have updated the user theme', async function () {
-    const res = await getMyUserInformation(server.url, server.accessToken)
-    expect((res.body as User).theme).to.equal('instance-default')
+    const user = await server.users.getMyInfo()
+    expect(user.theme).to.equal('instance-default')
   })
 
   it('Should not install a broken plugin', async function () {
     this.timeout(60000)
 
     async function check () {
-      const res = await listPlugins({
-        url: server.url,
-        accessToken: server.accessToken,
-        pluginType: PluginType.PLUGIN
-      })
-
-      const plugins: PeerTubePlugin[] = res.body.data
-
+      const body = await command.list({ pluginType: PluginType.PLUGIN })
+      const plugins = body.data
       expect(plugins.find(p => p.name === 'test-broken')).to.not.exist
     }
 
-    await installPlugin({
-      url: server.url,
-      accessToken: server.accessToken,
-      path: getPluginTestPath('-broken'),
+    await command.install({
+      path: PluginsCommand.getPluginTestPath('-broken'),
       expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.BAD_REQUEST_400
     })
 
     await check()
 
-    killallServers([ server ])
-    await reRunServer(server)
+    await killallServers([ server ])
+    await server.run()
 
     await check()
   })
 
   after(async function () {
-    await closeAllSequelize([ server ])
     await cleanupTests([ server ])
   })
 })
diff --git a/server/tests/api/server/reverse-proxy.ts b/server/tests/api/server/reverse-proxy.ts
index 17d1ee4a5..484f88d67 100644
--- a/server/tests/api/server/reverse-proxy.ts
+++ b/server/tests/api/server/reverse-proxy.ts
@@ -1,16 +1,12 @@
 /* eslint-disable @typescript-eslint/no-unused-expressions,@typescript-eslint/require-await */
 
-import 'mocha'
-import * as chai from 'chai'
-import { cleanupTests, getVideo, registerUser, uploadVideo, userLogin, viewVideo, wait } from '../../../../shared/extra-utils'
-import { flushAndRunServer, setAccessTokensToServers } from '../../../../shared/extra-utils/index'
-import { HttpStatusCode } from '../../../../shared/core-utils/miscs/http-error-codes'
-
-const expect = chai.expect
+import { expect } from 'chai'
+import { cleanupTests, createSingleServer, PeerTubeServer, setAccessTokensToServers, wait } from '@shared/extra-utils'
+import { HttpStatusCode } from '@shared/models'
 
 describe('Test application behind a reverse proxy', function () {
-  let server = null
-  let videoId
+  let server: PeerTubeServer
+  let videoId: string
 
   before(async function () {
     this.timeout(30000)
@@ -34,85 +30,85 @@ describe('Test application behind a reverse proxy', function () {
       }
     }
 
-    server = await flushAndRunServer(1, config)
+    server = await createSingleServer(1, config)
     await setAccessTokensToServers([ server ])
 
-    const { body } = await uploadVideo(server.url, server.accessToken, {})
-    videoId = body.video.uuid
+    const { uuid } = await server.videos.upload()
+    videoId = uuid
   })
 
   it('Should view a video only once with the same IP by default', async function () {
     this.timeout(20000)
 
-    await viewVideo(server.url, videoId)
-    await viewVideo(server.url, videoId)
+    await server.videos.view({ id: videoId })
+    await server.videos.view({ id: videoId })
 
     // Wait the repeatable job
     await wait(8000)
 
-    const { body } = await getVideo(server.url, videoId)
-    expect(body.views).to.equal(1)
+    const video = await server.videos.get({ id: videoId })
+    expect(video.views).to.equal(1)
   })
 
   it('Should view a video 2 times with the X-Forwarded-For header set', async function () {
     this.timeout(20000)
 
-    await viewVideo(server.url, videoId, HttpStatusCode.NO_CONTENT_204, '0.0.0.1,127.0.0.1')
-    await viewVideo(server.url, videoId, HttpStatusCode.NO_CONTENT_204, '0.0.0.2,127.0.0.1')
+    await server.videos.view({ id: videoId, xForwardedFor: '0.0.0.1,127.0.0.1' })
+    await server.videos.view({ id: videoId, xForwardedFor: '0.0.0.2,127.0.0.1' })
 
     // Wait the repeatable job
     await wait(8000)
 
-    const { body } = await getVideo(server.url, videoId)
-    expect(body.views).to.equal(3)
+    const video = await server.videos.get({ id: videoId })
+    expect(video.views).to.equal(3)
   })
 
   it('Should view a video only once with the same client IP in the X-Forwarded-For header', async function () {
     this.timeout(20000)
 
-    await viewVideo(server.url, videoId, HttpStatusCode.NO_CONTENT_204, '0.0.0.4,0.0.0.3,::ffff:127.0.0.1')
-    await viewVideo(server.url, videoId, HttpStatusCode.NO_CONTENT_204, '0.0.0.5,0.0.0.3,127.0.0.1')
+    await server.videos.view({ id: videoId, xForwardedFor: '0.0.0.4,0.0.0.3,::ffff:127.0.0.1' })
+    await server.videos.view({ id: videoId, xForwardedFor: '0.0.0.5,0.0.0.3,127.0.0.1' })
 
     // Wait the repeatable job
     await wait(8000)
 
-    const { body } = await getVideo(server.url, videoId)
-    expect(body.views).to.equal(4)
+    const video = await server.videos.get({ id: videoId })
+    expect(video.views).to.equal(4)
   })
 
   it('Should view a video two times with a different client IP in the X-Forwarded-For header', async function () {
     this.timeout(20000)
 
-    await viewVideo(server.url, videoId, HttpStatusCode.NO_CONTENT_204, '0.0.0.8,0.0.0.6,127.0.0.1')
-    await viewVideo(server.url, videoId, HttpStatusCode.NO_CONTENT_204, '0.0.0.8,0.0.0.7,127.0.0.1')
+    await server.videos.view({ id: videoId, xForwardedFor: '0.0.0.8,0.0.0.6,127.0.0.1' })
+    await server.videos.view({ id: videoId, xForwardedFor: '0.0.0.8,0.0.0.7,127.0.0.1' })
 
     // Wait the repeatable job
     await wait(8000)
 
-    const { body } = await getVideo(server.url, videoId)
-    expect(body.views).to.equal(6)
+    const video = await server.videos.get({ id: videoId })
+    expect(video.views).to.equal(6)
   })
 
   it('Should rate limit logins', async function () {
     const user = { username: 'root', password: 'fail' }
 
     for (let i = 0; i < 19; i++) {
-      await userLogin(server, user, HttpStatusCode.BAD_REQUEST_400)
+      await server.login.login({ user, expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.BAD_REQUEST_400 })
     }
 
-    await userLogin(server, user, HttpStatusCode.TOO_MANY_REQUESTS_429)
+    await server.login.login({ user, expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.TOO_MANY_REQUESTS_429 })
   })
 
   it('Should rate limit signup', async function () {
     for (let i = 0; i < 10; i++) {
       try {
-        await registerUser(server.url, 'test' + i, 'password')
+        await server.users.register({ username: 'test' + i })
       } catch {
         // empty
       }
     }
 
-    await registerUser(server.url, 'test42', 'password', HttpStatusCode.TOO_MANY_REQUESTS_429)
+    await server.users.register({ username: 'test42', expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.TOO_MANY_REQUESTS_429 })
   })
 
   it('Should not rate limit failed signup', async function () {
@@ -121,10 +117,10 @@ describe('Test application behind a reverse proxy', function () {
     await wait(7000)
 
     for (let i = 0; i < 3; i++) {
-      await registerUser(server.url, 'test' + i, 'password', HttpStatusCode.CONFLICT_409)
+      await server.users.register({ username: 'test' + i, expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.CONFLICT_409 })
     }
 
-    await registerUser(server.url, 'test43', 'password', HttpStatusCode.NO_CONTENT_204)
+    await server.users.register({ username: 'test43', expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.NO_CONTENT_204 })
 
   })
 
@@ -135,13 +131,13 @@ describe('Test application behind a reverse proxy', function () {
 
     for (let i = 0; i < 100; i++) {
       try {
-        await getVideo(server.url, videoId)
+        await server.videos.get({ id: videoId })
       } catch {
         // don't care if it fails
       }
     }
 
-    await getVideo(server.url, videoId, HttpStatusCode.TOO_MANY_REQUESTS_429)
+    await server.videos.get({ id: videoId, expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.TOO_MANY_REQUESTS_429 })
   })
 
   after(async function () {
diff --git a/server/tests/api/server/services.ts b/server/tests/api/server/services.ts
index ea64e4040..69d030dbb 100644
--- a/server/tests/api/server/services.ts
+++ b/server/tests/api/server/services.ts
@@ -2,23 +2,13 @@
 
 import 'mocha'
 import * as chai from 'chai'
+import { cleanupTests, createSingleServer, PeerTubeServer, setAccessTokensToServers, setDefaultVideoChannel } from '@shared/extra-utils'
 import { Video, VideoPlaylistPrivacy } from '@shared/models'
-import {
-  addVideoInPlaylist,
-  createVideoPlaylist,
-  getOEmbed,
-  getVideosList,
-  ServerInfo,
-  setAccessTokensToServers,
-  setDefaultVideoChannel,
-  uploadVideo
-} from '../../../../shared/extra-utils'
-import { cleanupTests, flushAndRunServer } from '../../../../shared/extra-utils/server/servers'
 
 const expect = chai.expect
 
 describe('Test services', function () {
-  let server: ServerInfo = null
+  let server: PeerTubeServer = null
   let playlistUUID: string
   let playlistDisplayName: string
   let video: Video
@@ -26,40 +16,34 @@ describe('Test services', function () {
   before(async function () {
     this.timeout(30000)
 
-    server = await flushAndRunServer(1)
+    server = await createSingleServer(1)
 
     await setAccessTokensToServers([ server ])
     await setDefaultVideoChannel([ server ])
 
     {
-      const videoAttributes = {
-        name: 'my super name'
-      }
-      await uploadVideo(server.url, server.accessToken, videoAttributes)
+      const attributes = { name: 'my super name' }
+      await server.videos.upload({ attributes })
 
-      const res = await getVideosList(server.url)
-      video = res.body.data[0]
+      const { data } = await server.videos.list()
+      video = data[0]
     }
 
     {
-      const res = await createVideoPlaylist({
-        url: server.url,
-        token: server.accessToken,
-        playlistAttrs: {
+      const created = await server.playlists.create({
+        attributes: {
           displayName: 'The Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck',
           privacy: VideoPlaylistPrivacy.PUBLIC,
-          videoChannelId: server.videoChannel.id
+          videoChannelId: server.store.channel.id
         }
       })
 
-      playlistUUID = res.body.videoPlaylist.uuid
+      playlistUUID = created.uuid
       playlistDisplayName = 'The Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck'
 
-      await addVideoInPlaylist({
-        url: server.url,
-        token: server.accessToken,
-        playlistId: res.body.videoPlaylist.id,
-        elementAttrs: {
+      await server.playlists.addElement({
+        playlistId: created.id,
+        attributes: {
           videoId: video.id
         }
       })
@@ -70,7 +54,7 @@ describe('Test services', function () {
     for (const basePath of [ '/videos/watch/', '/w/' ]) {
       const oembedUrl = 'http://localhost:' + server.port + basePath + video.uuid
 
-      const res = await getOEmbed(server.url, oembedUrl)
+      const res = await server.services.getOEmbed({ oembedUrl })
       const expectedHtml = '<iframe width="560" height="315" sandbox="allow-same-origin allow-scripts" ' +
         `title="${video.name}" src="http://localhost:${server.port}/videos/embed/${video.uuid}" ` +
         'frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>'
@@ -78,7 +62,7 @@ describe('Test services', function () {
 
       expect(res.body.html).to.equal(expectedHtml)
       expect(res.body.title).to.equal(video.name)
-      expect(res.body.author_name).to.equal(server.videoChannel.displayName)
+      expect(res.body.author_name).to.equal(server.store.channel.displayName)
       expect(res.body.width).to.equal(560)
       expect(res.body.height).to.equal(315)
       expect(res.body.thumbnail_url).to.equal(expectedThumbnailUrl)
@@ -91,14 +75,14 @@ describe('Test services', function () {
     for (const basePath of [ '/videos/watch/playlist/', '/w/p/' ]) {
       const oembedUrl = 'http://localhost:' + server.port + basePath + playlistUUID
 
-      const res = await getOEmbed(server.url, oembedUrl)
+      const res = await server.services.getOEmbed({ oembedUrl })
       const expectedHtml = '<iframe width="560" height="315" sandbox="allow-same-origin allow-scripts" ' +
         `title="${playlistDisplayName}" src="http://localhost:${server.port}/video-playlists/embed/${playlistUUID}" ` +
         'frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>'
 
       expect(res.body.html).to.equal(expectedHtml)
       expect(res.body.title).to.equal('The Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck')
-      expect(res.body.author_name).to.equal(server.videoChannel.displayName)
+      expect(res.body.author_name).to.equal(server.store.channel.displayName)
       expect(res.body.width).to.equal(560)
       expect(res.body.height).to.equal(315)
       expect(res.body.thumbnail_url).exist
@@ -114,14 +98,14 @@ describe('Test services', function () {
       const maxHeight = 50
       const maxWidth = 50
 
-      const res = await getOEmbed(server.url, oembedUrl, format, maxHeight, maxWidth)
+      const res = await server.services.getOEmbed({ oembedUrl, format, maxHeight, maxWidth })
       const expectedHtml = '<iframe width="50" height="50" sandbox="allow-same-origin allow-scripts" ' +
         `title="${video.name}" src="http://localhost:${server.port}/videos/embed/${video.uuid}" ` +
         'frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>'
 
       expect(res.body.html).to.equal(expectedHtml)
       expect(res.body.title).to.equal(video.name)
-      expect(res.body.author_name).to.equal(server.videoChannel.displayName)
+      expect(res.body.author_name).to.equal(server.store.channel.displayName)
       expect(res.body.height).to.equal(50)
       expect(res.body.width).to.equal(50)
       expect(res.body).to.not.have.property('thumbnail_url')
diff --git a/server/tests/api/server/stats.ts b/server/tests/api/server/stats.ts
index 304181a6d..5ec771429 100644
--- a/server/tests/api/server/stats.ts
+++ b/server/tests/api/server/stats.ts
@@ -3,33 +3,20 @@
 import 'mocha'
 import * as chai from 'chai'
 import {
-  addVideoChannel,
   cleanupTests,
-  createUser,
-  createVideoPlaylist,
+  createMultipleServers,
   doubleFollow,
-  flushAndRunMultipleServers,
-  follow,
-  ServerInfo,
-  unfollow,
-  updateCustomSubConfig,
-  uploadVideo,
-  userLogin,
-  viewVideo,
-  wait
-} from '../../../../shared/extra-utils'
-import { setAccessTokensToServers } from '../../../../shared/extra-utils/index'
-import { waitJobs } from '../../../../shared/extra-utils/server/jobs'
-import { getStats } from '../../../../shared/extra-utils/server/stats'
-import { addVideoCommentThread } from '../../../../shared/extra-utils/videos/video-comments'
-import { ServerStats } from '../../../../shared/models/server/server-stats.model'
-import { VideoPlaylistPrivacy } from '../../../../shared/models/videos/playlist/video-playlist-privacy.model'
-import { ActivityType } from '@shared/models'
+  PeerTubeServer,
+  setAccessTokensToServers,
+  wait,
+  waitJobs
+} from '@shared/extra-utils'
+import { ActivityType, VideoPlaylistPrivacy } from '@shared/models'
 
 const expect = chai.expect
 
 describe('Test stats (excluding redundancy)', function () {
-  let servers: ServerInfo[] = []
+  let servers: PeerTubeServer[] = []
   let channelId
   const user = {
     username: 'user1',
@@ -39,31 +26,29 @@ describe('Test stats (excluding redundancy)', function () {
   before(async function () {
     this.timeout(60000)
 
-    servers = await flushAndRunMultipleServers(3)
+    servers = await createMultipleServers(3)
 
     await setAccessTokensToServers(servers)
 
     await doubleFollow(servers[0], servers[1])
 
-    await createUser({ url: servers[0].url, accessToken: servers[0].accessToken, username: user.username, password: user.password })
+    await servers[0].users.create({ username: user.username, password: user.password })
 
-    const resVideo = await uploadVideo(servers[0].url, servers[0].accessToken, { fixture: 'video_short.webm' })
-    const videoUUID = resVideo.body.video.uuid
+    const { uuid } = await servers[0].videos.upload({ attributes: { fixture: 'video_short.webm' } })
 
-    await addVideoCommentThread(servers[0].url, servers[0].accessToken, videoUUID, 'comment')
+    await servers[0].comments.createThread({ videoId: uuid, text: 'comment' })
 
-    await viewVideo(servers[0].url, videoUUID)
+    await servers[0].videos.view({ id: uuid })
 
     // Wait the video views repeatable job
     await wait(8000)
 
-    await follow(servers[2].url, [ servers[0].url ], servers[2].accessToken)
+    await servers[2].follows.follow({ hosts: [ servers[0].url ] })
     await waitJobs(servers)
   })
 
   it('Should have the correct stats on instance 1', async function () {
-    const res = await getStats(servers[0].url)
-    const data: ServerStats = res.body
+    const data = await servers[0].stats.get()
 
     expect(data.totalLocalVideoComments).to.equal(1)
     expect(data.totalLocalVideos).to.equal(1)
@@ -78,8 +63,7 @@ describe('Test stats (excluding redundancy)', function () {
   })
 
   it('Should have the correct stats on instance 2', async function () {
-    const res = await getStats(servers[1].url)
-    const data: ServerStats = res.body
+    const data = await servers[1].stats.get()
 
     expect(data.totalLocalVideoComments).to.equal(0)
     expect(data.totalLocalVideos).to.equal(0)
@@ -94,8 +78,7 @@ describe('Test stats (excluding redundancy)', function () {
   })
 
   it('Should have the correct stats on instance 3', async function () {
-    const res = await getStats(servers[2].url)
-    const data: ServerStats = res.body
+    const data = await servers[2].stats.get()
 
     expect(data.totalLocalVideoComments).to.equal(0)
     expect(data.totalLocalVideos).to.equal(0)
@@ -111,11 +94,10 @@ describe('Test stats (excluding redundancy)', function () {
   it('Should have the correct total videos stats after an unfollow', async function () {
     this.timeout(15000)
 
-    await unfollow(servers[2].url, servers[2].accessToken, servers[0])
+    await servers[2].follows.unfollow({ target: servers[0] })
     await waitJobs(servers)
 
-    const res = await getStats(servers[2].url)
-    const data: ServerStats = res.body
+    const data = await servers[2].stats.get()
 
     expect(data.totalVideos).to.equal(0)
   })
@@ -124,18 +106,18 @@ describe('Test stats (excluding redundancy)', function () {
     const server = servers[0]
 
     {
-      const res = await getStats(server.url)
-      const data: ServerStats = res.body
+      const data = await server.stats.get()
+
       expect(data.totalDailyActiveUsers).to.equal(1)
       expect(data.totalWeeklyActiveUsers).to.equal(1)
       expect(data.totalMonthlyActiveUsers).to.equal(1)
     }
 
     {
-      await userLogin(server, user)
+      await server.login.getAccessToken(user)
+
+      const data = await server.stats.get()
 
-      const res = await getStats(server.url)
-      const data: ServerStats = res.body
       expect(data.totalDailyActiveUsers).to.equal(2)
       expect(data.totalWeeklyActiveUsers).to.equal(2)
       expect(data.totalMonthlyActiveUsers).to.equal(2)
@@ -146,33 +128,33 @@ describe('Test stats (excluding redundancy)', function () {
     const server = servers[0]
 
     {
-      const res = await getStats(server.url)
-      const data: ServerStats = res.body
+      const data = await server.stats.get()
+
       expect(data.totalLocalDailyActiveVideoChannels).to.equal(1)
       expect(data.totalLocalWeeklyActiveVideoChannels).to.equal(1)
       expect(data.totalLocalMonthlyActiveVideoChannels).to.equal(1)
     }
 
     {
-      const channelAttributes = {
+      const attributes = {
         name: 'stats_channel',
         displayName: 'My stats channel'
       }
-      const resChannel = await addVideoChannel(server.url, server.accessToken, channelAttributes)
-      channelId = resChannel.body.videoChannel.id
+      const created = await server.channels.create({ attributes })
+      channelId = created.id
+
+      const data = await server.stats.get()
 
-      const res = await getStats(server.url)
-      const data: ServerStats = res.body
       expect(data.totalLocalDailyActiveVideoChannels).to.equal(1)
       expect(data.totalLocalWeeklyActiveVideoChannels).to.equal(1)
       expect(data.totalLocalMonthlyActiveVideoChannels).to.equal(1)
     }
 
     {
-      await uploadVideo(server.url, server.accessToken, { fixture: 'video_short.webm', channelId })
+      await server.videos.upload({ attributes: { fixture: 'video_short.webm', channelId } })
+
+      const data = await server.stats.get()
 
-      const res = await getStats(server.url)
-      const data: ServerStats = res.body
       expect(data.totalLocalDailyActiveVideoChannels).to.equal(2)
       expect(data.totalLocalWeeklyActiveVideoChannels).to.equal(2)
       expect(data.totalLocalMonthlyActiveVideoChannels).to.equal(2)
@@ -183,66 +165,62 @@ describe('Test stats (excluding redundancy)', function () {
     const server = servers[0]
 
     {
-      const resStats = await getStats(server.url)
-      const dataStats: ServerStats = resStats.body
-      expect(dataStats.totalLocalPlaylists).to.equal(0)
+      const data = await server.stats.get()
+      expect(data.totalLocalPlaylists).to.equal(0)
     }
 
     {
-      await createVideoPlaylist({
-        url: server.url,
-        token: server.accessToken,
-        playlistAttrs: {
+      await server.playlists.create({
+        attributes: {
           displayName: 'playlist for count',
           privacy: VideoPlaylistPrivacy.PUBLIC,
           videoChannelId: channelId
         }
       })
 
-      const resStats = await getStats(server.url)
-      const dataStats: ServerStats = resStats.body
-      expect(dataStats.totalLocalPlaylists).to.equal(1)
+      const data = await server.stats.get()
+      expect(data.totalLocalPlaylists).to.equal(1)
     }
   })
 
   it('Should correctly count video file sizes if transcoding is enabled', async function () {
     this.timeout(60000)
 
-    await updateCustomSubConfig(servers[0].url, servers[0].accessToken, {
-      transcoding: {
-        enabled: true,
-        webtorrent: {
-          enabled: true
-        },
-        hls: {
-          enabled: true
-        },
-        resolutions: {
-          '0p': false,
-          '240p': false,
-          '360p': false,
-          '480p': false,
-          '720p': false,
-          '1080p': false,
-          '1440p': false,
-          '2160p': false
+    await servers[0].config.updateCustomSubConfig({
+      newConfig: {
+        transcoding: {
+          enabled: true,
+          webtorrent: {
+            enabled: true
+          },
+          hls: {
+            enabled: true
+          },
+          resolutions: {
+            '0p': false,
+            '240p': false,
+            '360p': false,
+            '480p': false,
+            '720p': false,
+            '1080p': false,
+            '1440p': false,
+            '2160p': false
+          }
         }
       }
     })
 
-    await uploadVideo(servers[0].url, servers[0].accessToken, { name: 'video', fixture: 'video_short.webm' })
+    await servers[0].videos.upload({ attributes: { name: 'video', fixture: 'video_short.webm' } })
 
     await waitJobs(servers)
 
     {
-      const res = await getStats(servers[1].url)
-      const data: ServerStats = res.body
+      const data = await servers[1].stats.get()
       expect(data.totalLocalVideoFilesSize).to.equal(0)
     }
 
     {
-      const res = await getStats(servers[0].url)
-      const data: ServerStats = res.body
+      const data = await servers[0].stats.get()
       expect(data.totalLocalVideoFilesSize).to.be.greaterThan(500000)
       expect(data.totalLocalVideoFilesSize).to.be.lessThan(600000)
     }
@@ -251,27 +229,27 @@ describe('Test stats (excluding redundancy)', function () {
   it('Should have the correct AP stats', async function () {
     this.timeout(60000)
 
-    await updateCustomSubConfig(servers[0].url, servers[0].accessToken, {
-      transcoding: {
-        enabled: false
+    await servers[0].config.updateCustomSubConfig({
+      newConfig: {
+        transcoding: {
+          enabled: false
+        }
       }
     })
 
-    const res1 = await getStats(servers[1].url)
-    const first = res1.body as ServerStats
+    const first = await servers[1].stats.get()
 
     for (let i = 0; i < 10; i++) {
-      await uploadVideo(servers[0].url, servers[0].accessToken, { name: 'video' })
+      await servers[0].videos.upload({ attributes: { name: 'video' } })
     }
 
     await waitJobs(servers)
 
     await wait(6000)
 
-    const res2 = await getStats(servers[1].url)
-    const second: ServerStats = res2.body
-
+    const second = await servers[1].stats.get()
     expect(second.totalActivityPubMessagesProcessed).to.be.greaterThan(first.totalActivityPubMessagesProcessed)
+
     const apTypes: ActivityType[] = [
       'Create', 'Update', 'Delete', 'Follow', 'Accept', 'Announce', 'Undo', 'Like', 'Reject', 'View', 'Dislike', 'Flag'
     ]
@@ -291,9 +269,7 @@ describe('Test stats (excluding redundancy)', function () {
 
     await wait(6000)
 
-    const res3 = await getStats(servers[1].url)
-    const third: ServerStats = res3.body
-
+    const third = await servers[1].stats.get()
     expect(third.totalActivityPubMessagesWaiting).to.equal(0)
     expect(third.activityPubMessagesProcessedPerSecond).to.be.lessThan(second.activityPubMessagesProcessedPerSecond)
   })
diff --git a/server/tests/api/server/tracker.ts b/server/tests/api/server/tracker.ts
index 4b86e0b90..f597ac60c 100644
--- a/server/tests/api/server/tracker.ts
+++ b/server/tests/api/server/tracker.ts
@@ -1,36 +1,23 @@
 /* eslint-disable @typescript-eslint/no-unused-expressions,@typescript-eslint/require-await,@typescript-eslint/no-floating-promises */
 
-import * as magnetUtil from 'magnet-uri'
 import 'mocha'
-import {
-  cleanupTests,
-  flushAndRunServer,
-  getVideo,
-  killallServers,
-  reRunServer,
-  ServerInfo,
-  uploadVideo
-} from '../../../../shared/extra-utils'
-import { setAccessTokensToServers } from '../../../../shared/extra-utils/index'
-import { VideoDetails } from '../../../../shared/models/videos'
+import * as magnetUtil from 'magnet-uri'
 import * as WebTorrent from 'webtorrent'
+import { cleanupTests, createSingleServer, killallServers, PeerTubeServer, setAccessTokensToServers } from '@shared/extra-utils'
 
 describe('Test tracker', function () {
-  let server: ServerInfo
+  let server: PeerTubeServer
   let badMagnet: string
   let goodMagnet: string
 
   before(async function () {
     this.timeout(60000)
-    server = await flushAndRunServer(1)
+    server = await createSingleServer(1)
     await setAccessTokensToServers([ server ])
 
     {
-      const res = await uploadVideo(server.url, server.accessToken, {})
-      const videoUUID = res.body.video.uuid
-
-      const resGet = await getVideo(server.url, videoUUID)
-      const video: VideoDetails = resGet.body
+      const { uuid } = await server.videos.upload()
+      const video = await server.videos.get({ id: uuid })
       goodMagnet = video.files[0].magnetUri
 
       const parsed = magnetUtil.decode(goodMagnet)
@@ -61,8 +48,7 @@ describe('Test tracker', function () {
     const errCb = () => done(new Error('Tracker is enabled'))
 
     killallServers([ server ])
-
-    reRunServer(server, { tracker: { enabled: false } })
+      .then(() => server.run({ tracker: { enabled: false } }))
       .then(() => {
         const webtorrent = new WebTorrent()
 
@@ -86,8 +72,7 @@ describe('Test tracker', function () {
     this.timeout(20000)
 
     killallServers([ server ])
-
-    reRunServer(server)
+      .then(() => server.run())
       .then(() => {
         const webtorrent = new WebTorrent()
 
diff --git a/server/tests/api/users/user-subscriptions.ts b/server/tests/api/users/user-subscriptions.ts
index 60676a37b..77b99886d 100644
--- a/server/tests/api/users/user-subscriptions.ts
+++ b/server/tests/api/users/user-subscriptions.ts
@@ -1,42 +1,30 @@
 /* eslint-disable @typescript-eslint/no-unused-expressions,@typescript-eslint/require-await */
 
-import * as chai from 'chai'
 import 'mocha'
+import * as chai from 'chai'
 import {
   cleanupTests,
-  createUser,
+  createMultipleServers,
   doubleFollow,
-  flushAndRunMultipleServers,
-  follow,
-  getVideosList,
-  unfollow,
-  updateVideo,
-  userLogin
-} from '../../../../shared/extra-utils'
-import { ServerInfo, uploadVideo } from '../../../../shared/extra-utils/index'
-import { setAccessTokensToServers } from '../../../../shared/extra-utils/users/login'
-import { Video, VideoChannel } from '../../../../shared/models/videos'
-import { waitJobs } from '../../../../shared/extra-utils/server/jobs'
-import {
-  addUserSubscription,
-  areSubscriptionsExist,
-  getUserSubscription,
-  listUserSubscriptions,
-  listUserSubscriptionVideos,
-  removeUserSubscription
-} from '../../../../shared/extra-utils/users/user-subscriptions'
+  PeerTubeServer,
+  setAccessTokensToServers,
+  SubscriptionsCommand,
+  waitJobs
+} from '@shared/extra-utils'
 
 const expect = chai.expect
 
 describe('Test users subscriptions', function () {
-  let servers: ServerInfo[] = []
+  let servers: PeerTubeServer[] = []
   const users: { accessToken: string }[] = []
   let video3UUID: string
 
+  let command: SubscriptionsCommand
+
   before(async function () {
     this.timeout(120000)
 
-    servers = await flushAndRunMultipleServers(3)
+    servers = await createMultipleServers(3)
 
     // Get the access tokens
     await setAccessTokensToServers(servers)
@@ -47,47 +35,50 @@ describe('Test users subscriptions', function () {
     {
       for (const server of servers) {
         const user = { username: 'user' + server.serverNumber, password: 'password' }
-        await createUser({ url: server.url, accessToken: server.accessToken, username: user.username, password: user.password })
+        await server.users.create({ username: user.username, password: user.password })
 
-        const accessToken = await userLogin(server, user)
+        const accessToken = await server.login.getAccessToken(user)
         users.push({ accessToken })
 
         const videoName1 = 'video 1-' + server.serverNumber
-        await uploadVideo(server.url, accessToken, { name: videoName1 })
+        await server.videos.upload({ token: accessToken, attributes: { name: videoName1 } })
 
         const videoName2 = 'video 2-' + server.serverNumber
-        await uploadVideo(server.url, accessToken, { name: videoName2 })
+        await server.videos.upload({ token: accessToken, attributes: { name: videoName2 } })
       }
     }
 
     await waitJobs(servers)
+
+    command = servers[0].subscriptions
   })
 
   it('Should display videos of server 2 on server 1', async function () {
-    const res = await getVideosList(servers[0].url)
+    const { total } = await servers[0].videos.list()
 
-    expect(res.body.total).to.equal(4)
+    expect(total).to.equal(4)
   })
 
   it('User of server 1 should follow user of server 3 and root of server 1', async function () {
     this.timeout(60000)
 
-    await addUserSubscription(servers[0].url, users[0].accessToken, 'user3_channel@localhost:' + servers[2].port)
-    await addUserSubscription(servers[0].url, users[0].accessToken, 'root_channel@localhost:' + servers[0].port)
+    await command.add({ token: users[0].accessToken, targetUri: 'user3_channel@localhost:' + servers[2].port })
+    await command.add({ token: users[0].accessToken, targetUri: 'root_channel@localhost:' + servers[0].port })
 
     await waitJobs(servers)
 
-    const res = await uploadVideo(servers[2].url, users[2].accessToken, { name: 'video server 3 added after follow' })
-    video3UUID = res.body.video.uuid
+    const attributes = { name: 'video server 3 added after follow' }
+    const { uuid } = await servers[2].videos.upload({ token: users[2].accessToken, attributes })
+    video3UUID = uuid
 
     await waitJobs(servers)
   })
 
   it('Should not display videos of server 3 on server 1', async function () {
-    const res = await getVideosList(servers[0].url)
+    const { total, data } = await servers[0].videos.list()
+    expect(total).to.equal(4)
 
-    expect(res.body.total).to.equal(4)
-    for (const video of res.body.data) {
+    for (const video of data) {
       expect(video.name).to.not.contain('1-3')
       expect(video.name).to.not.contain('2-3')
       expect(video.name).to.not.contain('video server 3 added after follow')
@@ -96,17 +87,17 @@ describe('Test users subscriptions', function () {
 
   it('Should list subscriptions', async function () {
     {
-      const res = await listUserSubscriptions({ url: servers[0].url, token: servers[0].accessToken })
-      expect(res.body.total).to.equal(0)
-      expect(res.body.data).to.be.an('array')
-      expect(res.body.data).to.have.lengthOf(0)
+      const body = await command.list()
+      expect(body.total).to.equal(0)
+      expect(body.data).to.be.an('array')
+      expect(body.data).to.have.lengthOf(0)
     }
 
     {
-      const res = await listUserSubscriptions({ url: servers[0].url, token: users[0].accessToken, sort: 'createdAt' })
-      expect(res.body.total).to.equal(2)
+      const body = await command.list({ token: users[0].accessToken, sort: 'createdAt' })
+      expect(body.total).to.equal(2)
 
-      const subscriptions: VideoChannel[] = res.body.data
+      const subscriptions = body.data
       expect(subscriptions).to.be.an('array')
       expect(subscriptions).to.have.lengthOf(2)
 
@@ -117,8 +108,7 @@ describe('Test users subscriptions', function () {
 
   it('Should get subscription', async function () {
     {
-      const res = await getUserSubscription(servers[0].url, users[0].accessToken, 'user3_channel@localhost:' + servers[2].port)
-      const videoChannel: VideoChannel = res.body
+      const videoChannel = await command.get({ token: users[0].accessToken, uri: 'user3_channel@localhost:' + servers[2].port })
 
       expect(videoChannel.name).to.equal('user3_channel')
       expect(videoChannel.host).to.equal('localhost:' + servers[2].port)
@@ -128,8 +118,7 @@ describe('Test users subscriptions', function () {
     }
 
     {
-      const res = await getUserSubscription(servers[0].url, users[0].accessToken, 'root_channel@localhost:' + servers[0].port)
-      const videoChannel: VideoChannel = res.body
+      const videoChannel = await command.get({ token: users[0].accessToken, uri: 'root_channel@localhost:' + servers[0].port })
 
       expect(videoChannel.name).to.equal('root_channel')
       expect(videoChannel.host).to.equal('localhost:' + servers[0].port)
@@ -147,8 +136,7 @@ describe('Test users subscriptions', function () {
       'user3_channel@localhost:' + servers[0].port
     ]
 
-    const res = await areSubscriptionsExist(servers[0].url, users[0].accessToken, uris)
-    const body = res.body
+    const body = await command.exist({ token: users[0].accessToken, uris })
 
     expect(body['user3_channel@localhost:' + servers[2].port]).to.be.true
     expect(body['root2_channel@localhost:' + servers[0].port]).to.be.false
@@ -158,45 +146,31 @@ describe('Test users subscriptions', function () {
 
   it('Should search among subscriptions', async function () {
     {
-      const res = await listUserSubscriptions({
-        url: servers[0].url,
-        token: users[0].accessToken,
-        sort: '-createdAt',
-        search: 'user3_channel'
-      })
-      expect(res.body.total).to.equal(1)
-
-      const subscriptions = res.body.data
-      expect(subscriptions).to.have.lengthOf(1)
+      const body = await command.list({ token: users[0].accessToken, sort: '-createdAt', search: 'user3_channel' })
+      expect(body.total).to.equal(1)
+      expect(body.data).to.have.lengthOf(1)
     }
 
     {
-      const res = await listUserSubscriptions({
-        url: servers[0].url,
-        token: users[0].accessToken,
-        sort: '-createdAt',
-        search: 'toto'
-      })
-      expect(res.body.total).to.equal(0)
-
-      const subscriptions = res.body.data
-      expect(subscriptions).to.have.lengthOf(0)
+      const body = await command.list({ token: users[0].accessToken, sort: '-createdAt', search: 'toto' })
+      expect(body.total).to.equal(0)
+      expect(body.data).to.have.lengthOf(0)
     }
   })
 
   it('Should list subscription videos', async function () {
     {
-      const res = await listUserSubscriptionVideos(servers[0].url, servers[0].accessToken)
-      expect(res.body.total).to.equal(0)
-      expect(res.body.data).to.be.an('array')
-      expect(res.body.data).to.have.lengthOf(0)
+      const body = await command.listVideos()
+      expect(body.total).to.equal(0)
+      expect(body.data).to.be.an('array')
+      expect(body.data).to.have.lengthOf(0)
     }
 
     {
-      const res = await listUserSubscriptionVideos(servers[0].url, users[0].accessToken, 'createdAt')
-      expect(res.body.total).to.equal(3)
+      const body = await command.listVideos({ token: users[0].accessToken, sort: 'createdAt' })
+      expect(body.total).to.equal(3)
 
-      const videos: Video[] = res.body.data
+      const videos = body.data
       expect(videos).to.be.an('array')
       expect(videos).to.have.lengthOf(3)
 
@@ -210,22 +184,22 @@ describe('Test users subscriptions', function () {
     this.timeout(60000)
 
     const videoName = 'video server 1 added after follow'
-    await uploadVideo(servers[0].url, servers[0].accessToken, { name: videoName })
+    await servers[0].videos.upload({ attributes: { name: videoName } })
 
     await waitJobs(servers)
 
     {
-      const res = await listUserSubscriptionVideos(servers[0].url, servers[0].accessToken)
-      expect(res.body.total).to.equal(0)
-      expect(res.body.data).to.be.an('array')
-      expect(res.body.data).to.have.lengthOf(0)
+      const body = await command.listVideos()
+      expect(body.total).to.equal(0)
+      expect(body.data).to.be.an('array')
+      expect(body.data).to.have.lengthOf(0)
     }
 
     {
-      const res = await listUserSubscriptionVideos(servers[0].url, users[0].accessToken, 'createdAt')
-      expect(res.body.total).to.equal(4)
+      const body = await command.listVideos({ token: users[0].accessToken, sort: 'createdAt' })
+      expect(body.total).to.equal(4)
 
-      const videos: Video[] = res.body.data
+      const videos = body.data
       expect(videos).to.be.an('array')
       expect(videos).to.have.lengthOf(4)
 
@@ -236,10 +210,10 @@ describe('Test users subscriptions', function () {
     }
 
     {
-      const res = await getVideosList(servers[0].url)
+      const { data, total } = await servers[0].videos.list()
+      expect(total).to.equal(5)
 
-      expect(res.body.total).to.equal(5)
-      for (const video of res.body.data) {
+      for (const video of data) {
         expect(video.name).to.not.contain('1-3')
         expect(video.name).to.not.contain('2-3')
         expect(video.name).to.not.contain('video server 3 added after follow')
@@ -250,17 +224,16 @@ describe('Test users subscriptions', function () {
   it('Should have server 1 follow server 3 and display server 3 videos', async function () {
     this.timeout(60000)
 
-    await follow(servers[0].url, [ servers[2].url ], servers[0].accessToken)
+    await servers[0].follows.follow({ hosts: [ servers[2].url ] })
 
     await waitJobs(servers)
 
-    const res = await getVideosList(servers[0].url)
-
-    expect(res.body.total).to.equal(8)
+    const { data, total } = await servers[0].videos.list()
+    expect(total).to.equal(8)
 
     const names = [ '1-3', '2-3', 'video server 3 added after follow' ]
     for (const name of names) {
-      const video = res.body.data.find(v => v.name.indexOf(name) === -1)
+      const video = data.find(v => v.name.includes(name))
       expect(video).to.not.be.undefined
     }
   })
@@ -268,14 +241,14 @@ describe('Test users subscriptions', function () {
   it('Should remove follow server 1 -> server 3 and hide server 3 videos', async function () {
     this.timeout(60000)
 
-    await unfollow(servers[0].url, servers[0].accessToken, servers[2])
+    await servers[0].follows.unfollow({ target: servers[2] })
 
     await waitJobs(servers)
 
-    const res = await getVideosList(servers[0].url)
+    const { total, data } = await servers[0].videos.list()
+    expect(total).to.equal(5)
 
-    expect(res.body.total).to.equal(5)
-    for (const video of res.body.data) {
+    for (const video of data) {
       expect(video.name).to.not.contain('1-3')
       expect(video.name).to.not.contain('2-3')
       expect(video.name).to.not.contain('video server 3 added after follow')
@@ -284,17 +257,17 @@ describe('Test users subscriptions', function () {
 
   it('Should still list subscription videos', async function () {
     {
-      const res = await listUserSubscriptionVideos(servers[0].url, servers[0].accessToken)
-      expect(res.body.total).to.equal(0)
-      expect(res.body.data).to.be.an('array')
-      expect(res.body.data).to.have.lengthOf(0)
+      const body = await command.listVideos()
+      expect(body.total).to.equal(0)
+      expect(body.data).to.be.an('array')
+      expect(body.data).to.have.lengthOf(0)
     }
 
     {
-      const res = await listUserSubscriptionVideos(servers[0].url, users[0].accessToken, 'createdAt')
-      expect(res.body.total).to.equal(4)
+      const body = await command.listVideos({ token: users[0].accessToken, sort: 'createdAt' })
+      expect(body.total).to.equal(4)
 
-      const videos: Video[] = res.body.data
+      const videos = body.data
       expect(videos).to.be.an('array')
       expect(videos).to.have.lengthOf(4)
 
@@ -308,58 +281,55 @@ describe('Test users subscriptions', function () {
   it('Should update a video of server 3 and see the updated video on server 1', async function () {
     this.timeout(30000)
 
-    await updateVideo(servers[2].url, users[2].accessToken, video3UUID, { name: 'video server 3 added after follow updated' })
+    await servers[2].videos.update({ id: video3UUID, attributes: { name: 'video server 3 added after follow updated' } })
 
     await waitJobs(servers)
 
-    const res = await listUserSubscriptionVideos(servers[0].url, users[0].accessToken, 'createdAt')
-    const videos: Video[] = res.body.data
-    expect(videos[2].name).to.equal('video server 3 added after follow updated')
+    const body = await command.listVideos({ token: users[0].accessToken, sort: 'createdAt' })
+    expect(body.data[2].name).to.equal('video server 3 added after follow updated')
   })
 
   it('Should remove user of server 3 subscription', async function () {
     this.timeout(30000)
 
-    await removeUserSubscription(servers[0].url, users[0].accessToken, 'user3_channel@localhost:' + servers[2].port)
+    await command.remove({ token: users[0].accessToken, uri: 'user3_channel@localhost:' + servers[2].port })
 
     await waitJobs(servers)
   })
 
   it('Should not display its videos anymore', async function () {
-    {
-      const res = await listUserSubscriptionVideos(servers[0].url, users[0].accessToken, 'createdAt')
-      expect(res.body.total).to.equal(1)
+    const body = await command.listVideos({ token: users[0].accessToken, sort: 'createdAt' })
+    expect(body.total).to.equal(1)
 
-      const videos: Video[] = res.body.data
-      expect(videos).to.be.an('array')
-      expect(videos).to.have.lengthOf(1)
+    const videos = body.data
+    expect(videos).to.be.an('array')
+    expect(videos).to.have.lengthOf(1)
 
-      expect(videos[0].name).to.equal('video server 1 added after follow')
-    }
+    expect(videos[0].name).to.equal('video server 1 added after follow')
   })
 
   it('Should remove the root subscription and not display the videos anymore', async function () {
     this.timeout(30000)
 
-    await removeUserSubscription(servers[0].url, users[0].accessToken, 'root_channel@localhost:' + servers[0].port)
+    await command.remove({ token: users[0].accessToken, uri: 'root_channel@localhost:' + servers[0].port })
 
     await waitJobs(servers)
 
     {
-      const res = await listUserSubscriptionVideos(servers[0].url, users[0].accessToken, 'createdAt')
-      expect(res.body.total).to.equal(0)
+      const body = await command.list({ token: users[0].accessToken, sort: 'createdAt' })
+      expect(body.total).to.equal(0)
 
-      const videos: Video[] = res.body.data
+      const videos = body.data
       expect(videos).to.be.an('array')
       expect(videos).to.have.lengthOf(0)
     }
   })
 
   it('Should correctly display public videos on server 1', async function () {
-    const res = await getVideosList(servers[0].url)
+    const { total, data } = await servers[0].videos.list()
+    expect(total).to.equal(5)
 
-    expect(res.body.total).to.equal(5)
-    for (const video of res.body.data) {
+    for (const video of data) {
       expect(video.name).to.not.contain('1-3')
       expect(video.name).to.not.contain('2-3')
       expect(video.name).to.not.contain('video server 3 added after follow updated')
@@ -369,15 +339,15 @@ describe('Test users subscriptions', function () {
   it('Should follow user of server 3 again', async function () {
     this.timeout(60000)
 
-    await addUserSubscription(servers[0].url, users[0].accessToken, 'user3_channel@localhost:' + servers[2].port)
+    await command.add({ token: users[0].accessToken, targetUri: 'user3_channel@localhost:' + servers[2].port })
 
     await waitJobs(servers)
 
     {
-      const res = await listUserSubscriptionVideos(servers[0].url, users[0].accessToken, 'createdAt')
-      expect(res.body.total).to.equal(3)
+      const body = await command.listVideos({ token: users[0].accessToken, sort: 'createdAt' })
+      expect(body.total).to.equal(3)
 
-      const videos: Video[] = res.body.data
+      const videos = body.data
       expect(videos).to.be.an('array')
       expect(videos).to.have.lengthOf(3)
 
@@ -387,10 +357,10 @@ describe('Test users subscriptions', function () {
     }
 
     {
-      const res = await getVideosList(servers[0].url)
+      const { total, data } = await servers[0].videos.list()
+      expect(total).to.equal(5)
 
-      expect(res.body.total).to.equal(5)
-      for (const video of res.body.data) {
+      for (const video of data) {
         expect(video.name).to.not.contain('1-3')
         expect(video.name).to.not.contain('2-3')
         expect(video.name).to.not.contain('video server 3 added after follow updated')
diff --git a/server/tests/api/users/users-multiple-servers.ts b/server/tests/api/users/users-multiple-servers.ts
index f60c66e4b..225145957 100644
--- a/server/tests/api/users/users-multiple-servers.ts
+++ b/server/tests/api/users/users-multiple-servers.ts
@@ -1,32 +1,25 @@
 /* eslint-disable @typescript-eslint/no-unused-expressions,@typescript-eslint/require-await */
 
-import * as chai from 'chai'
 import 'mocha'
-import { Account } from '../../../../shared/models/actors'
+import * as chai from 'chai'
 import {
+  checkActorFilesWereRemoved,
   checkTmpIsEmpty,
   checkVideoFilesWereRemoved,
   cleanupTests,
-  createUser,
+  createMultipleServers,
   doubleFollow,
-  flushAndRunMultipleServers,
-  getAccountVideos,
-  getVideoChannelsList,
-  removeUser,
-  updateMyUser,
-  userLogin
-} from '../../../../shared/extra-utils'
-import { getMyUserInformation, ServerInfo, testImage, updateMyAvatar, uploadVideo } from '../../../../shared/extra-utils/index'
-import { checkActorFilesWereRemoved, getAccount, getAccountsList } from '../../../../shared/extra-utils/users/accounts'
-import { setAccessTokensToServers } from '../../../../shared/extra-utils/users/login'
-import { User } from '../../../../shared/models/users'
-import { VideoChannel } from '../../../../shared/models/videos'
-import { waitJobs } from '../../../../shared/extra-utils/server/jobs'
+  PeerTubeServer,
+  setAccessTokensToServers,
+  testImage,
+  waitJobs
+} from '@shared/extra-utils'
+import { User } from '@shared/models'
 
 const expect = chai.expect
 
 describe('Test users with multiple servers', function () {
-  let servers: ServerInfo[] = []
+  let servers: PeerTubeServer[] = []
   let user: User
   let userId: number
   let videoUUID: string
@@ -36,7 +29,7 @@ describe('Test users with multiple servers', function () {
   before(async function () {
     this.timeout(120_000)
 
-    servers = await flushAndRunMultipleServers(3)
+    servers = await createMultipleServers(3)
 
     // Get the access tokens
     await setAccessTokensToServers(servers)
@@ -49,26 +42,21 @@ describe('Test users with multiple servers', function () {
     await doubleFollow(servers[1], servers[2])
 
     // The root user of server 1 is propagated to servers 2 and 3
-    await uploadVideo(servers[0].url, servers[0].accessToken, {})
+    await servers[0].videos.upload()
 
     {
       const user = {
         username: 'user1',
         password: 'password'
       }
-      const res = await createUser({
-        url: servers[0].url,
-        accessToken: servers[0].accessToken,
-        username: user.username,
-        password: user.password
-      })
-      userId = res.body.user.id
-      userAccessToken = await userLogin(servers[0], user)
+      const created = await servers[0].users.create(user)
+      userId = created.id
+      userAccessToken = await servers[0].login.getAccessToken(user)
     }
 
     {
-      const resVideo = await uploadVideo(servers[0].url, userAccessToken, {})
-      videoUUID = resVideo.body.video.uuid
+      const { uuid } = await servers[0].videos.upload({ token: userAccessToken })
+      videoUUID = uuid
     }
 
     await waitJobs(servers)
@@ -77,15 +65,9 @@ describe('Test users with multiple servers', function () {
   it('Should be able to update my display name', async function () {
     this.timeout(10000)
 
-    await updateMyUser({
-      url: servers[0].url,
-      accessToken: servers[0].accessToken,
-      displayName: 'my super display name'
-    })
-
-    const res = await getMyUserInformation(servers[0].url, servers[0].accessToken)
-    user = res.body
+    await servers[0].users.updateMe({ displayName: 'my super display name' })
 
+    user = await servers[0].users.getMyInfo()
     expect(user.account.displayName).to.equal('my super display name')
 
     await waitJobs(servers)
@@ -94,14 +76,9 @@ describe('Test users with multiple servers', function () {
   it('Should be able to update my description', async function () {
     this.timeout(10_000)
 
-    await updateMyUser({
-      url: servers[0].url,
-      accessToken: servers[0].accessToken,
-      description: 'my super description updated'
-    })
+    await servers[0].users.updateMe({ description: 'my super description updated' })
 
-    const res = await getMyUserInformation(servers[0].url, servers[0].accessToken)
-    user = res.body
+    user = await servers[0].users.getMyInfo()
     expect(user.account.displayName).to.equal('my super display name')
     expect(user.account.description).to.equal('my super description updated')
 
@@ -113,15 +90,9 @@ describe('Test users with multiple servers', function () {
 
     const fixture = 'avatar2.png'
 
-    await updateMyAvatar({
-      url: servers[0].url,
-      accessToken: servers[0].accessToken,
-      fixture
-    })
-
-    const res = await getMyUserInformation(servers[0].url, servers[0].accessToken)
-    user = res.body
+    await servers[0].users.updateMyAvatar({ fixture })
 
+    user = await servers[0].users.getMyInfo()
     userAvatarFilename = user.account.avatar.path
 
     await testImage(servers[0].url, 'avatar2-resized', userAvatarFilename, '.png')
@@ -133,13 +104,12 @@ describe('Test users with multiple servers', function () {
     let createdAt: string | Date
 
     for (const server of servers) {
-      const resAccounts = await getAccountsList(server.url, '-createdAt')
+      const body = await server.accounts.list({ sort: '-createdAt' })
 
-      const resList = resAccounts.body.data.find(a => a.name === 'root' && a.host === 'localhost:' + servers[0].port) as Account
+      const resList = body.data.find(a => a.name === 'root' && a.host === 'localhost:' + servers[0].port)
       expect(resList).not.to.be.undefined
 
-      const resAccount = await getAccount(server.url, resList.name + '@' + resList.host)
-      const account = resAccount.body as Account
+      const account = await server.accounts.get({ accountName: resList.name + '@' + resList.host })
 
       if (!createdAt) createdAt = account.createdAt
 
@@ -161,31 +131,29 @@ describe('Test users with multiple servers', function () {
 
   it('Should list account videos', async function () {
     for (const server of servers) {
-      const res = await getAccountVideos(server.url, server.accessToken, 'user1@localhost:' + servers[0].port, 0, 5)
+      const { total, data } = await server.videos.listByAccount({ handle: 'user1@localhost:' + servers[0].port })
 
