diff --git a/spec/controllers/api/v1/admin/trends/links_controller_spec.rb b/spec/controllers/api/v1/admin/trends/links_controller_spec.rb
deleted file mode 100644
index d9aa06824db..00000000000
--- a/spec/controllers/api/v1/admin/trends/links_controller_spec.rb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,52 +0,0 @@
-# frozen_string_literal: true
-
-require 'rails_helper'
-
-describe Api::V1::Admin::Trends::LinksController do
-  render_views
-
-  let(:role)   { UserRole.find_by(name: 'Admin') }
-  let(:user)   { Fabricate(:user, role: role) }
-  let(:scopes) { 'admin:read admin:write' }
-  let(:token)   { Fabricate(:accessible_access_token, resource_owner_id: user.id, scopes: scopes) }
-  let(:account) { Fabricate(:account) }
-  let(:preview_card) { Fabricate(:preview_card) }
-
-  before do
-    allow(controller).to receive(:doorkeeper_token) { token }
-  end
-
-  describe 'GET #index' do
-    it 'returns http success' do
-      get :index, params: { account_id: account.id, limit: 2 }
-
-      expect(response).to have_http_status(200)
-    end
-  end
-
-  describe 'POST #approve' do
-    before do
-      post :approve, params: { id: preview_card.id }
-    end
-
-    it_behaves_like 'forbidden for wrong scope', 'write:statuses'
-    it_behaves_like 'forbidden for wrong role', ''
-
-    it 'returns http success' do
-      expect(response).to have_http_status(200)
-    end
-  end
-
-  describe 'POST #reject' do
-    before do
-      post :reject, params: { id: preview_card.id }
-    end
-
-    it_behaves_like 'forbidden for wrong scope', 'write:statuses'
-    it_behaves_like 'forbidden for wrong role', ''
-
-    it 'returns http success' do
-      expect(response).to have_http_status(200)
-    end
-  end
-end
diff --git a/spec/requests/api/v1/admin/trends/links/links_spec.rb b/spec/requests/api/v1/admin/trends/links/links_spec.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..05020b0fd06
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/requests/api/v1/admin/trends/links/links_spec.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,129 @@
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+require 'rails_helper'
+
+describe 'Links' do
+  let(:role)    { UserRole.find_by(name: 'Admin') }
+  let(:user)    { Fabricate(:user, role: role) }
+  let(:scopes)  { 'admin:read admin:write' }
+  let(:token)   { Fabricate(:accessible_access_token, resource_owner_id: user.id, scopes: scopes) }
+  let(:headers) { { 'Authorization' => "Bearer #{token.token}" } }
+
+  describe 'GET /api/v1/admin/trends/links' do
+    subject do
+      get '/api/v1/admin/trends/links', headers: headers
+    end
+
+    it 'returns http success' do
+      subject
+
+      expect(response).to have_http_status(200)
+    end
+  end
+
+  describe 'POST /api/v1/admin/trends/links/:id/approve' do
+    subject do
+      post "/api/v1/admin/trends/links/#{preview_card.id}/approve", headers: headers
+    end
+
+    let(:preview_card) { Fabricate(:preview_card, trendable: false) }
+
+    it_behaves_like 'forbidden for wrong scope', 'read write'
+    it_behaves_like 'forbidden for wrong role', ''
+
+    it 'returns http success' do
+      subject
+
+      expect(response).to have_http_status(200)
+    end
+
+    it 'sets the link as trendable' do
+      expect { subject }.to change { preview_card.reload.trendable }.from(false).to(true)
+    end
+
+    it 'returns the link data' do
+      subject
+
+      expect(body_as_json).to match(
+        a_hash_including(
+          url: preview_card.url,
+          title: preview_card.title,
+          description: preview_card.description,
+          type: 'link',
+          requires_review: false
+        )
+      )
+    end
+
+    context 'when the link does not exist' do
+      it 'returns http not found' do
+        post '/api/v1/admin/trends/links/-1/approve', headers: headers
+
+        expect(response).to have_http_status(404)
+      end
+    end
+
+    context 'without an authorization header' do
+      let(:headers) { {} }
+
+      it 'returns http forbidden' do
+        subject
+
+        expect(response).to have_http_status(403)
+      end
+    end
+  end
+
+  describe 'POST /api/v1/admin/trends/links/:id/reject' do
+    subject do
+      post "/api/v1/admin/trends/links/#{preview_card.id}/reject", headers: headers
+    end
+
+    let(:preview_card) { Fabricate(:preview_card, trendable: false) }
+
+    it_behaves_like 'forbidden for wrong scope', 'read write'
+    it_behaves_like 'forbidden for wrong role', ''
+
+    it 'returns http success' do
+      subject
+
+      expect(response).to have_http_status(200)
+    end
+
+    it 'does not set the link as trendable' do
+      expect { subject }.to_not(change { preview_card.reload.trendable })
+    end
+
+    it 'returns the link data' do
+      subject
+
+      expect(body_as_json).to match(
+        a_hash_including(
+          url: preview_card.url,
+          title: preview_card.title,
+          description: preview_card.description,
+          type: 'link',
+          requires_review: false
+        )
+      )
+    end
+
+    context 'when the link does not exist' do
+      it 'returns http not found' do
+        post '/api/v1/admin/trends/links/-1/reject', headers: headers
+
+        expect(response).to have_http_status(404)
+      end
+    end
+
+    context 'without an authorization header' do
+      let(:headers) { {} }
+
+      it 'returns http forbidden' do
+        subject
+
+        expect(response).to have_http_status(403)
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end