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diff --git a/mayan/apps/rest_api/tests/base.py b/mayan/apps/rest_api/tests/base.py
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+from __future__ import unicode_literals
+
+from django.contrib.auth import get_user_model
+from django.test import override_settings
+
+from rest_framework.test import APITestCase
+
+from organizations.models import Organization
+from organizations.utils import create_default_organization
+from permissions.models import Role
+
+
+class GenericAPITestCase(APITestCase):
+    def setUp(self):
+        super(GenericAPITestCase, self).setUp()
+
+        self.organization = create_default_organization()
+
+        # Create an organization admin
+        self.admin_user, password = self.organization.create_admin()
+        with self.settings(ORGANIZATION_ID=self.organization.pk):
+            # Login organization admin
+            self.client.login(
+                username=self.admin_user.username, password=password
+            )
+
+
+    def tearDown(self):
+        super(GenericAPITestCase, self).tearDown()
+        self.admin_user.delete()
+        Role.objects.all().delete()
+        self.organization.delete()
+        Organization.objects.clear_cache()