diff --git a/server/http/http.go b/server/http/http.go
index 80391d878..aa0c5a4d6 100644
--- a/server/http/http.go
+++ b/server/http/http.go
@@ -1,32 +1,24 @@
 package http
 
 import (
+	"fmt"
 	"net/http"
 
 	"github.com/gorilla/mux"
 	mh "github.com/jbenet/go-ipfs/Godeps/_workspace/src/github.com/jbenet/go-multihash"
 	core "github.com/jbenet/go-ipfs/core"
-	"github.com/jbenet/go-ipfs/importer"
-	merkledag "github.com/jbenet/go-ipfs/merkledag"
 )
 
-type ipfs interface {
-	ResolvePath(string) (*merkledag.Node, error)
-}
-
 type handler struct {
 	ipfs
 }
 
-type ipfsHandler struct {
-	node *core.IpfsNode
-}
-
 // Serve starts the http server
 func Serve(address string, node *core.IpfsNode) error {
 	r := mux.NewRouter()
-	r.HandleFunc("/", func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) { postHandler(w, r, node) }).Methods("POST")
-	r.PathPrefix("/").Handler(&handler{&ipfsHandler{node}}).Methods("GET")
+	handler := &handler{&ipfsHandler{node}}
+	r.HandleFunc("/", handler.postHandler).Methods("POST")
+	r.PathPrefix("/").Handler(handler).Methods("GET")
 	http.Handle("/", r)
 
 	return http.ListenAndServe(address, nil)
@@ -45,16 +37,18 @@ func (i *handler) ServeHTTP(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 	w.Write(nd.Data)
 }
 
-func postHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request, node *core.IpfsNode) {
-	root, err := importer.NewDagFromReader(r.Body)
+func (i *handler) postHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+	nd, err := i.NewDagFromReader(r.Body)
 	if err != nil {
 		w.WriteHeader(http.StatusInternalServerError)
+		fmt.Println(err)
 		return
 	}
 
-	k, err := node.DAG.Add(root)
+	k, err := i.AddNodeToDAG(nd)
 	if err != nil {
 		w.WriteHeader(http.StatusInternalServerError)
+		fmt.Println(err)
 		return
 	}
 
@@ -62,7 +56,3 @@ func postHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request, node *core.IpfsNode) {
 	w.WriteHeader(http.StatusCreated)
 	w.Write([]byte(mh.Multihash(k).B58String()))
 }
-
-func (i *ipfsHandler) ResolvePath(path string) (*merkledag.Node, error) {
-	return i.node.Resolver.ResolvePath(path)
-}
diff --git a/server/http/http_test.go b/server/http/http_test.go
index 198147087..f62ba6c77 100644
--- a/server/http/http_test.go
+++ b/server/http/http_test.go
@@ -2,34 +2,29 @@ package http
 
 import (
 	"errors"
+	"io"
+	"io/ioutil"
 	"net/http"
 	"net/http/httptest"
+	"strings"
 	"testing"
 
-	merkledag "github.com/jbenet/go-ipfs/merkledag"
+	dag "github.com/jbenet/go-ipfs/merkledag"
+	u "github.com/jbenet/go-ipfs/util"
 )
 
-type getTest struct {
-	url  string
-	code int
-	body string
-}
-
-type testIpfsHandler struct{}
-
-func (i *testIpfsHandler) ResolvePath(path string) (*merkledag.Node, error) {
-	if path == "/QmUxtEgtan9M7acwc8SXF3MGpgpD9Ya8ViLNGEXQ6n9vfA" {
-		return &merkledag.Node{Data: []byte("some fine data")}, nil
-	}
-
-	return nil, errors.New("")
+type test struct {
+	url      string
+	code     int
+	reqbody  string
+	respbody string
 }
 
 func TestServeHTTP(t *testing.T) {
 	testhandler := &handler{&testIpfsHandler{}}
-	tests := []getTest{
-		{"/", http.StatusInternalServerError, ""},
-		{"/QmUxtEgtan9M7acwc8SXF3MGpgpD9Ya8ViLNGEXQ6n9vfA", http.StatusOK, "some fine data"},
+	tests := []test{
+		{"/", http.StatusInternalServerError, "", ""},
+		{"/hash", http.StatusOK, "", "some fine data"},
 	}
 
 	for _, test := range tests {
@@ -41,9 +36,59 @@ func TestServeHTTP(t *testing.T) {
 			t.Error("expected status code", test.code, "received", resp.Code)
 		}
 
-		if resp.Body.String() != test.body {
-			t.Error("expected body:", test.body)
+		if resp.Body.String() != test.respbody {
+			t.Error("expected body:", test.respbody)
 			t.Error("received body:", resp.Body)
 		}
 	}
 }
+
+func TestPostHandler(t *testing.T) {
+	testhandler := &handler{&testIpfsHandler{}}
+	tests := []test{
+		{"/", http.StatusInternalServerError, "", ""},
+		{"/", http.StatusInternalServerError, "something that causes an error in adding to DAG", ""},
+		{"/", http.StatusCreated, "some fine data", "jSQBpNSebeYbPBjs1vp"},
+	}
+
+	for _, test := range tests {
+		req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", test.url, strings.NewReader(test.reqbody))
+		resp := httptest.NewRecorder()
+		testhandler.postHandler(resp, req)
+
+		if resp.Code != test.code {
+			t.Error("expected status code", test.code, "received", resp.Code)
+		}
+
+		if resp.Body.String() != test.respbody {
+			t.Error("expected body:", test.respbody)
+			t.Error("received body:", resp.Body)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+type testIpfsHandler struct{}
+
+func (i *testIpfsHandler) ResolvePath(path string) (*dag.Node, error) {
+	if path == "/hash" {
+		return &dag.Node{Data: []byte("some fine data")}, nil
+	}
+
+	return nil, errors.New("")
+}
+
+func (i *testIpfsHandler) NewDagFromReader(r io.Reader) (*dag.Node, error) {
+	if data, err := ioutil.ReadAll(r); err == nil {
+		return &dag.Node{Data: data}, nil
+	}
+
+	return nil, errors.New("")
+}
+
+func (i *testIpfsHandler) AddNodeToDAG(nd *dag.Node) (u.Key, error) {
+	if len(nd.Data) != 0 && string(nd.Data) != "something that causes an error in adding to DAG" {
+		return u.Key(nd.Data), nil
+	}
+
+	return "", errors.New("")
+}
diff --git a/server/http/ipfs.go b/server/http/ipfs.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e9c243993
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/http/ipfs.go
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+package http
+
+import (
+	"io"
+
+	core "github.com/jbenet/go-ipfs/core"
+	"github.com/jbenet/go-ipfs/importer"
+	dag "github.com/jbenet/go-ipfs/merkledag"
+	u "github.com/jbenet/go-ipfs/util"
+)
+
+type ipfs interface {
+	ResolvePath(string) (*dag.Node, error)
+	NewDagFromReader(io.Reader) (*dag.Node, error)
+	AddNodeToDAG(nd *dag.Node) (u.Key, error)
+}
+
+type ipfsHandler struct {
+	node *core.IpfsNode
+}
+
+func (i *ipfsHandler) ResolvePath(path string) (*dag.Node, error) {
+	return i.node.Resolver.ResolvePath(path)
+}
+
+func (i *ipfsHandler) NewDagFromReader(r io.Reader) (*dag.Node, error) {
+	return importer.NewDagFromReader(r)
+}
+
+func (i *ipfsHandler) AddNodeToDAG(nd *dag.Node) (u.Key, error) {
+	return i.node.DAG.Add(nd)
+}