diff --git a/content/posts/2018-09.md b/content/posts/2018-09.md
index 6622fd3af..95aece8dd 100644
--- a/content/posts/2018-09.md
+++ b/content/posts/2018-09.md
@@ -66,4 +66,51 @@ Caused by: java.lang.RuntimeException: Failed to startup the DSpace Service Mana
   - One invalid value for `dc.type`
 - Abenet says she hasn't received any more subscription emails from the CUA module since she unsubscribed yesterday, so I think we don't need create an issue on Atmire's bug tracker anymore
 
+## 2018-09-10
+
+- Playing with [strest](https://github.com/eykhagen/strest) to test the DSpace REST API programatically
+- For example, given this `test.yaml`:
+
+```
+version: 1
+
+requests:
+  test:
+    method: GET
+    url: https://dspacetest.cgiar.org/rest/test
+    validate:
+      raw: "REST api is running."
+
+  login:
+    url: https://dspacetest.cgiar.org/rest/login
+    method: POST
+    data:
+      json: {"email":"test@dspace","password":"thepass"}
+
+  status:
+    url: https://dspacetest.cgiar.org/rest/status
+    method: GET
+    headers:
+      rest-dspace-token: Value(login)
+
+  logout:
+    url: https://dspacetest.cgiar.org/rest/logout
+    method: POST
+    headers:
+      rest-dspace-token: Value(login)
+
+# vim: set sw=2 ts=2:
+```
+
+- Works pretty well, though the DSpace `logout` always returns an HTTP 415 error for some reason
+- We could eventually use this to test sanity of the API for creating collections etc
+- A user is getting an error in her workflow:
+
+```
+2018-09-10 07:26:35,551 ERROR org.dspace.submit.step.CompleteStep @ Caught exception in submission step: 
+org.dspace.authorize.AuthorizeException: Authorization denied for action WORKFLOW_STEP_1 on COLLECTION:2 by user 3819
+```
+
+- Seems to be during submit step, because it's workflow step 1...?
+
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diff --git a/docs/2018-09/index.html b/docs/2018-09/index.html
index 42fb79c29..e590d7cbd 100644
--- a/docs/2018-09/index.html
+++ b/docs/2018-09/index.html
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ I&rsquo;m testing the new DSpace 5.8 branch in my Ubuntu 18.04 environment and I
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-<meta property="article:modified_time" content="2018-09-04T17:31:20&#43;03:00"/>
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   "url": "https://alanorth.github.io/cgspace-notes/2018-09/",
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+  "dateModified": "2018-09-04T17:33:30&#43;03:00",
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@@ -180,6 +180,57 @@ Caused by: java.lang.RuntimeException: Failed to startup the DSpace Service Mana
 <li>Abenet says she hasn&rsquo;t received any more subscription emails from the CUA module since she unsubscribed yesterday, so I think we don&rsquo;t need create an issue on Atmire&rsquo;s bug tracker anymore</li>
 </ul>
 
+<h2 id="2018-09-10">2018-09-10</h2>
+
+<ul>
+<li>Playing with <a href="https://github.com/eykhagen/strest">strest</a> to test the DSpace REST API programatically</li>
+<li>For example, given this <code>test.yaml</code>:</li>
+</ul>
+
+<pre><code>version: 1
+
+requests:
+  test:
+    method: GET
+    url: https://dspacetest.cgiar.org/rest/test
+    validate:
+      raw: &quot;REST api is running.&quot;
+
+  login:
+    url: https://dspacetest.cgiar.org/rest/login
+    method: POST
+    data:
+      json: {&quot;email&quot;:&quot;test@dspace&quot;,&quot;password&quot;:&quot;thepass&quot;}
+
+  status:
+    url: https://dspacetest.cgiar.org/rest/status
+    method: GET
+    headers:
+      rest-dspace-token: Value(login)
+
+  logout:
+    url: https://dspacetest.cgiar.org/rest/logout
+    method: POST
+    headers:
+      rest-dspace-token: Value(login)
+
+# vim: set sw=2 ts=2:
+</code></pre>
+
+<ul>
+<li>Works pretty well, though the DSpace <code>logout</code> always returns an HTTP 415 error for some reason</li>
+<li>We could eventually use this to test sanity of the API for creating collections etc</li>
+<li>A user is getting an error in her workflow:</li>
+</ul>
+
+<pre><code>2018-09-10 07:26:35,551 ERROR org.dspace.submit.step.CompleteStep @ Caught exception in submission step: 
+org.dspace.authorize.AuthorizeException: Authorization denied for action WORKFLOW_STEP_1 on COLLECTION:2 by user 3819
+</code></pre>
+
+<ul>
+<li>Seems to be during submit step, because it&rsquo;s workflow step 1&hellip;?</li>
+</ul>
+
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index 63239bde2..ebdaeb8ee 100644
--- a/docs/sitemap.xml
+++ b/docs/sitemap.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   
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     <loc>https://alanorth.github.io/cgspace-notes/2018-09/</loc>
-    <lastmod>2018-09-04T17:31:20+03:00</lastmod>
+    <lastmod>2018-09-04T17:33:30+03:00</lastmod>
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     <loc>https://alanorth.github.io/cgspace-notes/</loc>
-    <lastmod>2018-09-04T17:31:20+03:00</lastmod>
+    <lastmod>2018-09-04T17:33:30+03:00</lastmod>
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@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@
   
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     <loc>https://alanorth.github.io/cgspace-notes/tags/notes/</loc>
-    <lastmod>2018-09-04T17:31:20+03:00</lastmod>
+    <lastmod>2018-09-04T17:33:30+03:00</lastmod>
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@@ -207,13 +207,13 @@
   
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     <loc>https://alanorth.github.io/cgspace-notes/posts/</loc>
-    <lastmod>2018-09-04T17:31:20+03:00</lastmod>
+    <lastmod>2018-09-04T17:33:30+03:00</lastmod>
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   <url>
     <loc>https://alanorth.github.io/cgspace-notes/tags/</loc>
-    <lastmod>2018-09-04T17:31:20+03:00</lastmod>
+    <lastmod>2018-09-04T17:33:30+03:00</lastmod>
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