-      expect(res.body.total).to.equal(1)
-      expect(res.body.data).to.be.an('array')
-      expect(res.body.data).to.have.lengthOf(1)
-      expect(res.body.data[0].uuid).to.equal(videoUUID)
+      expect(total).to.equal(1)
+      expect(data).to.be.an('array')
+      expect(data).to.have.lengthOf(1)
+      expect(data[0].uuid).to.equal(videoUUID)
     }
   })
 
   it('Should search through account videos', async function () {
     this.timeout(10_000)
 
-    const resVideo = await uploadVideo(servers[0].url, userAccessToken, { name: 'Kami no chikara' })
+    const created = await servers[0].videos.upload({ token: userAccessToken, attributes: { name: 'Kami no chikara' } })
 
     await waitJobs(servers)
 
     for (const server of servers) {
-      const res = await getAccountVideos(server.url, server.accessToken, 'user1@localhost:' + servers[0].port, 0, 5, undefined, {
-        search: 'Kami'
-      })
-
-      expect(res.body.total).to.equal(1)
-      expect(res.body.data).to.be.an('array')
-      expect(res.body.data).to.have.lengthOf(1)
-      expect(res.body.data[0].uuid).to.equal(resVideo.body.video.uuid)
+      const { total, data } = await server.videos.listByAccount({ handle: 'user1@localhost:' + servers[0].port, search: 'Kami' })
+
+      expect(total).to.equal(1)
+      expect(data).to.be.an('array')
+      expect(data).to.have.lengthOf(1)
+      expect(data[0].uuid).to.equal(created.uuid)
     }
   })
 
@@ -193,32 +161,28 @@ describe('Test users with multiple servers', function () {
     this.timeout(10_000)
 
     for (const server of servers) {
-      const resAccounts = await getAccountsList(server.url, '-createdAt')
+      const body = await server.accounts.list({ sort: '-createdAt' })
 
-      const accountDeleted = resAccounts.body.data.find(a => a.name === 'user1' && a.host === 'localhost:' + servers[0].port) as Account
+      const accountDeleted = body.data.find(a => a.name === 'user1' && a.host === 'localhost:' + servers[0].port)
       expect(accountDeleted).not.to.be.undefined
 
-      const resVideoChannels = await getVideoChannelsList(server.url, 0, 10)
-      const videoChannelDeleted = resVideoChannels.body.data.find(a => {
-        return a.displayName === 'Main user1 channel' && a.host === 'localhost:' + servers[0].port
-      }) as VideoChannel
+      const { data } = await server.channels.list()
+      const videoChannelDeleted = data.find(a => a.displayName === 'Main user1 channel' && a.host === 'localhost:' + servers[0].port)
       expect(videoChannelDeleted).not.to.be.undefined
     }
 
-    await removeUser(servers[0].url, userId, servers[0].accessToken)
+    await servers[0].users.remove({ userId })
 
     await waitJobs(servers)
 
     for (const server of servers) {
-      const resAccounts = await getAccountsList(server.url, '-createdAt')
+      const body = await server.accounts.list({ sort: '-createdAt' })
 
-      const accountDeleted = resAccounts.body.data.find(a => a.name === 'user1' && a.host === 'localhost:' + servers[0].port) as Account
+      const accountDeleted = body.data.find(a => a.name === 'user1' && a.host === 'localhost:' + servers[0].port)
       expect(accountDeleted).to.be.undefined
 
-      const resVideoChannels = await getVideoChannelsList(server.url, 0, 10)
-      const videoChannelDeleted = resVideoChannels.body.data.find(a => {
-        return a.name === 'Main user1 channel' && a.host === 'localhost:' + servers[0].port
-      }) as VideoChannel
+      const { data } = await server.channels.list()
+      const videoChannelDeleted = data.find(a => a.name === 'Main user1 channel' && a.host === 'localhost:' + servers[0].port)
       expect(videoChannelDeleted).to.be.undefined
     }
   })
@@ -231,7 +195,7 @@ describe('Test users with multiple servers', function () {
 
   it('Should not have video files', async () => {
     for (const server of servers) {
-      await checkVideoFilesWereRemoved(videoUUID, server.internalServerNumber)
+      await checkVideoFilesWereRemoved(videoUUID, server)
     }
   })
 
diff --git a/server/tests/api/users/users-verification.ts b/server/tests/api/users/users-verification.ts
index e0f2f2112..f54463359 100644
--- a/server/tests/api/users/users-verification.ts
+++ b/server/tests/api/users/users-verification.ts
@@ -1,30 +1,14 @@
 /* eslint-disable @typescript-eslint/no-unused-expressions,@typescript-eslint/require-await */
 
-import * as chai from 'chai'
 import 'mocha'
-import {
-  cleanupTests,
-  flushAndRunServer,
-  getMyUserInformation,
-  getUserInformation,
-  login,
-  registerUser,
-  ServerInfo,
-  updateCustomSubConfig,
-  updateMyUser,
-  userLogin,
-  verifyEmail
-} from '../../../../shared/extra-utils'
-import { setAccessTokensToServers } from '../../../../shared/extra-utils/users/login'
-import { MockSmtpServer } from '../../../../shared/extra-utils/miscs/email'
-import { waitJobs } from '../../../../shared/extra-utils/server/jobs'
-import { User } from '../../../../shared/models/users'
-import { HttpStatusCode } from '../../../../shared/core-utils/miscs/http-error-codes'
+import * as chai from 'chai'
+import { cleanupTests, createSingleServer, MockSmtpServer, PeerTubeServer, setAccessTokensToServers, waitJobs } from '@shared/extra-utils'
+import { HttpStatusCode } from '@shared/models'
 
 const expect = chai.expect
 
 describe('Test users account verification', function () {
-  let server: ServerInfo
+  let server: PeerTubeServer
   let userId: number
   let userAccessToken: string
   let verificationString: string
@@ -50,7 +34,7 @@ describe('Test users account verification', function () {
         port
       }
     }
-    server = await flushAndRunServer(1, overrideConfig)
+    server = await createSingleServer(1, overrideConfig)
 
     await setAccessTokensToServers([ server ])
   })
@@ -58,15 +42,17 @@ describe('Test users account verification', function () {
   it('Should register user and send verification email if verification required', async function () {
     this.timeout(30000)
 
-    await updateCustomSubConfig(server.url, server.accessToken, {
-      signup: {
-        enabled: true,
-        requiresEmailVerification: true,
-        limit: 10
+    await server.config.updateCustomSubConfig({
+      newConfig: {
+        signup: {
+          enabled: true,
+          requiresEmailVerification: true,
+          limit: 10
+        }
       }
     })
 
-    await registerUser(server.url, user1.username, user1.password)
+    await server.users.register(user1)
 
     await waitJobs(server)
     expectedEmailsLength++
@@ -85,23 +71,23 @@ describe('Test users account verification', function () {
 
     userId = parseInt(userIdMatches[1], 10)
 
-    const resUserInfo = await getUserInformation(server.url, server.accessToken, userId)
-    expect(resUserInfo.body.emailVerified).to.be.false
+    const body = await server.users.get({ userId })
+    expect(body.emailVerified).to.be.false
   })
 
   it('Should not allow login for user with unverified email', async function () {
-    const resLogin = await login(server.url, server.client, user1, HttpStatusCode.BAD_REQUEST_400)
-    expect(resLogin.body.detail).to.contain('User email is not verified.')
+    const { detail } = await server.login.login({ user: user1, expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.BAD_REQUEST_400 })
+    expect(detail).to.contain('User email is not verified.')
   })
 
   it('Should verify the user via email and allow login', async function () {
-    await verifyEmail(server.url, userId, verificationString)
+    await server.users.verifyEmail({ userId, verificationString })
 
-    const res = await login(server.url, server.client, user1)
-    userAccessToken = res.body.access_token
+    const body = await server.login.login({ user: user1 })
+    userAccessToken = body.access_token
 
-    const resUserVerified = await getUserInformation(server.url, server.accessToken, userId)
-    expect(resUserVerified.body.emailVerified).to.be.true
+    const user = await server.users.get({ userId })
+    expect(user.emailVerified).to.be.true
   })
 
   it('Should be able to change the user email', async function () {
@@ -110,9 +96,8 @@ describe('Test users account verification', function () {
     let updateVerificationString: string
 
     {
-      await updateMyUser({
-        url: server.url,
-        accessToken: userAccessToken,
+      await server.users.updateMe({
+        token: userAccessToken,
         email: 'updated@example.com',
         currentPassword: user1.password
       })
@@ -128,19 +113,15 @@ describe('Test users account verification', function () {
     }
 
     {
-      const res = await getMyUserInformation(server.url, userAccessToken)
-      const me: User = res.body
-
+      const me = await server.users.getMyInfo({ token: userAccessToken })
       expect(me.email).to.equal('user_1@example.com')
       expect(me.pendingEmail).to.equal('updated@example.com')
     }
 
     {
-      await verifyEmail(server.url, userId, updateVerificationString, true)
-
-      const res = await getMyUserInformation(server.url, userAccessToken)
-      const me: User = res.body
+      await server.users.verifyEmail({ userId, verificationString: updateVerificationString, isPendingEmail: true })
 
+      const me = await server.users.getMyInfo({ token: userAccessToken })
       expect(me.email).to.equal('updated@example.com')
       expect(me.pendingEmail).to.be.null
     }
@@ -148,35 +129,39 @@ describe('Test users account verification', function () {
 
   it('Should register user not requiring email verification if setting not enabled', async function () {
     this.timeout(5000)
-    await updateCustomSubConfig(server.url, server.accessToken, {
-      signup: {
-        enabled: true,
-        requiresEmailVerification: false,
-        limit: 10
+    await server.config.updateCustomSubConfig({
+      newConfig: {
+        signup: {
+          enabled: true,
+          requiresEmailVerification: false,
+          limit: 10
+        }
       }
     })
 
-    await registerUser(server.url, user2.username, user2.password)
+    await server.users.register(user2)
 
     await waitJobs(server)
     expect(emails).to.have.lengthOf(expectedEmailsLength)
 
-    const accessToken = await userLogin(server, user2)
+    const accessToken = await server.login.getAccessToken(user2)
 
-    const resMyUserInfo = await getMyUserInformation(server.url, accessToken)
-    expect(resMyUserInfo.body.emailVerified).to.be.null
+    const user = await server.users.getMyInfo({ token: accessToken })
+    expect(user.emailVerified).to.be.null
   })
 
   it('Should allow login for user with unverified email when setting later enabled', async function () {
-    await updateCustomSubConfig(server.url, server.accessToken, {
-      signup: {
-        enabled: true,
-        requiresEmailVerification: true,
-        limit: 10
+    await server.config.updateCustomSubConfig({
+      newConfig: {
+        signup: {
+          enabled: true,
+          requiresEmailVerification: true,
+          limit: 10
+        }
       }
     })
 
-    await userLogin(server, user2)
+    await server.login.getAccessToken(user2)
   })
 
   after(async function () {
diff --git a/server/tests/api/users/users.ts b/server/tests/api/users/users.ts
index 87ba775f6..1419ae820 100644
--- a/server/tests/api/users/users.ts
+++ b/server/tests/api/users/users.ts
@@ -2,63 +2,24 @@
 
 import 'mocha'
 import * as chai from 'chai'
-import { AbuseState, AbuseUpdate, MyUser, User, UserRole, Video, VideoPlaylistType } from '@shared/models'
-import { CustomConfig, OAuth2ErrorCode } from '@shared/models/server'
-import { HttpStatusCode } from '../../../../shared/core-utils/miscs/http-error-codes'
 import {
-  addVideoCommentThread,
-  blockUser,
   cleanupTests,
-  closeAllSequelize,
-  createUser,
-  deleteMe,
-  flushAndRunServer,
-  getAccountRatings,
-  getAdminAbusesList,
-  getBlacklistedVideosList,
-  getCustomConfig,
-  getMyUserInformation,
-  getMyUserVideoQuotaUsed,
-  getMyUserVideoRating,
-  getUserInformation,
-  getUsersList,
-  getUsersListPaginationAndSort,
-  getVideoChannel,
-  getVideosList,
-  installPlugin,
+  createSingleServer,
   killallServers,
-  login,
   makePutBodyRequest,
-  rateVideo,
-  registerUserWithChannel,
-  removeUser,
-  removeVideo,
-  reportAbuse,
-  reRunServer,
-  ServerInfo,
-  setTokenField,
+  PeerTubeServer,
+  setAccessTokensToServers,
   testImage,
-  unblockUser,
-  updateAbuse,
-  updateCustomSubConfig,
-  updateMyAvatar,
-  updateMyUser,
-  updateUser,
-  uploadVideo,
-  userLogin,
   waitJobs
-} from '../../../../shared/extra-utils'
-import { follow } from '../../../../shared/extra-utils/server/follows'
-import { logout, refreshToken, setAccessTokensToServers } from '../../../../shared/extra-utils/users/login'
-import { getMyVideos } from '../../../../shared/extra-utils/videos/videos'
-import { UserAdminFlag } from '../../../../shared/models/users/user-flag.model'
+} from '@shared/extra-utils'
+import { AbuseState, HttpStatusCode, OAuth2ErrorCode, UserAdminFlag, UserRole, Video, VideoPlaylistType } from '@shared/models'
 
 const expect = chai.expect
 
 describe('Test users', function () {
-  let server: ServerInfo
-  let accessToken: string
-  let accessTokenUser: string
+  let server: PeerTubeServer
+  let token: string
+  let userToken: string
   let videoId: number
   let userId: number
   const user = {
@@ -69,7 +30,7 @@ describe('Test users', function () {
   before(async function () {
     this.timeout(30000)
 
-    server = await flushAndRunServer(1, {
+    server = await createSingleServer(1, {
       rates_limit: {
         login: {
           max: 30
@@ -79,7 +40,7 @@ describe('Test users', function () {
 
     await setAccessTokensToServers([ server ])
 
-    await installPlugin({ url: server.url, accessToken: server.accessToken, npmName: 'peertube-theme-background-red' })
+    await server.plugins.install({ npmName: 'peertube-theme-background-red' })
   })
 
   describe('OAuth client', function () {
@@ -90,158 +51,156 @@ describe('Test users', function () {
     it('Should remove the last client')
 
     it('Should not login with an invalid client id', async function () {
-      const client = { id: 'client', secret: server.client.secret }
-      const res = await login(server.url, client, server.user, HttpStatusCode.BAD_REQUEST_400)
+      const client = { id: 'client', secret: server.store.client.secret }
+      const body = await server.login.login({ client, expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.BAD_REQUEST_400 })
 
-      expect(res.body.code).to.equal(OAuth2ErrorCode.INVALID_CLIENT)
-      expect(res.body.error).to.contain('client is invalid')
-      expect(res.body.type.startsWith('https://')).to.be.true
-      expect(res.body.type).to.contain(OAuth2ErrorCode.INVALID_CLIENT)
+      expect(body.code).to.equal(OAuth2ErrorCode.INVALID_CLIENT)
+      expect(body.error).to.contain('client is invalid')
+      expect(body.type.startsWith('https://')).to.be.true
+      expect(body.type).to.contain(OAuth2ErrorCode.INVALID_CLIENT)
     })
 
     it('Should not login with an invalid client secret', async function () {
-      const client = { id: server.client.id, secret: 'coucou' }
-      const res = await login(server.url, client, server.user, HttpStatusCode.BAD_REQUEST_400)
+      const client = { id: server.store.client.id, secret: 'coucou' }
+      const body = await server.login.login({ client, expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.BAD_REQUEST_400 })
 
-      expect(res.body.code).to.equal(OAuth2ErrorCode.INVALID_CLIENT)
-      expect(res.body.error).to.contain('client is invalid')
-      expect(res.body.type.startsWith('https://')).to.be.true
-      expect(res.body.type).to.contain(OAuth2ErrorCode.INVALID_CLIENT)
+      expect(body.code).to.equal(OAuth2ErrorCode.INVALID_CLIENT)
+      expect(body.error).to.contain('client is invalid')
+      expect(body.type.startsWith('https://')).to.be.true
+      expect(body.type).to.contain(OAuth2ErrorCode.INVALID_CLIENT)
     })
   })
 
   describe('Login', function () {
 
     it('Should not login with an invalid username', async function () {
-      const user = { username: 'captain crochet', password: server.user.password }
-      const res = await login(server.url, server.client, user, HttpStatusCode.BAD_REQUEST_400)
+      const user = { username: 'captain crochet', password: server.store.user.password }
+      const body = await server.login.login({ user, expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.BAD_REQUEST_400 })
 
-      expect(res.body.code).to.equal(OAuth2ErrorCode.INVALID_GRANT)
-      expect(res.body.error).to.contain('credentials are invalid')
-      expect(res.body.type.startsWith('https://')).to.be.true
-      expect(res.body.type).to.contain(OAuth2ErrorCode.INVALID_GRANT)
+      expect(body.code).to.equal(OAuth2ErrorCode.INVALID_GRANT)
+      expect(body.error).to.contain('credentials are invalid')
+      expect(body.type.startsWith('https://')).to.be.true
+      expect(body.type).to.contain(OAuth2ErrorCode.INVALID_GRANT)
     })
 
     it('Should not login with an invalid password', async function () {
-      const user = { username: server.user.username, password: 'mew_three' }
-      const res = await login(server.url, server.client, user, HttpStatusCode.BAD_REQUEST_400)
+      const user = { username: server.store.user.username, password: 'mew_three' }
+      const body = await server.login.login({ user, expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.BAD_REQUEST_400 })
 
-      expect(res.body.code).to.equal(OAuth2ErrorCode.INVALID_GRANT)
-      expect(res.body.error).to.contain('credentials are invalid')
-      expect(res.body.type.startsWith('https://')).to.be.true
-      expect(res.body.type).to.contain(OAuth2ErrorCode.INVALID_GRANT)
+      expect(body.code).to.equal(OAuth2ErrorCode.INVALID_GRANT)
+      expect(body.error).to.contain('credentials are invalid')
+      expect(body.type.startsWith('https://')).to.be.true
+      expect(body.type).to.contain(OAuth2ErrorCode.INVALID_GRANT)
     })
 
     it('Should not be able to upload a video', async function () {
-      accessToken = 'my_super_token'
+      token = 'my_super_token'
 
-      const videoAttributes = {}
-      await uploadVideo(server.url, accessToken, videoAttributes, HttpStatusCode.UNAUTHORIZED_401)
+      await server.videos.upload({ token, expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.UNAUTHORIZED_401 })
     })
 
     it('Should not be able to follow', async function () {
-      accessToken = 'my_super_token'
-      await follow(server.url, [ 'http://example.com' ], accessToken, HttpStatusCode.UNAUTHORIZED_401)
+      token = 'my_super_token'
+
+      await server.follows.follow({
+        hosts: [ 'http://example.com' ],
+        token,
+        expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.UNAUTHORIZED_401
+      })
     })
 
     it('Should not be able to unfollow')
 
     it('Should be able to login', async function () {
-      const res = await login(server.url, server.client, server.user, HttpStatusCode.OK_200)
+      const body = await server.login.login({ expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.OK_200 })
 
-      accessToken = res.body.access_token
+      token = body.access_token
     })
 
     it('Should be able to login with an insensitive username', async function () {
-      const user = { username: 'RoOt', password: server.user.password }
-      await login(server.url, server.client, user, HttpStatusCode.OK_200)
+      const user = { username: 'RoOt', password: server.store.user.password }
+      await server.login.login({ user, expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.OK_200 })
 
-      const user2 = { username: 'rOoT', password: server.user.password }
-      await login(server.url, server.client, user2, HttpStatusCode.OK_200)
+      const user2 = { username: 'rOoT', password: server.store.user.password }
+      await server.login.login({ user: user2, expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.OK_200 })
 
-      const user3 = { username: 'ROOt', password: server.user.password }
-      await login(server.url, server.client, user3, HttpStatusCode.OK_200)
+      const user3 = { username: 'ROOt', password: server.store.user.password }
+      await server.login.login({ user: user3, expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.OK_200 })
     })
   })
 
   describe('Upload', function () {
 
     it('Should upload the video with the correct token', async function () {
-      const videoAttributes = {}
-      await uploadVideo(server.url, accessToken, videoAttributes)
-      const res = await getVideosList(server.url)
-      const video = res.body.data[0]
+      await server.videos.upload({ token })
+      const { data } = await server.videos.list()
+      const video = data[0]
 
       expect(video.account.name).to.equal('root')
       videoId = video.id
     })
 
     it('Should upload the video again with the correct token', async function () {
-      const videoAttributes = {}
-      await uploadVideo(server.url, accessToken, videoAttributes)
+      await server.videos.upload({ token })
     })
   })
 
   describe('Ratings', function () {
 
     it('Should retrieve a video rating', async function () {
-      await rateVideo(server.url, accessToken, videoId, 'like')
-      const res = await getMyUserVideoRating(server.url, accessToken, videoId)
-      const rating = res.body
+      await server.videos.rate({ id: videoId, rating: 'like' })
+      const rating = await server.users.getMyRating({ token, videoId })
 
       expect(rating.videoId).to.equal(videoId)
       expect(rating.rating).to.equal('like')
     })
 
     it('Should retrieve ratings list', async function () {
-      await rateVideo(server.url, accessToken, videoId, 'like')
+      await server.videos.rate({ id: videoId, rating: 'like' })
 
-      const res = await getAccountRatings(server.url, server.user.username, server.accessToken, null, HttpStatusCode.OK_200)
-      const ratings = res.body
+      const body = await server.accounts.listRatings({ accountName: server.store.user.username })
 
-      expect(ratings.total).to.equal(1)
-      expect(ratings.data[0].video.id).to.equal(videoId)
-      expect(ratings.data[0].rating).to.equal('like')
+      expect(body.total).to.equal(1)
+      expect(body.data[0].video.id).to.equal(videoId)
+      expect(body.data[0].rating).to.equal('like')
     })
 
     it('Should retrieve ratings list by rating type', async function () {
       {
-        const res = await getAccountRatings(server.url, server.user.username, server.accessToken, 'like')
-        const ratings = res.body
-        expect(ratings.data.length).to.equal(1)
+        const body = await server.accounts.listRatings({ accountName: server.store.user.username, rating: 'like' })
+        expect(body.data.length).to.equal(1)
       }
 
       {
-        const res = await getAccountRatings(server.url, server.user.username, server.accessToken, 'dislike')
-        const ratings = res.body
-        expect(ratings.data.length).to.equal(0)
+        const body = await server.accounts.listRatings({ accountName: server.store.user.username, rating: 'dislike' })
+        expect(body.data.length).to.equal(0)
       }
     })
   })
 
   describe('Remove video', function () {
     it('Should not be able to remove the video with an incorrect token', async function () {
-      await removeVideo(server.url, 'bad_token', videoId, HttpStatusCode.UNAUTHORIZED_401)
+      await server.videos.remove({ token: 'bad_token', id: videoId, expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.UNAUTHORIZED_401 })
     })
 
     it('Should not be able to remove the video with the token of another account')
 
     it('Should be able to remove the video with the correct token', async function () {
-      await removeVideo(server.url, accessToken, videoId)
+      await server.videos.remove({ token, id: videoId })
     })
   })
 
   describe('Logout', function () {
     it('Should logout (revoke token)', async function () {
-      await logout(server.url, server.accessToken)
+      await server.login.logout({ token: server.accessToken })
     })
 
     it('Should not be able to get the user information', async function () {
-      await getMyUserInformation(server.url, server.accessToken, HttpStatusCode.UNAUTHORIZED_401)
+      await server.users.getMyInfo({ expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.UNAUTHORIZED_401 })
     })
 
     it('Should not be able to upload a video', async function () {
-      await uploadVideo(server.url, server.accessToken, { name: 'video' }, HttpStatusCode.UNAUTHORIZED_401)
+      await server.videos.upload({ attributes: { name: 'video' }, expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.UNAUTHORIZED_401 })
     })
 
     it('Should not be able to rate a video', async function () {
@@ -255,79 +214,70 @@ describe('Test users', function () {
         path: path + videoId,
         token: 'wrong token',
         fields: data,
-        statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.UNAUTHORIZED_401
+        expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.UNAUTHORIZED_401
       }
       await makePutBodyRequest(options)
     })
 
     it('Should be able to login again', async function () {
-      const res = await login(server.url, server.client, server.user)
-      server.accessToken = res.body.access_token
-      server.refreshToken = res.body.refresh_token
+      const body = await server.login.login()
+      server.accessToken = body.access_token
+      server.refreshToken = body.refresh_token
     })
 
     it('Should be able to get my user information again', async function () {
-      await getMyUserInformation(server.url, server.accessToken)
+      await server.users.getMyInfo()
     })
 
     it('Should have an expired access token', async function () {
       this.timeout(15000)
 
-      await setTokenField(server.internalServerNumber, server.accessToken, 'accessTokenExpiresAt', new Date().toISOString())
-      await setTokenField(server.internalServerNumber, server.accessToken, 'refreshTokenExpiresAt', new Date().toISOString())
+      await server.sql.setTokenField(server.accessToken, 'accessTokenExpiresAt', new Date().toISOString())
+      await server.sql.setTokenField(server.accessToken, 'refreshTokenExpiresAt', new Date().toISOString())
 
-      killallServers([ server ])
-      await reRunServer(server)
+      await killallServers([ server ])
+      await server.run()
 
-      await getMyUserInformation(server.url, server.accessToken, 401)
+      await server.users.getMyInfo({ expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.UNAUTHORIZED_401 })
     })
 
     it('Should not be able to refresh an access token with an expired refresh token', async function () {
-      await refreshToken(server, server.refreshToken, 400)
+      await server.login.refreshToken({ refreshToken: server.refreshToken, expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.BAD_REQUEST_400 })
     })
 
     it('Should refresh the token', async function () {
       this.timeout(15000)
 
       const futureDate = new Date(new Date().getTime() + 1000 * 60).toISOString()
-      await setTokenField(server.internalServerNumber, server.accessToken, 'refreshTokenExpiresAt', futureDate)
+      await server.sql.setTokenField(server.accessToken, 'refreshTokenExpiresAt', futureDate)
 
-      killallServers([ server ])
-      await reRunServer(server)
+      await killallServers([ server ])
+      await server.run()
 
-      const res = await refreshToken(server, server.refreshToken)
+      const res = await server.login.refreshToken({ refreshToken: server.refreshToken })
       server.accessToken = res.body.access_token
       server.refreshToken = res.body.refresh_token
     })
 
     it('Should be able to get my user information again', async function () {
-      await getMyUserInformation(server.url, server.accessToken)
+      await server.users.getMyInfo()
     })
   })
 
   describe('Creating a user', function () {
 
     it('Should be able to create a new user', async function () {
-      await createUser({
-        url: server.url,
-        accessToken: accessToken,
-        username: user.username,
-        password: user.password,
-        videoQuota: 2 * 1024 * 1024,
-        adminFlags: UserAdminFlag.BYPASS_VIDEO_AUTO_BLACKLIST
-      })
+      await server.users.create({ ...user, videoQuota: 2 * 1024 * 1024, adminFlags: UserAdminFlag.BYPASS_VIDEO_AUTO_BLACKLIST })
     })
 
     it('Should be able to login with this user', async function () {
-      accessTokenUser = await userLogin(server, user)
+      userToken = await server.login.getAccessToken(user)
     })
 
     it('Should be able to get user information', async function () {
-      const res1 = await getMyUserInformation(server.url, accessTokenUser)
-      const userMe: MyUser = res1.body
+      const userMe = await server.users.getMyInfo({ token: userToken })
 
-      const res2 = await getUserInformation(server.url, server.accessToken, userMe.id, true)
-      const userGet: User = res2.body
+      const userGet = await server.users.get({ userId: userMe.id, withStats: true })
 
       for (const user of [ userMe, userGet ]) {
         expect(user.username).to.equal('user_1')
@@ -363,34 +313,28 @@ describe('Test users', function () {
     it('Should be able to upload a video with this user', async function () {
       this.timeout(10000)
 
-      const videoAttributes = {
+      const attributes = {
         name: 'super user video',
         fixture: 'video_short.webm'
       }
-      await uploadVideo(server.url, accessTokenUser, videoAttributes)
+      await server.videos.upload({ token: userToken, attributes })
     })
 
     it('Should have video quota updated', async function () {
-      const res = await getMyUserVideoQuotaUsed(server.url, accessTokenUser)
-      const data = res.body
-
-      expect(data.videoQuotaUsed).to.equal(218910)
-
-      const resUsers = await getUsersList(server.url, server.accessToken)
+      const quota = await server.users.getMyQuotaUsed({ token: userToken })
+      expect(quota.videoQuotaUsed).to.equal(218910)
 
-      const users: User[] = resUsers.body.data
-      const tmpUser = users.find(u => u.username === user.username)
+      const { data } = await server.users.list()
+      const tmpUser = data.find(u => u.username === user.username)
       expect(tmpUser.videoQuotaUsed).to.equal(218910)
     })
 
     it('Should be able to list my videos', async function () {
-      const res = await getMyVideos(server.url, accessTokenUser, 0, 5)
-      expect(res.body.total).to.equal(1)
+      const { total, data } = await server.videos.listMyVideos({ token: userToken })
+      expect(total).to.equal(1)
+      expect(data).to.have.lengthOf(1)
 
-      const videos = res.body.data
-      expect(videos).to.have.lengthOf(1)
-
-      const video: Video = videos[0]
+      const video: Video = data[0]
       expect(video.name).to.equal('super user video')
       expect(video.thumbnailPath).to.not.be.null
       expect(video.previewPath).to.not.be.null
@@ -398,19 +342,15 @@ describe('Test users', function () {
 
     it('Should be able to search in my videos', async function () {
       {
-        const res = await getMyVideos(server.url, accessTokenUser, 0, 5, '-createdAt', 'user video')
-        expect(res.body.total).to.equal(1)
-
-        const videos = res.body.data
-        expect(videos).to.have.lengthOf(1)
+        const { total, data } = await server.videos.listMyVideos({ token: userToken, sort: '-createdAt', search: 'user video' })
+        expect(total).to.equal(1)
+        expect(data).to.have.lengthOf(1)
       }
 
       {
-        const res = await getMyVideos(server.url, accessTokenUser, 0, 5, '-createdAt', 'toto')
-        expect(res.body.total).to.equal(0)
-
-        const videos = res.body.data
-        expect(videos).to.have.lengthOf(0)
+        const { total, data } = await server.videos.listMyVideos({ token: userToken, sort: '-createdAt', search: 'toto' })
+        expect(total).to.equal(0)
+        expect(data).to.have.lengthOf(0)
       }
     })
 
@@ -418,28 +358,25 @@ describe('Test users', function () {
       this.timeout(60000)
 
       {
-        const res = await getCustomConfig(server.url, server.accessToken)
-        const config = res.body as CustomConfig
+        const config = await server.config.getCustomConfig()
         config.transcoding.webtorrent.enabled = false
         config.transcoding.hls.enabled = true
         config.transcoding.enabled = true
-        await updateCustomSubConfig(server.url, server.accessToken, config)
+        await server.config.updateCustomSubConfig({ newConfig: config })
       }
 
       {
-        const videoAttributes = {
+        const attributes = {
           name: 'super user video 2',
           fixture: 'video_short.webm'
         }
-        await uploadVideo(server.url, accessTokenUser, videoAttributes)
+        await server.videos.upload({ token: userToken, attributes })
 
         await waitJobs([ server ])
       }
 
       {
-        const res = await getMyUserVideoQuotaUsed(server.url, accessTokenUser)
-        const data = res.body
-
+        const data = await server.users.getMyQuotaUsed({ token: userToken })
         expect(data.videoQuotaUsed).to.be.greaterThan(220000)
       }
     })
@@ -448,21 +385,18 @@ describe('Test users', function () {
   describe('Users listing', function () {
 
     it('Should list all the users', async function () {
-      const res = await getUsersList(server.url, server.accessToken)
-      const result = res.body
-      const total = result.total
-      const users = result.data
+      const { data, total } = await server.users.list()
 
       expect(total).to.equal(2)
-      expect(users).to.be.an('array')
-      expect(users.length).to.equal(2)
+      expect(data).to.be.an('array')
+      expect(data.length).to.equal(2)
 
-      const user = users[0]
+      const user = data[0]
       expect(user.username).to.equal('user_1')
       expect(user.email).to.equal('user_1@example.com')
       expect(user.nsfwPolicy).to.equal('display')
 
-      const rootUser = users[1]
+      const rootUser = data[1]
       expect(rootUser.username).to.equal('root')
       expect(rootUser.email).to.equal('admin' + server.internalServerNumber + '@example.com')
       expect(user.nsfwPolicy).to.equal('display')
@@ -474,16 +408,12 @@ describe('Test users', function () {
     })
 
     it('Should list only the first user by username asc', async function () {
-      const res = await getUsersListPaginationAndSort(server.url, server.accessToken, 0, 1, 'username')
-
-      const result = res.body
-      const total = result.total
-      const users = result.data
+      const { total, data } = await server.users.list({ start: 0, count: 1, sort: 'username' })
 
       expect(total).to.equal(2)
-      expect(users.length).to.equal(1)
+      expect(data.length).to.equal(1)
 
-      const user = users[0]
+      const user = data[0]
       expect(user.username).to.equal('root')
       expect(user.email).to.equal('admin' + server.internalServerNumber + '@example.com')
       expect(user.roleLabel).to.equal('Administrator')
@@ -491,111 +421,90 @@ describe('Test users', function () {
     })
 
     it('Should list only the first user by username desc', async function () {
-      const res = await getUsersListPaginationAndSort(server.url, server.accessToken, 0, 1, '-username')
-      const result = res.body
-      const total = result.total
-      const users = result.data
+      const { total, data } = await server.users.list({ start: 0, count: 1, sort: '-username' })
 
       expect(total).to.equal(2)
-      expect(users.length).to.equal(1)
+      expect(data.length).to.equal(1)
 
-      const user = users[0]
+      const user = data[0]
       expect(user.username).to.equal('user_1')
       expect(user.email).to.equal('user_1@example.com')
       expect(user.nsfwPolicy).to.equal('display')
     })
 
     it('Should list only the second user by createdAt desc', async function () {
-      const res = await getUsersListPaginationAndSort(server.url, server.accessToken, 0, 1, '-createdAt')
-      const result = res.body
-      const total = result.total
-      const users = result.data
-
+      const { data, total } = await server.users.list({ start: 0, count: 1, sort: '-createdAt' })
       expect(total).to.equal(2)
-      expect(users.length).to.equal(1)
 
-      const user = users[0]
+      expect(data.length).to.equal(1)
+
+      const user = data[0]
       expect(user.username).to.equal('user_1')
       expect(user.email).to.equal('user_1@example.com')
       expect(user.nsfwPolicy).to.equal('display')
     })
 
     it('Should list all the users by createdAt asc', async function () {
-      const res = await getUsersListPaginationAndSort(server.url, server.accessToken, 0, 2, 'createdAt')
-      const result = res.body
-      const total = result.total
-      const users = result.data
+      const { data, total } = await server.users.list({ start: 0, count: 2, sort: 'createdAt' })
 
       expect(total).to.equal(2)
-      expect(users.length).to.equal(2)
+      expect(data.length).to.equal(2)
 
-      expect(users[0].username).to.equal('root')
-      expect(users[0].email).to.equal('admin' + server.internalServerNumber + '@example.com')
-      expect(users[0].nsfwPolicy).to.equal('display')
+      expect(data[0].username).to.equal('root')
+      expect(data[0].email).to.equal('admin' + server.internalServerNumber + '@example.com')
+      expect(data[0].nsfwPolicy).to.equal('display')
 
-      expect(users[1].username).to.equal('user_1')
-      expect(users[1].email).to.equal('user_1@example.com')
-      expect(users[1].nsfwPolicy).to.equal('display')
+      expect(data[1].username).to.equal('user_1')
+      expect(data[1].email).to.equal('user_1@example.com')
+      expect(data[1].nsfwPolicy).to.equal('display')
     })
 
     it('Should search user by username', async function () {
-      const res = await getUsersListPaginationAndSort(server.url, server.accessToken, 0, 2, 'createdAt', 'oot')
-      const users = res.body.data as User[]
-
-      expect(res.body.total).to.equal(1)
-      expect(users.length).to.equal(1)
-
-      expect(users[0].username).to.equal('root')
+      const { data, total } = await server.users.list({ start: 0, count: 2, sort: 'createdAt', search: 'oot' })
+      expect(total).to.equal(1)
+      expect(data.length).to.equal(1)
+      expect(data[0].username).to.equal('root')
     })
 
     it('Should search user by email', async function () {
       {
-        const res = await getUsersListPaginationAndSort(server.url, server.accessToken, 0, 2, 'createdAt', 'r_1@exam')
-        const users = res.body.data as User[]
-
-        expect(res.body.total).to.equal(1)
-        expect(users.length).to.equal(1)
-
-        expect(users[0].username).to.equal('user_1')
-        expect(users[0].email).to.equal('user_1@example.com')
+        const { total, data } = await server.users.list({ start: 0, count: 2, sort: 'createdAt', search: 'r_1@exam' })
+        expect(total).to.equal(1)
+        expect(data.length).to.equal(1)
+        expect(data[0].username).to.equal('user_1')
+        expect(data[0].email).to.equal('user_1@example.com')
       }
 
       {
-        const res = await getUsersListPaginationAndSort(server.url, server.accessToken, 0, 2, 'createdAt', 'example')
-        const users = res.body.data as User[]
-
-        expect(res.body.total).to.equal(2)
-        expect(users.length).to.equal(2)
-
-        expect(users[0].username).to.equal('root')
-        expect(users[1].username).to.equal('user_1')
+        const { total, data } = await server.users.list({ start: 0, count: 2, sort: 'createdAt', search: 'example' })
+        expect(total).to.equal(2)
+        expect(data.length).to.equal(2)
+        expect(data[0].username).to.equal('root')
+        expect(data[1].username).to.equal('user_1')
       }
     })
   })
 
   describe('Update my account', function () {
+
     it('Should update my password', async function () {
-      await updateMyUser({
-        url: server.url,
-        accessToken: accessTokenUser,
+      await server.users.updateMe({
+        token: userToken,
         currentPassword: 'super password',
         password: 'new password'
       })
       user.password = 'new password'
 
-      await userLogin(server, user, HttpStatusCode.OK_200)
+      await server.login.login({ user })
     })
 
     it('Should be able to change the NSFW display attribute', async function () {
-      await updateMyUser({
-        url: server.url,
-        accessToken: accessTokenUser,
+      await server.users.updateMe({
+        token: userToken,
         nsfwPolicy: 'do_not_list'
       })
 
-      const res = await getMyUserInformation(server.url, accessTokenUser)
-      const user = res.body
-
+      const user = await server.users.getMyInfo({ token: userToken })
       expect(user.username).to.equal('user_1')
       expect(user.email).to.equal('user_1@example.com')
       expect(user.nsfwPolicy).to.equal('do_not_list')
@@ -606,42 +515,33 @@ describe('Test users', function () {
     })
 
     it('Should be able to change the autoPlayVideo attribute', async function () {
-      await updateMyUser({
-        url: server.url,
-        accessToken: accessTokenUser,
+      await server.users.updateMe({
+        token: userToken,
         autoPlayVideo: false
       })
 
-      const res = await getMyUserInformation(server.url, accessTokenUser)
-      const user = res.body
-
+      const user = await server.users.getMyInfo({ token: userToken })
       expect(user.autoPlayVideo).to.be.false
     })
 
     it('Should be able to change the autoPlayNextVideo attribute', async function () {
-      await updateMyUser({
-        url: server.url,
-        accessToken: accessTokenUser,
+      await server.users.updateMe({
+        token: userToken,
         autoPlayNextVideo: true
       })
 
-      const res = await getMyUserInformation(server.url, accessTokenUser)
-      const user = res.body
-
+      const user = await server.users.getMyInfo({ token: userToken })
       expect(user.autoPlayNextVideo).to.be.true
     })
 
     it('Should be able to change the email attribute', async function () {
-      await updateMyUser({
-        url: server.url,
-        accessToken: accessTokenUser,
+      await server.users.updateMe({
+        token: userToken,
         currentPassword: 'new password',
         email: 'updated@example.com'
       })
 
-      const res = await getMyUserInformation(server.url, accessTokenUser)
-      const user = res.body
-
+      const user = await server.users.getMyInfo({ token: userToken })
       expect(user.username).to.equal('user_1')
       expect(user.email).to.equal('updated@example.com')
       expect(user.nsfwPolicy).to.equal('do_not_list')
@@ -654,15 +554,9 @@ describe('Test users', function () {
     it('Should be able to update my avatar with a gif', async function () {
       const fixture = 'avatar.gif'
 
-      await updateMyAvatar({
-        url: server.url,
-        accessToken: accessTokenUser,
-        fixture
-      })
-
-      const res = await getMyUserInformation(server.url, accessTokenUser)
-      const user = res.body
+      await server.users.updateMyAvatar({ token: userToken, fixture })
 
+      const user = await server.users.getMyInfo({ token: userToken })
       await testImage(server.url, 'avatar-resized', user.account.avatar.path, '.gif')
     })
 
@@ -670,29 +564,17 @@ describe('Test users', function () {
       for (const extension of [ '.png', '.gif' ]) {
         const fixture = 'avatar' + extension
 
-        await updateMyAvatar({
-          url: server.url,
-          accessToken: accessTokenUser,
-          fixture
-        })
-
-        const res = await getMyUserInformation(server.url, accessTokenUser)
-        const user = res.body
+        await server.users.updateMyAvatar({ token: userToken, fixture })
 
+        const user = await server.users.getMyInfo({ token: userToken })
         await testImage(server.url, 'avatar-resized', user.account.avatar.path, extension)
       }
     })
 
     it('Should be able to update my display name', async function () {
-      await updateMyUser({
-        url: server.url,
-        accessToken: accessTokenUser,
-        displayName: 'new display name'
-      })
-
-      const res = await getMyUserInformation(server.url, accessTokenUser)
-      const user = res.body
+      await server.users.updateMe({ token: userToken, displayName: 'new display name' })
 
+      const user = await server.users.getMyInfo({ token: userToken })
       expect(user.username).to.equal('user_1')
       expect(user.email).to.equal('updated@example.com')
       expect(user.nsfwPolicy).to.equal('do_not_list')
@@ -703,15 +585,9 @@ describe('Test users', function () {
     })
 
     it('Should be able to update my description', async function () {
-      await updateMyUser({
-        url: server.url,
-        accessToken: accessTokenUser,
-        description: 'my super description updated'
-      })
-
-      const res = await getMyUserInformation(server.url, accessTokenUser)
-      const user: User = res.body
+      await server.users.updateMe({ token: userToken, description: 'my super description updated' })
 
+      const user = await server.users.getMyInfo({ token: userToken })
       expect(user.username).to.equal('user_1')
       expect(user.email).to.equal('updated@example.com')
       expect(user.nsfwPolicy).to.equal('do_not_list')
@@ -725,30 +601,21 @@ describe('Test users', function () {
 
     it('Should be able to update my theme', async function () {
       for (const theme of [ 'background-red', 'default', 'instance-default' ]) {
-        await updateMyUser({
-          url: server.url,
-          accessToken: accessTokenUser,
-          theme
-        })
+        await server.users.updateMe({ token: userToken, theme })
 
-        const res = await getMyUserInformation(server.url, accessTokenUser)
-        const body: User = res.body
-
-        expect(body.theme).to.equal(theme)
+        const user = await server.users.getMyInfo({ token: userToken })
+        expect(user.theme).to.equal(theme)
       }
     })
 
     it('Should be able to update my modal preferences', async function () {
-      await updateMyUser({
-        url: server.url,
-        accessToken: accessTokenUser,
+      await server.users.updateMe({
+        token: userToken,
         noInstanceConfigWarningModal: true,
         noWelcomeModal: true
       })
 
-      const res = await getMyUserInformation(server.url, accessTokenUser)
-      const user: User = res.body
-
+      const user = await server.users.getMyInfo({ token: userToken })
       expect(user.noWelcomeModal).to.be.true
       expect(user.noInstanceConfigWarningModal).to.be.true
     })
@@ -756,10 +623,9 @@ describe('Test users', function () {
 
   describe('Updating another user', function () {
     it('Should be able to update another user', async function () {
-      await updateUser({
-        url: server.url,
+      await server.users.update({
         userId,
-        accessToken,
+        token,
         email: 'updated2@example.com',
         emailVerified: true,
         videoQuota: 42,
@@ -768,8 +634,7 @@ describe('Test users', function () {
         pluginAuth: 'toto'
       })
 
-      const res = await getUserInformation(server.url, accessToken, userId)
-      const user = res.body as User
+      const user = await server.users.get({ token, userId })
 
       expect(user.username).to.equal('user_1')
       expect(user.email).to.equal('updated2@example.com')
@@ -783,57 +648,50 @@ describe('Test users', function () {
     })
 
     it('Should reset the auth plugin', async function () {
-      await updateUser({ url: server.url, userId, accessToken, pluginAuth: null })
+      await server.users.update({ userId, token, pluginAuth: null })
 
-      const res = await getUserInformation(server.url, accessToken, userId)
-      const user = res.body as User
+      const user = await server.users.get({ token, userId })
       expect(user.pluginAuth).to.be.null
     })
 
     it('Should have removed the user token', async function () {
-      await getMyUserVideoQuotaUsed(server.url, accessTokenUser, HttpStatusCode.UNAUTHORIZED_401)
+      await server.users.getMyQuotaUsed({ token: userToken, expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.UNAUTHORIZED_401 })
 
-      accessTokenUser = await userLogin(server, user)
+      userToken = await server.login.getAccessToken(user)
     })
 
     it('Should be able to update another user password', async function () {
-      await updateUser({
-        url: server.url,
-        userId,
-        accessToken,
-        password: 'password updated'
-      })
+      await server.users.update({ userId, token, password: 'password updated' })
 
-      await getMyUserVideoQuotaUsed(server.url, accessTokenUser, HttpStatusCode.UNAUTHORIZED_401)
+      await server.users.getMyQuotaUsed({ token: userToken, expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.UNAUTHORIZED_401 })
 
-      await userLogin(server, user, HttpStatusCode.BAD_REQUEST_400)
+      await server.login.login({ user, expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.BAD_REQUEST_400 })
 
       user.password = 'password updated'
-      accessTokenUser = await userLogin(server, user)
+      userToken = await server.login.getAccessToken(user)
     })
   })
 
   describe('Video blacklists', function () {
     it('Should be able to list video blacklist by a moderator', async function () {
-      await getBlacklistedVideosList({ url: server.url, token: accessTokenUser })
+      await server.blacklist.list({ token: userToken })
     })
   })
 
   describe('Remove a user', function () {
     it('Should be able to remove this user', async function () {
-      await removeUser(server.url, userId, accessToken)
+      await server.users.remove({ userId, token })
     })
 
     it('Should not be able to login with this user', async function () {
-      await userLogin(server, user, HttpStatusCode.BAD_REQUEST_400)
+      await server.login.login({ user, expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.BAD_REQUEST_400 })
     })
 
     it('Should not have videos of this user', async function () {
-      const res = await getVideosList(server.url)
-
-      expect(res.body.total).to.equal(1)
+      const { data, total } = await server.videos.list()
+      expect(total).to.equal(1)
 
-      const video = res.body.data[0]
+      const video = data[0]
       expect(video.account.name).to.equal('root')
     })
   })
@@ -845,7 +703,7 @@ describe('Test users', function () {
       const user = { displayName: 'super user 15', username: 'user_15', password: 'my super password' }
       const channel = { name: 'my_user_15_channel', displayName: 'my channel rocks' }
 
-      await registerUserWithChannel({ url: server.url, user, channel })
+      await server.users.register({ ...user, channel })
     })
 
     it('Should be able to login with this registered user', async function () {
@@ -854,40 +712,36 @@ describe('Test users', function () {
         password: 'my super password'
       }
 
-      user15AccessToken = await userLogin(server, user15)
+      user15AccessToken = await server.login.getAccessToken(user15)
     })
 
     it('Should have the correct display name', async function () {
-      const res = await getMyUserInformation(server.url, user15AccessToken)
-      const user: User = res.body
-
+      const user = await server.users.getMyInfo({ token: user15AccessToken })
       expect(user.account.displayName).to.equal('super user 15')
     })
 
     it('Should have the correct video quota', async function () {
-      const res = await getMyUserInformation(server.url, user15AccessToken)
-      const user = res.body
-
+      const user = await server.users.getMyInfo({ token: user15AccessToken })
       expect(user.videoQuota).to.equal(5 * 1024 * 1024)
     })
 
     it('Should have created the channel', async function () {
-      const res = await getVideoChannel(server.url, 'my_user_15_channel')
+      const { displayName } = await server.channels.get({ channelName: 'my_user_15_channel' })
 
-      expect(res.body.displayName).to.equal('my channel rocks')
+      expect(displayName).to.equal('my channel rocks')
     })
 
     it('Should remove me', async function () {
       {
-        const res = await getUsersList(server.url, server.accessToken)
-        expect(res.body.data.find(u => u.username === 'user_15')).to.not.be.undefined
+        const { data } = await server.users.list()
+        expect(data.find(u => u.username === 'user_15')).to.not.be.undefined
       }
 
-      await deleteMe(server.url, user15AccessToken)
+      await server.users.deleteMe({ token: user15AccessToken })
 
       {
-        const res = await getUsersList(server.url, server.accessToken)
-        expect(res.body.data.find(u => u.username === 'user_15')).to.be.undefined
+        const { data } = await server.users.list()
+        expect(data.find(u => u.username === 'user_15')).to.be.undefined
       }
     })
   })
@@ -901,49 +755,40 @@ describe('Test users', function () {
     }
 
     it('Should block a user', async function () {
-      const resUser = await createUser({
-        url: server.url,
-        accessToken: server.accessToken,
-        username: user16.username,
-        password: user16.password
-      })
-      user16Id = resUser.body.user.id
+      const user = await server.users.create({ ...user16 })
+      user16Id = user.id
 
-      user16AccessToken = await userLogin(server, user16)
+      user16AccessToken = await server.login.getAccessToken(user16)
 
-      await getMyUserInformation(server.url, user16AccessToken, HttpStatusCode.OK_200)
-      await blockUser(server.url, user16Id, server.accessToken)
+      await server.users.getMyInfo({ token: user16AccessToken, expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.OK_200 })
+      await server.users.banUser({ userId: user16Id })
 
-      await getMyUserInformation(server.url, user16AccessToken, HttpStatusCode.UNAUTHORIZED_401)
-      await userLogin(server, user16, HttpStatusCode.BAD_REQUEST_400)
+      await server.users.getMyInfo({ token: user16AccessToken, expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.UNAUTHORIZED_401 })
+      await server.login.login({ user: user16, expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.BAD_REQUEST_400 })
     })
 
     it('Should search user by banned status', async function () {
       {
-        const res = await getUsersListPaginationAndSort(server.url, server.accessToken, 0, 2, 'createdAt', undefined, true)
-        const users = res.body.data as User[]
+        const { data, total } = await server.users.list({ start: 0, count: 2, sort: 'createdAt', blocked: true })
+        expect(total).to.equal(1)
+        expect(data.length).to.equal(1)
 
-        expect(res.body.total).to.equal(1)
-        expect(users.length).to.equal(1)
-
-        expect(users[0].username).to.equal(user16.username)
+        expect(data[0].username).to.equal(user16.username)
       }
 
       {
-        const res = await getUsersListPaginationAndSort(server.url, server.accessToken, 0, 2, 'createdAt', undefined, false)
-        const users = res.body.data as User[]
-
-        expect(res.body.total).to.equal(1)
-        expect(users.length).to.equal(1)
+        const { data, total } = await server.users.list({ start: 0, count: 2, sort: 'createdAt', blocked: false })
+        expect(total).to.equal(1)
+        expect(data.length).to.equal(1)
 
-        expect(users[0].username).to.not.equal(user16.username)
+        expect(data[0].username).to.not.equal(user16.username)
       }
     })
 
     it('Should unblock a user', async function () {
-      await unblockUser(server.url, user16Id, server.accessToken)
-      user16AccessToken = await userLogin(server, user16)
-      await getMyUserInformation(server.url, user16AccessToken, HttpStatusCode.OK_200)
+      await server.users.unbanUser({ userId: user16Id })
+      user16AccessToken = await server.login.getAccessToken(user16)
+      await server.users.getMyInfo({ token: user16AccessToken, expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.OK_200 })
     })
   })
 
@@ -956,19 +801,12 @@ describe('Test users', function () {
         username: 'user_17',
         password: 'my super password'
       }
-      const resUser = await createUser({
-        url: server.url,
-        accessToken: server.accessToken,
-        username: user17.username,
-        password: user17.password
-      })
+      const created = await server.users.create({ ...user17 })
 
