diff --git a/cypress/integration/admin.spec.js b/cypress/integration/admin.spec.js
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cypress/integration/admin.spec.js
@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+/**
+ * Copyright (C) 2019  The Software Heritage developers
+ * See the AUTHORS file at the top-level directory of this distribution
+ * License: GNU Affero General Public License version 3, or any later version
+ * See top-level LICENSE file for more information
+ */
+
+const username = 'admin';
+const password = 'admin';
+const defaultRedirect = '/admin/origin/save/';
+
+let url;
+
+function login(username, password) {
+  cy.visit(url);
+  cy.get('input[name="username"]')
+    .type(username)
+    .get('input[name="password"]')
+    .type(password)
+    .get('form')
+    .submit();
+}
+
+function logout() {
+  cy.contains('a', 'logout')
+    .click();
+}
+
+describe('Test Admin Features', function() {
+  before(function() {
+    url = this.Urls.admin();
+  });
+
+  beforeEach(function() {
+    login(username, password);
+  });
+
+  it('should redirect to default page', function() {
+    cy.location('pathname')
+      .should('be.equal', defaultRedirect);
+
+    logout();
+  });
+
+  it('should display admin-origin-save and deposit in sidebar', function() {
+    cy.get(`.sidebar a[href="${this.Urls.admin_origin_save()}"]`)
+      .should('be.visible');
+
+    cy.get(`.sidebar a[href="${this.Urls.admin_deposit()}"]`)
+      .should('be.visible');
+
+    logout();
+  });
+
+  it('should display username on top-right', function() {
+    cy.get('.swh-position-right')
+      .should('contain', username);
+
+    logout();
+  });
+
+  it('should prevent unauthorized access after logout', function() {
+    logout();
+    cy.visit(this.Urls.admin_origin_save())
+      .location('pathname')
+      .should('be.equal', '/admin/login/');
+    cy.visit(this.Urls.admin_deposit())
+      .location('pathname')
+      .should('be.equal', '/admin/login/');
+  });
+});
diff --git a/cypress/support/index.js b/cypress/support/index.js
--- a/cypress/support/index.js
+++ b/cypress/support/index.js
@@ -66,25 +66,28 @@
 
       for (let content of origin.content) {
 
-        const contentPathApiUrl = this.Urls.api_1_directory(origin.rootDirectory, content.path);
-        const contentMetaData = await httpGetJson(contentPathApiUrl);
-
-        content.name = contentMetaData.name;
-        content.sha1git = contentMetaData.target;
-        content.directory = contentMetaData.dir_id;
-
-        content.rawFilePath = this.Urls.browse_content_raw(`sha1_git:${content.sha1git}`) +
-                            `?filename=${encodeURIComponent(content.name)}`;
-
-        cy.request(content.rawFilePath)
-          .then((response) => {
-            const fileText = response.body;
-            const fileLines = fileText.split('\n');
-            content.numberLines = fileLines.length;
-
-            // If last line is empty its not shown
-            if (!fileLines[content.numberLines - 1]) content.numberLines -= 1;
+        cy.visit(this.Urls.browse_origin_content(origin.url, content.path))
+          .window().then(win => {
+            const contentMetaData = win.swh.webapp.getBrowsedSwhObjectMetadata();
+
+            content.name = contentMetaData.filename;
+            content.sha1git = contentMetaData.sha1_git;
+            content.directory = contentMetaData.directory;
+
+            content.rawFilePath = this.Urls.browse_content_raw(`sha1_git:${content.sha1git}`) +
+                                `?filename=${encodeURIComponent(content.name)}`;
+
+            cy.request(content.rawFilePath)
+              .then((response) => {
+                const fileText = response.body;
+                const fileLines = fileText.split('\n');
+                content.numberLines = fileLines.length;
+
+                // If last line is empty its not shown
+                if (!fileLines[content.numberLines - 1]) content.numberLines -= 1;
+              });
           });
+
       }
 
     }