-      user17Id = resUser.body.user.id
-      user17AccessToken = await userLogin(server, user17)
-
-      const res = await getUserInformation(server.url, server.accessToken, user17Id, true)
-      const user: User = res.body
+      user17Id = created.id
+      user17AccessToken = await server.login.getAccessToken(user17)
 
+      const user = await server.users.get({ userId: user17Id, withStats: true })
       expect(user.videosCount).to.equal(0)
       expect(user.videoCommentsCount).to.equal(0)
       expect(user.abusesCount).to.equal(0)
@@ -977,54 +815,43 @@ describe('Test users', function () {
     })
 
     it('Should report correct videos count', async function () {
-      const videoAttributes = {
-        name: 'video to test user stats'
-      }
-      await uploadVideo(server.url, user17AccessToken, videoAttributes)
-      const res1 = await getVideosList(server.url)
-      videoId = res1.body.data.find(video => video.name === videoAttributes.name).id
+      const attributes = { name: 'video to test user stats' }
+      await server.videos.upload({ token: user17AccessToken, attributes })
 
-      const res2 = await getUserInformation(server.url, server.accessToken, user17Id, true)
-      const user: User = res2.body
+      const { data } = await server.videos.list()
+      videoId = data.find(video => video.name === attributes.name).id
 
+      const user = await server.users.get({ userId: user17Id, withStats: true })
       expect(user.videosCount).to.equal(1)
     })
 
     it('Should report correct video comments for user', async function () {
       const text = 'super comment'
-      await addVideoCommentThread(server.url, user17AccessToken, videoId, text)
-
-      const res = await getUserInformation(server.url, server.accessToken, user17Id, true)
-      const user: User = res.body
+      await server.comments.createThread({ token: user17AccessToken, videoId, text })
 
+      const user = await server.users.get({ userId: user17Id, withStats: true })
       expect(user.videoCommentsCount).to.equal(1)
     })
 
     it('Should report correct abuses counts', async function () {
       const reason = 'my super bad reason'
-      await reportAbuse({ url: server.url, token: user17AccessToken, videoId, reason })
-
-      const res1 = await getAdminAbusesList({ url: server.url, token: server.accessToken })
-      const abuseId = res1.body.data[0].id
+      await server.abuses.report({ token: user17AccessToken, videoId, reason })
 
-      const res2 = await getUserInformation(server.url, server.accessToken, user17Id, true)
-      const user2: User = res2.body
+      const body1 = await server.abuses.getAdminList()
+      const abuseId = body1.data[0].id
 
+      const user2 = await server.users.get({ userId: user17Id, withStats: true })
       expect(user2.abusesCount).to.equal(1) // number of incriminations
       expect(user2.abusesCreatedCount).to.equal(1) // number of reports created
 
-      const body: AbuseUpdate = { state: AbuseState.ACCEPTED }
-      await updateAbuse(server.url, server.accessToken, abuseId, body)
-
-      const res3 = await getUserInformation(server.url, server.accessToken, user17Id, true)
-      const user3: User = res3.body
+      await server.abuses.update({ abuseId, body: { state: AbuseState.ACCEPTED } })
 
+      const user3 = await server.users.get({ userId: user17Id, withStats: true })
       expect(user3.abusesAcceptedCount).to.equal(1) // number of reports created accepted
     })
   })
 
   after(async function () {
-    await closeAllSequelize([ server ])
     await cleanupTests([ server ])
   })
 })
diff --git a/server/tests/api/videos/audio-only.ts b/server/tests/api/videos/audio-only.ts
index 7ddbd5cd9..15c3ae6d6 100644
--- a/server/tests/api/videos/audio-only.ts
+++ b/server/tests/api/videos/audio-only.ts
@@ -4,23 +4,12 @@ import 'mocha'
 import * as chai from 'chai'
 import { join } from 'path'
 import { getAudioStream, getVideoStreamSize } from '@server/helpers/ffprobe-utils'
-import {
-  buildServerDirectory,
-  cleanupTests,
-  doubleFollow,
-  flushAndRunMultipleServers,
-  getVideo,
-  ServerInfo,
-  setAccessTokensToServers,
-  uploadVideo,
-  waitJobs
-} from '../../../../shared/extra-utils'
-import { VideoDetails } from '../../../../shared/models/videos'
+import { cleanupTests, createMultipleServers, doubleFollow, PeerTubeServer, setAccessTokensToServers, waitJobs } from '@shared/extra-utils'
 
 const expect = chai.expect
 
 describe('Test audio only video transcoding', function () {
-  let servers: ServerInfo[] = []
+  let servers: PeerTubeServer[] = []
   let videoUUID: string
 
   before(async function () {
@@ -47,7 +36,7 @@ describe('Test audio only video transcoding', function () {
         }
       }
     }
-    servers = await flushAndRunMultipleServers(2, configOverride)
+    servers = await createMultipleServers(2, configOverride)
 
     // Get the access tokens
     await setAccessTokensToServers(servers)
@@ -59,15 +48,13 @@ describe('Test audio only video transcoding', function () {
   it('Should upload a video and transcode it', async function () {
     this.timeout(120000)
 
-    const resUpload = await uploadVideo(servers[0].url, servers[0].accessToken, { name: 'audio only' })
-    videoUUID = resUpload.body.video.uuid
+    const { uuid } = await servers[0].videos.upload({ attributes: { name: 'audio only' } })
+    videoUUID = uuid
 
     await waitJobs(servers)
 
     for (const server of servers) {
-      const res = await getVideo(server.url, videoUUID)
-      const video: VideoDetails = res.body
-
+      const video = await server.videos.get({ id: videoUUID })
       expect(video.streamingPlaylists).to.have.lengthOf(1)
 
       for (const files of [ video.files, video.streamingPlaylists[0].files ]) {
@@ -81,8 +68,8 @@ describe('Test audio only video transcoding', function () {
 
   it('0p transcoded video should not have video', async function () {
     const paths = [
-      buildServerDirectory(servers[0], join('videos', videoUUID + '-0.mp4')),
-      buildServerDirectory(servers[0], join('streaming-playlists', 'hls', videoUUID, videoUUID + '-0-fragmented.mp4'))
+      servers[0].servers.buildDirectory(join('videos', videoUUID + '-0.mp4')),
+      servers[0].servers.buildDirectory(join('streaming-playlists', 'hls', videoUUID, videoUUID + '-0-fragmented.mp4'))
     ]
 
     for (const path of paths) {
diff --git a/server/tests/api/videos/multiple-servers.ts b/server/tests/api/videos/multiple-servers.ts
index a8c8a889b..d916abb09 100644
--- a/server/tests/api/videos/multiple-servers.ts
+++ b/server/tests/api/videos/multiple-servers.ts
@@ -3,49 +3,28 @@
 import 'mocha'
 import * as chai from 'chai'
 import * as request from 'supertest'
-import { HttpStatusCode } from '../../../../shared/core-utils/miscs/http-error-codes'
 import {
-  addVideoChannel,
   buildAbsoluteFixturePath,
   checkTmpIsEmpty,
   checkVideoFilesWereRemoved,
   cleanupTests,
   completeVideoCheck,
-  createUser,
+  createMultipleServers,
   dateIsValid,
   doubleFollow,
-  flushAndRunMultipleServers,
-  getLocalVideos,
-  getVideo,
-  getVideoChannelsList,
-  getVideosList,
-  rateVideo,
-  removeVideo,
-  ServerInfo,
+  PeerTubeServer,
   setAccessTokensToServers,
   testImage,
-  updateVideo,
-  uploadVideo,
-  userLogin,
-  viewVideo,
   wait,
+  waitJobs,
   webtorrentAdd
-} from '../../../../shared/extra-utils'
-import { waitJobs } from '../../../../shared/extra-utils/server/jobs'
-import {
-  addVideoCommentReply,
-  addVideoCommentThread,
-  deleteVideoComment,
-  findCommentId,
-  getVideoCommentThreads,
-  getVideoThreadComments
-} from '../../../../shared/extra-utils/videos/video-comments'
-import { VideoComment, VideoCommentThreadTree, VideoPrivacy } from '../../../../shared/models/videos'
+} from '@shared/extra-utils'
+import { HttpStatusCode, VideoCommentThreadTree, VideoPrivacy } from '@shared/models'
 
 const expect = chai.expect
 
 describe('Test multiple servers', function () {
-  let servers: ServerInfo[] = []
+  let servers: PeerTubeServer[] = []
   const toRemove = []
   let videoUUID = ''
   let videoChannelId: number
@@ -53,7 +32,7 @@ describe('Test multiple servers', function () {
   before(async function () {
     this.timeout(120000)
 
-    servers = await flushAndRunMultipleServers(3)
+    servers = await createMultipleServers(3)
 
     // Get the access tokens
     await setAccessTokensToServers(servers)
@@ -64,9 +43,9 @@ describe('Test multiple servers', function () {
         displayName: 'my channel',
         description: 'super channel'
       }
-      await addVideoChannel(servers[0].url, servers[0].accessToken, videoChannel)
-      const channelRes = await getVideoChannelsList(servers[0].url, 0, 1)
-      videoChannelId = channelRes.body.data[0].id
+      await servers[0].channels.create({ attributes: videoChannel })
+      const { data } = await servers[0].channels.list({ start: 0, count: 1 })
+      videoChannelId = data[0].id
     }
 
     // Server 1 and server 2 follow each other
@@ -79,10 +58,9 @@ describe('Test multiple servers', function () {
 
   it('Should not have videos for all servers', async function () {
     for (const server of servers) {
-      const res = await getVideosList(server.url)
-      const videos = res.body.data
-      expect(videos).to.be.an('array')
-      expect(videos.length).to.equal(0)
+      const { data } = await server.videos.list()
+      expect(data).to.be.an('array')
+      expect(data.length).to.equal(0)
     }
   })
 
@@ -90,7 +68,7 @@ describe('Test multiple servers', function () {
     it('Should upload the video on server 1 and propagate on each server', async function () {
       this.timeout(25000)
 
-      const videoAttributes = {
+      const attributes = {
         name: 'my super name for server 1',
         category: 5,
         licence: 4,
@@ -103,7 +81,7 @@ describe('Test multiple servers', function () {
         channelId: videoChannelId,
         fixture: 'video_short1.webm'
       }
-      await uploadVideo(servers[0].url, servers[0].accessToken, videoAttributes)
+      await servers[0].videos.upload({ attributes })
 
       await waitJobs(servers)
 
@@ -146,14 +124,13 @@ describe('Test multiple servers', function () {
           ]
         }
 
-        const res = await getVideosList(server.url)
-        const videos = res.body.data
-        expect(videos).to.be.an('array')
-        expect(videos.length).to.equal(1)
-        const video = videos[0]
+        const { data } = await server.videos.list()
+        expect(data).to.be.an('array')
+        expect(data.length).to.equal(1)
+        const video = data[0]
 
-        await completeVideoCheck(server.url, video, checkAttributes)
-        publishedAt = video.publishedAt
+        await completeVideoCheck(server, video, checkAttributes)
+        publishedAt = video.publishedAt as string
       }
     })
 
@@ -164,10 +141,10 @@ describe('Test multiple servers', function () {
         username: 'user1',
         password: 'super_password'
       }
-      await createUser({ url: servers[1].url, accessToken: servers[1].accessToken, username: user.username, password: user.password })
-      const userAccessToken = await userLogin(servers[1], user)
+      await servers[1].users.create({ username: user.username, password: user.password })
+      const userAccessToken = await servers[1].login.getAccessToken(user)
 
-      const videoAttributes = {
+      const attributes = {
         name: 'my super name for server 2',
         category: 4,
         licence: 3,
@@ -180,7 +157,7 @@ describe('Test multiple servers', function () {
         thumbnailfile: 'thumbnail.jpg',
         previewfile: 'preview.jpg'
       }
-      await uploadVideo(servers[1].url, userAccessToken, videoAttributes, HttpStatusCode.OK_200, 'resumable')
+      await servers[1].videos.upload({ token: userAccessToken, attributes, mode: 'resumable' })
 
       // Transcoding
       await waitJobs(servers)
@@ -235,65 +212,67 @@ describe('Test multiple servers', function () {
           previewfile: 'preview'
         }
 
-        const res = await getVideosList(server.url)
-        const videos = res.body.data
-        expect(videos).to.be.an('array')
-        expect(videos.length).to.equal(2)
-        const video = videos[1]
+        const { data } = await server.videos.list()
+        expect(data).to.be.an('array')
+        expect(data.length).to.equal(2)
+        const video = data[1]
 
-        await completeVideoCheck(server.url, video, checkAttributes)
+        await completeVideoCheck(server, video, checkAttributes)
       }
     })
 
     it('Should upload two videos on server 3 and propagate on each server', async function () {
       this.timeout(45000)
 
-      const videoAttributes1 = {
-        name: 'my super name for server 3',
-        category: 6,
-        licence: 5,
-        language: 'de',
-        nsfw: true,
-        description: 'my super description for server 3',
-        support: 'my super support text for server 3',
-        tags: [ 'tag1p3' ],
-        fixture: 'video_short3.webm'
+      {
+        const attributes = {
+          name: 'my super name for server 3',
+          category: 6,
+          licence: 5,
+          language: 'de',
+          nsfw: true,
+          description: 'my super description for server 3',
+          support: 'my super support text for server 3',
+          tags: [ 'tag1p3' ],
+          fixture: 'video_short3.webm'
+        }
+        await servers[2].videos.upload({ attributes })
       }
-      await uploadVideo(servers[2].url, servers[2].accessToken, videoAttributes1)
-
-      const videoAttributes2 = {
-        name: 'my super name for server 3-2',
-        category: 7,
-        licence: 6,
-        language: 'ko',
-        nsfw: false,
-        description: 'my super description for server 3-2',
-        support: 'my super support text for server 3-2',
-        tags: [ 'tag2p3', 'tag3p3', 'tag4p3' ],
-        fixture: 'video_short.webm'
+
+      {
+        const attributes = {
+          name: 'my super name for server 3-2',
+          category: 7,
+          licence: 6,
+          language: 'ko',
+          nsfw: false,
+          description: 'my super description for server 3-2',
+          support: 'my super support text for server 3-2',
+          tags: [ 'tag2p3', 'tag3p3', 'tag4p3' ],
+          fixture: 'video_short.webm'
+        }
+        await servers[2].videos.upload({ attributes })
       }
-      await uploadVideo(servers[2].url, servers[2].accessToken, videoAttributes2)
 
       await waitJobs(servers)
 
       // All servers should have this video
       for (const server of servers) {
         const isLocal = server.url === 'http://localhost:' + servers[2].port
-        const res = await getVideosList(server.url)
+        const { data } = await server.videos.list()
 
-        const videos = res.body.data
-        expect(videos).to.be.an('array')
-        expect(videos.length).to.equal(4)
+        expect(data).to.be.an('array')
+        expect(data.length).to.equal(4)
 
         // We not sure about the order of the two last uploads
         let video1 = null
         let video2 = null
-        if (videos[2].name === 'my super name for server 3') {
-          video1 = videos[2]
-          video2 = videos[3]
+        if (data[2].name === 'my super name for server 3') {
+          video1 = data[2]
+          video2 = data[3]
         } else {
-          video1 = videos[3]
-          video2 = videos[2]
+          video1 = data[3]
+          video2 = data[2]
         }
 
         const checkAttributesVideo1 = {
@@ -328,7 +307,7 @@ describe('Test multiple servers', function () {
             }
           ]
         }
-        await completeVideoCheck(server.url, video1, checkAttributesVideo1)
+        await completeVideoCheck(server, video1, checkAttributesVideo1)
 
         const checkAttributesVideo2 = {
           name: 'my super name for server 3-2',
@@ -362,38 +341,38 @@ describe('Test multiple servers', function () {
             }
           ]
         }
-        await completeVideoCheck(server.url, video2, checkAttributesVideo2)
+        await completeVideoCheck(server, video2, checkAttributesVideo2)
       }
     })
   })
 
   describe('It should list local videos', function () {
     it('Should list only local videos on server 1', async function () {
-      const { body } = await getLocalVideos(servers[0].url)
+      const { data, total } = await servers[0].videos.list({ filter: 'local' })
 
-      expect(body.total).to.equal(1)
-      expect(body.data).to.be.an('array')
-      expect(body.data.length).to.equal(1)
-      expect(body.data[0].name).to.equal('my super name for server 1')
+      expect(total).to.equal(1)
+      expect(data).to.be.an('array')
+      expect(data.length).to.equal(1)
+      expect(data[0].name).to.equal('my super name for server 1')
     })
 
     it('Should list only local videos on server 2', async function () {
-      const { body } = await getLocalVideos(servers[1].url)
+      const { data, total } = await servers[1].videos.list({ filter: 'local' })
 
-      expect(body.total).to.equal(1)
-      expect(body.data).to.be.an('array')
-      expect(body.data.length).to.equal(1)
-      expect(body.data[0].name).to.equal('my super name for server 2')
+      expect(total).to.equal(1)
+      expect(data).to.be.an('array')
+      expect(data.length).to.equal(1)
+      expect(data[0].name).to.equal('my super name for server 2')
     })
 
     it('Should list only local videos on server 3', async function () {
-      const { body } = await getLocalVideos(servers[2].url)
+      const { data, total } = await servers[2].videos.list({ filter: 'local' })
 
-      expect(body.total).to.equal(2)
-      expect(body.data).to.be.an('array')
-      expect(body.data.length).to.equal(2)
-      expect(body.data[0].name).to.equal('my super name for server 3')
-      expect(body.data[1].name).to.equal('my super name for server 3-2')
+      expect(total).to.equal(2)
+      expect(data).to.be.an('array')
+      expect(data.length).to.equal(2)
+      expect(data[0].name).to.equal('my super name for server 3')
+      expect(data[1].name).to.equal('my super name for server 3-2')
     })
   })
 
@@ -401,15 +380,13 @@ describe('Test multiple servers', function () {
     it('Should add the file 1 by asking server 3', async function () {
       this.timeout(10000)
 
-      const res = await getVideosList(servers[2].url)
-
-      const video = res.body.data[0]
-      toRemove.push(res.body.data[2])
-      toRemove.push(res.body.data[3])
+      const { data } = await servers[2].videos.list()
 
-      const res2 = await getVideo(servers[2].url, video.id)
-      const videoDetails = res2.body
+      const video = data[0]
+      toRemove.push(data[2])
+      toRemove.push(data[3])
 
+      const videoDetails = await servers[2].videos.get({ id: video.id })
       const torrent = await webtorrentAdd(videoDetails.files[0].magnetUri, true)
       expect(torrent.files).to.be.an('array')
       expect(torrent.files.length).to.equal(1)
@@ -419,11 +396,10 @@ describe('Test multiple servers', function () {
     it('Should add the file 2 by asking server 1', async function () {
       this.timeout(10000)
 
-      const res = await getVideosList(servers[0].url)
+      const { data } = await servers[0].videos.list()
 
-      const video = res.body.data[1]
-      const res2 = await getVideo(servers[0].url, video.id)
-      const videoDetails = res2.body
+      const video = data[1]
+      const videoDetails = await servers[0].videos.get({ id: video.id })
 
       const torrent = await webtorrentAdd(videoDetails.files[0].magnetUri, true)
       expect(torrent.files).to.be.an('array')
@@ -434,11 +410,10 @@ describe('Test multiple servers', function () {
     it('Should add the file 3 by asking server 2', async function () {
       this.timeout(10000)
 
-      const res = await getVideosList(servers[1].url)
+      const { data } = await servers[1].videos.list()
 
-      const video = res.body.data[2]
-      const res2 = await getVideo(servers[1].url, video.id)
-      const videoDetails = res2.body
+      const video = data[2]
+      const videoDetails = await servers[1].videos.get({ id: video.id })
 
       const torrent = await webtorrentAdd(videoDetails.files[0].magnetUri, true)
       expect(torrent.files).to.be.an('array')
@@ -449,11 +424,10 @@ describe('Test multiple servers', function () {
     it('Should add the file 3-2 by asking server 1', async function () {
       this.timeout(10000)
 
-      const res = await getVideosList(servers[0].url)
+      const { data } = await servers[0].videos.list()
 
-      const video = res.body.data[3]
-      const res2 = await getVideo(servers[0].url, video.id)
-      const videoDetails = res2.body
+      const video = data[3]
+      const videoDetails = await servers[0].videos.get({ id: video.id })
 
       const torrent = await webtorrentAdd(videoDetails.files[0].magnetUri)
       expect(torrent.files).to.be.an('array')
@@ -464,11 +438,10 @@ describe('Test multiple servers', function () {
     it('Should add the file 2 in 360p by asking server 1', async function () {
       this.timeout(10000)
 
-      const res = await getVideosList(servers[0].url)
+      const { data } = await servers[0].videos.list()
 
-      const video = res.body.data.find(v => v.name === 'my super name for server 2')
-      const res2 = await getVideo(servers[0].url, video.id)
-      const videoDetails = res2.body
+      const video = data.find(v => v.name === 'my super name for server 2')
+      const videoDetails = await servers[0].videos.get({ id: video.id })
 
       const file = videoDetails.files.find(f => f.resolution.id === 360)
       expect(file).not.to.be.undefined
@@ -487,30 +460,36 @@ describe('Test multiple servers', function () {
     let remoteVideosServer3 = []
 
     before(async function () {
-      const res1 = await getVideosList(servers[0].url)
-      remoteVideosServer1 = res1.body.data.filter(video => video.isLocal === false).map(video => video.uuid)
+      {
+        const { data } = await servers[0].videos.list()
+        remoteVideosServer1 = data.filter(video => video.isLocal === false).map(video => video.uuid)
+      }
 
-      const res2 = await getVideosList(servers[1].url)
-      remoteVideosServer2 = res2.body.data.filter(video => video.isLocal === false).map(video => video.uuid)
+      {
+        const { data } = await servers[1].videos.list()
+        remoteVideosServer2 = data.filter(video => video.isLocal === false).map(video => video.uuid)
+      }
 
-      const res3 = await getVideosList(servers[2].url)
-      localVideosServer3 = res3.body.data.filter(video => video.isLocal === true).map(video => video.uuid)
-      remoteVideosServer3 = res3.body.data.filter(video => video.isLocal === false).map(video => video.uuid)
+      {
+        const { data } = await servers[2].videos.list()
+        localVideosServer3 = data.filter(video => video.isLocal === true).map(video => video.uuid)
+        remoteVideosServer3 = data.filter(video => video.isLocal === false).map(video => video.uuid)
+      }
     })
 
     it('Should view multiple videos on owned servers', async function () {
       this.timeout(30000)
 
-      await viewVideo(servers[2].url, localVideosServer3[0])
+      await servers[2].videos.view({ id: localVideosServer3[0] })
       await wait(1000)
 
-      await viewVideo(servers[2].url, localVideosServer3[0])
-      await viewVideo(servers[2].url, localVideosServer3[1])
+      await servers[2].videos.view({ id: localVideosServer3[0] })
+      await servers[2].videos.view({ id: localVideosServer3[1] })
 
       await wait(1000)
 
-      await viewVideo(servers[2].url, localVideosServer3[0])
-      await viewVideo(servers[2].url, localVideosServer3[0])
+      await servers[2].videos.view({ id: localVideosServer3[0] })
+      await servers[2].videos.view({ id: localVideosServer3[0] })
 
       await waitJobs(servers)
 
@@ -520,11 +499,10 @@ describe('Test multiple servers', function () {
       await waitJobs(servers)
 
       for (const server of servers) {
-        const res = await getVideosList(server.url)
+        const { data } = await server.videos.list()
 
-        const videos = res.body.data
-        const video0 = videos.find(v => v.uuid === localVideosServer3[0])
-        const video1 = videos.find(v => v.uuid === localVideosServer3[1])
+        const video0 = data.find(v => v.uuid === localVideosServer3[0])
+        const video1 = data.find(v => v.uuid === localVideosServer3[1])
 
         expect(video0.views).to.equal(3)
         expect(video1.views).to.equal(1)
@@ -535,16 +513,16 @@ describe('Test multiple servers', function () {
       this.timeout(45000)
 
       const tasks: Promise<any>[] = []
-      tasks.push(viewVideo(servers[0].url, remoteVideosServer1[0]))
-      tasks.push(viewVideo(servers[1].url, remoteVideosServer2[0]))
-      tasks.push(viewVideo(servers[1].url, remoteVideosServer2[0]))
-      tasks.push(viewVideo(servers[2].url, remoteVideosServer3[0]))
-      tasks.push(viewVideo(servers[2].url, remoteVideosServer3[1]))
-      tasks.push(viewVideo(servers[2].url, remoteVideosServer3[1]))
-      tasks.push(viewVideo(servers[2].url, remoteVideosServer3[1]))
-      tasks.push(viewVideo(servers[2].url, localVideosServer3[1]))
-      tasks.push(viewVideo(servers[2].url, localVideosServer3[1]))
-      tasks.push(viewVideo(servers[2].url, localVideosServer3[1]))
+      tasks.push(servers[0].videos.view({ id: remoteVideosServer1[0] }))
+      tasks.push(servers[1].videos.view({ id: remoteVideosServer2[0] }))
+      tasks.push(servers[1].videos.view({ id: remoteVideosServer2[0] }))
+      tasks.push(servers[2].videos.view({ id: remoteVideosServer3[0] }))
+      tasks.push(servers[2].videos.view({ id: remoteVideosServer3[1] }))
+      tasks.push(servers[2].videos.view({ id: remoteVideosServer3[1] }))
+      tasks.push(servers[2].videos.view({ id: remoteVideosServer3[1] }))
+      tasks.push(servers[2].videos.view({ id: localVideosServer3[1] }))
+      tasks.push(servers[2].videos.view({ id: localVideosServer3[1] }))
+      tasks.push(servers[2].videos.view({ id: localVideosServer3[1] }))
 
       await Promise.all(tasks)
 
@@ -558,18 +536,16 @@ describe('Test multiple servers', function () {
       let baseVideos = null
 
       for (const server of servers) {
-        const res = await getVideosList(server.url)
-
-        const videos = res.body.data
+        const { data } = await server.videos.list()
 
         // Initialize base videos for future comparisons
         if (baseVideos === null) {
-          baseVideos = videos
+          baseVideos = data
           continue
         }
 
         for (const baseVideo of baseVideos) {
-          const sameVideo = videos.find(video => video.name === baseVideo.name)
+          const sameVideo = data.find(video => video.name === baseVideo.name)
           expect(baseVideo.views).to.equal(sameVideo.views)
         }
       }
@@ -578,35 +554,34 @@ describe('Test multiple servers', function () {
     it('Should like and dislikes videos on different services', async function () {
       this.timeout(50000)
 
-      await rateVideo(servers[0].url, servers[0].accessToken, remoteVideosServer1[0], 'like')
+      await servers[0].videos.rate({ id: remoteVideosServer1[0], rating: 'like' })
       await wait(500)
-      await rateVideo(servers[0].url, servers[0].accessToken, remoteVideosServer1[0], 'dislike')
+      await servers[0].videos.rate({ id: remoteVideosServer1[0], rating: 'dislike' })
       await wait(500)
-      await rateVideo(servers[0].url, servers[0].accessToken, remoteVideosServer1[0], 'like')
-      await rateVideo(servers[2].url, servers[2].accessToken, localVideosServer3[1], 'like')
+      await servers[0].videos.rate({ id: remoteVideosServer1[0], rating: 'like' })
+      await servers[2].videos.rate({ id: localVideosServer3[1], rating: 'like' })
       await wait(500)
-      await rateVideo(servers[2].url, servers[2].accessToken, localVideosServer3[1], 'dislike')
-      await rateVideo(servers[2].url, servers[2].accessToken, remoteVideosServer3[1], 'dislike')
+      await servers[2].videos.rate({ id: localVideosServer3[1], rating: 'dislike' })
+      await servers[2].videos.rate({ id: remoteVideosServer3[1], rating: 'dislike' })
       await wait(500)
-      await rateVideo(servers[2].url, servers[2].accessToken, remoteVideosServer3[0], 'like')
+      await servers[2].videos.rate({ id: remoteVideosServer3[0], rating: 'like' })
 
       await waitJobs(servers)
       await wait(5000)
+      await waitJobs(servers)
 
       let baseVideos = null
       for (const server of servers) {
-        const res = await getVideosList(server.url)
-
-        const videos = res.body.data
+        const { data } = await server.videos.list()
 
         // Initialize base videos for future comparisons
         if (baseVideos === null) {
-          baseVideos = videos
+          baseVideos = data
           continue
         }
 
         for (const baseVideo of baseVideos) {
-          const sameVideo = videos.find(video => video.name === baseVideo.name)
+          const sameVideo = data.find(video => video.name === baseVideo.name)
           expect(baseVideo.likes).to.equal(sameVideo.likes)
           expect(baseVideo.dislikes).to.equal(sameVideo.dislikes)
         }
@@ -632,7 +607,7 @@ describe('Test multiple servers', function () {
         previewfile: 'preview.jpg'
       }
 
-      await updateVideo(servers[2].url, servers[2].accessToken, toRemove[0].id, attributes)
+      await servers[2].videos.update({ id: toRemove[0].id, attributes })
 
       await waitJobs(servers)
     })
@@ -641,10 +616,9 @@ describe('Test multiple servers', function () {
       this.timeout(10000)
 
       for (const server of servers) {
-        const res = await getVideosList(server.url)
+        const { data } = await server.videos.list()
 
-        const videos = res.body.data
-        const videoUpdated = videos.find(video => video.name === 'my super video updated')
+        const videoUpdated = data.find(video => video.name === 'my super video updated')
         expect(!!videoUpdated).to.be.true
 
         const isLocal = server.url === 'http://localhost:' + servers[2].port
@@ -683,49 +657,46 @@ describe('Test multiple servers', function () {
           thumbnailfile: 'thumbnail',
           previewfile: 'preview'
         }
-        await completeVideoCheck(server.url, videoUpdated, checkAttributes)
+        await completeVideoCheck(server, videoUpdated, checkAttributes)
       }
     })
 
     it('Should remove the videos 3 and 3-2 by asking server 3', async function () {
       this.timeout(10000)
 
-      await removeVideo(servers[2].url, servers[2].accessToken, toRemove[0].id)
-      await removeVideo(servers[2].url, servers[2].accessToken, toRemove[1].id)
+      await servers[2].videos.remove({ id: toRemove[0].id })
+      await servers[2].videos.remove({ id: toRemove[1].id })
 
       await waitJobs(servers)
     })
 
     it('Should not have files of videos 3 and 3-2 on each server', async function () {
       for (const server of servers) {
-        await checkVideoFilesWereRemoved(toRemove[0].uuid, server.internalServerNumber)
-        await checkVideoFilesWereRemoved(toRemove[1].uuid, server.internalServerNumber)
+        await checkVideoFilesWereRemoved(toRemove[0].uuid, server)
+        await checkVideoFilesWereRemoved(toRemove[1].uuid, server)
       }
     })
 
     it('Should have videos 1 and 3 on each server', async function () {
       for (const server of servers) {
-        const res = await getVideosList(server.url)
-
-        const videos = res.body.data
-        expect(videos).to.be.an('array')
-        expect(videos.length).to.equal(2)
-        expect(videos[0].name).not.to.equal(videos[1].name)
-        expect(videos[0].name).not.to.equal(toRemove[0].name)
-        expect(videos[1].name).not.to.equal(toRemove[0].name)
-        expect(videos[0].name).not.to.equal(toRemove[1].name)
-        expect(videos[1].name).not.to.equal(toRemove[1].name)
-
-        videoUUID = videos.find(video => video.name === 'my super name for server 1').uuid
+        const { data } = await server.videos.list()
+
+        expect(data).to.be.an('array')
+        expect(data.length).to.equal(2)
+        expect(data[0].name).not.to.equal(data[1].name)
+        expect(data[0].name).not.to.equal(toRemove[0].name)
+        expect(data[1].name).not.to.equal(toRemove[0].name)
+        expect(data[0].name).not.to.equal(toRemove[1].name)
+        expect(data[1].name).not.to.equal(toRemove[1].name)
+
+        videoUUID = data.find(video => video.name === 'my super name for server 1').uuid
       }
     })
 
     it('Should get the same video by UUID on each server', async function () {
       let baseVideo = null
       for (const server of servers) {
-        const res = await getVideo(server.url, videoUUID)
-
-        const video = res.body
+        const video = await server.videos.get({ id: videoUUID })
 
         if (baseVideo === null) {
           baseVideo = video
@@ -748,8 +719,7 @@ describe('Test multiple servers', function () {
 
     it('Should get the preview from each server', async function () {
       for (const server of servers) {
-        const res = await getVideo(server.url, videoUUID)
-        const video = res.body
+        const video = await server.videos.get({ id: videoUUID })
 
         await testImage(server.url, 'video_short1-preview.webm', video.previewPath)
       }
@@ -764,36 +734,36 @@ describe('Test multiple servers', function () {
 
       {
         const text = 'my super first comment'
-        await addVideoCommentThread(servers[0].url, servers[0].accessToken, videoUUID, text)
+        await servers[0].comments.createThread({ videoId: videoUUID, text })
       }
 
       {
         const text = 'my super second comment'
-        await addVideoCommentThread(servers[2].url, servers[2].accessToken, videoUUID, text)
+        await servers[2].comments.createThread({ videoId: videoUUID, text })
       }
 
       await waitJobs(servers)
 
       {
-        const threadId = await findCommentId(servers[1].url, videoUUID, 'my super first comment')
+        const threadId = await servers[1].comments.findCommentId({ videoId: videoUUID, text: 'my super first comment' })
 
         const text = 'my super answer to thread 1'
-        await addVideoCommentReply(servers[1].url, servers[1].accessToken, videoUUID, threadId, text)
+        await servers[1].comments.addReply({ videoId: videoUUID, toCommentId: threadId, text })
       }
 
       await waitJobs(servers)
 
       {
-        const threadId = await findCommentId(servers[2].url, videoUUID, 'my super first comment')
+        const threadId = await servers[2].comments.findCommentId({ videoId: videoUUID, text: 'my super first comment' })
 
-        const res2 = await getVideoThreadComments(servers[2].url, videoUUID, threadId)
-        const childCommentId = res2.body.children[0].comment.id
+        const body = await servers[2].comments.getThread({ videoId: videoUUID, threadId })
+        const childCommentId = body.children[0].comment.id
 
         const text3 = 'my second answer to thread 1'
-        await addVideoCommentReply(servers[2].url, servers[2].accessToken, videoUUID, threadId, text3)
+        await servers[2].comments.addReply({ videoId: videoUUID, toCommentId: threadId, text: text3 })
 
         const text2 = 'my super answer to answer of thread 1'
-        await addVideoCommentReply(servers[2].url, servers[2].accessToken, videoUUID, childCommentId, text2)
+        await servers[2].comments.addReply({ videoId: videoUUID, toCommentId: childCommentId, text: text2 })
       }
 
       await waitJobs(servers)
@@ -801,14 +771,14 @@ describe('Test multiple servers', function () {
 
     it('Should have these threads', async function () {
       for (const server of servers) {
-        const res = await getVideoCommentThreads(server.url, videoUUID, 0, 5)
+        const body = await server.comments.listThreads({ videoId: videoUUID })
 
-        expect(res.body.total).to.equal(2)
-        expect(res.body.data).to.be.an('array')
-        expect(res.body.data).to.have.lengthOf(2)
+        expect(body.total).to.equal(2)
+        expect(body.data).to.be.an('array')
+        expect(body.data).to.have.lengthOf(2)
 
         {
-          const comment: VideoComment = res.body.data.find(c => c.text === 'my super first comment')
+          const comment = body.data.find(c => c.text === 'my super first comment')
           expect(comment).to.not.be.undefined
           expect(comment.inReplyToCommentId).to.be.null
           expect(comment.account.name).to.equal('root')
@@ -819,7 +789,7 @@ describe('Test multiple servers', function () {
         }
 
         {
-          const comment: VideoComment = res.body.data.find(c => c.text === 'my super second comment')
+          const comment = body.data.find(c => c.text === 'my super second comment')
           expect(comment).to.not.be.undefined
           expect(comment.inReplyToCommentId).to.be.null
           expect(comment.account.name).to.equal('root')
@@ -833,12 +803,11 @@ describe('Test multiple servers', function () {
 
     it('Should have these comments', async function () {
       for (const server of servers) {
-        const res1 = await getVideoCommentThreads(server.url, videoUUID, 0, 5)
-        const threadId = res1.body.data.find(c => c.text === 'my super first comment').id
+        const body = await server.comments.listThreads({ videoId: videoUUID })
+        const threadId = body.data.find(c => c.text === 'my super first comment').id
 
-        const res2 = await getVideoThreadComments(server.url, videoUUID, threadId)
+        const tree = await server.comments.getThread({ videoId: videoUUID, threadId })
 
-        const tree: VideoCommentThreadTree = res2.body
         expect(tree.comment.text).equal('my super first comment')
         expect(tree.comment.account.name).equal('root')
         expect(tree.comment.account.host).equal('localhost:' + servers[0].port)
@@ -867,19 +836,17 @@ describe('Test multiple servers', function () {
     it('Should delete a reply', async function () {
       this.timeout(10000)
 
-      await deleteVideoComment(servers[2].url, servers[2].accessToken, videoUUID, childOfFirstChild.comment.id)
+      await servers[2].comments.delete({ videoId: videoUUID, commentId: childOfFirstChild.comment.id })
 
       await waitJobs(servers)
     })
 
     it('Should have this comment marked as deleted', async function () {
       for (const server of servers) {
-        const res1 = await getVideoCommentThreads(server.url, videoUUID, 0, 5)
-        const threadId = res1.body.data.find(c => c.text === 'my super first comment').id
-
-        const res2 = await getVideoThreadComments(server.url, videoUUID, threadId)
+        const { data } = await server.comments.listThreads({ videoId: videoUUID })
+        const threadId = data.find(c => c.text === 'my super first comment').id
 
-        const tree: VideoCommentThreadTree = res2.body
+        const tree = await server.comments.getThread({ videoId: videoUUID, threadId })
         expect(tree.comment.text).equal('my super first comment')
 
         const firstChild = tree.children[0]
@@ -900,23 +867,23 @@ describe('Test multiple servers', function () {
     it('Should delete the thread comments', async function () {
       this.timeout(10000)
 
-      const res = await getVideoCommentThreads(servers[0].url, videoUUID, 0, 5)
-      const threadId = res.body.data.find(c => c.text === 'my super first comment').id
-      await deleteVideoComment(servers[0].url, servers[0].accessToken, videoUUID, threadId)
+      const { data } = await servers[0].comments.listThreads({ videoId: videoUUID })
+      const commentId = data.find(c => c.text === 'my super first comment').id
+      await servers[0].comments.delete({ videoId: videoUUID, commentId })
 
       await waitJobs(servers)
     })
 
     it('Should have the threads marked as deleted on other servers too', async function () {
       for (const server of servers) {
-        const res = await getVideoCommentThreads(server.url, videoUUID, 0, 5)
+        const body = await server.comments.listThreads({ videoId: videoUUID })
 
-        expect(res.body.total).to.equal(2)
-        expect(res.body.data).to.be.an('array')
-        expect(res.body.data).to.have.lengthOf(2)
+        expect(body.total).to.equal(2)
+        expect(body.data).to.be.an('array')
+        expect(body.data).to.have.lengthOf(2)
 
         {
-          const comment: VideoComment = res.body.data[0]
+          const comment = body.data[0]
           expect(comment).to.not.be.undefined
           expect(comment.inReplyToCommentId).to.be.null
           expect(comment.account.name).to.equal('root')
@@ -927,7 +894,7 @@ describe('Test multiple servers', function () {
         }
 
         {
-          const deletedComment: VideoComment = res.body.data[1]
+          const deletedComment = body.data[1]
           expect(deletedComment).to.not.be.undefined
           expect(deletedComment.isDeleted).to.be.true
           expect(deletedComment.deletedAt).to.not.be.null
@@ -945,22 +912,22 @@ describe('Test multiple servers', function () {
     it('Should delete a remote thread by the origin server', async function () {
       this.timeout(5000)
 
-      const res = await getVideoCommentThreads(servers[0].url, videoUUID, 0, 5)
-      const threadId = res.body.data.find(c => c.text === 'my super second comment').id
-      await deleteVideoComment(servers[0].url, servers[0].accessToken, videoUUID, threadId)
+      const { data } = await servers[0].comments.listThreads({ videoId: videoUUID })
+      const commentId = data.find(c => c.text === 'my super second comment').id
+      await servers[0].comments.delete({ videoId: videoUUID, commentId })
 
       await waitJobs(servers)
     })
 
     it('Should have the threads marked as deleted on other servers too', async function () {
       for (const server of servers) {
-        const res = await getVideoCommentThreads(server.url, videoUUID, 0, 5)
+        const body = await server.comments.listThreads({ videoId: videoUUID })
 
-        expect(res.body.total).to.equal(2)
-        expect(res.body.data).to.have.lengthOf(2)
+        expect(body.total).to.equal(2)
+        expect(body.data).to.have.lengthOf(2)
 
         {
-          const comment: VideoComment = res.body.data[0]
+          const comment = body.data[0]
           expect(comment.text).to.equal('')
           expect(comment.isDeleted).to.be.true
           expect(comment.createdAt).to.not.be.null
@@ -970,7 +937,7 @@ describe('Test multiple servers', function () {
         }
 
         {
-          const comment: VideoComment = res.body.data[1]
+          const comment = body.data[1]
           expect(comment.text).to.equal('')
           expect(comment.isDeleted).to.be.true
           expect(comment.createdAt).to.not.be.null
@@ -989,17 +956,17 @@ describe('Test multiple servers', function () {
         downloadEnabled: false
       }
 
-      await updateVideo(servers[0].url, servers[0].accessToken, videoUUID, attributes)
+      await servers[0].videos.update({ id: videoUUID, attributes })
 
       await waitJobs(servers)
 
       for (const server of servers) {
-        const res = await getVideo(server.url, videoUUID)
-        expect(res.body.commentsEnabled).to.be.false
-        expect(res.body.downloadEnabled).to.be.false
+        const video = await server.videos.get({ id: videoUUID })
+        expect(video.commentsEnabled).to.be.false
+        expect(video.downloadEnabled).to.be.false
 
         const text = 'my super forbidden comment'
-        await addVideoCommentThread(server.url, server.accessToken, videoUUID, text, HttpStatusCode.CONFLICT_409)
+        await server.comments.createThread({ videoId: videoUUID, text, expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.CONFLICT_409 })
       }
     })
   })
@@ -1024,8 +991,8 @@ describe('Test multiple servers', function () {
       await waitJobs(servers)
 
       for (const server of servers) {
-        const res = await getVideosList(server.url)
-        const video = res.body.data.find(v => v.name === 'minimum parameters')
+        const { data } = await server.videos.list()
+        const video = data.find(v => v.name === 'minimum parameters')
 
         const isLocal = server.url === 'http://localhost:' + servers[1].port
         const checkAttributes = {
@@ -1072,7 +1039,7 @@ describe('Test multiple servers', function () {
             }
           ]
         }
-        await completeVideoCheck(server.url, video, checkAttributes)
+        await completeVideoCheck(server, video, checkAttributes)
       }
     })
   })
diff --git a/server/tests/api/videos/resumable-upload.ts b/server/tests/api/videos/resumable-upload.ts
index 4fc3317df..13e47c85e 100644
--- a/server/tests/api/videos/resumable-upload.ts
+++ b/server/tests/api/videos/resumable-upload.ts
@@ -4,22 +4,15 @@ import 'mocha'
 import * as chai from 'chai'
 import { pathExists, readdir, stat } from 'fs-extra'
 import { join } from 'path'
-import { HttpStatusCode } from '@shared/core-utils'
 import {
   buildAbsoluteFixturePath,
-  buildServerDirectory,
   cleanupTests,
-  flushAndRunServer,
-  getMyUserInformation,
-  prepareResumableUpload,
-  sendDebugCommand,
-  sendResumableChunks,
-  ServerInfo,
+  createSingleServer,
+  PeerTubeServer,
   setAccessTokensToServers,
-  setDefaultVideoChannel,
-  updateUser
+  setDefaultVideoChannel
 } from '@shared/extra-utils'
-import { MyUser, VideoPrivacy } from '@shared/models'
+import { HttpStatusCode, VideoPrivacy } from '@shared/models'
 
 const expect = chai.expect
 
@@ -27,7 +20,7 @@ const expect = chai.expect
 
 describe('Test resumable upload', function () {
   const defaultFixture = 'video_short.mp4'
-  let server: ServerInfo
+  let server: PeerTubeServer
   let rootId: number
 
   async function buildSize (fixture: string, size?: number) {
@@ -42,14 +35,14 @@ describe('Test resumable upload', function () {
 
     const attributes = {
       name: 'video',
-      channelId: server.videoChannel.id,
+      channelId: server.store.channel.id,
       privacy: VideoPrivacy.PUBLIC,
       fixture: defaultFixture
     }
 
     const mimetype = 'video/mp4'
 
-    const res = await prepareResumableUpload({ url: server.url, token: server.accessToken, attributes, size, mimetype })
+    const res = await server.videos.prepareResumableUpload({ attributes, size, mimetype })
 
     return res.header['location'].split('?')[1]
   }
@@ -67,15 +60,13 @@ describe('Test resumable upload', function () {
     const size = await buildSize(defaultFixture, options.size)
     const absoluteFilePath = buildAbsoluteFixturePath(defaultFixture)
 
-    return sendResumableChunks({
-      url: server.url,
-      token: server.accessToken,
+    return server.videos.sendResumableChunks({
       pathUploadId,
       videoFilePath: absoluteFilePath,
       size,
       contentLength,
       contentRangeBuilder,
-      specialStatus: expectedStatus
+      expectedStatus
     })
   }
 
@@ -83,7 +74,7 @@ describe('Test resumable upload', function () {
     const uploadId = uploadIdArg.replace(/^upload_id=/, '')
 
     const subPath = join('tmp', 'resumable-uploads', uploadId)
-    const filePath = buildServerDirectory(server, subPath)
+    const filePath = server.servers.buildDirectory(subPath)
     const exists = await pathExists(filePath)
 
     if (expectedSize === null) {
@@ -98,7 +89,7 @@ describe('Test resumable upload', function () {
 
   async function countResumableUploads () {
     const subPath = join('tmp', 'resumable-uploads')
-    const filePath = buildServerDirectory(server, subPath)
+    const filePath = server.servers.buildDirectory(subPath)
 
     const files = await readdir(filePath)
     return files.length
@@ -107,19 +98,14 @@ describe('Test resumable upload', function () {
   before(async function () {
     this.timeout(30000)
 
-    server = await flushAndRunServer(1)
+    server = await createSingleServer(1)
     await setAccessTokensToServers([ server ])
     await setDefaultVideoChannel([ server ])
 
-    const res = await getMyUserInformation(server.url, server.accessToken)
-    rootId = (res.body as MyUser).id
+    const body = await server.users.getMyInfo()
+    rootId = body.id
 
-    await updateUser({
-      url: server.url,
-      userId: rootId,
-      accessToken: server.accessToken,
-      videoQuota: 10_000_000
-    })
+    await server.users.update({ userId: rootId, videoQuota: 10_000_000 })
   })
 
   describe('Directory cleaning', function () {
@@ -138,13 +124,13 @@ describe('Test resumable upload', function () {
     })
 
     it('Should not delete recent uploads', async function () {
-      await sendDebugCommand(server.url, server.accessToken, { command: 'remove-dandling-resumable-uploads' })
+      await server.debug.sendCommand({ body: { command: 'remove-dandling-resumable-uploads' } })
 
       expect(await countResumableUploads()).to.equal(2)
     })
 
     it('Should delete old uploads', async function () {
-      await sendDebugCommand(server.url, server.accessToken, { command: 'remove-dandling-resumable-uploads' })
+      await server.debug.sendCommand({ body: { command: 'remove-dandling-resumable-uploads' } })
 
       expect(await countResumableUploads()).to.equal(0)
     })
diff --git a/server/tests/api/videos/single-server.ts b/server/tests/api/videos/single-server.ts
index 1058a1e9c..c0535be09 100644
--- a/server/tests/api/videos/single-server.ts
+++ b/server/tests/api/videos/single-server.ts
@@ -2,43 +2,26 @@
 
 import 'mocha'
 import * as chai from 'chai'
-import { keyBy } from 'lodash'
-
 import {
   checkVideoFilesWereRemoved,
   cleanupTests,
   completeVideoCheck,
-  flushAndRunServer,
-  getVideo,
-  getVideoCategories,
-  getVideoLanguages,
-  getVideoLicences,
-  getVideoPrivacies,
-  getVideosList,
-  getVideosListPagination,
-  getVideosListSort,
-  getVideosWithFilters,
-  rateVideo,
-  removeVideo,
-  ServerInfo,
+  createSingleServer,
+  PeerTubeServer,
   setAccessTokensToServers,
   testImage,
-  updateVideo,
-  uploadVideo,
-  viewVideo,
   wait
-} from '../../../../shared/extra-utils'
-import { VideoPrivacy } from '../../../../shared/models/videos'
-import { HttpStatusCode } from '@shared/core-utils'
+} from '@shared/extra-utils'
+import { Video, VideoPrivacy } from '@shared/models'
 
 const expect = chai.expect
 
 describe('Test a single server', function () {
 
   function runSuite (mode: 'legacy' | 'resumable') {
-    let server: ServerInfo = null
-    let videoId = -1
-    let videoId2 = -1
+    let server: PeerTubeServer = null
+    let videoId: number | string
+    let videoId2: string
     let videoUUID = ''
     let videosListBase: any[] = null
 
@@ -111,134 +94,122 @@ describe('Test a single server', function () {
     before(async function () {
       this.timeout(30000)
 
-      server = await flushAndRunServer(1)
+      server = await createSingleServer(1)
 
       await setAccessTokensToServers([ server ])
     })
 
     it('Should list video categories', async function () {
-      const res = await getVideoCategories(server.url)
-
-      const categories = res.body
+      const categories = await server.videos.getCategories()
       expect(Object.keys(categories)).to.have.length.above(10)
 
       expect(categories[11]).to.equal('News & Politics')
     })
 
     it('Should list video licences', async function () {
-      const res = await getVideoLicences(server.url)
-
-      const licences = res.body
+      const licences = await server.videos.getLicences()
       expect(Object.keys(licences)).to.have.length.above(5)
 
       expect(licences[3]).to.equal('Attribution - No Derivatives')
     })
 
     it('Should list video languages', async function () {
-      const res = await getVideoLanguages(server.url)
-
-      const languages = res.body
+      const languages = await server.videos.getLanguages()
       expect(Object.keys(languages)).to.have.length.above(5)
 
       expect(languages['ru']).to.equal('Russian')
     })
 
     it('Should list video privacies', async function () {
-      const res = await getVideoPrivacies(server.url)
-
-      const privacies = res.body
+      const privacies = await server.videos.getPrivacies()
       expect(Object.keys(privacies)).to.have.length.at.least(3)
 
       expect(privacies[3]).to.equal('Private')
     })
 
     it('Should not have videos', async function () {
-      const res = await getVideosList(server.url)
+      const { data, total } = await server.videos.list()
 
-      expect(res.body.total).to.equal(0)
-      expect(res.body.data).to.be.an('array')
-      expect(res.body.data.length).to.equal(0)
+      expect(total).to.equal(0)
+      expect(data).to.be.an('array')
+      expect(data.length).to.equal(0)
     })
 
     it('Should upload the video', async function () {
       this.timeout(10000)
 
-      const videoAttributes = {
+      const attributes = {
         name: 'my super name',
         category: 2,
         nsfw: true,
         licence: 6,
         tags: [ 'tag1', 'tag2', 'tag3' ]
       }
-      const res = await uploadVideo(server.url, server.accessToken, videoAttributes, HttpStatusCode.OK_200, mode)
-      expect(res.body.video).to.not.be.undefined
-      expect(res.body.video.id).to.equal(1)
-      expect(res.body.video.uuid).to.have.length.above(5)
+      const video = await server.videos.upload({ attributes, mode })
+      expect(video).to.not.be.undefined
+      expect(video.id).to.equal(1)
+      expect(video.uuid).to.have.length.above(5)
 
-      videoId = res.body.video.id
-      videoUUID = res.body.video.uuid
+      videoId = video.id
+      videoUUID = video.uuid
     })
 
     it('Should get and seed the uploaded video', async function () {
       this.timeout(5000)
 
-      const res = await getVideosList(server.url)
+      const { data, total } = await server.videos.list()
 
-      expect(res.body.total).to.equal(1)
-      expect(res.body.data).to.be.an('array')
-      expect(res.body.data.length).to.equal(1)
+      expect(total).to.equal(1)
+      expect(data).to.be.an('array')
+      expect(data.length).to.equal(1)
 
-      const video = res.body.data[0]
-      await completeVideoCheck(server.url, video, getCheckAttributes())
+      const video = data[0]
+      await completeVideoCheck(server, video, getCheckAttributes())
     })
 
     it('Should get the video by UUID', async function () {
       this.timeout(5000)
 
-      const res = await getVideo(server.url, videoUUID)
-
-      const video = res.body
-      await completeVideoCheck(server.url, video, getCheckAttributes())
+      const video = await server.videos.get({ id: videoUUID })
+      await completeVideoCheck(server, video, getCheckAttributes())
     })
 
     it('Should have the views updated', async function () {
       this.timeout(20000)
 
-      await viewVideo(server.url, videoId)
-      await viewVideo(server.url, videoId)
-      await viewVideo(server.url, videoId)
+      await server.videos.view({ id: videoId })
+      await server.videos.view({ id: videoId })
+      await server.videos.view({ id: videoId })
 
       await wait(1500)
 
-      await viewVideo(server.url, videoId)
-      await viewVideo(server.url, videoId)
+      await server.videos.view({ id: videoId })
+      await server.videos.view({ id: videoId })
 
       await wait(1500)
 
-      await viewVideo(server.url, videoId)
-      await viewVideo(server.url, videoId)
+      await server.videos.view({ id: videoId })
+      await server.videos.view({ id: videoId })
 
       // Wait the repeatable job
       await wait(8000)
 
-      const res = await getVideo(server.url, videoId)
-
-      const video = res.body
+      const video = await server.videos.get({ id: videoId })
       expect(video.views).to.equal(3)
     })
 
     it('Should remove the video', async function () {
-      await removeVideo(server.url, server.accessToken, videoId)
+      await server.videos.remove({ id: videoId })
 
-      await checkVideoFilesWereRemoved(videoUUID, 1)
+      await checkVideoFilesWereRemoved(videoUUID, server)
     })
 
     it('Should not have videos', async function () {
-      const res = await getVideosList(server.url)
+      const { total, data } = await server.videos.list()
 
-      expect(res.body.total).to.equal(0)
-      expect(res.body.data).to.be.an('array')
-      expect(res.body.data).to.have.lengthOf(0)
+      expect(total).to.equal(0)
+      expect(data).to.be.an('array')
+      expect(data).to.have.lengthOf(0)
     })
 
     it('Should upload 6 videos', async function () {
@@ -250,7 +221,7 @@ describe('Test a single server', function () {
       ])
 
       for (const video of videos) {
-        const videoAttributes = {
+        const attributes = {
           name: video + ' name',
           description: video + ' description',
           category: 2,
@@ -261,19 +232,20 @@ describe('Test a single server', function () {
           fixture: video
         }
 
-        await uploadVideo(server.url, server.accessToken, videoAttributes, HttpStatusCode.OK_200, mode)
+        await server.videos.upload({ attributes, mode })
       }
     })
 
     it('Should have the correct durations', async function () {
-      const res = await getVideosList(server.url)
+      const { total, data } = await server.videos.list()
+
+      expect(total).to.equal(6)
+      expect(data).to.be.an('array')
+      expect(data).to.have.lengthOf(6)
 
-      expect(res.body.total).to.equal(6)
-      const videos = res.body.data
-      expect(videos).to.be.an('array')
-      expect(videos).to.have.lengthOf(6)
+      const videosByName: { [ name: string ]: Video } = {}
+      data.forEach(v => { videosByName[v.name] = v })
 
-      const videosByName = keyBy<{ duration: number }>(videos, 'name')
       expect(videosByName['video_short.mp4 name'].duration).to.equal(5)
       expect(videosByName['video_short.ogv name'].duration).to.equal(5)
       expect(videosByName['video_short.webm name'].duration).to.equal(5)
@@ -283,96 +255,87 @@ describe('Test a single server', function () {
     })
 
     it('Should have the correct thumbnails', async function () {
-      const res = await getVideosList(server.url)
+      const { data } = await server.videos.list()
 
-      const videos = res.body.data
       // For the next test
-      videosListBase = videos
+      videosListBase = data
 
-      for (const video of videos) {
+      for (const video of data) {
         const videoName = video.name.replace(' name', '')
         await testImage(server.url, videoName, video.thumbnailPath)
       }
     })
 
     it('Should list only the two first videos', async function () {
-      const res = await getVideosListPagination(server.url, 0, 2, 'name')
+      const { total, data } = await server.videos.list({ start: 0, count: 2, sort: 'name' })
 
-      const videos = res.body.data
-      expect(res.body.total).to.equal(6)
-      expect(videos.length).to.equal(2)
-      expect(videos[0].name).to.equal(videosListBase[0].name)
-      expect(videos[1].name).to.equal(videosListBase[1].name)
+      expect(total).to.equal(6)
+      expect(data.length).to.equal(2)
+      expect(data[0].name).to.equal(videosListBase[0].name)
+      expect(data[1].name).to.equal(videosListBase[1].name)
     })
 
     it('Should list only the next three videos', async function () {
-      const res = await getVideosListPagination(server.url, 2, 3, 'name')
+      const { total, data } = await server.videos.list({ start: 2, count: 3, sort: 'name' })
 
-      const videos = res.body.data
-      expect(res.body.total).to.equal(6)
-      expect(videos.length).to.equal(3)
-      expect(videos[0].name).to.equal(videosListBase[2].name)
-      expect(videos[1].name).to.equal(videosListBase[3].name)
-      expect(videos[2].name).to.equal(videosListBase[4].name)
+      expect(total).to.equal(6)
+      expect(data.length).to.equal(3)
+      expect(data[0].name).to.equal(videosListBase[2].name)
+      expect(data[1].name).to.equal(videosListBase[3].name)
+      expect(data[2].name).to.equal(videosListBase[4].name)
     })
 
     it('Should list the last video', async function () {
-      const res = await getVideosListPagination(server.url, 5, 6, 'name')
+      const { total, data } = await server.videos.list({ start: 5, count: 6, sort: 'name' })
 
-      const videos = res.body.data
-      expect(res.body.total).to.equal(6)
-      expect(videos.length).to.equal(1)
-      expect(videos[0].name).to.equal(videosListBase[5].name)
+      expect(total).to.equal(6)
+      expect(data.length).to.equal(1)
+      expect(data[0].name).to.equal(videosListBase[5].name)
     })
 
     it('Should not have the total field', async function () {
-      const res = await getVideosListPagination(server.url, 5, 6, 'name', true)
+      const { total, data } = await server.videos.list({ start: 5, count: 6, sort: 'name', skipCount: true })
 
-      const videos = res.body.data
-      expect(res.body.total).to.not.exist
-      expect(videos.length).to.equal(1)
-      expect(videos[0].name).to.equal(videosListBase[5].name)
+      expect(total).to.not.exist
+      expect(data.length).to.equal(1)
+      expect(data[0].name).to.equal(videosListBase[5].name)
     })
 
     it('Should list and sort by name in descending order', async function () {
-      const res = await getVideosListSort(server.url, '-name')
+      const { total, data } = await server.videos.list({ sort: '-name' })
 
-      const videos = res.body.data
-      expect(res.body.total).to.equal(6)
-      expect(videos.length).to.equal(6)
-      expect(videos[0].name).to.equal('video_short.webm name')
-      expect(videos[1].name).to.equal('video_short.ogv name')
-      expect(videos[2].name).to.equal('video_short.mp4 name')
-      expect(videos[3].name).to.equal('video_short3.webm name')
-      expect(videos[4].name).to.equal('video_short2.webm name')
-      expect(videos[5].name).to.equal('video_short1.webm name')
+      expect(total).to.equal(6)
+      expect(data.length).to.equal(6)
+      expect(data[0].name).to.equal('video_short.webm name')
+      expect(data[1].name).to.equal('video_short.ogv name')
+      expect(data[2].name).to.equal('video_short.mp4 name')
+      expect(data[3].name).to.equal('video_short3.webm name')
+      expect(data[4].name).to.equal('video_short2.webm name')
+      expect(data[5].name).to.equal('video_short1.webm name')
 
-      videoId = videos[3].uuid
-      videoId2 = videos[5].uuid
+      videoId = data[3].uuid
+      videoId2 = data[5].uuid
     })
 
     it('Should list and sort by trending in descending order', async function () {
-      const res = await getVideosListPagination(server.url, 0, 2, '-trending')
+      const { total, data } = await server.videos.list({ start: 0, count: 2, sort: '-trending' })
 
-      const videos = res.body.data
-      expect(res.body.total).to.equal(6)
-      expect(videos.length).to.equal(2)
+      expect(total).to.equal(6)
+      expect(data.length).to.equal(2)
     })
 
     it('Should list and sort by hotness in descending order', async function () {
-      const res = await getVideosListPagination(server.url, 0, 2, '-hot')
+      const { total, data } = await server.videos.list({ start: 0, count: 2, sort: '-hot' })
 
-      const videos = res.body.data
-      expect(res.body.total).to.equal(6)
-      expect(videos.length).to.equal(2)
+      expect(total).to.equal(6)
+      expect(data.length).to.equal(2)
     })
 
     it('Should list and sort by best in descending order', async function () {
-      const res = await getVideosListPagination(server.url, 0, 2, '-best')
+      const { total, data } = await server.videos.list({ start: 0, count: 2, sort: '-best' })
 
-      const videos = res.body.data
-      expect(res.body.total).to.equal(6)
-      expect(videos.length).to.equal(2)
+      expect(total).to.equal(6)
+      expect(data.length).to.equal(2)
     })
 
     it('Should update a video', async function () {
@@ -387,67 +350,66 @@ describe('Test a single server', function () {
         downloadEnabled: false,
         tags: [ 'tagup1', 'tagup2' ]
       }
-      await updateVideo(server.url, server.accessToken, videoId, attributes)
+      await server.videos.update({ id: videoId, attributes })
     })
 
     it('Should filter by tags and category', async function () {
-      const res1 = await getVideosWithFilters(server.url, { tagsAllOf: [ 'tagup1', 'tagup2' ], categoryOneOf: [ 4 ] })
-      expect(res1.body.total).to.equal(1)
-      expect(res1.body.data[0].name).to.equal('my super video updated')
+      {
+        const { data, total } = await server.videos.list({ tagsAllOf: [ 'tagup1', 'tagup2' ], categoryOneOf: [ 4 ] })
+        expect(total).to.equal(1)
+        expect(data[0].name).to.equal('my super video updated')
+      }
 
-      const res2 = await getVideosWithFilters(server.url, { tagsAllOf: [ 'tagup1', 'tagup2' ], categoryOneOf: [ 3 ] })
-      expect(res2.body.total).to.equal(0)
+      {
+        const { total } = await server.videos.list({ tagsAllOf: [ 'tagup1', 'tagup2' ], categoryOneOf: [ 3 ] })
+        expect(total).to.equal(0)
+      }
     })
 
     it('Should have the video updated', async function () {
       this.timeout(60000)
 
-      const res = await getVideo(server.url, videoId)
-      const video = res.body
+      const video = await server.videos.get({ id: videoId })
 
-      await completeVideoCheck(server.url, video, updateCheckAttributes())
+      await completeVideoCheck(server, video, updateCheckAttributes())
     })
 
     it('Should update only the tags of a video', async function () {
       const attributes = {
         tags: [ 'supertag', 'tag1', 'tag2' ]
       }
-      await updateVideo(server.url, server.accessToken, videoId, attributes)
+      await server.videos.update({ id: videoId, attributes })
 
-      const res = await getVideo(server.url, videoId)
-      const video = res.body
+      const video = await server.videos.get({ id: videoId })
 
-      await completeVideoCheck(server.url, video, Object.assign(updateCheckAttributes(), attributes))
+      await completeVideoCheck(server, video, Object.assign(updateCheckAttributes(), attributes))
     })
 
     it('Should update only the description of a video', async function () {
       const attributes = {
         description: 'hello everybody'
       }
-      await updateVideo(server.url, server.accessToken, videoId, attributes)
+      await server.videos.update({ id: videoId, attributes })
 
-      const res = await getVideo(server.url, videoId)
-      const video = res.body
+      const video = await server.videos.get({ id: videoId })
 
       const expectedAttributes = Object.assign(updateCheckAttributes(), { tags: [ 'supertag', 'tag1', 'tag2' ] }, attributes)
-      await completeVideoCheck(server.url, video, expectedAttributes)
+      await completeVideoCheck(server, video, expectedAttributes)
     })
 
     it('Should like a video', async function () {
-      await rateVideo(server.url, server.accessToken, videoId, 'like')
+      await server.videos.rate({ id: videoId, rating: 'like' })
 
-      const res = await getVideo(server.url, videoId)
-      const video = res.body
+      const video = await server.videos.get({ id: videoId })
 
       expect(video.likes).to.equal(1)
       expect(video.dislikes).to.equal(0)
     })
 
     it('Should dislike the same video', async function () {
-      await rateVideo(server.url, server.accessToken, videoId, 'dislike')
+      await server.videos.rate({ id: videoId, rating: 'dislike' })
 
-      const res = await getVideo(server.url, videoId)
-      const video = res.body
+      const video = await server.videos.get({ id: videoId })
 
       expect(video.likes).to.equal(0)
       expect(video.dislikes).to.equal(1)
@@ -457,10 +419,10 @@ describe('Test a single server', function () {
       {
         const now = new Date()
         const attributes = { originallyPublishedAt: now.toISOString() }
-        await updateVideo(server.url, server.accessToken, videoId, attributes)
+        await server.videos.update({ id: videoId, attributes })
 
-        const res = await getVideosListSort(server.url, '-originallyPublishedAt')
-        const names = res.body.data.map(v => v.name)
+        const { data } = await server.videos.list({ sort: '-originallyPublishedAt' })
+        const names = data.map(v => v.name)
 
         expect(names[0]).to.equal('my super video updated')
         expect(names[1]).to.equal('video_short2.webm name')
@@ -473,10 +435,10 @@ describe('Test a single server', function () {
       {
         const now = new Date()
         const attributes = { originallyPublishedAt: now.toISOString() }
-        await updateVideo(server.url, server.accessToken, videoId2, attributes)
+        await server.videos.update({ id: videoId2, attributes })
 
-        const res = await getVideosListSort(server.url, '-originallyPublishedAt')
-        const names = res.body.data.map(v => v.name)
+        const { data } = await server.videos.list({ sort: '-originallyPublishedAt' })
+        const names = data.map(v => v.name)
 
         expect(names[0]).to.equal('video_short1.webm name')
         expect(names[1]).to.equal('my super video updated')
diff --git a/server/tests/api/videos/video-captions.ts b/server/tests/api/videos/video-captions.ts
index 14ecedfa6..4c8e28adf 100644
--- a/server/tests/api/videos/video-captions.ts
+++ b/server/tests/api/videos/video-captions.ts
@@ -1,72 +1,61 @@
 /* eslint-disable @typescript-eslint/no-unused-expressions,@typescript-eslint/require-await */
 
-import * as chai from 'chai'
 import 'mocha'
+import * as chai from 'chai'
 import {
   checkVideoFilesWereRemoved,
   cleanupTests,
+  createMultipleServers,
   doubleFollow,
-  flushAndRunMultipleServers,
-  removeVideo,
-  uploadVideo,
-  wait
-} from '../../../../shared/extra-utils'
-import { ServerInfo, setAccessTokensToServers } from '../../../../shared/extra-utils/index'
-import { waitJobs } from '../../../../shared/extra-utils/server/jobs'
-import {
-  createVideoCaption,
-  deleteVideoCaption,
-  listVideoCaptions,
-  testCaptionFile
-} from '../../../../shared/extra-utils/videos/video-captions'
-import { VideoCaption } from '../../../../shared/models/videos/caption/video-caption.model'
+  PeerTubeServer,
+  setAccessTokensToServers,
+  testCaptionFile,
+  wait,
+  waitJobs
+} from '@shared/extra-utils'
 
 const expect = chai.expect
 
 describe('Test video captions', function () {
   const uuidRegex = '[0-9a-f]{8}-[0-9a-f]{4}-[0-9a-f]{4}-[0-9a-f]{4}-[0-9a-f]{12}'
 
-  let servers: ServerInfo[]
+  let servers: PeerTubeServer[]
   let videoUUID: string
 
   before(async function () {
     this.timeout(60000)
 
-    servers = await flushAndRunMultipleServers(2)
+    servers = await createMultipleServers(2)
 
     await setAccessTokensToServers(servers)
     await doubleFollow(servers[0], servers[1])
 
     await waitJobs(servers)
 
-    const res = await uploadVideo(servers[0].url, servers[0].accessToken, { name: 'my video name' })
-    videoUUID = res.body.video.uuid
+    const { uuid } = await servers[0].videos.upload({ attributes: { name: 'my video name' } })
+    videoUUID = uuid
 
     await waitJobs(servers)
   })
 
   it('Should list the captions and return an empty list', async function () {
     for (const server of servers) {
-      const res = await listVideoCaptions(server.url, videoUUID)
-      expect(res.body.total).to.equal(0)
-      expect(res.body.data).to.have.lengthOf(0)
+      const body = await server.captions.list({ videoId: videoUUID })
+      expect(body.total).to.equal(0)
+      expect(body.data).to.have.lengthOf(0)
     }
   })
 
   it('Should create two new captions', async function () {
     this.timeout(30000)
 
-    await createVideoCaption({
-      url: servers[0].url,
-      accessToken: servers[0].accessToken,
+    await servers[0].captions.add({
       language: 'ar',
       videoId: videoUUID,
       fixture: 'subtitle-good1.vtt'
     })
 
-    await createVideoCaption({
-      url: servers[0].url,
-      accessToken: servers[0].accessToken,
+    await servers[0].captions.add({
       language: 'zh',
       videoId: videoUUID,
       fixture: 'subtitle-good2.vtt',
@@ -78,17 +67,17 @@ describe('Test video captions', function () {
 
   it('Should list these uploaded captions', async function () {
     for (const server of servers) {
-      const res = await listVideoCaptions(server.url, videoUUID)
-      expect(res.body.total).to.equal(2)
-      expect(res.body.data).to.have.lengthOf(2)
+      const body = await server.captions.list({ videoId: videoUUID })
+      expect(body.total).to.equal(2)
+      expect(body.data).to.have.lengthOf(2)
 
-      const caption1: VideoCaption = res.body.data[0]
+      const caption1 = body.data[0]
       expect(caption1.language.id).to.equal('ar')
       expect(caption1.language.label).to.equal('Arabic')
       expect(caption1.captionPath).to.match(new RegExp('^/lazy-static/video-captions/' + uuidRegex + '-ar.vtt$'))
       await testCaptionFile(server.url, caption1.captionPath, 'Subtitle good 1.')
 
-      const caption2: VideoCaption = res.body.data[1]
+      const caption2 = body.data[1]
       expect(caption2.language.id).to.equal('zh')
       expect(caption2.language.label).to.equal('Chinese')
       expect(caption2.captionPath).to.match(new RegExp('^/lazy-static/video-captions/' + uuidRegex + '-zh.vtt$'))
@@ -99,9 +88,7 @@ describe('Test video captions', function () {
   it('Should replace an existing caption', async function () {
     this.timeout(30000)
 
-    await createVideoCaption({
-      url: servers[0].url,
-      accessToken: servers[0].accessToken,
+    await servers[0].captions.add({
       language: 'ar',
       videoId: videoUUID,
       fixture: 'subtitle-good2.vtt'
@@ -112,11 +99,11 @@ describe('Test video captions', function () {
 
   it('Should have this caption updated', async function () {
     for (const server of servers) {
-      const res = await listVideoCaptions(server.url, videoUUID)
-      expect(res.body.total).to.equal(2)
-      expect(res.body.data).to.have.lengthOf(2)
+      const body = await server.captions.list({ videoId: videoUUID })
+      expect(body.total).to.equal(2)
+      expect(body.data).to.have.lengthOf(2)
 
-      const caption1: VideoCaption = res.body.data[0]
+      const caption1 = body.data[0]
       expect(caption1.language.id).to.equal('ar')
       expect(caption1.language.label).to.equal('Arabic')
       expect(caption1.captionPath).to.match(new RegExp('^/lazy-static/video-captions/' + uuidRegex + '-ar.vtt$'))
@@ -127,9 +114,7 @@ describe('Test video captions', function () {
   it('Should replace an existing caption with a srt file and convert it', async function () {
     this.timeout(30000)
 
-    await createVideoCaption({
-      url: servers[0].url,
-      accessToken: servers[0].accessToken,
+    await servers[0].captions.add({
       language: 'ar',
       videoId: videoUUID,
       fixture: 'subtitle-good.srt'
@@ -143,11 +128,11 @@ describe('Test video captions', function () {
 
   it('Should have this caption updated and converted', async function () {
     for (const server of servers) {
-      const res = await listVideoCaptions(server.url, videoUUID)
-      expect(res.body.total).to.equal(2)
-      expect(res.body.data).to.have.lengthOf(2)
+      const body = await server.captions.list({ videoId: videoUUID })
+      expect(body.total).to.equal(2)
+      expect(body.data).to.have.lengthOf(2)
 
-      const caption1: VideoCaption = res.body.data[0]
+      const caption1 = body.data[0]
       expect(caption1.language.id).to.equal('ar')
       expect(caption1.language.label).to.equal('Arabic')
       expect(caption1.captionPath).to.match(new RegExp('^/lazy-static/video-captions/' + uuidRegex + '-ar.vtt$'))
@@ -172,18 +157,18 @@ describe('Test video captions', function () {
   it('Should remove one caption', async function () {
     this.timeout(30000)
 
-    await deleteVideoCaption(servers[0].url, servers[0].accessToken, videoUUID, 'ar')
+    await servers[0].captions.delete({ videoId: videoUUID, language: 'ar' })
 
     await waitJobs(servers)
   })
 
   it('Should only list the caption that was not deleted', async function () {
     for (const server of servers) {
-      const res = await listVideoCaptions(server.url, videoUUID)
-      expect(res.body.total).to.equal(1)
-      expect(res.body.data).to.have.lengthOf(1)
+      const body = await server.captions.list({ videoId: videoUUID })
+      expect(body.total).to.equal(1)
+      expect(body.data).to.have.lengthOf(1)
 
-      const caption: VideoCaption = res.body.data[0]
+      const caption = body.data[0]
 
       expect(caption.language.id).to.equal('zh')
       expect(caption.language.label).to.equal('Chinese')
@@ -193,9 +178,9 @@ describe('Test video captions', function () {
   })
 
   it('Should remove the video, and thus all video captions', async function () {
-    await removeVideo(servers[0].url, servers[0].accessToken, videoUUID)
+    await servers[0].videos.remove({ id: videoUUID })
 
-    await checkVideoFilesWereRemoved(videoUUID, 1)
+    await checkVideoFilesWereRemoved(videoUUID, servers[0])
   })
 
   after(async function () {
diff --git a/server/tests/api/videos/video-change-ownership.ts b/server/tests/api/videos/video-change-ownership.ts
index a3384851b..6ae6d3004 100644
--- a/server/tests/api/videos/video-change-ownership.ts
+++ b/server/tests/api/videos/video-change-ownership.ts
@@ -2,234 +2,212 @@
 
 import 'mocha'
 import * as chai from 'chai'
-import { HttpStatusCode } from '../../../../shared/core-utils/miscs/http-error-codes'
 import {
-  acceptChangeOwnership,
-  changeVideoOwnership,
+  ChangeOwnershipCommand,
   cleanupTests,
-  createLive,
-  createUser,
+  createMultipleServers,
+  createSingleServer,
   doubleFollow,
-  flushAndRunMultipleServers,
-  flushAndRunServer,
-  getMyUserInformation,
-  getVideo,
-  getVideoChangeOwnershipList,
-  getVideosList,
-  refuseChangeOwnership,
-  ServerInfo,
+  PeerTubeServer,
   setAccessTokensToServers,
   setDefaultVideoChannel,
-  updateCustomSubConfig,
-  uploadVideo,
-  userLogin
-} from '../../../../shared/extra-utils'
-import { waitJobs } from '../../../../shared/extra-utils/server/jobs'
-import { User } from '../../../../shared/models/users'
-import { VideoDetails, VideoPrivacy } from '../../../../shared/models/videos'
+  waitJobs
+} from '@shared/extra-utils'
+import { HttpStatusCode, VideoPrivacy } from '@shared/models'
 
 const expect = chai.expect
 
 describe('Test video change ownership - nominal', function () {
-  let servers: ServerInfo[] = []
-  const firstUser = {
-    username: 'first',
-    password: 'My great password'
-  }
-  const secondUser = {
-    username: 'second',
-    password: 'My other password'
-  }
-
-  let firstUserAccessToken = ''
+  let servers: PeerTubeServer[] = []
+
+  const firstUser = 'first'
+  const secondUser = 'second'
+
+  let firstUserToken = ''
   let firstUserChannelId: number
 
-  let secondUserAccessToken = ''
+  let secondUserToken = ''
   let secondUserChannelId: number
 
-  let lastRequestChangeOwnershipId = ''
+  let lastRequestId: number
 
   let liveId: number
 
+  let command: ChangeOwnershipCommand
+
   before(async function () {
     this.timeout(50000)
 
-    servers = await flushAndRunMultipleServers(2)
+    servers = await createMultipleServers(2)
     await setAccessTokensToServers(servers)
     await setDefaultVideoChannel(servers)
 
-    await updateCustomSubConfig(servers[0].url, servers[0].accessToken, {
-      transcoding: {
-        enabled: false
-      },
-      live: {
-        enabled: true
+    await servers[0].config.updateCustomSubConfig({
+      newConfig: {
+        transcoding: {
+          enabled: false
+        },
+        live: {
+          enabled: true
+        }
       }
     })
 
-    const videoQuota = 42000000
-    await createUser({
-      url: servers[0].url,
-      accessToken: servers[0].accessToken,
-      username: firstUser.username,
-      password: firstUser.password,
-      videoQuota: videoQuota
-    })
-    await createUser({
-      url: servers[0].url,
-      accessToken: servers[0].accessToken,
-      username: secondUser.username,
-      password: secondUser.password,
-      videoQuota: videoQuota
-    })
-
-    firstUserAccessToken = await userLogin(servers[0], firstUser)
-    secondUserAccessToken = await userLogin(servers[0], secondUser)
+    firstUserToken = await servers[0].users.generateUserAndToken(firstUser)
+    secondUserToken = await servers[0].users.generateUserAndToken(secondUser)
 
     {
-      const res = await getMyUserInformation(servers[0].url, firstUserAccessToken)
-      const firstUserInformation: User = res.body
-      firstUserChannelId = firstUserInformation.videoChannels[0].id
+      const { videoChannels } = await servers[0].users.getMyInfo({ token: firstUserToken })
+      firstUserChannelId = videoChannels[0].id
     }
 
     {
-      const res = await getMyUserInformation(servers[0].url, secondUserAccessToken)
-      const secondUserInformation: User = res.body
-      secondUserChannelId = secondUserInformation.videoChannels[0].id
+      const { videoChannels } = await servers[0].users.getMyInfo({ token: secondUserToken })
+      secondUserChannelId = videoChannels[0].id
     }
 
     {
-      const videoAttributes = {
+      const attributes = {
         name: 'my super name',
         description: 'my super description'
       }
-      const res = await uploadVideo(servers[0].url, firstUserAccessToken, videoAttributes)
+      const { id } = await servers[0].videos.upload({ token: firstUserToken, attributes })
 
-      const resVideo = await getVideo(servers[0].url, res.body.video.id)
-      servers[0].video = resVideo.body
+      servers[0].store.video = await servers[0].videos.get({ id })
     }
 
     {
       const attributes = { name: 'live', channelId: firstUserChannelId, privacy: VideoPrivacy.PUBLIC }
-      const res = await createLive(servers[0].url, firstUserAccessToken, attributes)
+      const video = await servers[0].live.create({ token: firstUserToken, fields: attributes })
 
-      liveId = res.body.video.id
+      liveId = video.id
     }
 
+    command = servers[0].changeOwnership
+
     await doubleFollow(servers[0], servers[1])
   })
 
   it('Should not have video change ownership', async function () {
-    const resFirstUser = await getVideoChangeOwnershipList(servers[0].url, firstUserAccessToken)
+    {
+      const body = await command.list({ token: firstUserToken })
 
-    expect(resFirstUser.body.total).to.equal(0)
-    expect(resFirstUser.body.data).to.be.an('array')
-    expect(resFirstUser.body.data.length).to.equal(0)
+      expect(body.total).to.equal(0)
+      expect(body.data).to.be.an('array')
+      expect(body.data.length).to.equal(0)
+    }
 
-    const resSecondUser = await getVideoChangeOwnershipList(servers[0].url, secondUserAccessToken)
+    {
+      const body = await command.list({ token: secondUserToken })
 
-    expect(resSecondUser.body.total).to.equal(0)
-    expect(resSecondUser.body.data).to.be.an('array')
-    expect(resSecondUser.body.data.length).to.equal(0)
+      expect(body.total).to.equal(0)
+      expect(body.data).to.be.an('array')
+      expect(body.data.length).to.equal(0)
+    }
   })
 
   it('Should send a request to change ownership of a video', async function () {
     this.timeout(15000)
 
-    await changeVideoOwnership(servers[0].url, firstUserAccessToken, servers[0].video.id, secondUser.username)
+    await command.create({ token: firstUserToken, videoId: servers[0].store.video.id, username: secondUser })
   })
 
   it('Should only return a request to change ownership for the second user', async function () {
-    const resFirstUser = await getVideoChangeOwnershipList(servers[0].url, firstUserAccessToken)
+    {
+      const body = await command.list({ token: firstUserToken })
 
-    expect(resFirstUser.body.total).to.equal(0)
-    expect(resFirstUser.body.data).to.be.an('array')
-    expect(resFirstUser.body.data.length).to.equal(0)
+      expect(body.total).to.equal(0)
+      expect(body.data).to.be.an('array')
+      expect(body.data.length).to.equal(0)
+    }
 
-    const resSecondUser = await getVideoChangeOwnershipList(servers[0].url, secondUserAccessToken)
+    {
+      const body = await command.list({ token: secondUserToken })
 
-    expect(resSecondUser.body.total).to.equal(1)
-    expect(resSecondUser.body.data).to.be.an('array')
-    expect(resSecondUser.body.data.length).to.equal(1)
+      expect(body.total).to.equal(1)
+      expect(body.data).to.be.an('array')
+      expect(body.data.length).to.equal(1)
 
-    lastRequestChangeOwnershipId = resSecondUser.body.data[0].id
+      lastRequestId = body.data[0].id
+    }
   })
 
   it('Should accept the same change ownership request without crashing', async function () {
     this.timeout(10000)
 
-    await changeVideoOwnership(servers[0].url, firstUserAccessToken, servers[0].video.id, secondUser.username)
+    await command.create({ token: firstUserToken, videoId: servers[0].store.video.id, username: secondUser })
   })
 
   it('Should not create multiple change ownership requests while one is waiting', async function () {
     this.timeout(10000)
 
-    const resSecondUser = await getVideoChangeOwnershipList(servers[0].url, secondUserAccessToken)
+    const body = await command.list({ token: secondUserToken })
 
-    expect(resSecondUser.body.total).to.equal(1)
-    expect(resSecondUser.body.data).to.be.an('array')
-    expect(resSecondUser.body.data.length).to.equal(1)
+    expect(body.total).to.equal(1)
+    expect(body.data).to.be.an('array')
+    expect(body.data.length).to.equal(1)
   })
 
   it('Should not be possible to refuse the change of ownership from first user', async function () {
     this.timeout(10000)
 
-    await refuseChangeOwnership(servers[0].url, firstUserAccessToken, lastRequestChangeOwnershipId, HttpStatusCode.FORBIDDEN_403)
+    await command.refuse({ token: firstUserToken, ownershipId: lastRequestId, expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.FORBIDDEN_403 })
   })
 
   it('Should be possible to refuse the change of ownership from second user', async function () {
     this.timeout(10000)
 
-    await refuseChangeOwnership(servers[0].url, secondUserAccessToken, lastRequestChangeOwnershipId)
+    await command.refuse({ token: secondUserToken, ownershipId: lastRequestId })
   })
 
   it('Should send a new request to change ownership of a video', async function () {
     this.timeout(15000)
 
-    await changeVideoOwnership(servers[0].url, firstUserAccessToken, servers[0].video.id, secondUser.username)
+    await command.create({ token: firstUserToken, videoId: servers[0].store.video.id, username: secondUser })
   })
 
   it('Should return two requests to change ownership for the second user', async function () {
-    const resFirstUser = await getVideoChangeOwnershipList(servers[0].url, firstUserAccessToken)
+    {
+      const body = await command.list({ token: firstUserToken })
 
-    expect(resFirstUser.body.total).to.equal(0)
-    expect(resFirstUser.body.data).to.be.an('array')
-    expect(resFirstUser.body.data.length).to.equal(0)
+      expect(body.total).to.equal(0)
+      expect(body.data).to.be.an('array')
+      expect(body.data.length).to.equal(0)
+    }
 
-    const resSecondUser = await getVideoChangeOwnershipList(servers[0].url, secondUserAccessToken)
+    {
+      const body = await command.list({ token: secondUserToken })
 
-    expect(resSecondUser.body.total).to.equal(2)
-    expect(resSecondUser.body.data).to.be.an('array')
-    expect(resSecondUser.body.data.length).to.equal(2)
+      expect(body.total).to.equal(2)
+      expect(body.data).to.be.an('array')
+      expect(body.data.length).to.equal(2)
 
-    lastRequestChangeOwnershipId = resSecondUser.body.data[0].id
+      lastRequestId = body.data[0].id
+    }
   })
 
   it('Should not be possible to accept the change of ownership from first user', async function () {
     this.timeout(10000)
 
-    await acceptChangeOwnership(
-      servers[0].url,
-      firstUserAccessToken,
-      lastRequestChangeOwnershipId,
-      secondUserChannelId,
-      HttpStatusCode.FORBIDDEN_403
-    )
+    await command.accept({
+      token: firstUserToken,
+      ownershipId: lastRequestId,
+      channelId: secondUserChannelId,
+      expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.FORBIDDEN_403
+    })
   })
 
   it('Should be possible to accept the change of ownership from second user', async function () {
     this.timeout(10000)
 
-    await acceptChangeOwnership(servers[0].url, secondUserAccessToken, lastRequestChangeOwnershipId, secondUserChannelId)
+    await command.accept({ token: secondUserToken, ownershipId: lastRequestId, channelId: secondUserChannelId })
 
     await waitJobs(servers)
   })
 
   it('Should have the channel of the video updated', async function () {
     for (const server of servers) {
-      const res = await getVideo(server.url, servers[0].video.uuid)
-
-      const video: VideoDetails = res.body
+      const video = await server.videos.get({ id: servers[0].store.video.uuid })
 
       expect(video.name).to.equal('my super name')
       expect(video.channel.displayName).to.equal('Main second channel')
@@ -240,27 +218,25 @@ describe('Test video change ownership - nominal', function () {
   it('Should send a request to change ownership of a live', async function () {
     this.timeout(15000)
 
-    await changeVideoOwnership(servers[0].url, firstUserAccessToken, liveId, secondUser.username)
+    await command.create({ token: firstUserToken, videoId: liveId, username: secondUser })
 
-    const resSecondUser = await getVideoChangeOwnershipList(servers[0].url, secondUserAccessToken)
+    const body = await command.list({ token: secondUserToken })
 
-    expect(resSecondUser.body.total).to.equal(3)
-    expect(resSecondUser.body.data.length).to.equal(3)
+    expect(body.total).to.equal(3)
+    expect(body.data.length).to.equal(3)
 
-    lastRequestChangeOwnershipId = resSecondUser.body.data[0].id
+    lastRequestId = body.data[0].id
   })
 
   it('Should accept a live ownership change', async function () {
     this.timeout(20000)
 
-    await acceptChangeOwnership(servers[0].url, secondUserAccessToken, lastRequestChangeOwnershipId, secondUserChannelId)
+    await command.accept({ token: secondUserToken, ownershipId: lastRequestId, channelId: secondUserChannelId })
 
     await waitJobs(servers)
 
     for (const server of servers) {
-      const res = await getVideo(server.url, servers[0].video.uuid)
-
-      const video: VideoDetails = res.body
+      const video = await server.videos.get({ id: servers[0].store.video.uuid })
 
       expect(video.name).to.equal('my super name')
       expect(video.channel.displayName).to.equal('Main second channel')
@@ -274,99 +250,79 @@ describe('Test video change ownership - nominal', function () {
 })
 
 describe('Test video change ownership - quota too small', function () {
-  let server: ServerInfo
-  const firstUser = {
-    username: 'first',
-    password: 'My great password'
-  }
-  const secondUser = {
-    username: 'second',
-    password: 'My other password'
-  }
-  let firstUserAccessToken = ''
-  let secondUserAccessToken = ''
-  let lastRequestChangeOwnershipId = ''
+  let server: PeerTubeServer
+  const firstUser = 'first'
+  const secondUser = 'second'
+
+  let firstUserToken = ''
+  let secondUserToken = ''
+  let lastRequestId: number
 
   before(async function () {
     this.timeout(50000)
 
     // Run one server
-    server = await flushAndRunServer(1)
+    server = await createSingleServer(1)
     await setAccessTokensToServers([ server ])
 
-    const videoQuota = 42000000
-    const limitedVideoQuota = 10
-    await createUser({
-      url: server.url,
-      accessToken: server.accessToken,
-      username: firstUser.username,
-      password: firstUser.password,
-      videoQuota: videoQuota
-    })
-    await createUser({
-      url: server.url,
-      accessToken: server.accessToken,
-      username: secondUser.username,
-      password: secondUser.password,
-      videoQuota: limitedVideoQuota
-    })
+    await server.users.create({ username: secondUser, videoQuota: 10 })
 
-    firstUserAccessToken = await userLogin(server, firstUser)
-    secondUserAccessToken = await userLogin(server, secondUser)
+    firstUserToken = await server.users.generateUserAndToken(firstUser)
+    secondUserToken = await server.login.getAccessToken(secondUser)
 
     // Upload some videos on the server
-    const video1Attributes = {
+    const attributes = {
       name: 'my super name',
       description: 'my super description'
     }
-    await uploadVideo(server.url, firstUserAccessToken, video1Attributes)
+    await server.videos.upload({ token: firstUserToken, attributes })
 
     await waitJobs(server)
 
-    const res = await getVideosList(server.url)
-    const videos = res.body.data
-
-    expect(videos.length).to.equal(1)
+    const { data } = await server.videos.list()
+    expect(data.length).to.equal(1)
 
-    server.video = videos.find(video => video.name === 'my super name')
+    server.store.video = data.find(video => video.name === 'my super name')
   })
 
   it('Should send a request to change ownership of a video', async function () {
     this.timeout(15000)
 
-    await changeVideoOwnership(server.url, firstUserAccessToken, server.video.id, secondUser.username)
+    await server.changeOwnership.create({ token: firstUserToken, videoId: server.store.video.id, username: secondUser })
   })
 
   it('Should only return a request to change ownership for the second user', async function () {
-    const resFirstUser = await getVideoChangeOwnershipList(server.url, firstUserAccessToken)
+    {
+      const body = await server.changeOwnership.list({ token: firstUserToken })
 
-    expect(resFirstUser.body.total).to.equal(0)
-    expect(resFirstUser.body.data).to.be.an('array')
-    expect(resFirstUser.body.data.length).to.equal(0)
+      expect(body.total).to.equal(0)
+      expect(body.data).to.be.an('array')
+      expect(body.data.length).to.equal(0)
+    }
 
-    const resSecondUser = await getVideoChangeOwnershipList(server.url, secondUserAccessToken)
+    {
+      const body = await server.changeOwnership.list({ token: secondUserToken })
 
-    expect(resSecondUser.body.total).to.equal(1)
-    expect(resSecondUser.body.data).to.be.an('array')
-    expect(resSecondUser.body.data.length).to.equal(1)
+      expect(body.total).to.equal(1)
+      expect(body.data).to.be.an('array')
+      expect(body.data.length).to.equal(1)
 
-    lastRequestChangeOwnershipId = resSecondUser.body.data[0].id
+      lastRequestId = body.data[0].id
+    }
   })
 
   it('Should not be possible to accept the change of ownership from second user because of exceeded quota', async function () {
     this.timeout(10000)
 
-    const secondUserInformationResponse = await getMyUserInformation(server.url, secondUserAccessToken)
-    const secondUserInformation: User = secondUserInformationResponse.body
-    const channelId = secondUserInformation.videoChannels[0].id
+    const { videoChannels } = await server.users.getMyInfo({ token: secondUserToken })
+    const channelId = videoChannels[0].id
 
-    await acceptChangeOwnership(
-      server.url,
-      secondUserAccessToken,
-      lastRequestChangeOwnershipId,
+    await server.changeOwnership.accept({
+      token: secondUserToken,
+      ownershipId: lastRequestId,
       channelId,
-      HttpStatusCode.PAYLOAD_TOO_LARGE_413
-    )
+      expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.PAYLOAD_TOO_LARGE_413
+    })
   })
 
   after(async function () {
diff --git a/server/tests/api/videos/video-channels.ts b/server/tests/api/videos/video-channels.ts
index 865098777..c25754eb6 100644
--- a/server/tests/api/videos/video-channels.ts
+++ b/server/tests/api/videos/video-channels.ts
@@ -6,48 +6,28 @@ import { basename } from 'path'
 import { ACTOR_IMAGES_SIZE } from '@server/initializers/constants'
 import {
   cleanupTests,
-  createUser,
-  deleteVideoChannelImage,
+  createMultipleServers,
   doubleFollow,
-  flushAndRunMultipleServers,
-  getActorImage,
-  getVideo,
-  getVideoChannel,
-  getVideoChannelVideos,
+  PeerTubeServer,
+  setAccessTokensToServers,
   setDefaultVideoChannel,
   testFileExistsOrNot,
   testImage,
-  updateVideo,
-  updateVideoChannelImage,
-  uploadVideo,
-  userLogin,
-  wait
-} from '../../../../shared/extra-utils'
-import {
-  addVideoChannel,
-  deleteVideoChannel,
-  getAccountVideoChannelsList,
-  getMyUserInformation,
-  getVideoChannelsList,
-  ServerInfo,
-  setAccessTokensToServers,
-  updateVideoChannel,
-  viewVideo
-} from '../../../../shared/extra-utils/index'
-import { waitJobs } from '../../../../shared/extra-utils/server/jobs'
-import { User, Video, VideoChannel, VideoDetails } from '../../../../shared/index'
+  wait,
+  waitJobs
+} from '@shared/extra-utils'
+import { User, VideoChannel } from '@shared/models'
 
 const expect = chai.expect
 
-async function findChannel (server: ServerInfo, channelId: number) {
-  const res = await getVideoChannelsList(server.url, 0, 5, '-name')
-  const videoChannel = res.body.data.find(c => c.id === channelId)
+async function findChannel (server: PeerTubeServer, channelId: number) {
+  const body = await server.channels.list({ sort: '-name' })
 
-  return videoChannel as VideoChannel
+  return body.data.find(c => c.id === channelId)
 }
 
 describe('Test video channels', function () {
-  let servers: ServerInfo[]
+  let servers: PeerTubeServer[]
   let userInfo: User
   let secondVideoChannelId: number
   let totoChannel: number
@@ -60,7 +40,7 @@ describe('Test video channels', function () {
   before(async function () {
     this.timeout(60000)
 
-    servers = await flushAndRunMultipleServers(2)
+    servers = await createMultipleServers(2)
 
     await setAccessTokensToServers(servers)
     await setDefaultVideoChannel(servers)
@@ -69,11 +49,11 @@ describe('Test video channels', function () {
   })
 
   it('Should have one video channel (created with root)', async () => {
-    const res = await getVideoChannelsList(servers[0].url, 0, 2)
+    const body = await servers[0].channels.list({ start: 0, count: 2 })
 
-    expect(res.body.total).to.equal(1)
-    expect(res.body.data).to.be.an('array')
-    expect(res.body.data).to.have.lengthOf(1)
+    expect(body.total).to.equal(1)
+    expect(body.data).to.be.an('array')
+    expect(body.data).to.have.lengthOf(1)
   })
 
   it('Should create another video channel', async function () {
@@ -86,23 +66,22 @@ describe('Test video channels', function () {
         description: 'super video channel description',
         support: 'super video channel support text'
       }
-      const res = await addVideoChannel(servers[0].url, servers[0].accessToken, videoChannel)
-      secondVideoChannelId = res.body.videoChannel.id
+      const created = await servers[0].channels.create({ attributes: videoChannel })
+      secondVideoChannelId = created.id
     }
 
     // The channel is 1 is propagated to servers 2
     {
-      const videoAttributesArg = { name: 'my video name', channelId: secondVideoChannelId, support: 'video support field' }
-      const res = await uploadVideo(servers[0].url, servers[0].accessToken, videoAttributesArg)
-      videoUUID = res.body.video.uuid
+      const attributes = { name: 'my video name', channelId: secondVideoChannelId, support: 'video support field' }
+      const { uuid } = await servers[0].videos.upload({ attributes })
+      videoUUID = uuid
     }
 
     await waitJobs(servers)
   })
 
   it('Should have two video channels when getting my information', async () => {
-    const res = await getMyUserInformation(servers[0].url, servers[0].accessToken)
-    userInfo = res.body
+    userInfo = await servers[0].users.getMyInfo()
 
     expect(userInfo.videoChannels).to.be.an('array')
     expect(userInfo.videoChannels).to.have.lengthOf(2)
@@ -120,16 +99,14 @@ describe('Test video channels', function () {
   })
 
   it('Should have two video channels when getting account channels on server 1', async function () {
-    const res = await getAccountVideoChannelsList({
-      url: servers[0].url,
-      accountName
-    })
+    const body = await servers[0].channels.listByAccount({ accountName })
+    expect(body.total).to.equal(2)
+
+    const videoChannels = body.data
 
-    expect(res.body.total).to.equal(2)
-    expect(res.body.data).to.be.an('array')
-    expect(res.body.data).to.have.lengthOf(2)
+    expect(videoChannels).to.be.an('array')
+    expect(videoChannels).to.have.lengthOf(2)
 
-    const videoChannels = res.body.data
     expect(videoChannels[0].name).to.equal('root_channel')
     expect(videoChannels[0].displayName).to.equal('Main root channel')
 
@@ -141,79 +118,69 @@ describe('Test video channels', function () {
 
   it('Should paginate and sort account channels', async function () {
     {
-      const res = await getAccountVideoChannelsList({
-        url: servers[0].url,
+      const body = await servers[0].channels.listByAccount({
         accountName,
         start: 0,
         count: 1,
         sort: 'createdAt'
       })
 
-      expect(res.body.total).to.equal(2)
-      expect(res.body.data).to.have.lengthOf(1)
+      expect(body.total).to.equal(2)
+      expect(body.data).to.have.lengthOf(1)
 
-      const videoChannel: VideoChannel = res.body.data[0]
+      const videoChannel: VideoChannel = body.data[0]
       expect(videoChannel.name).to.equal('root_channel')
     }
 
     {
-      const res = await getAccountVideoChannelsList({
-        url: servers[0].url,
+      const body = await servers[0].channels.listByAccount({
         accountName,
         start: 0,
         count: 1,
         sort: '-createdAt'
       })
 
-      expect(res.body.total).to.equal(2)
-      expect(res.body.data).to.have.lengthOf(1)
-
-      const videoChannel: VideoChannel = res.body.data[0]
-      expect(videoChannel.name).to.equal('second_video_channel')
+      expect(body.total).to.equal(2)
+      expect(body.data).to.have.lengthOf(1)
+      expect(body.data[0].name).to.equal('second_video_channel')
     }
 
     {
-      const res = await getAccountVideoChannelsList({
-        url: servers[0].url,
+      const body = await servers[0].channels.listByAccount({
         accountName,
         start: 1,
         count: 1,
         sort: '-createdAt'
       })
 
-      expect(res.body.total).to.equal(2)
-      expect(res.body.data).to.have.lengthOf(1)
-
-      const videoChannel: VideoChannel = res.body.data[0]
-      expect(videoChannel.name).to.equal('root_channel')
+      expect(body.total).to.equal(2)
+      expect(body.data).to.have.lengthOf(1)
+      expect(body.data[0].name).to.equal('root_channel')
     }
   })
 
   it('Should have one video channel when getting account channels on server 2', async function () {
-    const res = await getAccountVideoChannelsList({
-      url: servers[1].url,
-      accountName
-    })
+    const body = await servers[1].channels.listByAccount({ accountName })
 
-    expect(res.body.total).to.equal(1)
-    expect(res.body.data).to.be.an('array')
-    expect(res.body.data).to.have.lengthOf(1)
+    expect(body.total).to.equal(1)
+    expect(body.data).to.be.an('array')
+    expect(body.data).to.have.lengthOf(1)
 
-    const videoChannels = res.body.data
-    expect(videoChannels[0].name).to.equal('second_video_channel')
-    expect(videoChannels[0].displayName).to.equal('second video channel')
-    expect(videoChannels[0].description).to.equal('super video channel description')
-    expect(videoChannels[0].support).to.equal('super video channel support text')
+    const videoChannel = body.data[0]
+    expect(videoChannel.name).to.equal('second_video_channel')
+    expect(videoChannel.displayName).to.equal('second video channel')
+    expect(videoChannel.description).to.equal('super video channel description')
+    expect(videoChannel.support).to.equal('super video channel support text')
   })
 
   it('Should list video channels', async function () {
-    const res = await getVideoChannelsList(servers[0].url, 1, 1, '-name')
+    const body = await servers[0].channels.list({ start: 1, count: 1, sort: '-name' })
 
-    expect(res.body.total).to.equal(2)
-    expect(res.body.data).to.be.an('array')
-    expect(res.body.data).to.have.lengthOf(1)
-    expect(res.body.data[0].name).to.equal('root_channel')
-    expect(res.body.data[0].displayName).to.equal('Main root channel')
+    expect(body.total).to.equal(2)
+    expect(body.data).to.be.an('array')
+    expect(body.data).to.have.lengthOf(1)
+    expect(body.data[0].name).to.equal('root_channel')
+    expect(body.data[0].displayName).to.equal('Main root channel')
   })
 
   it('Should update video channel', async function () {
@@ -225,30 +192,29 @@ describe('Test video channels', function () {
       support: 'support updated'
     }
 
-    await updateVideoChannel(servers[0].url, servers[0].accessToken, 'second_video_channel', videoChannelAttributes)
+    await servers[0].channels.update({ channelName: 'second_video_channel', attributes: videoChannelAttributes })
 
     await waitJobs(servers)
   })
 
   it('Should have video channel updated', async function () {
     for (const server of servers) {
-      const res = await getVideoChannelsList(server.url, 0, 1, '-name')
-
-      expect(res.body.total).to.equal(2)
-      expect(res.body.data).to.be.an('array')
-      expect(res.body.data).to.have.lengthOf(1)
-      expect(res.body.data[0].name).to.equal('second_video_channel')
-      expect(res.body.data[0].displayName).to.equal('video channel updated')
-      expect(res.body.data[0].description).to.equal('video channel description updated')
-      expect(res.body.data[0].support).to.equal('support updated')
+      const body = await server.channels.list({ start: 0, count: 1, sort: '-name' })
+
+      expect(body.total).to.equal(2)
+      expect(body.data).to.be.an('array')
+      expect(body.data).to.have.lengthOf(1)
+
+      expect(body.data[0].name).to.equal('second_video_channel')
+      expect(body.data[0].displayName).to.equal('video channel updated')
+      expect(body.data[0].description).to.equal('video channel description updated')
+      expect(body.data[0].support).to.equal('support updated')
     }
   })
 
   it('Should not have updated the video support field', async function () {
     for (const server of servers) {
-      const res = await getVideo(server.url, videoUUID)
-      const video: VideoDetails = res.body
-
+      const video = await server.videos.get({ id: videoUUID })
       expect(video.support).to.equal('video support field')
     }
   })
@@ -261,14 +227,12 @@ describe('Test video channels', function () {
       bulkVideosSupportUpdate: true
     }
 
-    await updateVideoChannel(servers[0].url, servers[0].accessToken, 'second_video_channel', videoChannelAttributes)
+    await servers[0].channels.update({ channelName: 'second_video_channel', attributes: videoChannelAttributes })
 
     await waitJobs(servers)
 
     for (const server of servers) {
-      const res = await getVideo(server.url, videoUUID)
-      const video: VideoDetails = res.body
-
+      const video = await server.videos.get({ id: videoUUID })
       expect(video.support).to.equal(videoChannelAttributes.support)
     }
   })
@@ -278,10 +242,8 @@ describe('Test video channels', function () {
 
     const fixture = 'avatar.png'
 
-    await updateVideoChannelImage({
-      url: servers[0].url,
-      accessToken: servers[0].accessToken,
-      videoChannelName: 'second_video_channel',
+    await servers[0].channels.updateImage({
+      channelName: 'second_video_channel',
       fixture,
       type: 'avatar'
     })
@@ -295,7 +257,7 @@ describe('Test video channels', function () {
       await testImage(server.url, 'avatar-resized', avatarPaths[server.port], '.png')
       await testFileExistsOrNot(server, 'avatars', basename(avatarPaths[server.port]), true)
 
-      const row = await getActorImage(server.internalServerNumber, basename(avatarPaths[server.port]))
+      const row = await server.sql.getActorImage(basename(avatarPaths[server.port]))
       expect(row.height).to.equal(ACTOR_IMAGES_SIZE.AVATARS.height)
       expect(row.width).to.equal(ACTOR_IMAGES_SIZE.AVATARS.width)
     }
@@ -306,10 +268,8 @@ describe('Test video channels', function () {
 
     const fixture = 'banner.jpg'
 
-    await updateVideoChannelImage({
-      url: servers[0].url,
-      accessToken: servers[0].accessToken,
-      videoChannelName: 'second_video_channel',
+    await servers[0].channels.updateImage({
+      channelName: 'second_video_channel',
       fixture,
       type: 'banner'
     })
@@ -317,14 +277,13 @@ describe('Test video channels', function () {
     await waitJobs(servers)
 
     for (const server of servers) {
-      const res = await getVideoChannel(server.url, 'second_video_channel@' + servers[0].host)
-      const videoChannel = res.body
+      const videoChannel = await server.channels.get({ channelName: 'second_video_channel@' + servers[0].host })
 
       bannerPaths[server.port] = videoChannel.banner.path
       await testImage(server.url, 'banner-resized', bannerPaths[server.port])
       await testFileExistsOrNot(server, 'avatars', basename(bannerPaths[server.port]), true)
 
-      const row = await getActorImage(server.internalServerNumber, basename(bannerPaths[server.port]))
+      const row = await server.sql.getActorImage(basename(bannerPaths[server.port]))
       expect(row.height).to.equal(ACTOR_IMAGES_SIZE.BANNERS.height)
       expect(row.width).to.equal(ACTOR_IMAGES_SIZE.BANNERS.width)
     }
@@ -333,12 +292,7 @@ describe('Test video channels', function () {
   it('Should delete the video channel avatar', async function () {
     this.timeout(15000)
 
-    await deleteVideoChannelImage({
-      url: servers[0].url,
-      accessToken: servers[0].accessToken,
-      videoChannelName: 'second_video_channel',
-      type: 'avatar'
-    })
+    await servers[0].channels.deleteImage({ channelName: 'second_video_channel', type: 'avatar' })
 
     await waitJobs(servers)
 
@@ -353,12 +307,7 @@ describe('Test video channels', function () {
   it('Should delete the video channel banner', async function () {
     this.timeout(15000)
 
-    await deleteVideoChannelImage({
-      url: servers[0].url,
-      accessToken: servers[0].accessToken,
-      videoChannelName: 'second_video_channel',
-      type: 'banner'
-    })
+    await servers[0].channels.deleteImage({ channelName: 'second_video_channel', type: 'banner' })
 
     await waitJobs(servers)
 
@@ -375,18 +324,19 @@ describe('Test video channels', function () {
 
     for (const server of servers) {
       const channelURI = 'second_video_channel@localhost:' + servers[0].port
-      const res1 = await getVideoChannelVideos(server.url, server.accessToken, channelURI, 0, 5)
-      expect(res1.body.total).to.equal(1)
-      expect(res1.body.data).to.be.an('array')
-      expect(res1.body.data).to.have.lengthOf(1)
-      expect(res1.body.data[0].name).to.equal('my video name')
+      const { total, data } = await server.videos.listByChannel({ handle: channelURI })
+
+      expect(total).to.equal(1)
+      expect(data).to.be.an('array')
+      expect(data).to.have.lengthOf(1)
+      expect(data[0].name).to.equal('my video name')
     }
   })
 
   it('Should change the video channel of a video', async function () {
     this.timeout(10000)
 
-    await updateVideo(servers[0].url, servers[0].accessToken, videoUUID, { channelId: servers[0].videoChannel.id })
+    await servers[0].videos.update({ id: videoUUID, attributes: { channelId: servers[0].store.channel.id } })
 
     await waitJobs(servers)
   })
@@ -395,47 +345,50 @@ describe('Test video channels', function () {
     this.timeout(10000)
 
     for (const server of servers) {
-      const secondChannelURI = 'second_video_channel@localhost:' + servers[0].port
-      const res1 = await getVideoChannelVideos(server.url, server.accessToken, secondChannelURI, 0, 5)
-      expect(res1.body.total).to.equal(0)
-
-      const channelURI = 'root_channel@localhost:' + servers[0].port
-      const res2 = await getVideoChannelVideos(server.url, server.accessToken, channelURI, 0, 5)
-      expect(res2.body.total).to.equal(1)
-
-      const videos: Video[] = res2.body.data
-      expect(videos).to.be.an('array')
-      expect(videos).to.have.lengthOf(1)
-      expect(videos[0].name).to.equal('my video name')
+      {
+        const secondChannelURI = 'second_video_channel@localhost:' + servers[0].port
+        const { total } = await server.videos.listByChannel({ handle: secondChannelURI })
+        expect(total).to.equal(0)
+      }
+
+      {
+        const channelURI = 'root_channel@localhost:' + servers[0].port
+        const { total, data } = await server.videos.listByChannel({ handle: channelURI })
+        expect(total).to.equal(1)
+
+        expect(data).to.be.an('array')
+        expect(data).to.have.lengthOf(1)
+        expect(data[0].name).to.equal('my video name')
+      }
     }
   })
 
   it('Should delete video channel', async function () {
-    await deleteVideoChannel(servers[0].url, servers[0].accessToken, 'second_video_channel')
+    await servers[0].channels.delete({ channelName: 'second_video_channel' })
   })
 
   it('Should have video channel deleted', async function () {
-    const res = await getVideoChannelsList(servers[0].url, 0, 10)
+    const body = await servers[0].channels.list({ start: 0, count: 10 })
 
-    expect(res.body.total).to.equal(1)
-    expect(res.body.data).to.be.an('array')
-    expect(res.body.data).to.have.lengthOf(1)
-    expect(res.body.data[0].displayName).to.equal('Main root channel')
+    expect(body.total).to.equal(1)
+    expect(body.data).to.be.an('array')
+    expect(body.data).to.have.lengthOf(1)
+    expect(body.data[0].displayName).to.equal('Main root channel')
   })
 
   it('Should create the main channel with an uuid if there is a conflict', async function () {
     {
       const videoChannel = { name: 'toto_channel', displayName: 'My toto channel' }
-      const res = await addVideoChannel(servers[0].url, servers[0].accessToken, videoChannel)
-      totoChannel = res.body.videoChannel.id
+      const created = await servers[0].channels.create({ attributes: videoChannel })
+      totoChannel = created.id
     }
 
     {
-      await createUser({ url: servers[0].url, accessToken: servers[0].accessToken, username: 'toto', password: 'password' })
-      const accessToken = await userLogin(servers[0], { username: 'toto', password: 'password' })
+      await servers[0].users.create({ username: 'toto', password: 'password' })
+      const accessToken = await servers[0].login.getAccessToken({ username: 'toto', password: 'password' })
 
-      const res = await getMyUserInformation(servers[0].url, accessToken)
-      const videoChannel = res.body.videoChannels[0]
+      const { videoChannels } = await servers[0].users.getMyInfo({ token: accessToken })
+      const videoChannel = videoChannels[0]
       expect(videoChannel.name).to.match(/[0-9a-f]{8}-[0-9a-f]{4}-[0-9a-f]{4}-[0-9a-f]{4}-[0-9a-f]{12}/)
     }
   })
@@ -444,15 +397,9 @@ describe('Test video channels', function () {
     this.timeout(10000)
 
     {
-      const res = await getAccountVideoChannelsList({
-        url: servers[0].url,
-        accountName,
-        withStats: true
-      })
-
-      const channels: VideoChannel[] = res.body.data
+      const { data } = await servers[0].channels.listByAccount({ accountName, withStats: true })
 
-      for (const channel of channels) {
+      for (const channel of data) {
         expect(channel).to.haveOwnProperty('viewsPerDay')
         expect(channel.viewsPerDay).to.have.length(30 + 1) // daysPrior + today
 
@@ -464,33 +411,24 @@ describe('Test video channels', function () {
     }
 
     {
-      // video has been posted on channel servers[0].videoChannel.id since last update
-      await viewVideo(servers[0].url, videoUUID, 204, '0.0.0.1,127.0.0.1')
-      await viewVideo(servers[0].url, videoUUID, 204, '0.0.0.2,127.0.0.1')
+      // video has been posted on channel servers[0].store.videoChannel.id since last update
+      await servers[0].videos.view({ id: videoUUID, xForwardedFor: '0.0.0.1,127.0.0.1' })
+      await servers[0].videos.view({ id: videoUUID, xForwardedFor: '0.0.0.2,127.0.0.1' })
 
       // Wait the repeatable job
       await wait(8000)
 
-      const res = await getAccountVideoChannelsList({
-        url: servers[0].url,
-        accountName,
-        withStats: true
-      })
-      const channelWithView = res.body.data.find((channel: VideoChannel) => channel.id === servers[0].videoChannel.id)
+      const { data } = await servers[0].channels.listByAccount({ accountName, withStats: true })
+      const channelWithView = data.find(channel => channel.id === servers[0].store.channel.id)
       expect(channelWithView.viewsPerDay.slice(-1)[0].views).to.equal(2)
     }
   })
 
   it('Should report correct videos count', async function () {
-    const res = await getAccountVideoChannelsList({
-      url: servers[0].url,
-      accountName,
-      withStats: true
-    })
-    const channels: VideoChannel[] = res.body.data
+    const { data } = await servers[0].channels.listByAccount({ accountName, withStats: true })
 
-    const totoChannel = channels.find(c => c.name === 'toto_channel')
-    const rootChannel = channels.find(c => c.name === 'root_channel')
+    const totoChannel = data.find(c => c.name === 'toto_channel')
+    const rootChannel = data.find(c => c.name === 'root_channel')
 
     expect(rootChannel.videosCount).to.equal(1)
     expect(totoChannel.videosCount).to.equal(0)
@@ -498,26 +436,18 @@ describe('Test video channels', function () {
 
   it('Should search among account video channels', async function () {
     {
-      const res = await getAccountVideoChannelsList({
-        url: servers[0].url,
-        accountName,
-        search: 'root'
-      })
-      expect(res.body.total).to.equal(1)
+      const body = await servers[0].channels.listByAccount({ accountName, search: 'root' })
+      expect(body.total).to.equal(1)
 
-      const channels = res.body.data
+      const channels = body.data
       expect(channels).to.have.lengthOf(1)
     }
 
     {
-      const res = await getAccountVideoChannelsList({
-        url: servers[0].url,
-        accountName,
-        search: 'does not exist'
-      })
-      expect(res.body.total).to.equal(0)
+      const body = await servers[0].channels.listByAccount({ accountName, search: 'does not exist' })
+      expect(body.total).to.equal(0)
 
-      const channels = res.body.data
+      const channels = body.data
       expect(channels).to.have.lengthOf(0)
     }
   })
@@ -525,34 +455,24 @@ describe('Test video channels', function () {
   it('Should list channels by updatedAt desc if a video has been uploaded', async function () {
     this.timeout(30000)
 
-    await uploadVideo(servers[0].url, servers[0].accessToken, { channelId: totoChannel })
+    await servers[0].videos.upload({ attributes: { channelId: totoChannel } })
     await waitJobs(servers)
 
     for (const server of servers) {
-      const res = await getAccountVideoChannelsList({
-        url: server.url,
-        accountName,
-        sort: '-updatedAt'
-      })
+      const { data } = await server.channels.listByAccount({ accountName, sort: '-updatedAt' })
 
-      const channels: VideoChannel[] = res.body.data
-      expect(channels[0].name).to.equal('toto_channel')
-      expect(channels[1].name).to.equal('root_channel')
+      expect(data[0].name).to.equal('toto_channel')
+      expect(data[1].name).to.equal('root_channel')
     }
 
-    await uploadVideo(servers[0].url, servers[0].accessToken, { channelId: servers[0].videoChannel.id })
+    await servers[0].videos.upload({ attributes: { channelId: servers[0].store.channel.id } })
     await waitJobs(servers)
 
     for (const server of servers) {
-      const res = await getAccountVideoChannelsList({
-        url: server.url,
-        accountName,
-        sort: '-updatedAt'
-      })
+      const { data } = await server.channels.listByAccount({ accountName, sort: '-updatedAt' })
 
-      const channels: VideoChannel[] = res.body.data
-      expect(channels[0].name).to.equal('root_channel')
-      expect(channels[1].name).to.equal('toto_channel')
+      expect(data[0].name).to.equal('root_channel')
+      expect(data[1].name).to.equal('toto_channel')
     }
   })
 
diff --git a/server/tests/api/videos/video-comments.ts b/server/tests/api/videos/video-comments.ts
index b6b002307..61ee54540 100644
--- a/server/tests/api/videos/video-comments.ts
+++ b/server/tests/api/videos/video-comments.ts
@@ -2,80 +2,62 @@
 
 import 'mocha'
 import * as chai from 'chai'
-import { VideoComment, VideoCommentAdmin, VideoCommentThreadTree } from '@shared/models'
-import { cleanupTests, testImage } from '../../../../shared/extra-utils'
 import {
-  createUser,
+  cleanupTests,
+  CommentsCommand,
+  createSingleServer,
   dateIsValid,
-  flushAndRunServer,
-  getAccessToken,
-  ServerInfo,
+  PeerTubeServer,
   setAccessTokensToServers,
-  updateMyAvatar,
-  uploadVideo
-} from '../../../../shared/extra-utils/index'
-import {
-  addVideoCommentReply,
-  addVideoCommentThread,
-  deleteVideoComment,
-  getAdminVideoComments,
-  getVideoCommentThreads,
-  getVideoThreadComments
-} from '../../../../shared/extra-utils/videos/video-comments'
+  testImage
+} from '@shared/extra-utils'
 
 const expect = chai.expect
 
 describe('Test video comments', function () {
-  let server: ServerInfo
-  let videoId
-  let videoUUID
-  let threadId
+  let server: PeerTubeServer
+  let videoId: number
+  let videoUUID: string
+  let threadId: number
   let replyToDeleteId: number
 
   let userAccessTokenServer1: string
 
+  let command: CommentsCommand
+
   before(async function () {
     this.timeout(30000)
 
-    server = await flushAndRunServer(1)
+    server = await createSingleServer(1)
 
     await setAccessTokensToServers([ server ])
 
-    const res = await uploadVideo(server.url, server.accessToken, {})
-    videoUUID = res.body.video.uuid
-    videoId = res.body.video.id
+    const { id, uuid } = await server.videos.upload()
+    videoUUID = uuid
+    videoId = id
 
-    await updateMyAvatar({
-      url: server.url,
-      accessToken: server.accessToken,
-      fixture: 'avatar.png'
-    })
+    await server.users.updateMyAvatar({ fixture: 'avatar.png' })
 
-    await createUser({
-      url: server.url,
-      accessToken: server.accessToken,
-      username: 'user1',
-      password: 'password'
-    })
-    userAccessTokenServer1 = await getAccessToken(server.url, 'user1', 'password')
+    userAccessTokenServer1 = await server.users.generateUserAndToken('user1')
+
+    command = server.comments
   })
 
   describe('User comments', function () {
 
     it('Should not have threads on this video', async function () {
-      const res = await getVideoCommentThreads(server.url, videoUUID, 0, 5)
+      const body = await command.listThreads({ videoId: videoUUID })
 
-      expect(res.body.total).to.equal(0)
-      expect(res.body.totalNotDeletedComments).to.equal(0)
-      expect(res.body.data).to.be.an('array')
-      expect(res.body.data).to.have.lengthOf(0)
+      expect(body.total).to.equal(0)
+      expect(body.totalNotDeletedComments).to.equal(0)
+      expect(body.data).to.be.an('array')
+      expect(body.data).to.have.lengthOf(0)
     })
 
     it('Should create a thread in this video', async function () {
       const text = 'my super first comment'
 
-      const res = await addVideoCommentThread(server.url, server.accessToken, videoUUID, text)
-      const comment = res.body.comment
+      const comment = await command.createThread({ videoId: videoUUID, text })
 
       expect(comment.inReplyToCommentId).to.be.null
       expect(comment.text).equal('my super first comment')
@@ -91,14 +73,14 @@ describe('Test video comments', function () {
     })
 
     it('Should list threads of this video', async function () {
-      const res = await getVideoCommentThreads(server.url, videoUUID, 0, 5)
+      const body = await command.listThreads({ videoId: videoUUID })
 
-      expect(res.body.total).to.equal(1)
-      expect(res.body.totalNotDeletedComments).to.equal(1)
-      expect(res.body.data).to.be.an('array')
-      expect(res.body.data).to.have.lengthOf(1)
+      expect(body.total).to.equal(1)
+      expect(body.totalNotDeletedComments).to.equal(1)
+      expect(body.data).to.be.an('array')
+      expect(body.data).to.have.lengthOf(1)
 
-      const comment: VideoComment = res.body.data[0]
+      const comment = body.data[0]
       expect(comment.inReplyToCommentId).to.be.null
       expect(comment.text).equal('my super first comment')
       expect(comment.videoId).to.equal(videoId)
@@ -117,9 +99,9 @@ describe('Test video comments', function () {
     })
 
     it('Should get all the thread created', async function () {
-      const res = await getVideoThreadComments(server.url, videoUUID, threadId)
+      const body = await command.getThread({ videoId: videoUUID, threadId })
 
-      const rootComment = res.body.comment
+      const rootComment = body.comment
       expect(rootComment.inReplyToCommentId).to.be.null
       expect(rootComment.text).equal('my super first comment')
       expect(rootComment.videoId).to.equal(videoId)
@@ -129,20 +111,19 @@ describe('Test video comments', function () {
 
     it('Should create multiple replies in this thread', async function () {
       const text1 = 'my super answer to thread 1'
-      const childCommentRes = await addVideoCommentReply(server.url, server.accessToken, videoId, threadId, text1)
-      const childCommentId = childCommentRes.body.comment.id
+      const created = await command.addReply({ videoId, toCommentId: threadId, text: text1 })
+      const childCommentId = created.id
 
       const text2 = 'my super answer to answer of thread 1'
-      await addVideoCommentReply(server.url, server.accessToken, videoId, childCommentId, text2)
+      await command.addReply({ videoId, toCommentId: childCommentId, text: text2 })
 
       const text3 = 'my second answer to thread 1'
-      await addVideoCommentReply(server.url, server.accessToken, videoId, threadId, text3)
+      await command.addReply({ videoId, toCommentId: threadId, text: text3 })
     })
 
     it('Should get correctly the replies', async function () {
-      const res = await getVideoThreadComments(server.url, videoUUID, threadId)
+      const tree = await command.getThread({ videoId: videoUUID, threadId })
 
-      const tree: VideoCommentThreadTree = res.body
       expect(tree.comment.text).equal('my super first comment')
       expect(tree.children).to.have.lengthOf(2)
 
@@ -163,42 +144,41 @@ describe('Test video comments', function () {
 
     it('Should create other threads', async function () {
       const text1 = 'super thread 2'
-      await addVideoCommentThread(server.url, server.accessToken, videoUUID, text1)
+      await command.createThread({ videoId: videoUUID, text: text1 })
 
       const text2 = 'super thread 3'
-      await addVideoCommentThread(server.url, server.accessToken, videoUUID, text2)
+      await command.createThread({ videoId: videoUUID, text: text2 })
     })
 
     it('Should list the threads', async function () {
-      const res = await getVideoCommentThreads(server.url, videoUUID, 0, 5, 'createdAt')
-
-      expect(res.body.total).to.equal(3)
-      expect(res.body.totalNotDeletedComments).to.equal(6)
-      expect(res.body.data).to.be.an('array')
-      expect(res.body.data).to.have.lengthOf(3)
-
-      expect(res.body.data[0].text).to.equal('my super first comment')
-      expect(res.body.data[0].totalReplies).to.equal(3)
-      expect(res.body.data[1].text).to.equal('super thread 2')
-      expect(res.body.data[1].totalReplies).to.equal(0)
-      expect(res.body.data[2].text).to.equal('super thread 3')
-      expect(res.body.data[2].totalReplies).to.equal(0)
+      const body = await command.listThreads({ videoId: videoUUID, sort: 'createdAt' })
+
+      expect(body.total).to.equal(3)
+      expect(body.totalNotDeletedComments).to.equal(6)
+      expect(body.data).to.be.an('array')
+      expect(body.data).to.have.lengthOf(3)
+
+      expect(body.data[0].text).to.equal('my super first comment')
+      expect(body.data[0].totalReplies).to.equal(3)
+      expect(body.data[1].text).to.equal('super thread 2')
+      expect(body.data[1].totalReplies).to.equal(0)
+      expect(body.data[2].text).to.equal('super thread 3')
+      expect(body.data[2].totalReplies).to.equal(0)
     })
 
     it('Should delete a reply', async function () {
-      await deleteVideoComment(server.url, server.accessToken, videoId, replyToDeleteId)
+      await command.delete({ videoId, commentId: replyToDeleteId })
 
       {
-        const res = await getVideoCommentThreads(server.url, videoUUID, 0, 5, 'createdAt')
+        const body = await command.listThreads({ videoId: videoUUID, sort: 'createdAt' })
 
-        expect(res.body.total).to.equal(3)
-        expect(res.body.totalNotDeletedComments).to.equal(5)
+        expect(body.total).to.equal(3)
+        expect(body.totalNotDeletedComments).to.equal(5)
       }
 
       {
-        const res = await getVideoThreadComments(server.url, videoUUID, threadId)
+        const tree = await command.getThread({ videoId: videoUUID, threadId })
 
-        const tree: VideoCommentThreadTree = res.body
         expect(tree.comment.text).equal('my super first comment')
         expect(tree.children).to.have.lengthOf(2)
 
@@ -220,99 +200,88 @@ describe('Test video comments', function () {
     })
 
     it('Should delete a complete thread', async function () {
-      await deleteVideoComment(server.url, server.accessToken, videoId, threadId)
-
-      const res = await getVideoCommentThreads(server.url, videoUUID, 0, 5, 'createdAt')
-      expect(res.body.total).to.equal(3)
-      expect(res.body.data).to.be.an('array')
-      expect(res.body.data).to.have.lengthOf(3)
-
-      expect(res.body.data[0].text).to.equal('')
-      expect(res.body.data[0].isDeleted).to.be.true
-      expect(res.body.data[0].deletedAt).to.not.be.null
-      expect(res.body.data[0].account).to.be.null
-      expect(res.body.data[0].totalReplies).to.equal(2)
-      expect(res.body.data[1].text).to.equal('super thread 2')
-      expect(res.body.data[1].totalReplies).to.equal(0)
-      expect(res.body.data[2].text).to.equal('super thread 3')
-      expect(res.body.data[2].totalReplies).to.equal(0)
+      await command.delete({ videoId, commentId: threadId })
+
+      const body = await command.listThreads({ videoId: videoUUID, sort: 'createdAt' })
+      expect(body.total).to.equal(3)
+      expect(body.data).to.be.an('array')
+      expect(body.data).to.have.lengthOf(3)
+
+      expect(body.data[0].text).to.equal('')
+      expect(body.data[0].isDeleted).to.be.true
+      expect(body.data[0].deletedAt).to.not.be.null
+      expect(body.data[0].account).to.be.null
+      expect(body.data[0].totalReplies).to.equal(2)
+      expect(body.data[1].text).to.equal('super thread 2')
+      expect(body.data[1].totalReplies).to.equal(0)
+      expect(body.data[2].text).to.equal('super thread 3')
+      expect(body.data[2].totalReplies).to.equal(0)
     })
 
     it('Should count replies from the video author correctly', async function () {
-      const text = 'my super first comment'
-      await addVideoCommentThread(server.url, server.accessToken, videoUUID, text)
-      let res = await getVideoCommentThreads(server.url, videoUUID, 0, 5)
-      const comment: VideoComment = res.body.data[0]
-      const threadId2 = comment.threadId
+      await command.createThread({ videoId: videoUUID, text: 'my super first comment' })
+
+      const { data } = await command.listThreads({ videoId: videoUUID })
+      const threadId2 = data[0].threadId
 
       const text2 = 'a first answer to thread 4 by a third party'
-      await addVideoCommentReply(server.url, userAccessTokenServer1, videoId, threadId2, text2)
+      await command.addReply({ token: userAccessTokenServer1, videoId, toCommentId: threadId2, text: text2 })
 
       const text3 = 'my second answer to thread 4'
-      await addVideoCommentReply(server.url, server.accessToken, videoId, threadId2, text3)
+      await command.addReply({ videoId, toCommentId: threadId2, text: text3 })
 
-      res = await getVideoThreadComments(server.url, videoUUID, threadId2)
-      const tree: VideoCommentThreadTree = res.body
+      const tree = await command.getThread({ videoId: videoUUID, threadId: threadId2 })
       expect(tree.comment.totalReplies).to.equal(tree.comment.totalRepliesFromVideoAuthor + 1)
     })
   })
 
   describe('All instance comments', function () {
-    async function getComments (options: any = {}) {
-      const res = await getAdminVideoComments(Object.assign({
-        url: server.url,
-        token: server.accessToken,
-        start: 0,
-        count: 10
-      }, options))
-
-      return { comments: res.body.data as VideoCommentAdmin[], total: res.body.total as number }
-    }
 
     it('Should list instance comments as admin', async function () {
-      const { comments } = await getComments({ start: 0, count: 1 })
+      const { data } = await command.listForAdmin({ start: 0, count: 1 })
 
-      expect(comments[0].text).to.equal('my second answer to thread 4')
+      expect(data[0].text).to.equal('my second answer to thread 4')
     })
 
     it('Should filter instance comments by isLocal', async function () {
-      const { total, comments } = await getComments({ isLocal: false })
+      const { total, data } = await command.listForAdmin({ isLocal: false })
 
-      expect(comments).to.have.lengthOf(0)
+      expect(data).to.have.lengthOf(0)
       expect(total).to.equal(0)
     })
 
     it('Should search instance comments by account', async function () {
-      const { total, comments } = await getComments({ searchAccount: 'user' })
+      const { total, data } = await command.listForAdmin({ searchAccount: 'user' })
 
-      expect(comments).to.have.lengthOf(1)
+      expect(data).to.have.lengthOf(1)
       expect(total).to.equal(1)
 
-      expect(comments[0].text).to.equal('a first answer to thread 4 by a third party')
+      expect(data[0].text).to.equal('a first answer to thread 4 by a third party')
     })
 
     it('Should search instance comments by video', async function () {
       {
-        const { total, comments } = await getComments({ searchVideo: 'video' })
+        const { total, data } = await command.listForAdmin({ searchVideo: 'video' })
 
-        expect(comments).to.have.lengthOf(7)
+        expect(data).to.have.lengthOf(7)
         expect(total).to.equal(7)
       }
 
       {
-        const { total, comments } = await getComments({ searchVideo: 'hello' })
+        const { total, data } = await command.listForAdmin({ searchVideo: 'hello' })
 
-        expect(comments).to.have.lengthOf(0)
+        expect(data).to.have.lengthOf(0)
         expect(total).to.equal(0)
       }
     })
 
     it('Should search instance comments', async function () {
-      const { total, comments } = await getComments({ search: 'super thread 3' })
+      const { total, data } = await command.listForAdmin({ search: 'super thread 3' })
 
-      expect(comments).to.have.lengthOf(1)
       expect(total).to.equal(1)
-      expect(comments[0].text).to.equal('super thread 3')
+
+      expect(data).to.have.lengthOf(1)
+      expect(data[0].text).to.equal('super thread 3')
     })
   })
 
diff --git a/server/tests/api/videos/video-description.ts b/server/tests/api/videos/video-description.ts
index b8e98e45f..d22b4ed96 100644
--- a/server/tests/api/videos/video-description.ts
+++ b/server/tests/api/videos/video-description.ts
@@ -1,25 +1,13 @@
 /* eslint-disable @typescript-eslint/no-unused-expressions,@typescript-eslint/require-await */
 
-import * as chai from 'chai'
 import 'mocha'
-import {
-  cleanupTests,
-  flushAndRunMultipleServers,
-  getVideo,
-  getVideoDescription,
-  getVideosList,
-  ServerInfo,
-  setAccessTokensToServers,
-  updateVideo,
-  uploadVideo
-} from '../../../../shared/extra-utils/index'
-import { doubleFollow } from '../../../../shared/extra-utils/server/follows'
-import { waitJobs } from '../../../../shared/extra-utils/server/jobs'
+import * as chai from 'chai'
+import { cleanupTests, createMultipleServers, doubleFollow, PeerTubeServer, setAccessTokensToServers, waitJobs } from '@shared/extra-utils'
 
 const expect = chai.expect
 
 describe('Test video description', function () {
-  let servers: ServerInfo[] = []
+  let servers: PeerTubeServer[] = []
   let videoUUID = ''
   let videoId: number
   const longDescription = 'my super description for server 1'.repeat(50)
@@ -28,7 +16,7 @@ describe('Test video description', function () {
     this.timeout(40000)
 
     // Run servers
-    servers = await flushAndRunMultipleServers(2)
+    servers = await createMultipleServers(2)
 
     // Get the access tokens
     await setAccessTokensToServers(servers)
@@ -43,20 +31,19 @@ describe('Test video description', function () {
     const attributes = {
       description: longDescription
     }
-    await uploadVideo(servers[0].url, servers[0].accessToken, attributes)
+    await servers[0].videos.upload({ attributes })
 
     await waitJobs(servers)
 
-    const res = await getVideosList(servers[0].url)
+    const { data } = await servers[0].videos.list()
 
-    videoId = res.body.data[0].id
-    videoUUID = res.body.data[0].uuid
+    videoId = data[0].id
+    videoUUID = data[0].uuid
   })
 
   it('Should have a truncated description on each server', async function () {
     for (const server of servers) {
-      const res = await getVideo(server.url, videoUUID)
-      const video = res.body
+      const video = await server.videos.get({ id: videoUUID })
 
       // 30 characters * 6 -> 240 characters
       const truncatedDescription = 'my super description for server 1'.repeat(7) +
@@ -68,11 +55,10 @@ describe('Test video description', function () {
 
   it('Should fetch long description on each server', async function () {
     for (const server of servers) {
-      const res = await getVideo(server.url, videoUUID)
-      const video = res.body
+      const video = await server.videos.get({ id: videoUUID })
 
-      const res2 = await getVideoDescription(server.url, video.descriptionPath)
-      expect(res2.body.description).to.equal(longDescription)
+      const { description } = await server.videos.getDescription({ descriptionPath: video.descriptionPath })
+      expect(description).to.equal(longDescription)
     }
   })
 
@@ -82,20 +68,19 @@ describe('Test video description', function () {
     const attributes = {
       description: 'short description'
     }
-    await updateVideo(servers[0].url, servers[0].accessToken, videoId, attributes)
+    await servers[0].videos.update({ id: videoId, attributes })
 
     await waitJobs(servers)
   })
 
   it('Should have a small description on each server', async function () {
     for (const server of servers) {
-      const res = await getVideo(server.url, videoUUID)
-      const video = res.body
+      const video = await server.videos.get({ id: videoUUID })
 
       expect(video.description).to.equal('short description')
 
-      const res2 = await getVideoDescription(server.url, video.descriptionPath)
-      expect(res2.body.description).to.equal('short description')
+      const { description } = await server.videos.getDescription({ descriptionPath: video.descriptionPath })
+      expect(description).to.equal('short description')
     }
   })
 
diff --git a/server/tests/api/videos/video-hls.ts b/server/tests/api/videos/video-hls.ts
index 03ac3f321..7845f7334 100644
--- a/server/tests/api/videos/video-hls.ts
+++ b/server/tests/api/videos/video-hls.ts
@@ -9,31 +9,22 @@ import {
   checkSegmentHash,
   checkTmpIsEmpty,
   cleanupTests,
+  createMultipleServers,
   doubleFollow,
-  flushAndRunMultipleServers,
-  getPlaylist,
-  getVideo,
   makeRawRequest,
-  removeVideo,
-  ServerInfo,
+  PeerTubeServer,
   setAccessTokensToServers,
-  updateCustomSubConfig,
-  updateVideo,
-  uploadVideo,
   waitJobs,
   webtorrentAdd
-} from '../../../../shared/extra-utils'
-import { VideoDetails } from '../../../../shared/models/videos'
-import { VideoStreamingPlaylistType } from '../../../../shared/models/videos/video-streaming-playlist.type'
+} from '@shared/extra-utils'
+import { HttpStatusCode, VideoStreamingPlaylistType } from '@shared/models'
 import { DEFAULT_AUDIO_RESOLUTION } from '../../../initializers/constants'
-import { HttpStatusCode } from '../../../../shared/core-utils/miscs/http-error-codes'
 
 const expect = chai.expect
 
-async function checkHlsPlaylist (servers: ServerInfo[], videoUUID: string, hlsOnly: boolean, resolutions = [ 240, 360, 480, 720 ]) {
+async function checkHlsPlaylist (servers: PeerTubeServer[], videoUUID: string, hlsOnly: boolean, resolutions = [ 240, 360, 480, 720 ]) {
   for (const server of servers) {
-    const resVideoDetails = await getVideo(server.url, videoUUID)
-    const videoDetails: VideoDetails = resVideoDetails.body
+    const videoDetails = await server.videos.get({ id: videoUUID })
     const baseUrl = `http://${videoDetails.account.host}`
 
     expect(videoDetails.streamingPlaylists).to.have.lengthOf(1)
@@ -68,10 +59,9 @@ async function checkHlsPlaylist (servers: ServerInfo[], videoUUID: string, hlsOn
     }
 
     {
-      await checkResolutionsInMasterPlaylist(hlsPlaylist.playlistUrl, resolutions)
+      await checkResolutionsInMasterPlaylist({ server, playlistUrl: hlsPlaylist.playlistUrl, resolutions })
 
-      const res = await getPlaylist(hlsPlaylist.playlistUrl)
-      const masterPlaylist = res.text
+      const masterPlaylist = await server.streamingPlaylists.get({ url: hlsPlaylist.playlistUrl })
 
       for (const resolution of resolutions) {
         expect(masterPlaylist).to.contain(`${resolution}.m3u8`)
@@ -81,9 +71,10 @@ async function checkHlsPlaylist (servers: ServerInfo[], videoUUID: string, hlsOn
 
     {
       for (const resolution of resolutions) {
-        const res = await getPlaylist(`${baseUrl}/static/streaming-playlists/hls/${videoUUID}/${resolution}.m3u8`)
+        const subPlaylist = await server.streamingPlaylists.get({
+          url: `${baseUrl}/static/streaming-playlists/hls/${videoUUID}/${resolution}.m3u8`
+        })
 
-        const subPlaylist = res.text
         expect(subPlaylist).to.contain(`${videoUUID}-${resolution}-fragmented.mp4`)
       }
     }
@@ -92,23 +83,31 @@ async function checkHlsPlaylist (servers: ServerInfo[], videoUUID: string, hlsOn
       const baseUrlAndPath = baseUrl + '/static/streaming-playlists/hls'
 
       for (const resolution of resolutions) {
-        await checkSegmentHash(baseUrlAndPath, baseUrlAndPath, videoUUID, resolution, hlsPlaylist)
+        await checkSegmentHash({
+          server,
+          baseUrlPlaylist: baseUrlAndPath,
+          baseUrlSegment: baseUrlAndPath,
+          videoUUID,
+          resolution,
+          hlsPlaylist
+        })
       }
     }
   }
 }
 
 describe('Test HLS videos', function () {
-  let servers: ServerInfo[] = []
+  let servers: PeerTubeServer[] = []
   let videoUUID = ''
   let videoAudioUUID = ''
 
   function runTestSuite (hlsOnly: boolean) {
+
     it('Should upload a video and transcode it to HLS', async function () {
       this.timeout(120000)
 
-      const res = await uploadVideo(servers[0].url, servers[0].accessToken, { name: 'video 1', fixture: 'video_short.webm' })
-      videoUUID = res.body.video.uuid
+      const { uuid } = await servers[0].videos.upload({ attributes: { name: 'video 1', fixture: 'video_short.webm' } })
+      videoUUID = uuid
 
       await waitJobs(servers)
 
@@ -118,8 +117,8 @@ describe('Test HLS videos', function () {
     it('Should upload an audio file and transcode it to HLS', async function () {
       this.timeout(120000)
 
-      const res = await uploadVideo(servers[0].url, servers[0].accessToken, { name: 'video audio', fixture: 'sample.ogg' })
-      videoAudioUUID = res.body.video.uuid
+      const { uuid } = await servers[0].videos.upload({ attributes: { name: 'video audio', fixture: 'sample.ogg' } })
+      videoAudioUUID = uuid
 
       await waitJobs(servers)
 
@@ -129,7 +128,7 @@ describe('Test HLS videos', function () {
     it('Should update the video', async function () {
       this.timeout(10000)
 
-      await updateVideo(servers[0].url, servers[0].accessToken, videoUUID, { name: 'video 1 updated' })
+      await servers[0].videos.update({ id: videoUUID, attributes: { name: 'video 1 updated' } })
 
       await waitJobs(servers)
 
@@ -139,14 +138,14 @@ describe('Test HLS videos', function () {
     it('Should delete videos', async function () {
       this.timeout(10000)
 
-      await removeVideo(servers[0].url, servers[0].accessToken, videoUUID)
-      await removeVideo(servers[0].url, servers[0].accessToken, videoAudioUUID)
+      await servers[0].videos.remove({ id: videoUUID })
+      await servers[0].videos.remove({ id: videoAudioUUID })
 
       await waitJobs(servers)
 
       for (const server of servers) {
-        await getVideo(server.url, videoUUID, HttpStatusCode.NOT_FOUND_404)
-        await getVideo(server.url, videoAudioUUID, HttpStatusCode.NOT_FOUND_404)
+        await server.videos.get({ id: videoUUID, expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.NOT_FOUND_404 })
+        await server.videos.get({ id: videoAudioUUID, expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.NOT_FOUND_404 })
       }
     })
 
@@ -176,7 +175,7 @@ describe('Test HLS videos', function () {
         }
       }
     }
-    servers = await flushAndRunMultipleServers(2, configOverride)
+    servers = await createMultipleServers(2, configOverride)
 
     // Get the access tokens
     await setAccessTokensToServers(servers)
@@ -192,24 +191,26 @@ describe('Test HLS videos', function () {
   describe('With only HLS enabled', function () {
 
     before(async function () {
-      await updateCustomSubConfig(servers[0].url, servers[0].accessToken, {
-        transcoding: {
-          enabled: true,
-          allowAudioFiles: true,
-          resolutions: {
-            '240p': true,
-            '360p': true,
-            '480p': true,
-            '720p': true,
-            '1080p': true,
-            '1440p': true,
-            '2160p': true
-          },
-          hls: {
-            enabled: true
-          },
-          webtorrent: {
-            enabled: false
+      await servers[0].config.updateCustomSubConfig({
+        newConfig: {
+          transcoding: {
+            enabled: true,
+            allowAudioFiles: true,
+            resolutions: {
+              '240p': true,
+              '360p': true,
+              '480p': true,
+              '720p': true,
+              '1080p': true,
+              '1440p': true,
+              '2160p': true
+            },
+            hls: {
+              enabled: true
+            },
+            webtorrent: {
+              enabled: false
+            }
           }
         }
       })
diff --git a/server/tests/api/videos/video-imports.ts b/server/tests/api/videos/video-imports.ts
index 80834ca86..2eac130d2 100644
--- a/server/tests/api/videos/video-imports.ts
+++ b/server/tests/api/videos/video-imports.ts
@@ -3,43 +3,30 @@
 import 'mocha'
 import * as chai from 'chai'
 import {
+  areHttpImportTestsDisabled,
   cleanupTests,
+  createMultipleServers,
   doubleFollow,
-  flushAndRunMultipleServers,
-  getMyUserInformation,
-  getMyVideos,
-  getVideo,
-  getVideosList,
-  immutableAssign,
-  listVideoCaptions,
-  ServerInfo,
+  FIXTURE_URLS,
+  PeerTubeServer,
   setAccessTokensToServers,
   testCaptionFile,
-  updateCustomSubConfig
-} from '../../../../shared/extra-utils'
-import { areHttpImportTestsDisabled, testImage } from '../../../../shared/extra-utils/miscs/miscs'
-import { waitJobs } from '../../../../shared/extra-utils/server/jobs'
-import {
-  getMagnetURI,
-  getMyVideoImports,
-  getYoutubeHDRVideoUrl,
-  getYoutubeVideoUrl,
-  importVideo
-} from '../../../../shared/extra-utils/videos/video-imports'
-import { VideoCaption, VideoDetails, VideoImport, VideoPrivacy, VideoResolution } from '../../../../shared/models/videos'
+  testImage,
+  waitJobs
+} from '@shared/extra-utils'
+import { VideoPrivacy, VideoResolution } from '@shared/models'
 
 const expect = chai.expect
 
 describe('Test video imports', function () {
-  let servers: ServerInfo[] = []
+  let servers: PeerTubeServer[] = []
   let channelIdServer1: number
   let channelIdServer2: number
 
   if (areHttpImportTestsDisabled()) return
 
-  async function checkVideosServer1 (url: string, idHttp: string, idMagnet: string, idTorrent: string) {
-    const resHttp = await getVideo(url, idHttp)
-    const videoHttp: VideoDetails = resHttp.body
+  async function checkVideosServer1 (server: PeerTubeServer, idHttp: string, idMagnet: string, idTorrent: string) {
+    const videoHttp = await server.videos.get({ id: idHttp })
 
     expect(videoHttp.name).to.equal('small video - youtube')
     // FIXME: youtube-dl seems broken
@@ -56,10 +43,8 @@ describe('Test video imports', function () {
     expect(originallyPublishedAt.getMonth()).to.equal(0)
     expect(originallyPublishedAt.getFullYear()).to.equal(2019)
 
-    const resMagnet = await getVideo(url, idMagnet)
-    const videoMagnet: VideoDetails = resMagnet.body
-    const resTorrent = await getVideo(url, idTorrent)
-    const videoTorrent: VideoDetails = resTorrent.body
+    const videoMagnet = await server.videos.get({ id: idMagnet })
+    const videoTorrent = await server.videos.get({ id: idTorrent })
 
     for (const video of [ videoMagnet, videoTorrent ]) {
       expect(video.category.label).to.equal('Misc')
@@ -74,13 +59,12 @@ describe('Test video imports', function () {
     expect(videoTorrent.name).to.contain('你好 世界 720p.mp4')
     expect(videoMagnet.name).to.contain('super peertube2 video')
 
-    const resCaptions = await listVideoCaptions(url, idHttp)
-    expect(resCaptions.body.total).to.equal(2)
+    const bodyCaptions = await server.captions.list({ videoId: idHttp })
+    expect(bodyCaptions.total).to.equal(2)
   }
 
-  async function checkVideoServer2 (url: string, id: number | string) {
-    const res = await getVideo(url, id)
-    const video: VideoDetails = res.body
+  async function checkVideoServer2 (server: PeerTubeServer, id: number | string) {
+    const video = await server.videos.get({ id })
 
     expect(video.name).to.equal('my super name')
     expect(video.category.label).to.equal('Entertainment')
@@ -92,26 +76,26 @@ describe('Test video imports', function () {
 
     expect(video.files).to.have.lengthOf(1)
 
-    const resCaptions = await listVideoCaptions(url, id)
-    expect(resCaptions.body.total).to.equal(2)
+    const bodyCaptions = await server.captions.list({ videoId: id })
+    expect(bodyCaptions.total).to.equal(2)
   }
 
   before(async function () {
     this.timeout(30_000)
 
     // Run servers
-    servers = await flushAndRunMultipleServers(2)
+    servers = await createMultipleServers(2)
 
     await setAccessTokensToServers(servers)
 
     {
-      const res = await getMyUserInformation(servers[0].url, servers[0].accessToken)
-      channelIdServer1 = res.body.videoChannels[0].id
+      const { videoChannels } = await servers[0].users.getMyInfo()
+      channelIdServer1 = videoChannels[0].id
     }
 
     {
-      const res = await getMyUserInformation(servers[1].url, servers[1].accessToken)
-      channelIdServer2 = res.body.videoChannels[0].id
+      const { videoChannels } = await servers[1].users.getMyInfo()
+      channelIdServer2 = videoChannels[0].id
     }
 
     await doubleFollow(servers[0], servers[1])
@@ -126,18 +110,18 @@ describe('Test video imports', function () {
     }
 
     {
-      const attributes = immutableAssign(baseAttributes, { targetUrl: getYoutubeVideoUrl() })
-      const res = await importVideo(servers[0].url, servers[0].accessToken, attributes)
-      expect(res.body.video.name).to.equal('small video - youtube')
+      const attributes = { ...baseAttributes, targetUrl: FIXTURE_URLS.youtube }
+      const { video } = await servers[0].imports.importVideo({ attributes })
+      expect(video.name).to.equal('small video - youtube')
 
-      expect(res.body.video.thumbnailPath).to.match(new RegExp(`^/static/thumbnails/.+.jpg$`))
-      expect(res.body.video.previewPath).to.match(new RegExp(`^/lazy-static/previews/.+.jpg$`))
+      expect(video.thumbnailPath).to.match(new RegExp(`^/static/thumbnails/.+.jpg$`))
+      expect(video.previewPath).to.match(new RegExp(`^/lazy-static/previews/.+.jpg$`))
 
-      await testImage(servers[0].url, 'video_import_thumbnail', res.body.video.thumbnailPath)
-      await testImage(servers[0].url, 'video_import_preview', res.body.video.previewPath)
+      await testImage(servers[0].url, 'video_import_thumbnail', video.thumbnailPath)
+      await testImage(servers[0].url, 'video_import_preview', video.previewPath)
 
-      const resCaptions = await listVideoCaptions(servers[0].url, res.body.video.id)
-      const videoCaptions: VideoCaption[] = resCaptions.body.data
+      const bodyCaptions = await servers[0].captions.list({ videoId: video.id })
+      const videoCaptions = bodyCaptions.data
       expect(videoCaptions).to.have.lengthOf(2)
 
       const enCaption = videoCaptions.find(caption => caption.language.id === 'en')
@@ -176,52 +160,52 @@ Ajouter un sous-titre est vraiment facile`)
     }
 
     {
-      const attributes = immutableAssign(baseAttributes, {
-        magnetUri: getMagnetURI(),
+      const attributes = {
+        ...baseAttributes,
+        magnetUri: FIXTURE_URLS.magnet,
         description: 'this is a super torrent description',
         tags: [ 'tag_torrent1', 'tag_torrent2' ]
-      })
-      const res = await importVideo(servers[0].url, servers[0].accessToken, attributes)
-      expect(res.body.video.name).to.equal('super peertube2 video')
+      }
+      const { video } = await servers[0].imports.importVideo({ attributes })
+      expect(video.name).to.equal('super peertube2 video')
     }
 
     {
-      const attributes = immutableAssign(baseAttributes, {
+      const attributes = {
+        ...baseAttributes,
         torrentfile: 'video-720p.torrent' as any,
         description: 'this is a super torrent description',
         tags: [ 'tag_torrent1', 'tag_torrent2' ]
-      })
-      const res = await importVideo(servers[0].url, servers[0].accessToken, attributes)
-      expect(res.body.video.name).to.equal('你好 世界 720p.mp4')
+      }
+      const { video } = await servers[0].imports.importVideo({ attributes })
+      expect(video.name).to.equal('你好 世界 720p.mp4')
     }
   })
 
   it('Should list the videos to import in my videos on server 1', async function () {
-    const res = await getMyVideos(servers[0].url, servers[0].accessToken, 0, 5, 'createdAt')
+    const { total, data } = await servers[0].videos.listMyVideos({ sort: 'createdAt' })
 
-    expect(res.body.total).to.equal(3)
+    expect(total).to.equal(3)
 
-    const videos = res.body.data
-    expect(videos).to.have.lengthOf(3)
-    expect(videos[0].name).to.equal('small video - youtube')
-    expect(videos[1].name).to.equal('super peertube2 video')
-    expect(videos[2].name).to.equal('你好 世界 720p.mp4')
+    expect(data).to.have.lengthOf(3)
+    expect(data[0].name).to.equal('small video - youtube')
+    expect(data[1].name).to.equal('super peertube2 video')
+    expect(data[2].name).to.equal('你好 世界 720p.mp4')
   })
 
   it('Should list the videos to import in my imports on server 1', async function () {
-    const res = await getMyVideoImports(servers[0].url, servers[0].accessToken, '-createdAt')
+    const { total, data: videoImports } = await servers[0].imports.getMyVideoImports({ sort: '-createdAt' })
+    expect(total).to.equal(3)
 
-    expect(res.body.total).to.equal(3)
-    const videoImports: VideoImport[] = res.body.data
     expect(videoImports).to.have.lengthOf(3)
 
-    expect(videoImports[2].targetUrl).to.equal(getYoutubeVideoUrl())
+    expect(videoImports[2].targetUrl).to.equal(FIXTURE_URLS.youtube)
     expect(videoImports[2].magnetUri).to.be.null
     expect(videoImports[2].torrentName).to.be.null
     expect(videoImports[2].video.name).to.equal('small video - youtube')
 
     expect(videoImports[1].targetUrl).to.be.null
-    expect(videoImports[1].magnetUri).to.equal(getMagnetURI())
+    expect(videoImports[1].magnetUri).to.equal(FIXTURE_URLS.magnet)
     expect(videoImports[1].torrentName).to.be.null
     expect(videoImports[1].video.name).to.equal('super peertube2 video')
 
@@ -237,12 +221,12 @@ Ajouter un sous-titre est vraiment facile`)
     await waitJobs(servers)
 
     for (const server of servers) {
-      const res = await getVideosList(server.url)
-      expect(res.body.total).to.equal(3)
-      expect(res.body.data).to.have.lengthOf(3)
+      const { total, data } = await server.videos.list()
+      expect(total).to.equal(3)
+      expect(data).to.have.lengthOf(3)
 
-      const [ videoHttp, videoMagnet, videoTorrent ] = res.body.data
-      await checkVideosServer1(server.url, videoHttp.uuid, videoMagnet.uuid, videoTorrent.uuid)
+      const [ videoHttp, videoMagnet, videoTorrent ] = data
+      await checkVideosServer1(server, videoHttp.uuid, videoMagnet.uuid, videoTorrent.uuid)
     }
   })
 
@@ -250,7 +234,7 @@ Ajouter un sous-titre est vraiment facile`)
     this.timeout(60_000)
 
     const attributes = {
-      targetUrl: getYoutubeVideoUrl(),
+      targetUrl: FIXTURE_URLS.youtube,
       channelId: channelIdServer2,
       privacy: VideoPrivacy.PUBLIC,
       category: 10,
@@ -260,8 +244,8 @@ Ajouter un sous-titre est vraiment facile`)
       description: 'my super description',
       tags: [ 'supertag1', 'supertag2' ]
     }
-    const res = await importVideo(servers[1].url, servers[1].accessToken, attributes)
-    expect(res.body.video.name).to.equal('my super name')
+    const { video } = await servers[1].imports.importVideo({ attributes })
+    expect(video.name).to.equal('my super name')
   })
 
   it('Should have the videos listed on the two instances', async function () {
@@ -270,14 +254,14 @@ Ajouter un sous-titre est vraiment facile`)
     await waitJobs(servers)
 
     for (const server of servers) {
-      const res = await getVideosList(server.url)
-      expect(res.body.total).to.equal(4)
-      expect(res.body.data).to.have.lengthOf(4)
+      const { total, data } = await server.videos.list()
+      expect(total).to.equal(4)
+      expect(data).to.have.lengthOf(4)
 
-      await checkVideoServer2(server.url, res.body.data[0].uuid)
+      await checkVideoServer2(server, data[0].uuid)
 
-      const [ , videoHttp, videoMagnet, videoTorrent ] = res.body.data
-      await checkVideosServer1(server.url, videoHttp.uuid, videoMagnet.uuid, videoTorrent.uuid)
+      const [ , videoHttp, videoMagnet, videoTorrent ] = data
+      await checkVideosServer1(server, videoHttp.uuid, videoMagnet.uuid, videoTorrent.uuid)
     }
   })
 
@@ -286,18 +270,17 @@ Ajouter un sous-titre est vraiment facile`)
 
     const attributes = {
       name: 'transcoded video',
-      magnetUri: getMagnetURI(),
+      magnetUri: FIXTURE_URLS.magnet,
       channelId: channelIdServer2,
       privacy: VideoPrivacy.PUBLIC
     }
-    const res = await importVideo(servers[1].url, servers[1].accessToken, attributes)
-    const videoUUID = res.body.video.uuid
+    const { video } = await servers[1].imports.importVideo({ attributes })
+    const videoUUID = video.uuid
 
     await waitJobs(servers)
 
     for (const server of servers) {
-      const res = await getVideo(server.url, videoUUID)
-      const video: VideoDetails = res.body
+      const video = await server.videos.get({ id: videoUUID })
 
       expect(video.name).to.equal('transcoded video')
       expect(video.files).to.have.lengthOf(4)
@@ -333,22 +316,21 @@ Ajouter un sous-titre est vraiment facile`)
         }
       }
     }
-    await updateCustomSubConfig(servers[0].url, servers[0].accessToken, config)
+    await servers[0].config.updateCustomSubConfig({ newConfig: config })
 
     const attributes = {
       name: 'hdr video',
-      targetUrl: getYoutubeHDRVideoUrl(),
+      targetUrl: FIXTURE_URLS.youtubeHDR,
       channelId: channelIdServer1,
       privacy: VideoPrivacy.PUBLIC
     }
-    const res1 = await importVideo(servers[0].url, servers[0].accessToken, attributes)
-    const videoUUID = res1.body.video.uuid
+    const { video: videoImported } = await servers[0].imports.importVideo({ attributes })
+    const videoUUID = videoImported.uuid
 
     await waitJobs(servers)
 
     // test resolution
-    const res2 = await getVideo(servers[0].url, videoUUID)
-    const video: VideoDetails = res2.body
+    const video = await servers[0].videos.get({ id: videoUUID })
     expect(video.name).to.equal('hdr video')
     const maxResolution = Math.max.apply(Math, video.files.map(function (o) { return o.resolution.id }))
     expect(maxResolution, 'expected max resolution not met').to.equals(VideoResolution.H_1080P)
diff --git a/server/tests/api/videos/video-nsfw.ts b/server/tests/api/videos/video-nsfw.ts
index b16b484b9..b5d183d62 100644
--- a/server/tests/api/videos/video-nsfw.ts
+++ b/server/tests/api/videos/video-nsfw.ts
@@ -1,117 +1,96 @@
 /* eslint-disable @typescript-eslint/no-unused-expressions,@typescript-eslint/require-await */
 
-import * as chai from 'chai'
 import 'mocha'
-import { cleanupTests, getVideosList, ServerInfo, setAccessTokensToServers, uploadVideo } from '../../../../shared/extra-utils/index'
-import { userLogin } from '../../../../shared/extra-utils/users/login'
-import { createUser } from '../../../../shared/extra-utils/users/users'
-import { getMyVideos } from '../../../../shared/extra-utils/videos/videos'
-import {
-  flushAndRunServer,
-  getAccountVideos,
-  getConfig,
-  getCustomConfig,
-  getMyUserInformation,
-  getVideoChannelVideos,
-  getVideosListWithToken,
-  searchVideo,
-  searchVideoWithToken,
-  updateCustomConfig,
-  updateMyUser
-} from '../../../../shared/extra-utils'
-import { ServerConfig, VideosOverview } from '../../../../shared/models'
-import { CustomConfig } from '../../../../shared/models/server/custom-config.model'
-import { User } from '../../../../shared/models/users'
-import { getVideosOverview, getVideosOverviewWithToken } from '@shared/extra-utils/overviews/overviews'
+import * as chai from 'chai'
+import { cleanupTests, createSingleServer, PeerTubeServer, setAccessTokensToServers } from '@shared/extra-utils'
+import { BooleanBothQuery, CustomConfig, ResultList, Video, VideosOverview } from '@shared/models'
 
 const expect = chai.expect
 
-function createOverviewRes (res: any) {
-  const overview = res.body as VideosOverview
-
+function createOverviewRes (overview: VideosOverview) {
   const videos = overview.categories[0].videos
-  return { body: { data: videos, total: videos.length } }
+  return { data: videos, total: videos.length }
 }
 
 describe('Test video NSFW policy', function () {
-  let server: ServerInfo
+  let server: PeerTubeServer
   let userAccessToken: string
   let customConfig: CustomConfig
 
-  function getVideosFunctions (token?: string, query = {}) {
-    return getMyUserInformation(server.url, server.accessToken)
-      .then(res => {
-        const user: User = res.body
-        const videoChannelName = user.videoChannels[0].name
-        const accountName = user.account.name + '@' + user.account.host
-        const hasQuery = Object.keys(query).length !== 0
-        let promises: Promise<any>[]
-
-        if (token) {
-          promises = [
-            getVideosListWithToken(server.url, token, query),
-            searchVideoWithToken(server.url, 'n', token, query),
-            getAccountVideos(server.url, token, accountName, 0, 5, undefined, query),
-            getVideoChannelVideos(server.url, token, videoChannelName, 0, 5, undefined, query)
-          ]
-
-          // Overviews do not support video filters
-          if (!hasQuery) {
-            promises.push(getVideosOverviewWithToken(server.url, 1, token).then(res => createOverviewRes(res)))
-          }
-
-          return Promise.all(promises)
-        }
-
-        promises = [
-          getVideosList(server.url),
-          searchVideo(server.url, 'n'),
-          getAccountVideos(server.url, undefined, accountName, 0, 5),
-          getVideoChannelVideos(server.url, undefined, videoChannelName, 0, 5)
-        ]
-
-        // Overviews do not support video filters
-        if (!hasQuery) {
-          promises.push(getVideosOverview(server.url, 1).then(res => createOverviewRes(res)))
-        }
-
-        return Promise.all(promises)
-      })
+  async function getVideosFunctions (token?: string, query: { nsfw?: BooleanBothQuery } = {}) {
+    const user = await server.users.getMyInfo()
+
+    const channelName = user.videoChannels[0].name
+    const accountName = user.account.name + '@' + user.account.host
+
+    const hasQuery = Object.keys(query).length !== 0
+    let promises: Promise<ResultList<Video>>[]
+
+    if (token) {
+      promises = [
+        server.search.advancedVideoSearch({ token, search: { search: 'n', sort: '-publishedAt', ...query } }),
+        server.videos.listWithToken({ token, ...query }),
+        server.videos.listByAccount({ token, handle: accountName, ...query }),
+        server.videos.listByChannel({ token, handle: channelName, ...query })
+      ]
+
+      // Overviews do not support video filters
+      if (!hasQuery) {
+        const p = server.overviews.getVideos({ page: 1, token })
+                                         .then(res => createOverviewRes(res))
+        promises.push(p)
+      }
+
+      return Promise.all(promises)
+    }
+
+    promises = [
+      server.search.searchVideos({ search: 'n', sort: '-publishedAt' }),
+      server.videos.list(),
+      server.videos.listByAccount({ token: null, handle: accountName }),
+      server.videos.listByChannel({ token: null, handle: channelName })
+    ]
+
+    // Overviews do not support video filters
+    if (!hasQuery) {
+      const p = server.overviews.getVideos({ page: 1 })
+                                       .then(res => createOverviewRes(res))
+      promises.push(p)
+    }
+
+    return Promise.all(promises)
   }
 
   before(async function () {
     this.timeout(50000)
-    server = await flushAndRunServer(1)
+    server = await createSingleServer(1)
 
     // Get the access tokens
     await setAccessTokensToServers([ server ])
 
     {
       const attributes = { name: 'nsfw', nsfw: true, category: 1 }
-      await uploadVideo(server.url, server.accessToken, attributes)
+      await server.videos.upload({ attributes })
     }
 
     {
       const attributes = { name: 'normal', nsfw: false, category: 1 }
-      await uploadVideo(server.url, server.accessToken, attributes)
+      await server.videos.upload({ attributes })
     }
 
-    {
-      const res = await getCustomConfig(server.url, server.accessToken)
-      customConfig = res.body
-    }
+    customConfig = await server.config.getCustomConfig()
   })
 
   describe('Instance default NSFW policy', function () {
+
     it('Should display NSFW videos with display default NSFW policy', async function () {
-      const resConfig = await getConfig(server.url)
-      const serverConfig: ServerConfig = resConfig.body
+      const serverConfig = await server.config.getConfig()
       expect(serverConfig.instance.defaultNSFWPolicy).to.equal('display')
 
-      for (const res of await getVideosFunctions()) {
-        expect(res.body.total).to.equal(2)
+      for (const body of await getVideosFunctions()) {
+        expect(body.total).to.equal(2)
 
-        const videos = res.body.data
+        const videos = body.data
         expect(videos).to.have.lengthOf(2)
         expect(videos[0].name).to.equal('normal')
         expect(videos[1].name).to.equal('nsfw')
@@ -120,16 +99,15 @@ describe('Test video NSFW policy', function () {
 
     it('Should not display NSFW videos with do_not_list default NSFW policy', async function () {
       customConfig.instance.defaultNSFWPolicy = 'do_not_list'
-      await updateCustomConfig(server.url, server.accessToken, customConfig)
+      await server.config.updateCustomConfig({ newCustomConfig: customConfig })
 
-      const resConfig = await getConfig(server.url)
-      const serverConfig: ServerConfig = resConfig.body
+      const serverConfig = await server.config.getConfig()
       expect(serverConfig.instance.defaultNSFWPolicy).to.equal('do_not_list')
 
-      for (const res of await getVideosFunctions()) {
-        expect(res.body.total).to.equal(1)
+      for (const body of await getVideosFunctions()) {
+        expect(body.total).to.equal(1)
 
-        const videos = res.body.data
+        const videos = body.data
         expect(videos).to.have.lengthOf(1)
         expect(videos[0].name).to.equal('normal')
       }
@@ -137,16 +115,15 @@ describe('Test video NSFW policy', function () {
 
     it('Should display NSFW videos with blur default NSFW policy', async function () {
       customConfig.instance.defaultNSFWPolicy = 'blur'
-      await updateCustomConfig(server.url, server.accessToken, customConfig)
+      await server.config.updateCustomConfig({ newCustomConfig: customConfig })
 
-      const resConfig = await getConfig(server.url)
-      const serverConfig: ServerConfig = resConfig.body
+      const serverConfig = await server.config.getConfig()
       expect(serverConfig.instance.defaultNSFWPolicy).to.equal('blur')
 
-      for (const res of await getVideosFunctions()) {
-        expect(res.body.total).to.equal(2)
+      for (const body of await getVideosFunctions()) {
+        expect(body.total).to.equal(2)
 
-        const videos = res.body.data
+        const videos = body.data
         expect(videos).to.have.lengthOf(2)
         expect(videos[0].name).to.equal('normal')
         expect(videos[1].name).to.equal('nsfw')
@@ -159,24 +136,22 @@ describe('Test video NSFW policy', function () {
     it('Should create a user having the default nsfw policy', async function () {
       const username = 'user1'
       const password = 'my super password'
-      await createUser({ url: server.url, accessToken: server.accessToken, username: username, password: password })
-
-      userAccessToken = await userLogin(server, { username, password })
+      await server.users.create({ username: username, password: password })
 
-      const res = await getMyUserInformation(server.url, userAccessToken)
-      const user = res.body
+      userAccessToken = await server.login.getAccessToken({ username, password })
 
+      const user = await server.users.getMyInfo({ token: userAccessToken })
       expect(user.nsfwPolicy).to.equal('blur')
     })
 
     it('Should display NSFW videos with blur user NSFW policy', async function () {
       customConfig.instance.defaultNSFWPolicy = 'do_not_list'
-      await updateCustomConfig(server.url, server.accessToken, customConfig)
+      await server.config.updateCustomConfig({ newCustomConfig: customConfig })
 
-      for (const res of await getVideosFunctions(userAccessToken)) {
-        expect(res.body.total).to.equal(2)
+      for (const body of await getVideosFunctions(userAccessToken)) {
+        expect(body.total).to.equal(2)
 
-        const videos = res.body.data
+        const videos = body.data
         expect(videos).to.have.lengthOf(2)
         expect(videos[0].name).to.equal('normal')
         expect(videos[1].name).to.equal('nsfw')
@@ -184,16 +159,12 @@ describe('Test video NSFW policy', function () {
     })
 
     it('Should display NSFW videos with display user NSFW policy', async function () {
-      await updateMyUser({
-        url: server.url,
-        accessToken: server.accessToken,
-        nsfwPolicy: 'display'
-      })
+      await server.users.updateMe({ nsfwPolicy: 'display' })
 
-      for (const res of await getVideosFunctions(server.accessToken)) {
-        expect(res.body.total).to.equal(2)
+      for (const body of await getVideosFunctions(server.accessToken)) {
+        expect(body.total).to.equal(2)
 
-        const videos = res.body.data
+        const videos = body.data
         expect(videos).to.have.lengthOf(2)
         expect(videos[0].name).to.equal('normal')
         expect(videos[1].name).to.equal('nsfw')
@@ -201,56 +172,51 @@ describe('Test video NSFW policy', function () {
     })
 
     it('Should not display NSFW videos with do_not_list user NSFW policy', async function () {
-      await updateMyUser({
-        url: server.url,
-        accessToken: server.accessToken,
-        nsfwPolicy: 'do_not_list'
-      })
+      await server.users.updateMe({ nsfwPolicy: 'do_not_list' })
 
-      for (const res of await getVideosFunctions(server.accessToken)) {
-        expect(res.body.total).to.equal(1)
+      for (const body of await getVideosFunctions(server.accessToken)) {
+        expect(body.total).to.equal(1)
 
-        const videos = res.body.data
+        const videos = body.data
         expect(videos).to.have.lengthOf(1)
         expect(videos[0].name).to.equal('normal')
       }
     })
 
     it('Should be able to see my NSFW videos even with do_not_list user NSFW policy', async function () {
-      const res = await getMyVideos(server.url, server.accessToken, 0, 5)
-      expect(res.body.total).to.equal(2)
+      const { total, data } = await server.videos.listMyVideos()
+      expect(total).to.equal(2)
 
-      const videos = res.body.data
-      expect(videos).to.have.lengthOf(2)
-      expect(videos[0].name).to.equal('normal')
-      expect(videos[1].name).to.equal('nsfw')
+      expect(data).to.have.lengthOf(2)
+      expect(data[0].name).to.equal('normal')
+      expect(data[1].name).to.equal('nsfw')
     })
 
     it('Should display NSFW videos when the nsfw param === true', async function () {
-      for (const res of await getVideosFunctions(server.accessToken, { nsfw: true })) {
-        expect(res.body.total).to.equal(1)
+      for (const body of await getVideosFunctions(server.accessToken, { nsfw: 'true' })) {
+        expect(body.total).to.equal(1)
 
-        const videos = res.body.data
+        const videos = body.data
         expect(videos).to.have.lengthOf(1)
         expect(videos[0].name).to.equal('nsfw')
       }
     })
 
     it('Should hide NSFW videos when the nsfw param === true', async function () {
-      for (const res of await getVideosFunctions(server.accessToken, { nsfw: false })) {
-        expect(res.body.total).to.equal(1)
+      for (const body of await getVideosFunctions(server.accessToken, { nsfw: 'false' })) {
+        expect(body.total).to.equal(1)
 
-        const videos = res.body.data
+        const videos = body.data
         expect(videos).to.have.lengthOf(1)
         expect(videos[0].name).to.equal('normal')
       }
     })
 
     it('Should display both videos when the nsfw param === both', async function () {
-      for (const res of await getVideosFunctions(server.accessToken, { nsfw: 'both' })) {
-        expect(res.body.total).to.equal(2)
+      for (const body of await getVideosFunctions(server.accessToken, { nsfw: 'both' })) {
+        expect(body.total).to.equal(2)
 
-        const videos = res.body.data
+        const videos = body.data
         expect(videos).to.have.lengthOf(2)
         expect(videos[0].name).to.equal('normal')
         expect(videos[1].name).to.equal('nsfw')
diff --git a/server/tests/api/videos/video-playlist-thumbnails.ts b/server/tests/api/videos/video-playlist-thumbnails.ts
index a93a0b7de..f0b2ca169 100644
--- a/server/tests/api/videos/video-playlist-thumbnails.ts
+++ b/server/tests/api/videos/video-playlist-thumbnails.ts
@@ -1,21 +1,15 @@
 /* eslint-disable @typescript-eslint/no-unused-expressions,@typescript-eslint/require-await */
 
-import * as chai from 'chai'
 import 'mocha'
+import * as chai from 'chai'
 import {
-  addVideoInPlaylist,
   cleanupTests,
-  createVideoPlaylist,
+  createMultipleServers,
   doubleFollow,
-  flushAndRunMultipleServers,
-  getVideoPlaylistsList,
-  removeVideoFromPlaylist,
-  reorderVideosPlaylist,
-  ServerInfo,
+  PeerTubeServer,
   setAccessTokensToServers,
   setDefaultVideoChannel,
   testImage,
-  uploadVideoAndGetId,
   waitJobs
 } from '../../../../shared/extra-utils'
 import { VideoPlaylistPrivacy } from '../../../../shared/models/videos/playlist/video-playlist-privacy.model'
@@ -23,10 +17,10 @@ import { VideoPlaylistPrivacy } from '../../../../shared/models/videos/playlist/
 const expect = chai.expect
 
 describe('Playlist thumbnail', function () {
-  let servers: ServerInfo[] = []
+  let servers: PeerTubeServer[] = []
 
-  let playlistWithoutThumbnail: number
-  let playlistWithThumbnail: number
+  let playlistWithoutThumbnailId: number
+  let playlistWithThumbnailId: number
 
   let withThumbnailE1: number
   let withThumbnailE2: number
@@ -36,22 +30,22 @@ describe('Playlist thumbnail', function () {
   let video1: number
   let video2: number
 
-  async function getPlaylistWithoutThumbnail (server: ServerInfo) {
-    const res = await getVideoPlaylistsList(server.url, 0, 10)
+  async function getPlaylistWithoutThumbnail (server: PeerTubeServer) {
+    const body = await server.playlists.list({ start: 0, count: 10 })
 
-    return res.body.data.find(p => p.displayName === 'playlist without thumbnail')
+    return body.data.find(p => p.displayName === 'playlist without thumbnail')
   }
 
-  async function getPlaylistWithThumbnail (server: ServerInfo) {
-    const res = await getVideoPlaylistsList(server.url, 0, 10)
+  async function getPlaylistWithThumbnail (server: PeerTubeServer) {
+    const body = await server.playlists.list({ start: 0, count: 10 })
 
-    return res.body.data.find(p => p.displayName === 'playlist with thumbnail')
+    return body.data.find(p => p.displayName === 'playlist with thumbnail')
   }
 
   before(async function () {
     this.timeout(120000)
 
-    servers = await flushAndRunMultipleServers(2, { transcoding: { enabled: false } })
+    servers = await createMultipleServers(2, { transcoding: { enabled: false } })
 
     // Get the access tokens
     await setAccessTokensToServers(servers)
@@ -60,8 +54,8 @@ describe('Playlist thumbnail', function () {
     // Server 1 and server 2 follow each other
     await doubleFollow(servers[0], servers[1])
 
-    video1 = (await uploadVideoAndGetId({ server: servers[0], videoName: 'video 1' })).id
-    video2 = (await uploadVideoAndGetId({ server: servers[0], videoName: 'video 2' })).id
+    video1 = (await servers[0].videos.quickUpload({ name: 'video 1' })).id
+    video2 = (await servers[0].videos.quickUpload({ name: 'video 2' })).id
 
     await waitJobs(servers)
   })
@@ -69,24 +63,20 @@ describe('Playlist thumbnail', function () {
   it('Should automatically update the thumbnail when adding an element', async function () {
     this.timeout(30000)
 
-    const res = await createVideoPlaylist({
-      url: servers[1].url,
-      token: servers[1].accessToken,
-      playlistAttrs: {
+    const created = await servers[1].playlists.create({
+      attributes: {
         displayName: 'playlist without thumbnail',
         privacy: VideoPlaylistPrivacy.PUBLIC,
-        videoChannelId: servers[1].videoChannel.id
+        videoChannelId: servers[1].store.channel.id
       }
     })
-    playlistWithoutThumbnail = res.body.videoPlaylist.id
+    playlistWithoutThumbnailId = created.id
 
-    const res2 = await addVideoInPlaylist({
-      url: servers[1].url,
-      token: servers[1].accessToken,
-      playlistId: playlistWithoutThumbnail,
-      elementAttrs: { videoId: video1 }
+    const added = await servers[1].playlists.addElement({
+      playlistId: playlistWithoutThumbnailId,
+      attributes: { videoId: video1 }
     })
-    withoutThumbnailE1 = res2.body.videoPlaylistElement.id
+    withoutThumbnailE1 = added.id
 
     await waitJobs(servers)
 
@@ -99,25 +89,21 @@ describe('Playlist thumbnail', function () {
   it('Should not update the thumbnail if we explicitly uploaded a thumbnail', async function () {
     this.timeout(30000)
 
-    const res = await createVideoPlaylist({
-      url: servers[1].url,
-      token: servers[1].accessToken,
-      playlistAttrs: {
+    const created = await servers[1].playlists.create({
+      attributes: {
         displayName: 'playlist with thumbnail',
         privacy: VideoPlaylistPrivacy.PUBLIC,
-        videoChannelId: servers[1].videoChannel.id,
+        videoChannelId: servers[1].store.channel.id,
         thumbnailfile: 'thumbnail.jpg'
       }
     })
-    playlistWithThumbnail = res.body.videoPlaylist.id
+    playlistWithThumbnailId = created.id
 
-    const res2 = await addVideoInPlaylist({
-      url: servers[1].url,
-      token: servers[1].accessToken,
-      playlistId: playlistWithThumbnail,
-      elementAttrs: { videoId: video1 }
+    const added = await servers[1].playlists.addElement({
+      playlistId: playlistWithThumbnailId,
+      attributes: { videoId: video1 }
     })
-    withThumbnailE1 = res2.body.videoPlaylistElement.id
+    withThumbnailE1 = added.id
 
     await waitJobs(servers)
 
@@ -130,19 +116,15 @@ describe('Playlist thumbnail', function () {
   it('Should automatically update the thumbnail when moving the first element', async function () {
     this.timeout(30000)
 
-    const res = await addVideoInPlaylist({
-      url: servers[1].url,
-      token: servers[1].accessToken,
-      playlistId: playlistWithoutThumbnail,
-      elementAttrs: { videoId: video2 }
+    const added = await servers[1].playlists.addElement({
+      playlistId: playlistWithoutThumbnailId,
+      attributes: { videoId: video2 }
     })
-    withoutThumbnailE2 = res.body.videoPlaylistElement.id
+    withoutThumbnailE2 = added.id
 
-    await reorderVideosPlaylist({
-      url: servers[1].url,
-      token: servers[1].accessToken,
-      playlistId: playlistWithoutThumbnail,
-      elementAttrs: {
+    await servers[1].playlists.reorderElements({
+      playlistId: playlistWithoutThumbnailId,
+      attributes: {
         startPosition: 1,
         insertAfterPosition: 2
       }
@@ -159,19 +141,15 @@ describe('Playlist thumbnail', function () {
   it('Should not update the thumbnail when moving the first element if we explicitly uploaded a thumbnail', async function () {
     this.timeout(30000)
 
-    const res = await addVideoInPlaylist({
-      url: servers[1].url,
-      token: servers[1].accessToken,
-      playlistId: playlistWithThumbnail,
-      elementAttrs: { videoId: video2 }
+    const added = await servers[1].playlists.addElement({
+      playlistId: playlistWithThumbnailId,
+      attributes: { videoId: video2 }
     })
-    withThumbnailE2 = res.body.videoPlaylistElement.id
+    withThumbnailE2 = added.id
 
-    await reorderVideosPlaylist({
-      url: servers[1].url,
-      token: servers[1].accessToken,
-      playlistId: playlistWithThumbnail,
-      elementAttrs: {
+    await servers[1].playlists.reorderElements({
+      playlistId: playlistWithThumbnailId,
+      attributes: {
         startPosition: 1,
         insertAfterPosition: 2
       }
@@ -188,11 +166,9 @@ describe('Playlist thumbnail', function () {
   it('Should automatically update the thumbnail when deleting the first element', async function () {
     this.timeout(30000)
 
-    await removeVideoFromPlaylist({
-      url: servers[1].url,
-      token: servers[1].accessToken,
-      playlistId: playlistWithoutThumbnail,
-      playlistElementId: withoutThumbnailE1
+    await servers[1].playlists.removeElement({
+      playlistId: playlistWithoutThumbnailId,
+      elementId: withoutThumbnailE1
     })
 
     await waitJobs(servers)
@@ -206,11 +182,9 @@ describe('Playlist thumbnail', function () {
   it('Should not update the thumbnail when deleting the first element if we explicitly uploaded a thumbnail', async function () {
     this.timeout(30000)
 
-    await removeVideoFromPlaylist({
-      url: servers[1].url,
-      token: servers[1].accessToken,
-      playlistId: playlistWithThumbnail,
-      playlistElementId: withThumbnailE1
+    await servers[1].playlists.removeElement({
+      playlistId: playlistWithThumbnailId,
+      elementId: withThumbnailE1
     })
 
     await waitJobs(servers)
@@ -224,11 +198,9 @@ describe('Playlist thumbnail', function () {
   it('Should the thumbnail when we delete the last element', async function () {
     this.timeout(30000)
 
-    await removeVideoFromPlaylist({
-      url: servers[1].url,
-      token: servers[1].accessToken,
-      playlistId: playlistWithoutThumbnail,
-      playlistElementId: withoutThumbnailE2
+    await servers[1].playlists.removeElement({
+      playlistId: playlistWithoutThumbnailId,
+      elementId: withoutThumbnailE2
     })
 
     await waitJobs(servers)
@@ -242,11 +214,9 @@ describe('Playlist thumbnail', function () {
   it('Should not update the thumbnail when we delete the last element if we explicitly uploaded a thumbnail', async function () {
     this.timeout(30000)
 
-    await removeVideoFromPlaylist({
-      url: servers[1].url,
-      token: servers[1].accessToken,
-      playlistId: playlistWithThumbnail,
-      playlistElementId: withThumbnailE2
+    await servers[1].playlists.removeElement({
+      playlistId: playlistWithThumbnailId,
+      elementId: withThumbnailE2
     })
 
     await waitJobs(servers)
diff --git a/server/tests/api/videos/video-playlists.ts b/server/tests/api/videos/video-playlists.ts
index da8de054b..f42aee2ff 100644
--- a/server/tests/api/videos/video-playlists.ts
+++ b/server/tests/api/videos/video-playlists.ts
@@ -2,71 +2,33 @@
 
 import 'mocha'
 import * as chai from 'chai'
-import { HttpStatusCode } from '../../../../shared/core-utils/miscs/http-error-codes'
 import {
-  addVideoChannel,
-  addVideoInPlaylist,
-  addVideoToBlacklist,
   checkPlaylistFilesWereRemoved,
   cleanupTests,
-  createUser,
-  createVideoPlaylist,
-  deleteVideoChannel,
-  deleteVideoPlaylist,
+  createMultipleServers,
   doubleFollow,
-  doVideosExistInMyPlaylist,
-  flushAndRunMultipleServers,
-  generateUserAccessToken,
-  getAccessToken,
-  getAccountPlaylistsList,
-  getAccountPlaylistsListWithToken,
-  getMyUserInformation,
-  getPlaylistVideos,
-  getVideoChannelPlaylistsList,
-  getVideoPlaylist,
-  getVideoPlaylistPrivacies,
-  getVideoPlaylistsList,
-  getVideoPlaylistWithToken,
-  removeUser,
-  removeVideoFromBlacklist,
-  removeVideoFromPlaylist,
-  reorderVideosPlaylist,
-  ServerInfo,
+  PeerTubeServer,
+  PlaylistsCommand,
   setAccessTokensToServers,
   setDefaultVideoChannel,
   testImage,
-  unfollow,
-  updateVideo,
-  updateVideoPlaylist,
-  updateVideoPlaylistElement,
-  uploadVideo,
-  uploadVideoAndGetId,
-  userLogin,
   wait,
   waitJobs
-} from '../../../../shared/extra-utils'
+} from '@shared/extra-utils'
 import {
-  addAccountToAccountBlocklist,
-  addAccountToServerBlocklist,
-  addServerToAccountBlocklist,
-  addServerToServerBlocklist,
-  removeAccountFromAccountBlocklist,
-  removeAccountFromServerBlocklist,
-  removeServerFromAccountBlocklist,
-  removeServerFromServerBlocklist
-} from '../../../../shared/extra-utils/users/blocklist'
-import { User } from '../../../../shared/models/users'
-import { VideoPlaylistCreateResult, VideoPrivacy } from '../../../../shared/models/videos'
-import { VideoExistInPlaylist } from '../../../../shared/models/videos/playlist/video-exist-in-playlist.model'
-import { VideoPlaylistElement, VideoPlaylistElementType } from '../../../../shared/models/videos/playlist/video-playlist-element.model'
-import { VideoPlaylistPrivacy } from '../../../../shared/models/videos/playlist/video-playlist-privacy.model'
-import { VideoPlaylistType } from '../../../../shared/models/videos/playlist/video-playlist-type.model'
-import { VideoPlaylist } from '../../../../shared/models/videos/playlist/video-playlist.model'
+  HttpStatusCode,
+  VideoPlaylist,
+  VideoPlaylistCreateResult,
+  VideoPlaylistElementType,
+  VideoPlaylistPrivacy,
+  VideoPlaylistType,
+  VideoPrivacy
+} from '@shared/models'
 
 const expect = chai.expect
 
 async function checkPlaylistElementType (
-  servers: ServerInfo[],
+  servers: PeerTubeServer[],
   playlistId: string,
   type: VideoPlaylistElementType,
   position: number,
@@ -74,10 +36,10 @@ async function checkPlaylistElementType (
   total: number
 ) {
   for (const server of servers) {
-    const res = await getPlaylistVideos(server.url, server.accessToken, playlistId, 0, 10)
-    expect(res.body.total).to.equal(total)
+    const body = await server.playlists.listVideos({ token: server.accessToken, playlistId, start: 0, count: 10 })
+    expect(body.total).to.equal(total)
 
-    const videoElement: VideoPlaylistElement = res.body.data.find((e: VideoPlaylistElement) => e.position === position)
+    const videoElement = body.data.find(e => e.position === position)
     expect(videoElement.type).to.equal(type, 'On server ' + server.url)
 
     if (type === VideoPlaylistElementType.REGULAR) {
@@ -90,11 +52,11 @@ async function checkPlaylistElementType (
 }
 
 describe('Test video playlists', function () {
-  let servers: ServerInfo[] = []
+  let servers: PeerTubeServer[] = []
 
   let playlistServer2Id1: number
   let playlistServer2Id2: number
-  let playlistServer2UUID2: number
+  let playlistServer2UUID2: string
 
   let playlistServer1Id: number
   let playlistServer1UUID: string
@@ -106,12 +68,14 @@ describe('Test video playlists', function () {
 
   let nsfwVideoServer1: number
 
-  let userAccessTokenServer1: string
+  let userTokenServer1: string
+
+  let commands: PlaylistsCommand[]
 
   before(async function () {
     this.timeout(120000)
 
-    servers = await flushAndRunMultipleServers(3, { transcoding: { enabled: false } })
+    servers = await createMultipleServers(3, { transcoding: { enabled: false } })
 
     // Get the access tokens
     await setAccessTokensToServers(servers)
@@ -122,86 +86,78 @@ describe('Test video playlists', function () {
     // Server 1 and server 3 follow each other
     await doubleFollow(servers[0], servers[2])
 
+    commands = servers.map(s => s.playlists)
+
     {
-      servers[0].videos = []
-      servers[1].videos = []
-      servers[2].videos = []
+      servers[0].store.videos = []
+      servers[1].store.videos = []
+      servers[2].store.videos = []
 
       for (const server of servers) {
         for (let i = 0; i < 7; i++) {
           const name = `video ${i} server ${server.serverNumber}`
-          const resVideo = await uploadVideo(server.url, server.accessToken, { name, nsfw: false })
+          const video = await server.videos.upload({ attributes: { name, nsfw: false } })
 
-          server.videos.push(resVideo.body.video)
+          server.store.videos.push(video)
         }
       }
     }
 
-    nsfwVideoServer1 = (await uploadVideoAndGetId({ server: servers[0], videoName: 'NSFW video', nsfw: true })).id
+    nsfwVideoServer1 = (await servers[0].videos.quickUpload({ name: 'NSFW video', nsfw: true })).id
 
-    {
-      await createUser({
-        url: servers[0].url,
-        accessToken: servers[0].accessToken,
-        username: 'user1',
-        password: 'password'
-      })
-      userAccessTokenServer1 = await getAccessToken(servers[0].url, 'user1', 'password')
-    }
+    userTokenServer1 = await servers[0].users.generateUserAndToken('user1')
 
     await waitJobs(servers)
   })
 
   describe('Get default playlists', function () {
+
     it('Should list video playlist privacies', async function () {
-      const res = await getVideoPlaylistPrivacies(servers[0].url)
+      const privacies = await commands[0].getPrivacies()
 
-      const privacies = res.body
       expect(Object.keys(privacies)).to.have.length.at.least(3)
-
       expect(privacies[3]).to.equal('Private')
     })
 
     it('Should list watch later playlist', async function () {
-      const url = servers[0].url
-      const accessToken = servers[0].accessToken
+      const token = servers[0].accessToken
 
       {
-        const res = await getAccountPlaylistsListWithToken(url, accessToken, 'root', 0, 5, VideoPlaylistType.WATCH_LATER)
+        const body = await commands[0].listByAccount({ token, handle: 'root', playlistType: VideoPlaylistType.WATCH_LATER })
 
-        expect(res.body.total).to.equal(1)
-        expect(res.body.data).to.have.lengthOf(1)
+        expect(body.total).to.equal(1)
+        expect(body.data).to.have.lengthOf(1)
 
-        const playlist: VideoPlaylist = res.body.data[0]
+        const playlist = body.data[0]
         expect(playlist.displayName).to.equal('Watch later')
         expect(playlist.type.id).to.equal(VideoPlaylistType.WATCH_LATER)
         expect(playlist.type.label).to.equal('Watch later')
       }
 
       {
-        const res = await getAccountPlaylistsListWithToken(url, accessToken, 'root', 0, 5, VideoPlaylistType.REGULAR)
+        const body = await commands[0].listByAccount({ token, handle: 'root', playlistType: VideoPlaylistType.REGULAR })
 
-        expect(res.body.total).to.equal(0)
-        expect(res.body.data).to.have.lengthOf(0)
+        expect(body.total).to.equal(0)
+        expect(body.data).to.have.lengthOf(0)
       }
 
       {
-        const res = await getAccountPlaylistsList(url, 'root', 0, 5)
-        expect(res.body.total).to.equal(0)
-        expect(res.body.data).to.have.lengthOf(0)
+        const body = await commands[0].listByAccount({ handle: 'root' })
+        expect(body.total).to.equal(0)
+        expect(body.data).to.have.lengthOf(0)
       }
     })
 
     it('Should get private playlist for a classic user', async function () {
-      const token = await generateUserAccessToken(servers[0], 'toto')
+      const token = await servers[0].users.generateUserAndToken('toto')
 
-      const res = await getAccountPlaylistsListWithToken(servers[0].url, token, 'toto', 0, 5)
+      const body = await commands[0].listByAccount({ token, handle: 'toto' })
 
-      expect(res.body.total).to.equal(1)
-      expect(res.body.data).to.have.lengthOf(1)
+      expect(body.total).to.equal(1)
+      expect(body.data).to.have.lengthOf(1)
 
-      const playlistId = res.body.data[0].id
-      await getPlaylistVideos(servers[0].url, token, playlistId, 0, 5)
+      const playlistId = body.data[0].id
+      await commands[0].listVideos({ token, playlistId })
     })
   })
 
@@ -210,15 +166,13 @@ describe('Test video playlists', function () {
     it('Should create a playlist on server 1 and have the playlist on server 2 and 3', async function () {
       this.timeout(30000)
 
-      await createVideoPlaylist({
-        url: servers[0].url,
-        token: servers[0].accessToken,
-        playlistAttrs: {
+      await commands[0].create({
+        attributes: {
           displayName: 'my super playlist',
           privacy: VideoPlaylistPrivacy.PUBLIC,
           description: 'my super description',
           thumbnailfile: 'thumbnail.jpg',
-          videoChannelId: servers[0].videoChannel.id
+          videoChannelId: servers[0].store.channel.id
         }
       })
 
@@ -227,14 +181,13 @@ describe('Test video playlists', function () {
       await wait(3000)
 
       for (const server of servers) {
-        const res = await getVideoPlaylistsList(server.url, 0, 5)
-        expect(res.body.total).to.equal(1)
-        expect(res.body.data).to.have.lengthOf(1)
+        const body = await server.playlists.list({ start: 0, count: 5 })
+        expect(body.total).to.equal(1)
+        expect(body.data).to.have.lengthOf(1)
 
-        const playlistFromList = res.body.data[0] as VideoPlaylist
+        const playlistFromList = body.data[0]
 
-        const res2 = await getVideoPlaylist(server.url, playlistFromList.uuid)
-        const playlistFromGet = res2.body as VideoPlaylist
+        const playlistFromGet = await server.playlists.get({ playlistId: playlistFromList.uuid })
 
         for (const playlist of [ playlistFromGet, playlistFromList ]) {
           expect(playlist.id).to.be.a('number')
@@ -264,46 +217,38 @@ describe('Test video playlists', function () {
       this.timeout(30000)
 
       {
-        const res = await createVideoPlaylist({
-          url: servers[1].url,
-          token: servers[1].accessToken,
-          playlistAttrs: {
+        const playlist = await servers[1].playlists.create({
+          attributes: {
             displayName: 'playlist 2',
             privacy: VideoPlaylistPrivacy.PUBLIC,
-            videoChannelId: servers[1].videoChannel.id
+            videoChannelId: servers[1].store.channel.id
           }
         })
-        playlistServer2Id1 = res.body.videoPlaylist.id
+        playlistServer2Id1 = playlist.id
       }
 
       {
-        const res = await createVideoPlaylist({
-          url: servers[1].url,
-          token: servers[1].accessToken,
-          playlistAttrs: {
+        const playlist = await servers[1].playlists.create({
+          attributes: {
             displayName: 'playlist 3',
             privacy: VideoPlaylistPrivacy.PUBLIC,
             thumbnailfile: 'thumbnail.jpg',
-            videoChannelId: servers[1].videoChannel.id
+            videoChannelId: servers[1].store.channel.id
           }
         })
 
-        playlistServer2Id2 = res.body.videoPlaylist.id
-        playlistServer2UUID2 = res.body.videoPlaylist.uuid
+        playlistServer2Id2 = playlist.id
+        playlistServer2UUID2 = playlist.uuid
       }
 
       for (const id of [ playlistServer2Id1, playlistServer2Id2 ]) {
-        await addVideoInPlaylist({
-          url: servers[1].url,
-          token: servers[1].accessToken,
+        await servers[1].playlists.addElement({
           playlistId: id,
-          elementAttrs: { videoId: servers[1].videos[0].id, startTimestamp: 1, stopTimestamp: 2 }
+          attributes: { videoId: servers[1].store.videos[0].id, startTimestamp: 1, stopTimestamp: 2 }
         })
-        await addVideoInPlaylist({
-          url: servers[1].url,
-          token: servers[1].accessToken,
+        await servers[1].playlists.addElement({
           playlistId: id,
-          elementAttrs: { videoId: servers[1].videos[1].id }
+          attributes: { videoId: servers[1].store.videos[1].id }
         })
       }
 
@@ -311,20 +256,20 @@ describe('Test video playlists', function () {
       await wait(3000)
 
       for (const server of [ servers[0], servers[1] ]) {
-        const res = await getVideoPlaylistsList(server.url, 0, 5)
+        const body = await server.playlists.list({ start: 0, count: 5 })
 
-        const playlist2 = res.body.data.find(p => p.displayName === 'playlist 2')
+        const playlist2 = body.data.find(p => p.displayName === 'playlist 2')
         expect(playlist2).to.not.be.undefined
         await testImage(server.url, 'thumbnail-playlist', playlist2.thumbnailPath)
 
-        const playlist3 = res.body.data.find(p => p.displayName === 'playlist 3')
+        const playlist3 = body.data.find(p => p.displayName === 'playlist 3')
         expect(playlist3).to.not.be.undefined
         await testImage(server.url, 'thumbnail', playlist3.thumbnailPath)
       }
 
-      const res = await getVideoPlaylistsList(servers[2].url, 0, 5)
-      expect(res.body.data.find(p => p.displayName === 'playlist 2')).to.be.undefined
-      expect(res.body.data.find(p => p.displayName === 'playlist 3')).to.be.undefined
+      const body = await servers[2].playlists.list({ start: 0, count: 5 })
+      expect(body.data.find(p => p.displayName === 'playlist 2')).to.be.undefined
+      expect(body.data.find(p => p.displayName === 'playlist 3')).to.be.undefined
     })
 
     it('Should have the playlist on server 3 after a new follow', async function () {
@@ -333,13 +278,13 @@ describe('Test video playlists', function () {
       // Server 2 and server 3 follow each other
       await doubleFollow(servers[1], servers[2])
 
-      const res = await getVideoPlaylistsList(servers[2].url, 0, 5)
+      const body = await servers[2].playlists.list({ start: 0, count: 5 })
 
-      const playlist2 = res.body.data.find(p => p.displayName === 'playlist 2')
+      const playlist2 = body.data.find(p => p.displayName === 'playlist 2')
       expect(playlist2).to.not.be.undefined
       await testImage(servers[2].url, 'thumbnail-playlist', playlist2.thumbnailPath)
 
-      expect(res.body.data.find(p => p.displayName === 'playlist 3')).to.not.be.undefined
+      expect(body.data.find(p => p.displayName === 'playlist 3')).to.not.be.undefined
     })
   })
 
@@ -349,22 +294,20 @@ describe('Test video playlists', function () {
       this.timeout(30000)
 
       {
-        const res = await getVideoPlaylistsList(servers[2].url, 1, 2, 'createdAt')
-
-        expect(res.body.total).to.equal(3)
+        const body = await servers[2].playlists.list({ start: 1, count: 2, sort: 'createdAt' })
+        expect(body.total).to.equal(3)
 
-        const data: VideoPlaylist[] = res.body.data
+        const data = body.data
         expect(data).to.have.lengthOf(2)
         expect(data[0].displayName).to.equal('playlist 2')
         expect(data[1].displayName).to.equal('playlist 3')
       }
 
       {
-        const res = await getVideoPlaylistsList(servers[2].url, 1, 2, '-createdAt')
+        const body = await servers[2].playlists.list({ start: 1, count: 2, sort: '-createdAt' })
+        expect(body.total).to.equal(3)
 
-        expect(res.body.total).to.equal(3)
-
-        const data: VideoPlaylist[] = res.body.data
+        const data = body.data
         expect(data).to.have.lengthOf(2)
         expect(data[0].displayName).to.equal('playlist 2')
         expect(data[1].displayName).to.equal('my super playlist')
@@ -375,11 +318,10 @@ describe('Test video playlists', function () {
       this.timeout(30000)
 
       {
-        const res = await getVideoChannelPlaylistsList(servers[0].url, 'root_channel', 0, 2, '-createdAt')
-
-        expect(res.body.total).to.equal(1)
+        const body = await commands[0].listByChannel({ handle: 'root_channel', start: 0, count: 2, sort: '-createdAt' })
+        expect(body.total).to.equal(1)
 
-        const data: VideoPlaylist[] = res.body.data
+        const data = body.data
         expect(data).to.have.lengthOf(1)
         expect(data[0].displayName).to.equal('my super playlist')
       }
@@ -389,41 +331,37 @@ describe('Test video playlists', function () {
       this.timeout(30000)
 
       {
-        const res = await getAccountPlaylistsList(servers[1].url, 'root', 1, 2, '-createdAt')
+        const body = await servers[1].playlists.listByAccount({ handle: 'root', start: 1, count: 2, sort: '-createdAt' })
+        expect(body.total).to.equal(2)
 
-        expect(res.body.total).to.equal(2)
-
-        const data: VideoPlaylist[] = res.body.data
+        const data = body.data
         expect(data).to.have.lengthOf(1)
         expect(data[0].displayName).to.equal('playlist 2')
       }
 
       {
-        const res = await getAccountPlaylistsList(servers[1].url, 'root', 1, 2, 'createdAt')
-
-        expect(res.body.total).to.equal(2)
+        const body = await servers[1].playlists.listByAccount({ handle: 'root', start: 1, count: 2, sort: 'createdAt' })
+        expect(body.total).to.equal(2)
 
-        const data: VideoPlaylist[] = res.body.data
+        const data = body.data
         expect(data).to.have.lengthOf(1)
         expect(data[0].displayName).to.equal('playlist 3')
       }
 
       {
-        const res = await getAccountPlaylistsList(servers[1].url, 'root', 0, 10, 'createdAt', '3')
+        const body = await servers[1].playlists.listByAccount({ handle: 'root', sort: 'createdAt', search: '3' })
+        expect(body.total).to.equal(1)
 
-        expect(res.body.total).to.equal(1)
-
-        const data: VideoPlaylist[] = res.body.data
+        const data = body.data
         expect(data).to.have.lengthOf(1)
         expect(data[0].displayName).to.equal('playlist 3')
       }
 
       {
-        const res = await getAccountPlaylistsList(servers[1].url, 'root', 0, 10, 'createdAt', '4')
-
-        expect(res.body.total).to.equal(0)
+        const body = await servers[1].playlists.listByAccount({ handle: 'root', sort: 'createdAt', search: '4' })
+        expect(body.total).to.equal(0)
 
-        const data: VideoPlaylist[] = res.body.data
+        const data = body.data
         expect(data).to.have.lengthOf(0)
       }
     })
@@ -437,28 +375,22 @@ describe('Test video playlists', function () {
       this.timeout(30000)
 
       {
-        const res = await createVideoPlaylist({
-          url: servers[1].url,
-          token: servers[1].accessToken,
-          playlistAttrs: {
+        unlistedPlaylist = await servers[1].playlists.create({
+          attributes: {
             displayName: 'playlist unlisted',
             privacy: VideoPlaylistPrivacy.UNLISTED,
-            videoChannelId: servers[1].videoChannel.id
+            videoChannelId: servers[1].store.channel.id
           }
         })
-        unlistedPlaylist = res.body.videoPlaylist
       }
 
       {
-        const res = await createVideoPlaylist({
-          url: servers[1].url,
-          token: servers[1].accessToken,
-          playlistAttrs: {
+        privatePlaylist = await servers[1].playlists.create({
+          attributes: {
             displayName: 'playlist private',
             privacy: VideoPlaylistPrivacy.PRIVATE
           }
         })
-        privatePlaylist = res.body.videoPlaylist
       }
 
       await waitJobs(servers)
@@ -468,15 +400,15 @@ describe('Test video playlists', function () {
     it('Should not list unlisted or private playlists', async function () {
       for (const server of servers) {
         const results = [
-          await getAccountPlaylistsList(server.url, 'root@localhost:' + servers[1].port, 0, 5, '-createdAt'),
-          await getVideoPlaylistsList(server.url, 0, 2, '-createdAt')
+          await server.playlists.listByAccount({ handle: 'root@localhost:' + servers[1].port, sort: '-createdAt' }),
+          await server.playlists.list({ start: 0, count: 2, sort: '-createdAt' })
         ]
 
-        expect(results[0].body.total).to.equal(2)
-        expect(results[1].body.total).to.equal(3)
+        expect(results[0].total).to.equal(2)
+        expect(results[1].total).to.equal(3)
 
-        for (const res of results) {
-          const data: VideoPlaylist[] = res.body.data
+        for (const body of results) {
+          const data = body.data
           expect(data).to.have.lengthOf(2)
           expect(data[0].displayName).to.equal('playlist 3')
           expect(data[1].displayName).to.equal('playlist 2')
@@ -485,23 +417,23 @@ describe('Test video playlists', function () {
     })
 
     it('Should not get unlisted playlist using only the id', async function () {
-      await getVideoPlaylist(servers[1].url, unlistedPlaylist.id, 404)
+      await servers[1].playlists.get({ playlistId: unlistedPlaylist.id, expectedStatus: 404 })
     })
 
     it('Should get unlisted plyaylist using uuid or shortUUID', async function () {
-      await getVideoPlaylist(servers[1].url, unlistedPlaylist.uuid)
-      await getVideoPlaylist(servers[1].url, unlistedPlaylist.shortUUID)
+      await servers[1].playlists.get({ playlistId: unlistedPlaylist.uuid })
+      await servers[1].playlists.get({ playlistId: unlistedPlaylist.shortUUID })
     })
 
     it('Should not get private playlist without token', async function () {
       for (const id of [ privatePlaylist.id, privatePlaylist.uuid, privatePlaylist.shortUUID ]) {
-        await getVideoPlaylist(servers[1].url, id, 401)
+        await servers[1].playlists.get({ playlistId: id, expectedStatus: 401 })
       }
     })
 
     it('Should get private playlist with a token', async function () {
       for (const id of [ privatePlaylist.id, privatePlaylist.uuid, privatePlaylist.shortUUID ]) {
-        await getVideoPlaylistWithToken(servers[1].url, servers[1].accessToken, id)
+        await servers[1].playlists.get({ token: servers[1].accessToken, playlistId: id })
       }
     })
   })
@@ -511,15 +443,13 @@ describe('Test video playlists', function () {
     it('Should update a playlist', async function () {
       this.timeout(30000)
 
-      await updateVideoPlaylist({
-        url: servers[1].url,
-        token: servers[1].accessToken,
-        playlistAttrs: {
+      await servers[1].playlists.update({
+        attributes: {
           displayName: 'playlist 3 updated',
           description: 'description updated',
           privacy: VideoPlaylistPrivacy.UNLISTED,
           thumbnailfile: 'thumbnail.jpg',
-          videoChannelId: servers[1].videoChannel.id
+          videoChannelId: servers[1].store.channel.id
         },
         playlistId: playlistServer2Id2
       })
@@ -527,8 +457,7 @@ describe('Test video playlists', function () {
       await waitJobs(servers)
 
       for (const server of servers) {
-        const res = await getVideoPlaylist(server.url, playlistServer2UUID2)
-        const playlist: VideoPlaylist = res.body
+        const playlist = await server.playlists.get({ playlistId: playlistServer2UUID2 })
 
         expect(playlist.displayName).to.equal('playlist 3 updated')
         expect(playlist.description).to.equal('description updated')
@@ -554,39 +483,37 @@ describe('Test video playlists', function () {
     it('Should create a playlist containing different startTimestamp/endTimestamp videos', async function () {
       this.timeout(30000)
 
-      const addVideo = (elementAttrs: any) => {
-        return addVideoInPlaylist({ url: servers[0].url, token: servers[0].accessToken, playlistId: playlistServer1Id, elementAttrs })
+      const addVideo = (attributes: any) => {
+        return commands[0].addElement({ playlistId: playlistServer1Id, attributes })
       }
 
-      const res = await createVideoPlaylist({
-        url: servers[0].url,
-        token: servers[0].accessToken,
-        playlistAttrs: {
+      const playlist = await commands[0].create({
+        attributes: {
           displayName: 'playlist 4',
           privacy: VideoPlaylistPrivacy.PUBLIC,
-          videoChannelId: servers[0].videoChannel.id
+          videoChannelId: servers[0].store.channel.id
         }
       })
 
-      playlistServer1Id = res.body.videoPlaylist.id
-      playlistServer1UUID = res.body.videoPlaylist.uuid
+      playlistServer1Id = playlist.id
+      playlistServer1UUID = playlist.uuid
 
-      await addVideo({ videoId: servers[0].videos[0].uuid, startTimestamp: 15, stopTimestamp: 28 })
-      await addVideo({ videoId: servers[2].videos[1].uuid, startTimestamp: 35 })
-      await addVideo({ videoId: servers[2].videos[2].uuid })
+      await addVideo({ videoId: servers[0].store.videos[0].uuid, startTimestamp: 15, stopTimestamp: 28 })
+      await addVideo({ videoId: servers[2].store.videos[1].uuid, startTimestamp: 35 })
+      await addVideo({ videoId: servers[2].store.videos[2].uuid })
       {
-        const res = await addVideo({ videoId: servers[0].videos[3].uuid, stopTimestamp: 35 })
-        playlistElementServer1Video4 = res.body.videoPlaylistElement.id
+        const element = await addVideo({ videoId: servers[0].store.videos[3].uuid, stopTimestamp: 35 })
+        playlistElementServer1Video4 = element.id
       }
 
       {
-        const res = await addVideo({ videoId: servers[0].videos[4].uuid, startTimestamp: 45, stopTimestamp: 60 })
-        playlistElementServer1Video5 = res.body.videoPlaylistElement.id
+        const element = await addVideo({ videoId: servers[0].store.videos[4].uuid, startTimestamp: 45, stopTimestamp: 60 })
+        playlistElementServer1Video5 = element.id
       }
 
       {
-        const res = await addVideo({ videoId: nsfwVideoServer1, startTimestamp: 5 })
-        playlistElementNSFW = res.body.videoPlaylistElement.id
+        const element = await addVideo({ videoId: nsfwVideoServer1, startTimestamp: 5 })
+        playlistElementNSFW = element.id
 
         await addVideo({ videoId: nsfwVideoServer1, startTimestamp: 4 })
         await addVideo({ videoId: nsfwVideoServer1 })
@@ -599,64 +526,68 @@ describe('Test video playlists', function () {
       this.timeout(30000)
 
       for (const server of servers) {
-        const res = await getPlaylistVideos(server.url, server.accessToken, playlistServer1UUID, 0, 10)
-
-        expect(res.body.total).to.equal(8)
-
-        const videoElements: VideoPlaylistElement[] = res.body.data
-        expect(videoElements).to.have.lengthOf(8)
-
-        expect(videoElements[0].video.name).to.equal('video 0 server 1')
-        expect(videoElements[0].position).to.equal(1)
-        expect(videoElements[0].startTimestamp).to.equal(15)
-        expect(videoElements[0].stopTimestamp).to.equal(28)
-
-        expect(videoElements[1].video.name).to.equal('video 1 server 3')
-        expect(videoElements[1].position).to.equal(2)
-        expect(videoElements[1].startTimestamp).to.equal(35)
-        expect(videoElements[1].stopTimestamp).to.be.null
-
-        expect(videoElements[2].video.name).to.equal('video 2 server 3')
-        expect(videoElements[2].position).to.equal(3)
-        expect(videoElements[2].startTimestamp).to.be.null
-        expect(videoElements[2].stopTimestamp).to.be.null
-
-        expect(videoElements[3].video.name).to.equal('video 3 server 1')
-        expect(videoElements[3].position).to.equal(4)
-        expect(videoElements[3].startTimestamp).to.be.null
-        expect(videoElements[3].stopTimestamp).to.equal(35)
-
-        expect(videoElements[4].video.name).to.equal('video 4 server 1')
-        expect(videoElements[4].position).to.equal(5)
-        expect(videoElements[4].startTimestamp).to.equal(45)
-        expect(videoElements[4].stopTimestamp).to.equal(60)
-
-        expect(videoElements[5].video.name).to.equal('NSFW video')
-        expect(videoElements[5].position).to.equal(6)
-        expect(videoElements[5].startTimestamp).to.equal(5)
-        expect(videoElements[5].stopTimestamp).to.be.null
-
-        expect(videoElements[6].video.name).to.equal('NSFW video')
-        expect(videoElements[6].position).to.equal(7)
-        expect(videoElements[6].startTimestamp).to.equal(4)
-        expect(videoElements[6].stopTimestamp).to.be.null
-
-        expect(videoElements[7].video.name).to.equal('NSFW video')
-        expect(videoElements[7].position).to.equal(8)
-        expect(videoElements[7].startTimestamp).to.be.null
-        expect(videoElements[7].stopTimestamp).to.be.null
-
-        const res3 = await getPlaylistVideos(server.url, server.accessToken, playlistServer1UUID, 0, 2)
-        expect(res3.body.data).to.have.lengthOf(2)
+        {
+          const body = await server.playlists.listVideos({ playlistId: playlistServer1UUID, start: 0, count: 10 })
+
+          expect(body.total).to.equal(8)
+
+          const videoElements = body.data
+          expect(videoElements).to.have.lengthOf(8)
+
+          expect(videoElements[0].video.name).to.equal('video 0 server 1')
+          expect(videoElements[0].position).to.equal(1)
+          expect(videoElements[0].startTimestamp).to.equal(15)
+          expect(videoElements[0].stopTimestamp).to.equal(28)
+
+          expect(videoElements[1].video.name).to.equal('video 1 server 3')
+          expect(videoElements[1].position).to.equal(2)
+          expect(videoElements[1].startTimestamp).to.equal(35)
+          expect(videoElements[1].stopTimestamp).to.be.null
+
+          expect(videoElements[2].video.name).to.equal('video 2 server 3')
+          expect(videoElements[2].position).to.equal(3)
+          expect(videoElements[2].startTimestamp).to.be.null
+          expect(videoElements[2].stopTimestamp).to.be.null
+
+          expect(videoElements[3].video.name).to.equal('video 3 server 1')
+          expect(videoElements[3].position).to.equal(4)
+          expect(videoElements[3].startTimestamp).to.be.null
+          expect(videoElements[3].stopTimestamp).to.equal(35)
+
+          expect(videoElements[4].video.name).to.equal('video 4 server 1')
+          expect(videoElements[4].position).to.equal(5)
+          expect(videoElements[4].startTimestamp).to.equal(45)
+          expect(videoElements[4].stopTimestamp).to.equal(60)
+
+          expect(videoElements[5].video.name).to.equal('NSFW video')
+          expect(videoElements[5].position).to.equal(6)
+          expect(videoElements[5].startTimestamp).to.equal(5)
+          expect(videoElements[5].stopTimestamp).to.be.null
+
+          expect(videoElements[6].video.name).to.equal('NSFW video')
+          expect(videoElements[6].position).to.equal(7)
+          expect(videoElements[6].startTimestamp).to.equal(4)
+          expect(videoElements[6].stopTimestamp).to.be.null
+
+          expect(videoElements[7].video.name).to.equal('NSFW video')
+          expect(videoElements[7].position).to.equal(8)
+          expect(videoElements[7].startTimestamp).to.be.null
+          expect(videoElements[7].stopTimestamp).to.be.null
+        }
+
+        {
+          const body = await server.playlists.listVideos({ playlistId: playlistServer1UUID, start: 0, count: 2 })
+          expect(body.data).to.have.lengthOf(2)
+        }
       }
     })
   })
 
   describe('Element type', function () {
-    let groupUser1: ServerInfo[]
-    let groupWithoutToken1: ServerInfo[]
-    let group1: ServerInfo[]
-    let group2: ServerInfo[]
+    let groupUser1: PeerTubeServer[]
+    let groupWithoutToken1: PeerTubeServer[]
+    let group1: PeerTubeServer[]
+    let group2: PeerTubeServer[]
 
     let video1: string
     let video2: string
@@ -665,31 +596,30 @@ describe('Test video playlists', function () {
     before(async function () {
       this.timeout(60000)
 
-      groupUser1 = [ Object.assign({}, servers[0], { accessToken: userAccessTokenServer1 }) ]
+      groupUser1 = [ Object.assign({}, servers[0], { accessToken: userTokenServer1 }) ]
       groupWithoutToken1 = [ Object.assign({}, servers[0], { accessToken: undefined }) ]
       group1 = [ servers[0] ]
       group2 = [ servers[1], servers[2] ]
 
-      const res = await createVideoPlaylist({
-        url: servers[0].url,
-        token: userAccessTokenServer1,
-        playlistAttrs: {
+      const playlist = await commands[0].create({
+        token: userTokenServer1,
+        attributes: {
           displayName: 'playlist 56',
           privacy: VideoPlaylistPrivacy.PUBLIC,
-          videoChannelId: servers[0].videoChannel.id
+          videoChannelId: servers[0].store.channel.id
         }
       })
 
-      const playlistServer1Id2 = res.body.videoPlaylist.id
-      playlistServer1UUID2 = res.body.videoPlaylist.uuid
+      const playlistServer1Id2 = playlist.id
+      playlistServer1UUID2 = playlist.uuid
 
-      const addVideo = (elementAttrs: any) => {
-        return addVideoInPlaylist({ url: servers[0].url, token: userAccessTokenServer1, playlistId: playlistServer1Id2, elementAttrs })
+      const addVideo = (attributes: any) => {
+        return commands[0].addElement({ token: userTokenServer1, playlistId: playlistServer1Id2, attributes })
       }
 
-      video1 = (await uploadVideoAndGetId({ server: servers[0], videoName: 'video 89', token: userAccessTokenServer1 })).uuid
-      video2 = (await uploadVideoAndGetId({ server: servers[1], videoName: 'video 90' })).uuid
-      video3 = (await uploadVideoAndGetId({ server: servers[0], videoName: 'video 91', nsfw: true })).uuid
+      video1 = (await servers[0].videos.quickUpload({ name: 'video 89', token: userTokenServer1 })).uuid
+      video2 = (await servers[1].videos.quickUpload({ name: 'video 90' })).uuid
+      video3 = (await servers[0].videos.quickUpload({ name: 'video 91', nsfw: true })).uuid
 
       await waitJobs(servers)
 
@@ -707,7 +637,7 @@ describe('Test video playlists', function () {
       const position = 1
 
       {
-        await updateVideo(servers[0].url, servers[0].accessToken, video1, { privacy: VideoPrivacy.PRIVATE })
+        await servers[0].videos.update({ id: video1, attributes: { privacy: VideoPrivacy.PRIVATE } })
         await waitJobs(servers)
 
         await checkPlaylistElementType(groupUser1, playlistServer1UUID2, VideoPlaylistElementType.REGULAR, position, name, 3)
@@ -717,7 +647,7 @@ describe('Test video playlists', function () {
       }
 
       {
-        await updateVideo(servers[0].url, servers[0].accessToken, video1, { privacy: VideoPrivacy.PUBLIC })
+        await servers[0].videos.update({ id: video1, attributes: { privacy: VideoPrivacy.PUBLIC } })
         await waitJobs(servers)
 
         await checkPlaylistElementType(groupUser1, playlistServer1UUID2, VideoPlaylistElementType.REGULAR, position, name, 3)
@@ -735,7 +665,7 @@ describe('Test video playlists', function () {
       const position = 1
 
       {
-        await addVideoToBlacklist(servers[0].url, servers[0].accessToken, video1, 'reason', true)
+        await servers[0].blacklist.add({ videoId: video1, reason: 'reason', unfederate: true })
         await waitJobs(servers)
 
         await checkPlaylistElementType(groupUser1, playlistServer1UUID2, VideoPlaylistElementType.REGULAR, position, name, 3)
@@ -745,7 +675,7 @@ describe('Test video playlists', function () {
       }
 
       {
-        await removeVideoFromBlacklist(servers[0].url, servers[0].accessToken, video1)
+        await servers[0].blacklist.remove({ videoId: video1 })
         await waitJobs(servers)
 
         await checkPlaylistElementType(groupUser1, playlistServer1UUID2, VideoPlaylistElementType.REGULAR, position, name, 3)
@@ -759,56 +689,58 @@ describe('Test video playlists', function () {
     it('Should update the element type if the account or server of the video is blocked', async function () {
       this.timeout(90000)
 
+      const command = servers[0].blocklist
+
       const name = 'video 90'
       const position = 2
 
       {
-        await addAccountToAccountBlocklist(servers[0].url, userAccessTokenServer1, 'root@localhost:' + servers[1].port)
+        await command.addToMyBlocklist({ token: userTokenServer1, account: 'root@localhost:' + servers[1].port })
         await waitJobs(servers)
 
         await checkPlaylistElementType(groupUser1, playlistServer1UUID2, VideoPlaylistElementType.UNAVAILABLE, position, name, 3)
         await checkPlaylistElementType(group2, playlistServer1UUID2, VideoPlaylistElementType.REGULAR, position, name, 3)
 
-        await removeAccountFromAccountBlocklist(servers[0].url, userAccessTokenServer1, 'root@localhost:' + servers[1].port)
+        await command.removeFromMyBlocklist({ token: userTokenServer1, account: 'root@localhost:' + servers[1].port })
         await waitJobs(servers)
 
         await checkPlaylistElementType(group2, playlistServer1UUID2, VideoPlaylistElementType.REGULAR, position, name, 3)
       }
 
       {
-        await addServerToAccountBlocklist(servers[0].url, userAccessTokenServer1, 'localhost:' + servers[1].port)
+        await command.addToMyBlocklist({ token: userTokenServer1, server: 'localhost:' + servers[1].port })
         await waitJobs(servers)
 
         await checkPlaylistElementType(groupUser1, playlistServer1UUID2, VideoPlaylistElementType.UNAVAILABLE, position, name, 3)
         await checkPlaylistElementType(group2, playlistServer1UUID2, VideoPlaylistElementType.REGULAR, position, name, 3)
 
-        await removeServerFromAccountBlocklist(servers[0].url, userAccessTokenServer1, 'localhost:' + servers[1].port)
+        await command.removeFromMyBlocklist({ token: userTokenServer1, server: 'localhost:' + servers[1].port })
         await waitJobs(servers)
 
         await checkPlaylistElementType(group2, playlistServer1UUID2, VideoPlaylistElementType.REGULAR, position, name, 3)
       }
 
       {
-        await addAccountToServerBlocklist(servers[0].url, servers[0].accessToken, 'root@localhost:' + servers[1].port)
+        await command.addToServerBlocklist({ account: 'root@localhost:' + servers[1].port })
         await waitJobs(servers)
 
         await checkPlaylistElementType(groupUser1, playlistServer1UUID2, VideoPlaylistElementType.UNAVAILABLE, position, name, 3)
         await checkPlaylistElementType(group2, playlistServer1UUID2, VideoPlaylistElementType.REGULAR, position, name, 3)
 
-        await removeAccountFromServerBlocklist(servers[0].url, servers[0].accessToken, 'root@localhost:' + servers[1].port)
+        await command.removeFromServerBlocklist({ account: 'root@localhost:' + servers[1].port })
         await waitJobs(servers)
 
         await checkPlaylistElementType(group2, playlistServer1UUID2, VideoPlaylistElementType.REGULAR, position, name, 3)
       }
 
       {
-        await addServerToServerBlocklist(servers[0].url, servers[0].accessToken, 'localhost:' + servers[1].port)
+        await command.addToServerBlocklist({ server: 'localhost:' + servers[1].port })
         await waitJobs(servers)
 
         await checkPlaylistElementType(groupUser1, playlistServer1UUID2, VideoPlaylistElementType.UNAVAILABLE, position, name, 3)
         await checkPlaylistElementType(group2, playlistServer1UUID2, VideoPlaylistElementType.REGULAR, position, name, 3)
 
-        await removeServerFromServerBlocklist(servers[0].url, servers[0].accessToken, 'localhost:' + servers[1].port)
+        await command.removeFromServerBlocklist({ server: 'localhost:' + servers[1].port })
         await waitJobs(servers)
 
         await checkPlaylistElementType(group2, playlistServer1UUID2, VideoPlaylistElementType.REGULAR, position, name, 3)
@@ -816,10 +748,10 @@ describe('Test video playlists', function () {
     })
 
     it('Should hide the video if it is NSFW', async function () {
-      const res = await getPlaylistVideos(servers[0].url, userAccessTokenServer1, playlistServer1UUID2, 0, 10, { nsfw: false })
-      expect(res.body.total).to.equal(3)
+      const body = await commands[0].listVideos({ token: userTokenServer1, playlistId: playlistServer1UUID2, query: { nsfw: 'false' } })
+      expect(body.total).to.equal(3)
 
-      const elements: VideoPlaylistElement[] = res.body.data
+      const elements = body.data
       const element = elements.find(e => e.position === 3)
 
       expect(element).to.exist
@@ -835,11 +767,9 @@ describe('Test video playlists', function () {
       this.timeout(30000)
 
       {
-        await reorderVideosPlaylist({
-          url: servers[0].url,
-          token: servers[0].accessToken,
+        await commands[0].reorderElements({
           playlistId: playlistServer1Id,
-          elementAttrs: {
+          attributes: {
             startPosition: 2,
             insertAfterPosition: 3
           }
@@ -848,8 +778,8 @@ describe('Test video playlists', function () {
         await waitJobs(servers)
 
         for (const server of servers) {
-          const res = await getPlaylistVideos(server.url, server.accessToken, playlistServer1UUID, 0, 10)
-          const names = (res.body.data as VideoPlaylistElement[]).map(v => v.video.name)
+          const body = await server.playlists.listVideos({ playlistId: playlistServer1UUID, start: 0, count: 10 })
+          const names = body.data.map(v => v.video.name)
 
           expect(names).to.deep.equal([
             'video 0 server 1',
@@ -865,11 +795,9 @@ describe('Test video playlists', function () {
       }
 
       {
-        await reorderVideosPlaylist({
-          url: servers[0].url,
-          token: servers[0].accessToken,
+        await commands[0].reorderElements({
           playlistId: playlistServer1Id,
-          elementAttrs: {
+          attributes: {
             startPosition: 1,
             reorderLength: 3,
             insertAfterPosition: 4
@@ -879,8 +807,8 @@ describe('Test video playlists', function () {
         await waitJobs(servers)
 
         for (const server of servers) {
-          const res = await getPlaylistVideos(server.url, server.accessToken, playlistServer1UUID, 0, 10)
-          const names = (res.body.data as VideoPlaylistElement[]).map(v => v.video.name)
+          const body = await server.playlists.listVideos({ playlistId: playlistServer1UUID, start: 0, count: 10 })
+          const names = body.data.map(v => v.video.name)
 
           expect(names).to.deep.equal([
             'video 3 server 1',
@@ -896,11 +824,9 @@ describe('Test video playlists', function () {
       }
 
       {
-        await reorderVideosPlaylist({
-          url: servers[0].url,
-          token: servers[0].accessToken,
+        await commands[0].reorderElements({
           playlistId: playlistServer1Id,
-          elementAttrs: {
+          attributes: {
             startPosition: 6,
             insertAfterPosition: 3
           }
@@ -909,8 +835,7 @@ describe('Test video playlists', function () {
         await waitJobs(servers)
 
         for (const server of servers) {
-          const res = await getPlaylistVideos(server.url, server.accessToken, playlistServer1UUID, 0, 10)
-          const elements: VideoPlaylistElement[] = res.body.data
+          const { data: elements } = await server.playlists.listVideos({ playlistId: playlistServer1UUID, start: 0, count: 10 })
           const names = elements.map(v => v.video.name)
 
           expect(names).to.deep.equal([
@@ -934,22 +859,18 @@ describe('Test video playlists', function () {
     it('Should update startTimestamp/endTimestamp of some elements', async function () {
       this.timeout(30000)
 
-      await updateVideoPlaylistElement({
-        url: servers[0].url,
-        token: servers[0].accessToken,
+      await commands[0].updateElement({
         playlistId: playlistServer1Id,
-        playlistElementId: playlistElementServer1Video4,
-        elementAttrs: {
+        elementId: playlistElementServer1Video4,
+        attributes: {
           startTimestamp: 1
         }
       })
 
-      await updateVideoPlaylistElement({
-        url: servers[0].url,
-        token: servers[0].accessToken,
+      await commands[0].updateElement({
         playlistId: playlistServer1Id,
-        playlistElementId: playlistElementServer1Video5,
-        elementAttrs: {
+        elementId: playlistElementServer1Video5,
+        attributes: {
           stopTimestamp: null
         }
       })
@@ -957,8 +878,7 @@ describe('Test video playlists', function () {
       await waitJobs(servers)
 
       for (const server of servers) {
-        const res = await getPlaylistVideos(server.url, server.accessToken, playlistServer1UUID, 0, 10)
-        const elements: VideoPlaylistElement[] = res.body.data
+        const { data: elements } = await server.playlists.listVideos({ playlistId: playlistServer1UUID, start: 0, count: 10 })
 
         expect(elements[0].video.name).to.equal('video 3 server 1')
         expect(elements[0].position).to.equal(1)
@@ -974,17 +894,16 @@ describe('Test video playlists', function () {
 
     it('Should check videos existence in my playlist', async function () {
       const videoIds = [
-        servers[0].videos[0].id,
+        servers[0].store.videos[0].id,
         42000,
-        servers[0].videos[3].id,
+        servers[0].store.videos[3].id,
         43000,
-        servers[0].videos[4].id
+        servers[0].store.videos[4].id
       ]
-      const res = await doVideosExistInMyPlaylist(servers[0].url, servers[0].accessToken, videoIds)
-      const obj = res.body as VideoExistInPlaylist
+      const obj = await commands[0].videosExist({ videoIds })
 
       {
-        const elem = obj[servers[0].videos[0].id]
+        const elem = obj[servers[0].store.videos[0].id]
         expect(elem).to.have.lengthOf(1)
         expect(elem[0].playlistElementId).to.exist
         expect(elem[0].playlistId).to.equal(playlistServer1Id)
@@ -993,7 +912,7 @@ describe('Test video playlists', function () {
       }
 
       {
-        const elem = obj[servers[0].videos[3].id]
+        const elem = obj[servers[0].store.videos[3].id]
         expect(elem).to.have.lengthOf(1)
         expect(elem[0].playlistElementId).to.equal(playlistElementServer1Video4)
         expect(elem[0].playlistId).to.equal(playlistServer1Id)
@@ -1002,7 +921,7 @@ describe('Test video playlists', function () {
       }
 
       {
-        const elem = obj[servers[0].videos[4].id]
+        const elem = obj[servers[0].store.videos[4].id]
         expect(elem).to.have.lengthOf(1)
         expect(elem[0].playlistId).to.equal(playlistServer1Id)
         expect(elem[0].startTimestamp).to.equal(45)
@@ -1015,42 +934,29 @@ describe('Test video playlists', function () {
 
     it('Should automatically update updatedAt field of playlists', async function () {
       const server = servers[1]
-      const videoId = servers[1].videos[5].id
+      const videoId = servers[1].store.videos[5].id
 
       async function getPlaylistNames () {
-        const res = await getAccountPlaylistsListWithToken(server.url, server.accessToken, 'root', 0, 5, undefined, '-updatedAt')
+        const { data } = await server.playlists.listByAccount({ token: server.accessToken, handle: 'root', sort: '-updatedAt' })
 
-        return (res.body.data as VideoPlaylist[]).map(p => p.displayName)
+        return data.map(p => p.displayName)
       }
 
-      const elementAttrs = { videoId }
-      const res1 = await addVideoInPlaylist({ url: server.url, token: server.accessToken, playlistId: playlistServer2Id1, elementAttrs })
-      const res2 = await addVideoInPlaylist({ url: server.url, token: server.accessToken, playlistId: playlistServer2Id2, elementAttrs })
-
-      const element1 = res1.body.videoPlaylistElement.id
-      const element2 = res2.body.videoPlaylistElement.id
+      const attributes = { videoId }
+      const element1 = await server.playlists.addElement({ playlistId: playlistServer2Id1, attributes })
+      const element2 = await server.playlists.addElement({ playlistId: playlistServer2Id2, attributes })
 
       const names1 = await getPlaylistNames()
       expect(names1[0]).to.equal('playlist 3 updated')
       expect(names1[1]).to.equal('playlist 2')
 
-      await removeVideoFromPlaylist({
-        url: server.url,
-        token: server.accessToken,
-        playlistId: playlistServer2Id1,
-        playlistElementId: element1
-      })
+      await server.playlists.removeElement({ playlistId: playlistServer2Id1, elementId: element1.id })
 
       const names2 = await getPlaylistNames()
       expect(names2[0]).to.equal('playlist 2')
       expect(names2[1]).to.equal('playlist 3 updated')
 
-      await removeVideoFromPlaylist({
-        url: server.url,
-        token: server.accessToken,
-        playlistId: playlistServer2Id2,
-        playlistElementId: element2
-      })
+      await server.playlists.removeElement({ playlistId: playlistServer2Id2, elementId: element2.id })
 
       const names3 = await getPlaylistNames()
       expect(names3[0]).to.equal('playlist 3 updated')
@@ -1060,28 +966,16 @@ describe('Test video playlists', function () {
     it('Should delete some elements', async function () {
       this.timeout(30000)
 
-      await removeVideoFromPlaylist({
-        url: servers[0].url,
-        token: servers[0].accessToken,
-        playlistId: playlistServer1Id,
-        playlistElementId: playlistElementServer1Video4
-      })
-
-      await removeVideoFromPlaylist({
-        url: servers[0].url,
-        token: servers[0].accessToken,
-        playlistId: playlistServer1Id,
-        playlistElementId: playlistElementNSFW
-      })
+      await commands[0].removeElement({ playlistId: playlistServer1Id, elementId: playlistElementServer1Video4 })
+      await commands[0].removeElement({ playlistId: playlistServer1Id, elementId: playlistElementNSFW })
 
       await waitJobs(servers)
 
       for (const server of servers) {
-        const res = await getPlaylistVideos(server.url, server.accessToken, playlistServer1UUID, 0, 10)
+        const body = await server.playlists.listVideos({ playlistId: playlistServer1UUID, start: 0, count: 10 })
+        expect(body.total).to.equal(6)
 
-        expect(res.body.total).to.equal(6)
-
-        const elements: VideoPlaylistElement[] = res.body.data
+        const elements = body.data
         expect(elements).to.have.lengthOf(6)
 
         expect(elements[0].video.name).to.equal('video 0 server 1')
@@ -1107,34 +1001,31 @@ describe('Test video playlists', function () {
     it('Should be able to create a public playlist, and set it to private', async function () {
       this.timeout(30000)
 
-      const res = await createVideoPlaylist({
-        url: servers[0].url,
-        token: servers[0].accessToken,
-        playlistAttrs: {
+      const videoPlaylistIds = await commands[0].create({
+        attributes: {
           displayName: 'my super public playlist',
           privacy: VideoPlaylistPrivacy.PUBLIC,
-          videoChannelId: servers[0].videoChannel.id
+          videoChannelId: servers[0].store.channel.id
         }
       })
-      const videoPlaylistIds = res.body.videoPlaylist
 
       await waitJobs(servers)
 
       for (const server of servers) {
-        await getVideoPlaylist(server.url, videoPlaylistIds.uuid, HttpStatusCode.OK_200)
+        await server.playlists.get({ playlistId: videoPlaylistIds.uuid, expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.OK_200 })
       }
 
-      const playlistAttrs = { privacy: VideoPlaylistPrivacy.PRIVATE }
-      await updateVideoPlaylist({ url: servers[0].url, token: servers[0].accessToken, playlistId: videoPlaylistIds.id, playlistAttrs })
+      const attributes = { privacy: VideoPlaylistPrivacy.PRIVATE }
+      await commands[0].update({ playlistId: videoPlaylistIds.id, attributes })
 
       await waitJobs(servers)
 
       for (const server of [ servers[1], servers[2] ]) {
-        await getVideoPlaylist(server.url, videoPlaylistIds.uuid, HttpStatusCode.NOT_FOUND_404)
+        await server.playlists.get({ playlistId: videoPlaylistIds.uuid, expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.NOT_FOUND_404 })
       }
-      await getVideoPlaylist(servers[0].url, videoPlaylistIds.uuid, HttpStatusCode.UNAUTHORIZED_401)
 
-      await getVideoPlaylistWithToken(servers[0].url, servers[0].accessToken, videoPlaylistIds.uuid, HttpStatusCode.OK_200)
+      await commands[0].get({ playlistId: videoPlaylistIds.uuid, expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.UNAUTHORIZED_401 })
+      await commands[0].get({ token: servers[0].accessToken, playlistId: videoPlaylistIds.uuid, expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.OK_200 })
     })
   })
 
@@ -1143,12 +1034,12 @@ describe('Test video playlists', function () {
     it('Should delete the playlist on server 1 and delete on server 2 and 3', async function () {
       this.timeout(30000)
 
-      await deleteVideoPlaylist(servers[0].url, servers[0].accessToken, playlistServer1Id)
+      await commands[0].delete({ playlistId: playlistServer1Id })
 
       await waitJobs(servers)
 
       for (const server of servers) {
-        await getVideoPlaylist(server.url, playlistServer1UUID, HttpStatusCode.NOT_FOUND_404)
+        await server.playlists.get({ playlistId: playlistServer1UUID, expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.NOT_FOUND_404 })
       }
     })
 
@@ -1163,75 +1054,61 @@ describe('Test video playlists', function () {
     it('Should unfollow servers 1 and 2 and hide their playlists', async function () {
       this.timeout(30000)
 
-      const finder = data => data.find(p => p.displayName === 'my super playlist')
+      const finder = (data: VideoPlaylist[]) => data.find(p => p.displayName === 'my super playlist')
 
       {
-        const res = await getVideoPlaylistsList(servers[2].url, 0, 5)
-        expect(res.body.total).to.equal(3)
-        expect(finder(res.body.data)).to.not.be.undefined
+        const body = await servers[2].playlists.list({ start: 0, count: 5 })
+        expect(body.total).to.equal(3)
+
+        expect(finder(body.data)).to.not.be.undefined
       }
 
-      await unfollow(servers[2].url, servers[2].accessToken, servers[0])
+      await servers[2].follows.unfollow({ target: servers[0] })
 
       {
-        const res = await getVideoPlaylistsList(servers[2].url, 0, 5)
-        expect(res.body.total).to.equal(1)
+        const body = await servers[2].playlists.list({ start: 0, count: 5 })
+        expect(body.total).to.equal(1)
 
-        expect(finder(res.body.data)).to.be.undefined
+        expect(finder(body.data)).to.be.undefined
       }
     })
 
     it('Should delete a channel and put the associated playlist in private mode', async function () {
       this.timeout(30000)
 
-      const res = await addVideoChannel(servers[0].url, servers[0].accessToken, { name: 'super_channel', displayName: 'super channel' })
-      const videoChannelId = res.body.videoChannel.id
+      const channel = await servers[0].channels.create({ attributes: { name: 'super_channel', displayName: 'super channel' } })
 
-      const res2 = await createVideoPlaylist({
-        url: servers[0].url,
-        token: servers[0].accessToken,
-        playlistAttrs: {
+      const playlistCreated = await commands[0].create({
+        attributes: {
           displayName: 'channel playlist',
           privacy: VideoPlaylistPrivacy.PUBLIC,
-          videoChannelId
+          videoChannelId: channel.id
         }
       })
-      const videoPlaylistUUID = res2.body.videoPlaylist.uuid
 
       await waitJobs(servers)
 
-      await deleteVideoChannel(servers[0].url, servers[0].accessToken, 'super_channel')
+      await servers[0].channels.delete({ channelName: 'super_channel' })
 
       await waitJobs(servers)
 
-      const res3 = await getVideoPlaylistWithToken(servers[0].url, servers[0].accessToken, videoPlaylistUUID)
-      expect(res3.body.displayName).to.equal('channel playlist')
-      expect(res3.body.privacy.id).to.equal(VideoPlaylistPrivacy.PRIVATE)
+      const body = await commands[0].get({ token: servers[0].accessToken, playlistId: playlistCreated.uuid })
+      expect(body.displayName).to.equal('channel playlist')
+      expect(body.privacy.id).to.equal(VideoPlaylistPrivacy.PRIVATE)
 
-      await getVideoPlaylist(servers[1].url, videoPlaylistUUID, HttpStatusCode.NOT_FOUND_404)
+      await servers[1].playlists.get({ playlistId: playlistCreated.uuid, expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.NOT_FOUND_404 })
     })
 
     it('Should delete an account and delete its playlists', async function () {
       this.timeout(30000)
 
-      const user = { username: 'user_1', password: 'password' }
-      const res = await createUser({
-        url: servers[0].url,
-        accessToken: servers[0].accessToken,
-        username: user.username,
-        password: user.password
-      })
-
-      const userId = res.body.user.id
-      const userAccessToken = await userLogin(servers[0], user)
+      const { userId, token } = await servers[0].users.generate('user_1')
 
-      const resChannel = await getMyUserInformation(servers[0].url, userAccessToken)
-      const userChannel = (resChannel.body as User).videoChannels[0]
+      const { videoChannels } = await servers[0].users.getMyInfo({ token })
+      const userChannel = videoChannels[0]
 
-      await createVideoPlaylist({
-        url: servers[0].url,
-        token: userAccessToken,
-        playlistAttrs: {
+      await commands[0].create({
+        attributes: {
           displayName: 'playlist to be deleted',
           privacy: VideoPlaylistPrivacy.PUBLIC,
           videoChannelId: userChannel.id
@@ -1240,22 +1117,24 @@ describe('Test video playlists', function () {
 
       await waitJobs(servers)
 
-      const finder = data => data.find(p => p.displayName === 'playlist to be deleted')
+      const finder = (data: VideoPlaylist[]) => data.find(p => p.displayName === 'playlist to be deleted')
 
       {
         for (const server of [ servers[0], servers[1] ]) {
-          const res = await getVideoPlaylistsList(server.url, 0, 15)
-          expect(finder(res.body.data)).to.not.be.undefined
+          const body = await server.playlists.list({ start: 0, count: 15 })
+
+          expect(finder(body.data)).to.not.be.undefined
         }
       }
 
-      await removeUser(servers[0].url, userId, servers[0].accessToken)
+      await servers[0].users.remove({ userId })
       await waitJobs(servers)
 
       {
         for (const server of [ servers[0], servers[1] ]) {
-          const res = await getVideoPlaylistsList(server.url, 0, 15)
-          expect(finder(res.body.data)).to.be.undefined
+          const body = await server.playlists.list({ start: 0, count: 15 })
+
+          expect(finder(body.data)).to.be.undefined
         }
       }
     })
diff --git a/server/tests/api/videos/video-privacy.ts b/server/tests/api/videos/video-privacy.ts
index 950aeb7cf..b51b3bcdd 100644
--- a/server/tests/api/videos/video-privacy.ts
+++ b/server/tests/api/videos/video-privacy.ts
@@ -2,28 +2,13 @@
 
 import 'mocha'
 import * as chai from 'chai'
-import { HttpStatusCode } from '@shared/core-utils/miscs/http-error-codes'
-import { Video, VideoCreateResult } from '@shared/models'
-import {
-  cleanupTests,
-  flushAndRunServer,
-  getVideosList,
-  getVideosListWithToken,
-  ServerInfo,
-  setAccessTokensToServers,
-  uploadVideo
-} from '../../../../shared/extra-utils/index'
-import { doubleFollow } from '../../../../shared/extra-utils/server/follows'
-import { waitJobs } from '../../../../shared/extra-utils/server/jobs'
-import { userLogin } from '../../../../shared/extra-utils/users/login'
-import { createUser } from '../../../../shared/extra-utils/users/users'
-import { getMyVideos, getVideo, getVideoWithToken, updateVideo } from '../../../../shared/extra-utils/videos/videos'
-import { VideoPrivacy } from '../../../../shared/models/videos/video-privacy.enum'
+import { cleanupTests, createSingleServer, doubleFollow, PeerTubeServer, setAccessTokensToServers, waitJobs } from '@shared/extra-utils'
+import { HttpStatusCode, VideoCreateResult, VideoPrivacy } from '@shared/models'
 
 const expect = chai.expect
 
 describe('Test video privacy', function () {
-  const servers: ServerInfo[] = []
+  const servers: PeerTubeServer[] = []
   let anotherUserToken: string
 
   let privateVideoId: number
@@ -49,8 +34,8 @@ describe('Test video privacy', function () {
     this.timeout(50000)
 
     // Run servers
-    servers.push(await flushAndRunServer(1, dontFederateUnlistedConfig))
-    servers.push(await flushAndRunServer(2))
+    servers.push(await createSingleServer(1, dontFederateUnlistedConfig))
+    servers.push(await createSingleServer(2))
 
     // Get the access tokens
     await setAccessTokensToServers(servers)
@@ -66,55 +51,53 @@ describe('Test video privacy', function () {
 
       for (const privacy of [ VideoPrivacy.PRIVATE, VideoPrivacy.INTERNAL ]) {
         const attributes = { privacy }
-        await uploadVideo(servers[0].url, servers[0].accessToken, attributes)
+        await servers[0].videos.upload({ attributes })
       }
 
       await waitJobs(servers)
     })
 
     it('Should not have these private and internal videos on server 2', async function () {
-      const res = await getVideosList(servers[1].url)
+      const { total, data } = await servers[1].videos.list()
 
-      expect(res.body.total).to.equal(0)
-      expect(res.body.data).to.have.lengthOf(0)
+      expect(total).to.equal(0)
+      expect(data).to.have.lengthOf(0)
     })
 
     it('Should not list the private and internal videos for an unauthenticated user on server 1', async function () {
-      const res = await getVideosList(servers[0].url)
+      const { total, data } = await servers[0].videos.list()
 
-      expect(res.body.total).to.equal(0)
-      expect(res.body.data).to.have.lengthOf(0)
+      expect(total).to.equal(0)
+      expect(data).to.have.lengthOf(0)
     })
 
     it('Should not list the private video and list the internal video for an authenticated user on server 1', async function () {
-      const res = await getVideosListWithToken(servers[0].url, servers[0].accessToken)
+      const { total, data } = await servers[0].videos.listWithToken()
 
-      expect(res.body.total).to.equal(1)
-      expect(res.body.data).to.have.lengthOf(1)
+      expect(total).to.equal(1)
+      expect(data).to.have.lengthOf(1)
 
-      expect(res.body.data[0].privacy.id).to.equal(VideoPrivacy.INTERNAL)
+      expect(data[0].privacy.id).to.equal(VideoPrivacy.INTERNAL)
     })
 
     it('Should list my (private and internal) videos', async function () {
-      const res = await getMyVideos(servers[0].url, servers[0].accessToken, 0, 10)
+      const { total, data } = await servers[0].videos.listMyVideos()
 
-      expect(res.body.total).to.equal(2)
-      expect(res.body.data).to.have.lengthOf(2)
+      expect(total).to.equal(2)
+      expect(data).to.have.lengthOf(2)
 
-      const videos: Video[] = res.body.data
-
-      const privateVideo = videos.find(v => v.privacy.id === VideoPrivacy.PRIVATE)
+      const privateVideo = data.find(v => v.privacy.id === VideoPrivacy.PRIVATE)
       privateVideoId = privateVideo.id
       privateVideoUUID = privateVideo.uuid
 
-      const internalVideo = videos.find(v => v.privacy.id === VideoPrivacy.INTERNAL)
+      const internalVideo = data.find(v => v.privacy.id === VideoPrivacy.INTERNAL)
       internalVideoId = internalVideo.id
       internalVideoUUID = internalVideo.uuid
     })
 
     it('Should not be able to watch the private/internal video with non authenticated user', async function () {
-      await getVideo(servers[0].url, privateVideoUUID, HttpStatusCode.UNAUTHORIZED_401)
-      await getVideo(servers[0].url, internalVideoUUID, HttpStatusCode.UNAUTHORIZED_401)
+      await servers[0].videos.get({ id: privateVideoUUID, expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.UNAUTHORIZED_401 })
+      await servers[0].videos.get({ id: internalVideoUUID, expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.UNAUTHORIZED_401 })
     })
 
     it('Should not be able to watch the private video with another user', async function () {
@@ -124,18 +107,23 @@ describe('Test video privacy', function () {
         username: 'hello',
         password: 'super password'
       }
-      await createUser({ url: servers[0].url, accessToken: servers[0].accessToken, username: user.username, password: user.password })
+      await servers[0].users.create({ username: user.username, password: user.password })
+
+      anotherUserToken = await servers[0].login.getAccessToken(user)
 
-      anotherUserToken = await userLogin(servers[0], user)
-      await getVideoWithToken(servers[0].url, anotherUserToken, privateVideoUUID, HttpStatusCode.FORBIDDEN_403)
+      await servers[0].videos.getWithToken({
+        token: anotherUserToken,
+        id: privateVideoUUID,
+        expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.FORBIDDEN_403
+      })
     })
 
     it('Should be able to watch the internal video with another user', async function () {
-      await getVideoWithToken(servers[0].url, anotherUserToken, internalVideoUUID, HttpStatusCode.OK_200)
+      await servers[0].videos.getWithToken({ token: anotherUserToken, id: internalVideoUUID })
     })
 
     it('Should be able to watch the private video with the correct user', async function () {
-      await getVideoWithToken(servers[0].url, servers[0].accessToken, privateVideoUUID, HttpStatusCode.OK_200)
+      await servers[0].videos.getWithToken({ id: privateVideoUUID })
     })
   })
 
@@ -148,7 +136,7 @@ describe('Test video privacy', function () {
         name: 'unlisted video',
         privacy: VideoPrivacy.UNLISTED
       }
-      await uploadVideo(servers[1].url, servers[1].accessToken, attributes)
+      await servers[1].videos.upload({ attributes })
 
       // Server 2 has transcoding enabled
       await waitJobs(servers)
@@ -156,32 +144,32 @@ describe('Test video privacy', function () {
 
     it('Should not have this unlisted video listed on server 1 and 2', async function () {
       for (const server of servers) {
-        const res = await getVideosList(server.url)
+        const { total, data } = await server.videos.list()
 
-        expect(res.body.total).to.equal(0)
-        expect(res.body.data).to.have.lengthOf(0)
+        expect(total).to.equal(0)
+        expect(data).to.have.lengthOf(0)
       }
     })
 
     it('Should list my (unlisted) videos', async function () {
-      const res = await getMyVideos(servers[1].url, servers[1].accessToken, 0, 1)
+      const { total, data } = await servers[1].videos.listMyVideos()
 
-      expect(res.body.total).to.equal(1)
-      expect(res.body.data).to.have.lengthOf(1)
+      expect(total).to.equal(1)
+      expect(data).to.have.lengthOf(1)
 
-      unlistedVideo = res.body.data[0]
+      unlistedVideo = data[0]
     })
 
     it('Should not be able to get this unlisted video using its id', async function () {
-      await getVideo(servers[1].url, unlistedVideo.id, 404)
+      await servers[1].videos.get({ id: unlistedVideo.id, expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.NOT_FOUND_404 })
     })
 
     it('Should be able to get this unlisted video using its uuid/shortUUID', async function () {
       for (const server of servers) {
         for (const id of [ unlistedVideo.uuid, unlistedVideo.shortUUID ]) {
-          const res = await getVideo(server.url, id)
+          const video = await server.videos.get({ id })
 
-          expect(res.body.name).to.equal('unlisted video')
+          expect(video.name).to.equal('unlisted video')
         }
       }
     })
@@ -193,28 +181,28 @@ describe('Test video privacy', function () {
         name: 'unlisted video',
         privacy: VideoPrivacy.UNLISTED
       }
-      await uploadVideo(servers[0].url, servers[0].accessToken, attributes)
+      await servers[0].videos.upload({ attributes })
 
       await waitJobs(servers)
     })
 
     it('Should list my new unlisted video', async function () {
-      const res = await getMyVideos(servers[0].url, servers[0].accessToken, 0, 3)
+      const { total, data } = await servers[0].videos.listMyVideos()
 
-      expect(res.body.total).to.equal(3)
-      expect(res.body.data).to.have.lengthOf(3)
+      expect(total).to.equal(3)
+      expect(data).to.have.lengthOf(3)
 
-      nonFederatedUnlistedVideoUUID = res.body.data[0].uuid
+      nonFederatedUnlistedVideoUUID = data[0].uuid
     })
 
     it('Should be able to get non-federated unlisted video from origin', async function () {
-      const res = await getVideo(servers[0].url, nonFederatedUnlistedVideoUUID)
+      const video = await servers[0].videos.get({ id: nonFederatedUnlistedVideoUUID })
 
-      expect(res.body.name).to.equal('unlisted video')
+      expect(video.name).to.equal('unlisted video')
     })
 
     it('Should not be able to get non-federated unlisted video from federated server', async function () {
-      await getVideo(servers[1].url, nonFederatedUnlistedVideoUUID, HttpStatusCode.NOT_FOUND_404)
+      await servers[1].videos.get({ id: nonFederatedUnlistedVideoUUID, expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.NOT_FOUND_404 })
     })
   })
 
@@ -226,20 +214,20 @@ describe('Test video privacy', function () {
       now = Date.now()
 
       {
-        const attribute = {
+        const attributes = {
           name: 'private video becomes public',
           privacy: VideoPrivacy.PUBLIC
         }
 
-        await updateVideo(servers[0].url, servers[0].accessToken, privateVideoId, attribute)
+        await servers[0].videos.update({ id: privateVideoId, attributes })
       }
 
       {
-        const attribute = {
+        const attributes = {
           name: 'internal video becomes public',
           privacy: VideoPrivacy.PUBLIC
         }
-        await updateVideo(servers[0].url, servers[0].accessToken, internalVideoId, attribute)
+        await servers[0].videos.update({ id: internalVideoId, attributes })
       }
 
       await waitJobs(servers)
@@ -247,13 +235,12 @@ describe('Test video privacy', function () {
 
     it('Should have this new public video listed on server 1 and 2', async function () {
       for (const server of servers) {
-        const res = await getVideosList(server.url)
-        expect(res.body.total).to.equal(2)
-        expect(res.body.data).to.have.lengthOf(2)
+        const { total, data } = await server.videos.list()
+        expect(total).to.equal(2)
+        expect(data).to.have.lengthOf(2)
 
-        const videos: Video[] = res.body.data
-        const privateVideo = videos.find(v => v.name === 'private video becomes public')
-        const internalVideo = videos.find(v => v.name === 'internal video becomes public')
+        const privateVideo = data.find(v => v.name === 'private video becomes public')
+        const internalVideo = data.find(v => v.name === 'internal video becomes public')
 
         expect(privateVideo).to.not.be.undefined
         expect(internalVideo).to.not.be.undefined
@@ -270,27 +257,25 @@ describe('Test video privacy', function () {
     it('Should set these videos as private and internal', async function () {
       this.timeout(10000)
 
-      await updateVideo(servers[0].url, servers[0].accessToken, internalVideoId, { privacy: VideoPrivacy.PRIVATE })
-      await updateVideo(servers[0].url, servers[0].accessToken, privateVideoId, { privacy: VideoPrivacy.INTERNAL })
+      await servers[0].videos.update({ id: internalVideoId, attributes: { privacy: VideoPrivacy.PRIVATE } })
+      await servers[0].videos.update({ id: privateVideoId, attributes: { privacy: VideoPrivacy.INTERNAL } })
 
       await waitJobs(servers)
 
       for (const server of servers) {
-        const res = await getVideosList(server.url)
+        const { total, data } = await server.videos.list()
 
-        expect(res.body.total).to.equal(0)
-        expect(res.body.data).to.have.lengthOf(0)
+        expect(total).to.equal(0)
+        expect(data).to.have.lengthOf(0)
       }
 
       {
-        const res = await getMyVideos(servers[0].url, servers[0].accessToken, 0, 5)
-        const videos = res.body.data
-
-        expect(res.body.total).to.equal(3)
-        expect(videos).to.have.lengthOf(3)
+        const { total, data } = await servers[0].videos.listMyVideos()
+        expect(total).to.equal(3)
+        expect(data).to.have.lengthOf(3)
 
-        const privateVideo = videos.find(v => v.name === 'private video becomes public')
-        const internalVideo = videos.find(v => v.name === 'internal video becomes public')
+        const privateVideo = data.find(v => v.name === 'private video becomes public')
+        const internalVideo = data.find(v => v.name === 'internal video becomes public')
 
         expect(privateVideo).to.not.be.undefined
         expect(internalVideo).to.not.be.undefined
diff --git a/server/tests/api/videos/video-schedule-update.ts b/server/tests/api/videos/video-schedule-update.ts
index 204f43611..3f7738784 100644
--- a/server/tests/api/videos/video-schedule-update.ts
+++ b/server/tests/api/videos/video-schedule-update.ts
@@ -1,22 +1,17 @@
 /* eslint-disable @typescript-eslint/no-unused-expressions,@typescript-eslint/require-await */
 
-import * as chai from 'chai'
 import 'mocha'
-import { VideoPrivacy } from '../../../../shared/models/videos'
+import * as chai from 'chai'
 import {
   cleanupTests,
+  createMultipleServers,
   doubleFollow,
-  flushAndRunMultipleServers,
-  getMyVideos,
-  getVideosList,
-  getVideoWithToken,
-  ServerInfo,
+  PeerTubeServer,
   setAccessTokensToServers,
-  updateVideo,
-  uploadVideo,
-  wait
-} from '../../../../shared/extra-utils'
-import { waitJobs } from '../../../../shared/extra-utils/server/jobs'
+  wait,
+  waitJobs
+} from '@shared/extra-utils'
+import { VideoPrivacy } from '@shared/models'
 
 const expect = chai.expect
 
@@ -28,14 +23,14 @@ function in10Seconds () {
 }
 
 describe('Test video update scheduler', function () {
-  let servers: ServerInfo[] = []
+  let servers: PeerTubeServer[] = []
   let video2UUID: string
 
   before(async function () {
     this.timeout(30000)
 
     // Run servers
-    servers = await flushAndRunMultipleServers(2)
+    servers = await createMultipleServers(2)
 
     await setAccessTokensToServers(servers)
 
@@ -45,35 +40,34 @@ describe('Test video update scheduler', function () {
   it('Should upload a video and schedule an update in 10 seconds', async function () {
     this.timeout(10000)
 
-    const videoAttributes = {
+    const attributes = {
       name: 'video 1',
       privacy: VideoPrivacy.PRIVATE,
       scheduleUpdate: {
         updateAt: in10Seconds().toISOString(),
-        privacy: VideoPrivacy.PUBLIC
+        privacy: VideoPrivacy.PUBLIC as VideoPrivacy.PUBLIC
       }
     }
 
-    await uploadVideo(servers[0].url, servers[0].accessToken, videoAttributes)
+    await servers[0].videos.upload({ attributes })
 
     await waitJobs(servers)
   })
 
   it('Should not list the video (in privacy mode)', async function () {
     for (const server of servers) {
-      const res = await getVideosList(server.url)
+      const { total } = await server.videos.list()
 
-      expect(res.body.total).to.equal(0)
+      expect(total).to.equal(0)
     }
   })
 
   it('Should have my scheduled video in my account videos', async function () {
-    const res = await getMyVideos(servers[0].url, servers[0].accessToken, 0, 5)
-    expect(res.body.total).to.equal(1)
+    const { total, data } = await servers[0].videos.listMyVideos()
+    expect(total).to.equal(1)
 
-    const videoFromList = res.body.data[0]
-    const res2 = await getVideoWithToken(servers[0].url, servers[0].accessToken, videoFromList.uuid)
-    const videoFromGet = res2.body
+    const videoFromList = data[0]
+    const videoFromGet = await servers[0].videos.getWithToken({ id: videoFromList.uuid })
 
     for (const video of [ videoFromList, videoFromGet ]) {
       expect(video.name).to.equal('video 1')
@@ -90,23 +84,23 @@ describe('Test video update scheduler', function () {
     await waitJobs(servers)
 
     for (const server of servers) {
-      const res = await getVideosList(server.url)
+      const { total, data } = await server.videos.list()
 
-      expect(res.body.total).to.equal(1)
-      expect(res.body.data[0].name).to.equal('video 1')
+      expect(total).to.equal(1)
+      expect(data[0].name).to.equal('video 1')
     }
   })
 
   it('Should upload a video without scheduling an update', async function () {
     this.timeout(10000)
 
-    const videoAttributes = {
+    const attributes = {
       name: 'video 2',
       privacy: VideoPrivacy.PRIVATE
     }
 
-    const res = await uploadVideo(servers[0].url, servers[0].accessToken, videoAttributes)
-    video2UUID = res.body.video.uuid
+    const { uuid } = await servers[0].videos.upload({ attributes })
+    video2UUID = uuid
 
     await waitJobs(servers)
   })
@@ -114,31 +108,31 @@ describe('Test video update scheduler', function () {
   it('Should update a video by scheduling an update', async function () {
     this.timeout(10000)
 
-    const videoAttributes = {
+    const attributes = {
       name: 'video 2 updated',
       scheduleUpdate: {
         updateAt: in10Seconds().toISOString(),
-        privacy: VideoPrivacy.PUBLIC
+        privacy: VideoPrivacy.PUBLIC as VideoPrivacy.PUBLIC
       }
     }
 
-    await updateVideo(servers[0].url, servers[0].accessToken, video2UUID, videoAttributes)
+    await servers[0].videos.update({ id: video2UUID, attributes })
     await waitJobs(servers)
   })
 
   it('Should not display the updated video', async function () {
     for (const server of servers) {
-      const res = await getVideosList(server.url)
+      const { total } = await server.videos.list()
 
-      expect(res.body.total).to.equal(1)
+      expect(total).to.equal(1)
     }
   })
 
   it('Should have my scheduled updated video in my account videos', async function () {
-    const res = await getMyVideos(servers[0].url, servers[0].accessToken, 0, 5)
-    expect(res.body.total).to.equal(2)
+    const { total, data } = await servers[0].videos.listMyVideos()
+    expect(total).to.equal(2)
 
-    const video = res.body.data.find(v => v.uuid === video2UUID)
+    const video = data.find(v => v.uuid === video2UUID)
     expect(video).not.to.be.undefined
 
     expect(video.name).to.equal('video 2 updated')
@@ -155,11 +149,10 @@ describe('Test video update scheduler', function () {
     await waitJobs(servers)
 
     for (const server of servers) {
-      const res = await getVideosList(server.url)
-
-      expect(res.body.total).to.equal(2)
+      const { total, data } = await server.videos.list()
+      expect(total).to.equal(2)
 
-      const video = res.body.data.find(v => v.uuid === video2UUID)
+      const video = data.find(v => v.uuid === video2UUID)
       expect(video).not.to.be.undefined
       expect(video.name).to.equal('video 2 updated')
     }
diff --git a/server/tests/api/videos/video-transcoder.ts b/server/tests/api/videos/video-transcoder.ts
index ea5ffd239..e4892bb24 100644
--- a/server/tests/api/videos/video-transcoder.ts
+++ b/server/tests/api/videos/video-transcoder.ts
@@ -2,36 +2,23 @@
 
 import 'mocha'
 import * as chai from 'chai'
-import { FfprobeData } from 'fluent-ffmpeg'
 import { omit } from 'lodash'
 import { join } from 'path'
-import { Job } from '@shared/models'
-import { VIDEO_TRANSCODING_FPS } from '../../../../server/initializers/constants'
-import { HttpStatusCode } from '../../../../shared/core-utils/miscs/http-error-codes'
 import {
   buildAbsoluteFixturePath,
-  buildServerDirectory,
   cleanupTests,
+  createMultipleServers,
   doubleFollow,
-  flushAndRunMultipleServers,
   generateHighBitrateVideo,
   generateVideoWithFramerate,
-  getJobsListPaginationAndSort,
-  getMyVideos,
-  getServerFileSize,
-  getVideo,
-  getVideoFileMetadataUrl,
-  getVideosList,
   makeGetRequest,
-  ServerInfo,
+  PeerTubeServer,
   setAccessTokensToServers,
-  updateCustomSubConfig,
-  uploadVideo,
-  uploadVideoAndGetId,
   waitJobs,
   webtorrentAdd
-} from '../../../../shared/extra-utils'
-import { getMaxBitrate, VideoDetails, VideoResolution, VideoState } from '../../../../shared/models/videos'
+} from '@shared/extra-utils'
+import { getMaxBitrate, HttpStatusCode, VideoResolution, VideoState } from '@shared/models'
+import { VIDEO_TRANSCODING_FPS } from '../../../../server/initializers/constants'
 import {
   canDoQuickTranscode,
   getAudioStream,
@@ -43,37 +30,39 @@ import {
 
 const expect = chai.expect
 
-function updateConfigForTranscoding (server: ServerInfo) {
-  return updateCustomSubConfig(server.url, server.accessToken, {
-    transcoding: {
-      enabled: true,
-      allowAdditionalExtensions: true,
-      allowAudioFiles: true,
-      hls: { enabled: true },
-      webtorrent: { enabled: true },
-      resolutions: {
-        '0p': false,
-        '240p': true,
-        '360p': true,
-        '480p': true,
-        '720p': true,
-        '1080p': true,
-        '1440p': true,
-        '2160p': true
+function updateConfigForTranscoding (server: PeerTubeServer) {
+  return server.config.updateCustomSubConfig({
+    newConfig: {
+      transcoding: {
+        enabled: true,
+        allowAdditionalExtensions: true,
+        allowAudioFiles: true,
+        hls: { enabled: true },
+        webtorrent: { enabled: true },
+        resolutions: {
+          '0p': false,
+          '240p': true,
+          '360p': true,
+          '480p': true,
+          '720p': true,
+          '1080p': true,
+          '1440p': true,
+          '2160p': true
+        }
       }
     }
   })
 }
 
 describe('Test video transcoding', function () {
-  let servers: ServerInfo[] = []
+  let servers: PeerTubeServer[] = []
   let video4k: string
 
   before(async function () {
     this.timeout(30_000)
 
     // Run servers
-    servers = await flushAndRunMultipleServers(2)
+    servers = await createMultipleServers(2)
 
     await setAccessTokensToServers(servers)
 
@@ -87,21 +76,20 @@ describe('Test video transcoding', function () {
     it('Should not transcode video on server 1', async function () {
       this.timeout(60_000)
 
-      const videoAttributes = {
+      const attributes = {
         name: 'my super name for server 1',
         description: 'my super description for server 1',
         fixture: 'video_short.webm'
       }
-      await uploadVideo(servers[0].url, servers[0].accessToken, videoAttributes)
+      await servers[0].videos.upload({ attributes })
 
       await waitJobs(servers)
 
       for (const server of servers) {
-        const res = await getVideosList(server.url)
-        const video = res.body.data[0]
+        const { data } = await server.videos.list()
+        const video = data[0]
 
-        const res2 = await getVideo(server.url, video.id)
-        const videoDetails = res2.body
+        const videoDetails = await server.videos.get({ id: video.id })
         expect(videoDetails.files).to.have.lengthOf(1)
 
         const magnetUri = videoDetails.files[0].magnetUri
@@ -117,21 +105,20 @@ describe('Test video transcoding', function () {
     it('Should transcode video on server 2', async function () {
       this.timeout(120_000)
 
-      const videoAttributes = {
+      const attributes = {
         name: 'my super name for server 2',
         description: 'my super description for server 2',
         fixture: 'video_short.webm'
       }
-      await uploadVideo(servers[1].url, servers[1].accessToken, videoAttributes)
+      await servers[1].videos.upload({ attributes })
 
       await waitJobs(servers)
 
       for (const server of servers) {
-        const res = await getVideosList(server.url)
+        const { data } = await server.videos.list()
 
-        const video = res.body.data.find(v => v.name === videoAttributes.name)
-        const res2 = await getVideo(server.url, video.id)
-        const videoDetails = res2.body
+        const video = data.find(v => v.name === attributes.name)
+        const videoDetails = await server.videos.get({ id: video.id })
 
         expect(videoDetails.files).to.have.lengthOf(4)
 
@@ -150,47 +137,50 @@ describe('Test video transcoding', function () {
 
       {
         // Upload the video, but wait transcoding
-        const videoAttributes = {
+        const attributes = {
           name: 'waiting video',
           fixture: 'video_short1.webm',
           waitTranscoding: true
         }
-        const resVideo = await uploadVideo(servers[1].url, servers[1].accessToken, videoAttributes)
-        const videoId = resVideo.body.video.uuid
+        const { uuid } = await servers[1].videos.upload({ attributes })
+        const videoId = uuid
 
         // Should be in transcode state
-        const { body } = await getVideo(servers[1].url, videoId)
+        const body = await servers[1].videos.get({ id: videoId })
         expect(body.name).to.equal('waiting video')
         expect(body.state.id).to.equal(VideoState.TO_TRANSCODE)
         expect(body.state.label).to.equal('To transcode')
         expect(body.waitTranscoding).to.be.true
 
-        // Should have my video
-        const resMyVideos = await getMyVideos(servers[1].url, servers[1].accessToken, 0, 10)
-        const videoToFindInMine = resMyVideos.body.data.find(v => v.name === videoAttributes.name)
-        expect(videoToFindInMine).not.to.be.undefined
-        expect(videoToFindInMine.state.id).to.equal(VideoState.TO_TRANSCODE)
-        expect(videoToFindInMine.state.label).to.equal('To transcode')
-        expect(videoToFindInMine.waitTranscoding).to.be.true
+        {
+          // Should have my video
+          const { data } = await servers[1].videos.listMyVideos()
+          const videoToFindInMine = data.find(v => v.name === attributes.name)
+          expect(videoToFindInMine).not.to.be.undefined
+          expect(videoToFindInMine.state.id).to.equal(VideoState.TO_TRANSCODE)
+          expect(videoToFindInMine.state.label).to.equal('To transcode')
+          expect(videoToFindInMine.waitTranscoding).to.be.true
+        }
 
-        // Should not list this video
-        const resVideos = await getVideosList(servers[1].url)
-        const videoToFindInList = resVideos.body.data.find(v => v.name === videoAttributes.name)
-        expect(videoToFindInList).to.be.undefined
+        {
+          // Should not list this video
+          const { data } = await servers[1].videos.list()
+          const videoToFindInList = data.find(v => v.name === attributes.name)
+          expect(videoToFindInList).to.be.undefined
+        }
 
         // Server 1 should not have the video yet
-        await getVideo(servers[0].url, videoId, HttpStatusCode.NOT_FOUND_404)
+        await servers[0].videos.get({ id: videoId, expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.NOT_FOUND_404 })
       }
 
       await waitJobs(servers)
 
       for (const server of servers) {
-        const res = await getVideosList(server.url)
-        const videoToFind = res.body.data.find(v => v.name === 'waiting video')
+        const { data } = await server.videos.list()
+        const videoToFind = data.find(v => v.name === 'waiting video')
         expect(videoToFind).not.to.be.undefined
 
-        const res2 = await getVideo(server.url, videoToFind.id)
-        const videoDetails: VideoDetails = res2.body
+        const videoDetails = await server.videos.get({ id: videoToFind.id })
 
         expect(videoDetails.state.id).to.equal(VideoState.PUBLISHED)
         expect(videoDetails.state.label).to.equal('Published')
@@ -211,22 +201,20 @@ describe('Test video transcoding', function () {
       }
 
       for (const fixture of [ 'video_short.mkv', 'video_short.avi' ]) {
-        const videoAttributes = {
+        const attributes = {
           name: fixture,
           fixture
         }
 
-        await uploadVideo(servers[1].url, servers[1].accessToken, videoAttributes)
+        await servers[1].videos.upload({ attributes })
 
         await waitJobs(servers)
 
         for (const server of servers) {
-          const res = await getVideosList(server.url)
-
-          const video = res.body.data.find(v => v.name === videoAttributes.name)
-          const res2 = await getVideo(server.url, video.id)
-          const videoDetails = res2.body
+          const { data } = await server.videos.list()
 
+          const video = data.find(v => v.name === attributes.name)
+          const videoDetails = await server.videos.get({ id: video.id })
           expect(videoDetails.files).to.have.lengthOf(4)
 
           const magnetUri = videoDetails.files[0].magnetUri
@@ -238,22 +226,20 @@ describe('Test video transcoding', function () {
     it('Should transcode a 4k video', async function () {
       this.timeout(200_000)
 
-      const videoAttributes = {
+      const attributes = {
         name: '4k video',
         fixture: 'video_short_4k.mp4'
       }
 
-      const resUpload = await uploadVideo(servers[1].url, servers[1].accessToken, videoAttributes)
-      video4k = resUpload.body.video.uuid
+      const { uuid } = await servers[1].videos.upload({ attributes })
+      video4k = uuid
 
       await waitJobs(servers)
 
       const resolutions = [ 240, 360, 480, 720, 1080, 1440, 2160 ]
 
       for (const server of servers) {
-        const res = await getVideo(server.url, video4k)
-        const videoDetails: VideoDetails = res.body
-
+        const videoDetails = await server.videos.get({ id: video4k })
         expect(videoDetails.files).to.have.lengthOf(resolutions.length)
 
         for (const r of resolutions) {
@@ -269,24 +255,23 @@ describe('Test video transcoding', function () {
     it('Should transcode high bit rate mp3 to proper bit rate', async function () {
       this.timeout(60_000)
 
-      const videoAttributes = {
+      const attributes = {
         name: 'mp3_256k',
         fixture: 'video_short_mp3_256k.mp4'
       }
-      await uploadVideo(servers[1].url, servers[1].accessToken, videoAttributes)
+      await servers[1].videos.upload({ attributes })
 
       await waitJobs(servers)
 
       for (const server of servers) {
-        const res = await getVideosList(server.url)
+        const { data } = await server.videos.list()
 
-        const video = res.body.data.find(v => v.name === videoAttributes.name)
-        const res2 = await getVideo(server.url, video.id)
-        const videoDetails: VideoDetails = res2.body
+        const video = data.find(v => v.name === attributes.name)
+        const videoDetails = await server.videos.get({ id: video.id })
 
         expect(videoDetails.files).to.have.lengthOf(4)
 
-        const path = buildServerDirectory(servers[1], join('videos', video.uuid + '-240.mp4'))
+        const path = servers[1].servers.buildDirectory(join('videos', video.uuid + '-240.mp4'))
         const probe = await getAudioStream(path)
 
         if (probe.audioStream) {
@@ -301,23 +286,22 @@ describe('Test video transcoding', function () {
     it('Should transcode video with no audio and have no audio itself', async function () {
       this.timeout(60_000)
 
-      const videoAttributes = {
+      const attributes = {
         name: 'no_audio',
         fixture: 'video_short_no_audio.mp4'
       }
-      await uploadVideo(servers[1].url, servers[1].accessToken, videoAttributes)
+      await servers[1].videos.upload({ attributes })
 
       await waitJobs(servers)
 
       for (const server of servers) {
-        const res = await getVideosList(server.url)
+        const { data } = await server.videos.list()
 
-        const video = res.body.data.find(v => v.name === videoAttributes.name)
-        const res2 = await getVideo(server.url, video.id)
-        const videoDetails: VideoDetails = res2.body
+        const video = data.find(v => v.name === attributes.name)
+        const videoDetails = await server.videos.get({ id: video.id })
 
         expect(videoDetails.files).to.have.lengthOf(4)
-        const path = buildServerDirectory(servers[1], join('videos', video.uuid + '-240.mp4'))
+        const path = servers[1].servers.buildDirectory(join('videos', video.uuid + '-240.mp4'))
         const probe = await getAudioStream(path)
         expect(probe).to.not.have.property('audioStream')
       }
@@ -326,26 +310,25 @@ describe('Test video transcoding', function () {
     it('Should leave the audio untouched, but properly transcode the video', async function () {
       this.timeout(60_000)
 
-      const videoAttributes = {
+      const attributes = {
         name: 'untouched_audio',
         fixture: 'video_short.mp4'
       }
-      await uploadVideo(servers[1].url, servers[1].accessToken, videoAttributes)
+      await servers[1].videos.upload({ attributes })
 
       await waitJobs(servers)
 
       for (const server of servers) {
-        const res = await getVideosList(server.url)
+        const { data } = await server.videos.list()
 
-        const video = res.body.data.find(v => v.name === videoAttributes.name)
-        const res2 = await getVideo(server.url, video.id)
-        const videoDetails: VideoDetails = res2.body
+        const video = data.find(v => v.name === attributes.name)
+        const videoDetails = await server.videos.get({ id: video.id })
 
         expect(videoDetails.files).to.have.lengthOf(4)
 
-        const fixturePath = buildAbsoluteFixturePath(videoAttributes.fixture)
+        const fixturePath = buildAbsoluteFixturePath(attributes.fixture)
         const fixtureVideoProbe = await getAudioStream(fixturePath)
-        const path = buildServerDirectory(servers[1], join('videos', video.uuid + '-240.mp4'))
+        const path = servers[1].servers.buildDirectory(join('videos', video.uuid + '-240.mp4'))
 
         const videoProbe = await getAudioStream(path)
 
@@ -364,19 +347,21 @@ describe('Test video transcoding', function () {
     function runSuite (mode: 'legacy' | 'resumable') {
 
       before(async function () {
-        await updateCustomSubConfig(servers[1].url, servers[1].accessToken, {
-          transcoding: {
-            hls: { enabled: true },
-            webtorrent: { enabled: true },
-            resolutions: {
-              '0p': false,
-              '240p': false,
-              '360p': false,
-              '480p': false,
-              '720p': false,
-              '1080p': false,
-              '1440p': false,
-              '2160p': false
+        await servers[1].config.updateCustomSubConfig({
+          newConfig: {
+            transcoding: {
+              hls: { enabled: true },
+              webtorrent: { enabled: true },
+              resolutions: {
+                '0p': false,
+                '240p': false,
+                '360p': false,
+                '480p': false,
+                '720p': false,
+                '1080p': false,
+                '1440p': false,
+                '2160p': false
+              }
             }
           }
         })
@@ -385,22 +370,21 @@ describe('Test video transcoding', function () {
       it('Should merge an audio file with the preview file', async function () {
         this.timeout(60_000)
 
-        const videoAttributesArg = { name: 'audio_with_preview', previewfile: 'preview.jpg', fixture: 'sample.ogg' }
-        await uploadVideo(servers[1].url, servers[1].accessToken, videoAttributesArg, HttpStatusCode.OK_200, mode)
+        const attributes = { name: 'audio_with_preview', previewfile: 'preview.jpg', fixture: 'sample.ogg' }
+        await servers[1].videos.upload({ attributes, mode })
 
         await waitJobs(servers)
 
         for (const server of servers) {
-          const res = await getVideosList(server.url)
+          const { data } = await server.videos.list()
 
-          const video = res.body.data.find(v => v.name === 'audio_with_preview')
-          const res2 = await getVideo(server.url, video.id)
-          const videoDetails: VideoDetails = res2.body
+          const video = data.find(v => v.name === 'audio_with_preview')
+          const videoDetails = await server.videos.get({ id: video.id })
 
           expect(videoDetails.files).to.have.lengthOf(1)
 
-          await makeGetRequest({ url: server.url, path: videoDetails.thumbnailPath, statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.OK_200 })
-          await makeGetRequest({ url: server.url, path: videoDetails.previewPath, statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.OK_200 })
+          await makeGetRequest({ url: server.url, path: videoDetails.thumbnailPath, expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.OK_200 })
+          await makeGetRequest({ url: server.url, path: videoDetails.previewPath, expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.OK_200 })
 
           const magnetUri = videoDetails.files[0].magnetUri
           expect(magnetUri).to.contain('.mp4')
@@ -410,22 +394,21 @@ describe('Test video transcoding', function () {
       it('Should upload an audio file and choose a default background image', async function () {
         this.timeout(60_000)
 
-        const videoAttributesArg = { name: 'audio_without_preview', fixture: 'sample.ogg' }
-        await uploadVideo(servers[1].url, servers[1].accessToken, videoAttributesArg, HttpStatusCode.OK_200, mode)
+        const attributes = { name: 'audio_without_preview', fixture: 'sample.ogg' }
+        await servers[1].videos.upload({ attributes, mode })
 
         await waitJobs(servers)
 
         for (const server of servers) {
-          const res = await getVideosList(server.url)
+          const { data } = await server.videos.list()
 
-          const video = res.body.data.find(v => v.name === 'audio_without_preview')
-          const res2 = await getVideo(server.url, video.id)
-          const videoDetails = res2.body
+          const video = data.find(v => v.name === 'audio_without_preview')
+          const videoDetails = await server.videos.get({ id: video.id })
 
           expect(videoDetails.files).to.have.lengthOf(1)
 
-          await makeGetRequest({ url: server.url, path: videoDetails.thumbnailPath, statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.OK_200 })
-          await makeGetRequest({ url: server.url, path: videoDetails.previewPath, statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.OK_200 })
+          await makeGetRequest({ url: server.url, path: videoDetails.thumbnailPath, expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.OK_200 })
+          await makeGetRequest({ url: server.url, path: videoDetails.previewPath, expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.OK_200 })
 
           const magnetUri = videoDetails.files[0].magnetUri
           expect(magnetUri).to.contain('.mp4')
@@ -435,26 +418,27 @@ describe('Test video transcoding', function () {
       it('Should upload an audio file and create an audio version only', async function () {
         this.timeout(60_000)
 
-        await updateCustomSubConfig(servers[1].url, servers[1].accessToken, {
-          transcoding: {
-            hls: { enabled: true },
-            webtorrent: { enabled: true },
-            resolutions: {
-              '0p': true,
-              '240p': false,
-              '360p': false
+        await servers[1].config.updateCustomSubConfig({
+          newConfig: {
+            transcoding: {
+              hls: { enabled: true },
+              webtorrent: { enabled: true },
+              resolutions: {
+                '0p': true,
+                '240p': false,
+                '360p': false
+              }
             }
           }
         })
 
-        const videoAttributesArg = { name: 'audio_with_preview', previewfile: 'preview.jpg', fixture: 'sample.ogg' }
-        const resVideo = await uploadVideo(servers[1].url, servers[1].accessToken, videoAttributesArg, HttpStatusCode.OK_200, mode)
+        const attributes = { name: 'audio_with_preview', previewfile: 'preview.jpg', fixture: 'sample.ogg' }
+        const { id } = await servers[1].videos.upload({ attributes, mode })
 
         await waitJobs(servers)
 
         for (const server of servers) {
-          const res2 = await getVideo(server.url, resVideo.body.video.id)
-          const videoDetails: VideoDetails = res2.body
+          const videoDetails = await server.videos.get({ id })
 
           for (const files of [ videoDetails.files, videoDetails.streamingPlaylists[0].files ]) {
             expect(files).to.have.lengthOf(2)
@@ -480,21 +464,20 @@ describe('Test video transcoding', function () {
     it('Should transcode a 60 FPS video', async function () {
       this.timeout(60_000)
 
-      const videoAttributes = {
+      const attributes = {
         name: 'my super 30fps name for server 2',
         description: 'my super 30fps description for server 2',
         fixture: '60fps_720p_small.mp4'
       }
-      await uploadVideo(servers[1].url, servers[1].accessToken, videoAttributes)
+      await servers[1].videos.upload({ attributes })
 
       await waitJobs(servers)
 
       for (const server of servers) {
-        const res = await getVideosList(server.url)
+        const { data } = await server.videos.list()
 
-        const video = res.body.data.find(v => v.name === videoAttributes.name)
-        const res2 = await getVideo(server.url, video.id)
-        const videoDetails: VideoDetails = res2.body
+        const video = data.find(v => v.name === attributes.name)
+        const videoDetails = await server.videos.get({ id: video.id })
 
         expect(videoDetails.files).to.have.lengthOf(4)
         expect(videoDetails.files[0].fps).to.be.above(58).and.below(62)
@@ -503,13 +486,13 @@ describe('Test video transcoding', function () {
         expect(videoDetails.files[3].fps).to.be.below(31)
 
         for (const resolution of [ '240', '360', '480' ]) {
-          const path = buildServerDirectory(servers[1], join('videos', video.uuid + '-' + resolution + '.mp4'))
+          const path = servers[1].servers.buildDirectory(join('videos', video.uuid + '-' + resolution + '.mp4'))
           const fps = await getVideoFileFPS(path)
 
           expect(fps).to.be.below(31)
         }
 
-        const path = buildServerDirectory(servers[1], join('videos', video.uuid + '-720.mp4'))
+        const path = servers[1].servers.buildDirectory(join('videos', video.uuid + '-720.mp4'))
         const fps = await getVideoFileFPS(path)
 
         expect(fps).to.be.above(58).and.below(62)
@@ -528,29 +511,29 @@ describe('Test video transcoding', function () {
         expect(fps).to.be.equal(59)
       }
 
-      const videoAttributes = {
+      const attributes = {
         name: '59fps video',
         description: '59fps video',
         fixture: tempFixturePath
       }
 
-      await uploadVideo(servers[1].url, servers[1].accessToken, videoAttributes)
+      await servers[1].videos.upload({ attributes })
 
       await waitJobs(servers)
 
       for (const server of servers) {
-        const res = await getVideosList(server.url)
+        const { data } = await server.videos.list()
 
-        const video = res.body.data.find(v => v.name === videoAttributes.name)
+        const video = data.find(v => v.name === attributes.name)
 
         {
-          const path = buildServerDirectory(servers[1], join('videos', video.uuid + '-240.mp4'))
+          const path = servers[1].servers.buildDirectory(join('videos', video.uuid + '-240.mp4'))
           const fps = await getVideoFileFPS(path)
           expect(fps).to.be.equal(25)
         }
 
         {
-          const path = buildServerDirectory(servers[1], join('videos', video.uuid + '-720.mp4'))
+          const path = servers[1].servers.buildDirectory(join('videos', video.uuid + '-720.mp4'))
           const fps = await getVideoFileFPS(path)
           expect(fps).to.be.equal(59)
         }
@@ -571,23 +554,23 @@ describe('Test video transcoding', function () {
         expect(bitrate).to.be.above(getMaxBitrate(VideoResolution.H_1080P, 25, VIDEO_TRANSCODING_FPS))
       }
 
-      const videoAttributes = {
+      const attributes = {
         name: 'high bitrate video',
         description: 'high bitrate video',
         fixture: tempFixturePath
       }
 
-      await uploadVideo(servers[1].url, servers[1].accessToken, videoAttributes)
+      await servers[1].videos.upload({ attributes })
 
       await waitJobs(servers)
 
       for (const server of servers) {
-        const res = await getVideosList(server.url)
+        const { data } = await server.videos.list()
 
-        const video = res.body.data.find(v => v.name === videoAttributes.name)
+        const video = data.find(v => v.name === attributes.name)
 
         for (const resolution of [ '240', '360', '480', '720', '1080' ]) {
-          const path = buildServerDirectory(servers[1], join('videos', video.uuid + '-' + resolution + '.mp4'))
+          const path = servers[1].servers.buildDirectory(join('videos', video.uuid + '-' + resolution + '.mp4'))
 
           const bitrate = await getVideoFileBitrate(path)
           const fps = await getVideoFileFPS(path)
@@ -602,7 +585,7 @@ describe('Test video transcoding', function () {
     it('Should not transcode to an higher bitrate than the original file', async function () {
       this.timeout(160_000)
 
-      const config = {
+      const newConfig = {
         transcoding: {
           enabled: true,
           resolutions: {
@@ -618,22 +601,21 @@ describe('Test video transcoding', function () {
           hls: { enabled: true }
         }
       }
-      await updateCustomSubConfig(servers[1].url, servers[1].accessToken, config)
+      await servers[1].config.updateCustomSubConfig({ newConfig })
 
-      const videoAttributes = {
+      const attributes = {
         name: 'low bitrate',
         fixture: 'low-bitrate.mp4'
       }
 
-      const resUpload = await uploadVideo(servers[1].url, servers[1].accessToken, videoAttributes)
-      const videoUUID = resUpload.body.video.uuid
+      const { uuid } = await servers[1].videos.upload({ attributes })
 
       await waitJobs(servers)
 
       const resolutions = [ 240, 360, 480, 720, 1080 ]
       for (const r of resolutions) {
-        const path = `videos/${videoUUID}-${r}.mp4`
-        const size = await getServerFileSize(servers[1], path)
+        const path = `videos/${uuid}-${r}.mp4`
+        const size = await servers[1].servers.getServerFileSize(path)
         expect(size, `${path} not below ${60_000}`).to.be.below(60_000)
       }
     })
@@ -644,11 +626,11 @@ describe('Test video transcoding', function () {
     it('Should provide valid ffprobe data', async function () {
       this.timeout(160_000)
 
-      const videoUUID = (await uploadVideoAndGetId({ server: servers[1], videoName: 'ffprobe data' })).uuid
+      const videoUUID = (await servers[1].videos.quickUpload({ name: 'ffprobe data' })).uuid
       await waitJobs(servers)
 
       {
-        const path = buildServerDirectory(servers[1], join('videos', videoUUID + '-240.mp4'))
+        const path = servers[1].servers.buildDirectory(join('videos', videoUUID + '-240.mp4'))
         const metadata = await getMetadataFromFile(path)
 
         // expected format properties
@@ -678,8 +660,7 @@ describe('Test video transcoding', function () {
       }
 
       for (const server of servers) {
-        const res2 = await getVideo(server.url, videoUUID)
-        const videoDetails: VideoDetails = res2.body
+        const videoDetails = await server.videos.get({ id: videoUUID })
 
         const videoFiles = videoDetails.files
                                       .concat(videoDetails.streamingPlaylists[0].files)
@@ -691,8 +672,7 @@ describe('Test video transcoding', function () {
           expect(file.metadataUrl).to.contain(servers[1].url)
           expect(file.metadataUrl).to.contain(videoUUID)
 
-          const res3 = await getVideoFileMetadataUrl(file.metadataUrl)
-          const metadata: FfprobeData = res3.body
+          const metadata = await server.videos.getFileMetadata({ url: file.metadataUrl })
           expect(metadata).to.have.nested.property('format.size')
         }
       }
@@ -709,17 +689,14 @@ describe('Test video transcoding', function () {
   describe('Transcoding job queue', function () {
 
     it('Should have the appropriate priorities for transcoding jobs', async function () {
-      const res = await getJobsListPaginationAndSort({
-        url: servers[1].url,
-        accessToken: servers[1].accessToken,
+      const body = await servers[1].jobs.getJobsList({
         start: 0,
         count: 100,
         sort: '-createdAt',
         jobType: 'video-transcoding'
       })
 
-      const jobs = res.body.data as Job[]
-
+      const jobs = body.data
       const transcodingJobs = jobs.filter(j => j.data.videoUUID === video4k)
 
       expect(transcodingJobs).to.have.lengthOf(14)
diff --git a/server/tests/api/videos/videos-filter.ts b/server/tests/api/videos/videos-filter.ts
index 7428b82c5..2306807bf 100644
--- a/server/tests/api/videos/videos-filter.ts
+++ b/server/tests/api/videos/videos-filter.ts
@@ -1,25 +1,18 @@
 /* eslint-disable @typescript-eslint/no-unused-expressions,@typescript-eslint/require-await */
 
-import * as chai from 'chai'
 import 'mocha'
+import { expect } from 'chai'
 import {
   cleanupTests,
-  createUser,
+  createMultipleServers,
   doubleFollow,
-  flushAndRunMultipleServers,
   makeGetRequest,
-  ServerInfo,
-  setAccessTokensToServers,
-  uploadVideo,
-  userLogin
-} from '../../../../shared/extra-utils'
-import { Video, VideoPrivacy } from '../../../../shared/models/videos'
-import { UserRole } from '../../../../shared/models/users'
-import { HttpStatusCode } from '../../../../shared/core-utils/miscs/http-error-codes'
-
-const expect = chai.expect
-
-async function getVideosNames (server: ServerInfo, token: string, filter: string, statusCodeExpected = HttpStatusCode.OK_200) {
+  PeerTubeServer,
+  setAccessTokensToServers
+} from '@shared/extra-utils'
+import { HttpStatusCode, UserRole, Video, VideoPrivacy } from '@shared/models'
+
+async function getVideosNames (server: PeerTubeServer, token: string, filter: string, expectedStatus = HttpStatusCode.OK_200) {
   const paths = [
     '/api/v1/video-channels/root_channel/videos',
     '/api/v1/accounts/root/videos',
@@ -38,7 +31,7 @@ async function getVideosNames (server: ServerInfo, token: string, filter: string
         sort: 'createdAt',
         filter
       },
-      statusCodeExpected
+      expectedStatus
     })
 
     videosResults.push(res.body.data.map(v => v.name))
@@ -48,42 +41,32 @@ async function getVideosNames (server: ServerInfo, token: string, filter: string
 }
 
 describe('Test videos filter', function () {
-  let servers: ServerInfo[]
+  let servers: PeerTubeServer[]
 
   // ---------------------------------------------------------------
 
   before(async function () {
     this.timeout(160000)
 
-    servers = await flushAndRunMultipleServers(2)
+    servers = await createMultipleServers(2)
 
     await setAccessTokensToServers(servers)
 
     for (const server of servers) {
       const moderator = { username: 'moderator', password: 'my super password' }
-      await createUser(
-        {
-          url: server.url,
-          accessToken: server.accessToken,
-          username: moderator.username,
-          password: moderator.password,
-          videoQuota: undefined,
-          videoQuotaDaily: undefined,
-          role: UserRole.MODERATOR
-        }
-      )
-      server['moderatorAccessToken'] = await userLogin(server, moderator)
+      await server.users.create({ username: moderator.username, password: moderator.password, role: UserRole.MODERATOR })
+      server['moderatorAccessToken'] = await server.login.getAccessToken(moderator)
 
-      await uploadVideo(server.url, server.accessToken, { name: 'public ' + server.serverNumber })
+      await server.videos.upload({ attributes: { name: 'public ' + server.serverNumber } })
 
       {
         const attributes = { name: 'unlisted ' + server.serverNumber, privacy: VideoPrivacy.UNLISTED }
-        await uploadVideo(server.url, server.accessToken, attributes)
+        await server.videos.upload({ attributes })
       }
 
       {
         const attributes = { name: 'private ' + server.serverNumber, privacy: VideoPrivacy.PRIVATE }
-        await uploadVideo(server.url, server.accessToken, attributes)
+        await server.videos.upload({ attributes })
       }
     }
 
diff --git a/server/tests/api/videos/videos-history.ts b/server/tests/api/videos/videos-history.ts
index b25cff879..e4bc0bb3a 100644
--- a/server/tests/api/videos/videos-history.ts
+++ b/server/tests/api/videos/videos-history.ts
@@ -1,74 +1,66 @@
 /* eslint-disable @typescript-eslint/no-unused-expressions,@typescript-eslint/require-await */
 
-import * as chai from 'chai'
 import 'mocha'
+import * as chai from 'chai'
 import {
   cleanupTests,
-  createUser,
-  flushAndRunServer,
-  getVideosListWithToken,
-  getVideoWithToken,
+  createSingleServer,
+  HistoryCommand,
   killallServers,
-  reRunServer,
-  searchVideoWithToken,
-  ServerInfo,
+  PeerTubeServer,
   setAccessTokensToServers,
-  updateMyUser,
-  uploadVideo,
-  userLogin,
   wait
-} from '../../../../shared/extra-utils'
-import { Video, VideoDetails } from '../../../../shared/models/videos'
-import { listMyVideosHistory, removeMyVideosHistory, userWatchVideo } from '../../../../shared/extra-utils/videos/video-history'
-import { HttpStatusCode } from '../../../../shared/core-utils/miscs/http-error-codes'
+} from '@shared/extra-utils'
+import { HttpStatusCode, Video } from '@shared/models'
 
 const expect = chai.expect
 
 describe('Test videos history', function () {
-  let server: ServerInfo = null
+  let server: PeerTubeServer = null
   let video1UUID: string
   let video2UUID: string
   let video3UUID: string
   let video3WatchedDate: Date
   let userAccessToken: string
+  let command: HistoryCommand
 
   before(async function () {
     this.timeout(30000)
 
-    server = await flushAndRunServer(1)
+    server = await createSingleServer(1)
 
     await setAccessTokensToServers([ server ])
 
+    command = server.history
+
     {
-      const res = await uploadVideo(server.url, server.accessToken, { name: 'video 1' })
-      video1UUID = res.body.video.uuid
+      const { uuid } = await server.videos.upload({ attributes: { name: 'video 1' } })
+      video1UUID = uuid
     }
 
     {
-      const res = await uploadVideo(server.url, server.accessToken, { name: 'video 2' })
-      video2UUID = res.body.video.uuid
+      const { uuid } = await server.videos.upload({ attributes: { name: 'video 2' } })
+      video2UUID = uuid
     }
 
     {
-      const res = await uploadVideo(server.url, server.accessToken, { name: 'video 3' })
-      video3UUID = res.body.video.uuid
+      const { uuid } = await server.videos.upload({ attributes: { name: 'video 3' } })
+      video3UUID = uuid
     }
 
     const user = {
       username: 'user_1',
       password: 'super password'
     }
-    await createUser({ url: server.url, accessToken: server.accessToken, username: user.username, password: user.password })
-    userAccessToken = await userLogin(server, user)
+    await server.users.create({ username: user.username, password: user.password })
+    userAccessToken = await server.login.getAccessToken(user)
   })
 
   it('Should get videos, without watching history', async function () {
-    const res = await getVideosListWithToken(server.url, server.accessToken)
-    const videos: Video[] = res.body.data
+    const { data } = await server.videos.listWithToken()
 
-    for (const video of videos) {
-      const resDetail = await getVideoWithToken(server.url, server.accessToken, video.id)
-      const videoDetails: VideoDetails = resDetail.body
+    for (const video of data) {
+      const videoDetails = await server.videos.getWithToken({ id: video.id })
 
       expect(video.userHistory).to.be.undefined
       expect(videoDetails.userHistory).to.be.undefined
@@ -76,21 +68,21 @@ describe('Test videos history', function () {
   })
 
   it('Should watch the first and second video', async function () {
-    await userWatchVideo(server.url, server.accessToken, video2UUID, 8)
-    await userWatchVideo(server.url, server.accessToken, video1UUID, 3)
+    await command.wathVideo({ videoId: video2UUID, currentTime: 8 })
+    await command.wathVideo({ videoId: video1UUID, currentTime: 3 })
   })
 
   it('Should return the correct history when listing, searching and getting videos', async function () {
     const videosOfVideos: Video[][] = []
 
     {
-      const res = await getVideosListWithToken(server.url, server.accessToken)
-      videosOfVideos.push(res.body.data)
+      const { data } = await server.videos.listWithToken()
+      videosOfVideos.push(data)
     }
 
     {
-      const res = await searchVideoWithToken(server.url, 'video', server.accessToken)
-      videosOfVideos.push(res.body.data)
+      const body = await server.search.searchVideos({ token: server.accessToken, search: 'video' })
+      videosOfVideos.push(body.data)
     }
 
     for (const videos of videosOfVideos) {
@@ -108,24 +100,21 @@ describe('Test videos history', function () {
     }
 
     {
-      const resDetail = await getVideoWithToken(server.url, server.accessToken, video1UUID)
-      const videoDetails: VideoDetails = resDetail.body
+      const videoDetails = await server.videos.getWithToken({ id: video1UUID })
 
       expect(videoDetails.userHistory).to.not.be.undefined
       expect(videoDetails.userHistory.currentTime).to.equal(3)
     }
 
     {
-      const resDetail = await getVideoWithToken(server.url, server.accessToken, video2UUID)
-      const videoDetails: VideoDetails = resDetail.body
+      const videoDetails = await server.videos.getWithToken({ id: video2UUID })
 
       expect(videoDetails.userHistory).to.not.be.undefined
       expect(videoDetails.userHistory.currentTime).to.equal(8)
     }
 
     {
-      const resDetail = await getVideoWithToken(server.url, server.accessToken, video3UUID)
-      const videoDetails: VideoDetails = resDetail.body
+      const videoDetails = await server.videos.getWithToken({ id: video3UUID })
 
       expect(videoDetails.userHistory).to.be.undefined
     }
@@ -133,71 +122,64 @@ describe('Test videos history', function () {
 
   it('Should have these videos when listing my history', async function () {
     video3WatchedDate = new Date()
-    await userWatchVideo(server.url, server.accessToken, video3UUID, 2)
+    await command.wathVideo({ videoId: video3UUID, currentTime: 2 })
 
-    const res = await listMyVideosHistory(server.url, server.accessToken)
+    const body = await command.list()
 
-    expect(res.body.total).to.equal(3)
+    expect(body.total).to.equal(3)
 
-    const videos: Video[] = res.body.data
+    const videos = body.data
     expect(videos[0].name).to.equal('video 3')
     expect(videos[1].name).to.equal('video 1')
     expect(videos[2].name).to.equal('video 2')
   })
 
   it('Should not have videos history on another user', async function () {
-    const res = await listMyVideosHistory(server.url, userAccessToken)
+    const body = await command.list({ token: userAccessToken })
 
-    expect(res.body.total).to.equal(0)
-    expect(res.body.data).to.have.lengthOf(0)
+    expect(body.total).to.equal(0)
+    expect(body.data).to.have.lengthOf(0)
   })
 
   it('Should be able to search through videos in my history', async function () {
-    const res = await listMyVideosHistory(server.url, server.accessToken, '2')
-
-    expect(res.body.total).to.equal(1)
+    const body = await command.list({ search: '2' })
+    expect(body.total).to.equal(1)
 
-    const videos: Video[] = res.body.data
+    const videos = body.data
     expect(videos[0].name).to.equal('video 2')
   })
 
   it('Should clear my history', async function () {
-    await removeMyVideosHistory(server.url, server.accessToken, video3WatchedDate.toISOString())
+    await command.remove({ beforeDate: video3WatchedDate.toISOString() })
   })
 
   it('Should have my history cleared', async function () {
-    const res = await listMyVideosHistory(server.url, server.accessToken)
+    const body = await command.list()
+    expect(body.total).to.equal(1)
 
-    expect(res.body.total).to.equal(1)
-
-    const videos: Video[] = res.body.data
+    const videos = body.data
     expect(videos[0].name).to.equal('video 3')
   })
 
   it('Should disable videos history', async function () {
-    await updateMyUser({
-      url: server.url,
-      accessToken: server.accessToken,
+    await server.users.updateMe({
       videosHistoryEnabled: false
     })
 
-    await userWatchVideo(server.url, server.accessToken, video2UUID, 8, HttpStatusCode.CONFLICT_409)
+    await command.wathVideo({ videoId: video2UUID, currentTime: 8, expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.CONFLICT_409 })
   })
 
   it('Should re-enable videos history', async function () {
-    await updateMyUser({
-      url: server.url,
-      accessToken: server.accessToken,
+    await server.users.updateMe({
       videosHistoryEnabled: true
     })
 
-    await userWatchVideo(server.url, server.accessToken, video1UUID, 8)
-
-    const res = await listMyVideosHistory(server.url, server.accessToken)
+    await command.wathVideo({ videoId: video1UUID, currentTime: 8 })
 
-    expect(res.body.total).to.equal(2)
+    const body = await command.list()
+    expect(body.total).to.equal(2)
 
-    const videos: Video[] = res.body.data
+    const videos = body.data
     expect(videos[0].name).to.equal('video 1')
     expect(videos[1].name).to.equal('video 3')
   })
@@ -205,30 +187,29 @@ describe('Test videos history', function () {
   it('Should not clean old history', async function () {
     this.timeout(50000)
 
-    killallServers([ server ])
+    await killallServers([ server ])
 
-    await reRunServer(server, { history: { videos: { max_age: '10 days' } } })
+    await server.run({ history: { videos: { max_age: '10 days' } } })
 
     await wait(6000)
 
     // Should still have history
 
-    const res = await listMyVideosHistory(server.url, server.accessToken)
-
-    expect(res.body.total).to.equal(2)
+    const body = await command.list()
+    expect(body.total).to.equal(2)
   })
 
   it('Should clean old history', async function () {
     this.timeout(50000)
 
-    killallServers([ server ])
+    await killallServers([ server ])
 
-    await reRunServer(server, { history: { videos: { max_age: '5 seconds' } } })
+    await server.run({ history: { videos: { max_age: '5 seconds' } } })
 
     await wait(6000)
 
-    const res = await listMyVideosHistory(server.url, server.accessToken)
-    expect(res.body.total).to.equal(0)
+    const body = await command.list()
+    expect(body.total).to.equal(0)
   })
 
   after(async function () {
diff --git a/server/tests/api/videos/videos-overview.ts b/server/tests/api/videos/videos-overview.ts
index c266a1dc5..70aa66549 100644
--- a/server/tests/api/videos/videos-overview.ts
+++ b/server/tests/api/videos/videos-overview.ts
@@ -2,29 +2,15 @@
 
 import 'mocha'
 import * as chai from 'chai'
-
-import {
-  cleanupTests,
-  flushAndRunServer,
-  generateUserAccessToken,
-  ServerInfo,
-  setAccessTokensToServers,
-  uploadVideo,
-  wait
-} from '../../../../shared/extra-utils'
-import { getVideosOverview, getVideosOverviewWithToken } from '../../../../shared/extra-utils/overviews/overviews'
-import { VideosOverview } from '../../../../shared/models/overviews'
-import { addAccountToAccountBlocklist } from '@shared/extra-utils/users/blocklist'
-import { Response } from 'superagent'
+import { cleanupTests, createSingleServer, PeerTubeServer, setAccessTokensToServers, wait } from '@shared/extra-utils'
+import { VideosOverview } from '@shared/models'
 
 const expect = chai.expect
 
 describe('Test a videos overview', function () {
-  let server: ServerInfo = null
-
-  function testOverviewCount (res: Response, expected: number) {
-    const overview: VideosOverview = res.body
+  let server: PeerTubeServer = null
 
+  function testOverviewCount (overview: VideosOverview, expected: number) {
     expect(overview.tags).to.have.lengthOf(expected)
     expect(overview.categories).to.have.lengthOf(expected)
     expect(overview.channels).to.have.lengthOf(expected)
@@ -33,15 +19,15 @@ describe('Test a videos overview', function () {
   before(async function () {
     this.timeout(30000)
 
-    server = await flushAndRunServer(1)
+    server = await createSingleServer(1)
 
     await setAccessTokensToServers([ server ])
   })
 
   it('Should send empty overview', async function () {
-    const res = await getVideosOverview(server.url, 1)
+    const body = await server.overviews.getVideos({ page: 1 })
 
-    testOverviewCount(res, 0)
+    testOverviewCount(body, 0)
   })
 
   it('Should upload 5 videos in a specific category, tag and channel but not include them in overview', async function () {
@@ -49,40 +35,45 @@ describe('Test a videos overview', function () {
 
     await wait(3000)
 
-    await uploadVideo(server.url, server.accessToken, {
-      name: 'video 0',
-      category: 3,
-      tags: [ 'coucou1', 'coucou2' ]
+    await server.videos.upload({
+      attributes: {
+        name: 'video 0',
+        category: 3,
+        tags: [ 'coucou1', 'coucou2' ]
+      }
     })
 
-    const res = await getVideosOverview(server.url, 1)
+    const body = await server.overviews.getVideos({ page: 1 })
 
-    testOverviewCount(res, 0)
+    testOverviewCount(body, 0)
   })
 
   it('Should upload another video and include all videos in the overview', async function () {
     this.timeout(30000)
 
-    for (let i = 1; i < 6; i++) {
-      await uploadVideo(server.url, server.accessToken, {
-        name: 'video ' + i,
-        category: 3,
-        tags: [ 'coucou1', 'coucou2' ]
-      })
+    {
+      for (let i = 1; i < 6; i++) {
+        await server.videos.upload({
+          attributes: {
+            name: 'video ' + i,
+            category: 3,
+            tags: [ 'coucou1', 'coucou2' ]
+          }
+        })
+      }
+
+      await wait(3000)
     }
 
-    await wait(3000)
-
     {
-      const res = await getVideosOverview(server.url, 1)
+      const body = await server.overviews.getVideos({ page: 1 })
 
-      testOverviewCount(res, 1)
+      testOverviewCount(body, 1)
     }
 
     {
-      const res = await getVideosOverview(server.url, 2)
+      const overview = await server.overviews.getVideos({ page: 2 })
 
-      const overview: VideosOverview = res.body
       expect(overview.tags).to.have.lengthOf(1)
       expect(overview.categories).to.have.lengthOf(0)
       expect(overview.channels).to.have.lengthOf(0)
@@ -90,20 +81,10 @@ describe('Test a videos overview', function () {
   })
 
   it('Should have the correct overview', async function () {
-    const res1 = await getVideosOverview(server.url, 1)
-    const res2 = await getVideosOverview(server.url, 2)
-
-    const overview1: VideosOverview = res1.body
-    const overview2: VideosOverview = res2.body
-
-    const tmp = [
-      overview1.tags,
-      overview1.categories,
-      overview1.channels,
-      overview2.tags
-    ]
+    const overview1 = await server.overviews.getVideos({ page: 1 })
+    const overview2 = await server.overviews.getVideos({ page: 2 })
 
-    for (const arr of tmp) {
+    for (const arr of [ overview1.tags, overview1.categories, overview1.channels, overview2.tags ]) {
       expect(arr).to.have.lengthOf(1)
 
       const obj = arr[0]
@@ -127,20 +108,20 @@ describe('Test a videos overview', function () {
   })
 
   it('Should hide muted accounts', async function () {
-    const token = await generateUserAccessToken(server, 'choco')
+    const token = await server.users.generateUserAndToken('choco')
 
-    await addAccountToAccountBlocklist(server.url, token, 'root@' + server.host)
+    await server.blocklist.addToMyBlocklist({ token, account: 'root@' + server.host })
 
     {
-      const res = await getVideosOverview(server.url, 1)
+      const body = await server.overviews.getVideos({ page: 1 })
 
-      testOverviewCount(res, 1)
+      testOverviewCount(body, 1)
     }
 
     {
-      const res = await getVideosOverviewWithToken(server.url, 1, token)
+      const body = await server.overviews.getVideos({ page: 1, token })
 
-      testOverviewCount(res, 0)
+      testOverviewCount(body, 0)
     }
   })
 
diff --git a/server/tests/api/videos/videos-views-cleaner.ts b/server/tests/api/videos/videos-views-cleaner.ts
index b89f33217..82268b1be 100644
--- a/server/tests/api/videos/videos-views-cleaner.ts
+++ b/server/tests/api/videos/videos-views-cleaner.ts
@@ -1,19 +1,14 @@
 /* eslint-disable @typescript-eslint/no-unused-expressions,@typescript-eslint/require-await */
 
-import * as chai from 'chai'
 import 'mocha'
+import * as chai from 'chai'
 import {
   cleanupTests,
-  closeAllSequelize,
-  countVideoViewsOf,
+  createMultipleServers,
   doubleFollow,
-  flushAndRunMultipleServers,
   killallServers,
-  reRunServer,
-  ServerInfo,
+  PeerTubeServer,
   setAccessTokensToServers,
-  uploadVideoAndGetId,
-  viewVideo,
   wait,
   waitJobs
 } from '../../../../shared/extra-utils'
@@ -21,7 +16,7 @@ import {
 const expect = chai.expect
 
 describe('Test video views cleaner', function () {
-  let servers: ServerInfo[]
+  let servers: PeerTubeServer[]
 
   let videoIdServer1: string
   let videoIdServer2: string
@@ -29,20 +24,20 @@ describe('Test video views cleaner', function () {
   before(async function () {
     this.timeout(120000)
 
-    servers = await flushAndRunMultipleServers(2)
+    servers = await createMultipleServers(2)
     await setAccessTokensToServers(servers)
 
     await doubleFollow(servers[0], servers[1])
 
-    videoIdServer1 = (await uploadVideoAndGetId({ server: servers[0], videoName: 'video server 1' })).uuid
-    videoIdServer2 = (await uploadVideoAndGetId({ server: servers[1], videoName: 'video server 2' })).uuid
+    videoIdServer1 = (await servers[0].videos.quickUpload({ name: 'video server 1' })).uuid
+    videoIdServer2 = (await servers[1].videos.quickUpload({ name: 'video server 2' })).uuid
 
     await waitJobs(servers)
 
-    await viewVideo(servers[0].url, videoIdServer1)
-    await viewVideo(servers[1].url, videoIdServer1)
-    await viewVideo(servers[0].url, videoIdServer2)
-    await viewVideo(servers[1].url, videoIdServer2)
+    await servers[0].videos.view({ id: videoIdServer1 })
+    await servers[1].videos.view({ id: videoIdServer1 })
+    await servers[0].videos.view({ id: videoIdServer2 })
+    await servers[1].videos.view({ id: videoIdServer2 })
 
     await waitJobs(servers)
   })
@@ -50,9 +45,9 @@ describe('Test video views cleaner', function () {
   it('Should not clean old video views', async function () {
     this.timeout(50000)
 
-    killallServers([ servers[0] ])
+    await killallServers([ servers[0] ])
 
-    await reRunServer(servers[0], { views: { videos: { remote: { max_age: '10 days' } } } })
+    await servers[0].run({ views: { videos: { remote: { max_age: '10 days' } } } })
 
     await wait(6000)
 
@@ -60,14 +55,14 @@ describe('Test video views cleaner', function () {
 
     {
       for (const server of servers) {
-        const total = await countVideoViewsOf(server.internalServerNumber, videoIdServer1)
+        const total = await server.sql.countVideoViewsOf(videoIdServer1)
         expect(total).to.equal(2, 'Server ' + server.serverNumber + ' does not have the correct amount of views')
       }
     }
 
     {
       for (const server of servers) {
-        const total = await countVideoViewsOf(server.internalServerNumber, videoIdServer2)
+        const total = await server.sql.countVideoViewsOf(videoIdServer2)
         expect(total).to.equal(2, 'Server ' + server.serverNumber + ' does not have the correct amount of views')
       }
     }
@@ -76,9 +71,9 @@ describe('Test video views cleaner', function () {
   it('Should clean old video views', async function () {
     this.timeout(50000)
 
-    killallServers([ servers[0] ])
+    await killallServers([ servers[0] ])
 
-    await reRunServer(servers[0], { views: { videos: { remote: { max_age: '5 seconds' } } } })
+    await servers[0].run({ views: { videos: { remote: { max_age: '5 seconds' } } } })
 
     await wait(6000)
 
@@ -86,23 +81,21 @@ describe('Test video views cleaner', function () {
 
     {
       for (const server of servers) {
-        const total = await countVideoViewsOf(server.internalServerNumber, videoIdServer1)
+        const total = await server.sql.countVideoViewsOf(videoIdServer1)
         expect(total).to.equal(2)
       }
     }
 
     {
-      const totalServer1 = await countVideoViewsOf(servers[0].internalServerNumber, videoIdServer2)
+      const totalServer1 = await servers[0].sql.countVideoViewsOf(videoIdServer2)
       expect(totalServer1).to.equal(0)
 
-      const totalServer2 = await countVideoViewsOf(servers[1].internalServerNumber, videoIdServer2)
+      const totalServer2 = await servers[1].sql.countVideoViewsOf(videoIdServer2)
       expect(totalServer2).to.equal(2)
     }
   })
 
   after(async function () {
-    await closeAllSequelize(servers)
-
     await cleanupTests(servers)
   })
 })