diff --git a/tests/e2e/conftest.py b/tests/e2e/conftest.py
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+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+
+# SàT: an XMPP client
+# Copyright (C) 2009-2020 Jérôme Poisson (goffi@goffi.org)
+
+# This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
+
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
+# along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+import sys
+import os
+import tempfile
+import string
+import hashlib
+import random
+from pathlib import Path
+from textwrap import dedent
+import json
+import pytest
+from sh import jp
+
+
+class JpJson:
+    """jp like commands parsing result as JSON"""
+
+    def __init__(self):
+        self.subcommands = []
+
+    def __call__(self, *args, **kwargs):
+        args = self.subcommands + list(args)
+        self.subcommands.clear()
+        kwargs['output'] = 'json_raw'
+        kwargs['_tty_out'] = False
+        cmd = jp(*args, **kwargs)
+        return json.loads(cmd.stdout)
+
+    def __getattr__(self, name):
+        if name.startswith('_'):
+            # no jp subcommand starts with a "_",
+            # and pytest uses some attributes with this name scheme
+            return super().__getattr__(name)
+        self.subcommands.append(name)
+        return self
+
+
+class JpElt(JpJson):
+    """jp like commands parsing result as domishElement"""
+
+    def __init__(self):
+        super().__init__()
+        from sat.tools.xml_tools import ElementParser
+        self.parser = ElementParser()
+
+    def __call__(self, *args, **kwargs):
+        args = self.subcommands + list(args)
+        self.subcommands.clear()
+        kwargs['output'] = 'xml_raw'
+        kwargs['_tty_out'] = False
+        cmd = jp(*args, **kwargs)
+        return self.parser(cmd.stdout.decode().strip())
+
+
+class Editor:
+
+    def __init__(self):
+        # temporary directory will be deleted Automatically when this object will be
+        # destroyed
+        self.tmp_dir_obj = tempfile.TemporaryDirectory(prefix="sat_e2e_test_editor_")
+        self.tmp_dir_path = Path(self.tmp_dir_obj.name)
+        if not sys.executable:
+            raise Exception("Can't find python executable")
+        self.editor_set = False
+        self.editor_path = self.tmp_dir_path / "editor.py"
+        self.ori_content_path = self.tmp_dir_path / "original_content"
+        self.new_content_path = self.tmp_dir_path / "new_content"
+        self.base_script = dedent(f"""\
+            #!{sys.executable}
+            import sys
+
+            def content_filter(content):
+                return {{content_filter}}
+
+            with open(sys.argv[1], 'r+') as f:
+                original_content = f.read()
+                f.seek(0)
+                new_content = content_filter(original_content)
+                f.write(new_content)
+                f.truncate()
+
+            with open("{self.ori_content_path}", "w") as f:
+                f.write(original_content)
+
+            with open("{self.new_content_path}", "w") as f:
+                f.write(new_content)
+            """
+        )
+        self._env = os.environ.copy()
+        self._env["EDITOR"] = str(self.editor_path)
+
+    def set_filter(self, content_filter: str = "content"):
+        """Python code to modify original content
+
+        The code will be applied to content received by editor.
+        The original content received by editor is in the "content" variable.
+        If filter_ is not specified, original content is written unmodified.
+        Code must be on a single line.
+        """
+        if '\n' in content_filter:
+            raise ValueError("new lines can't be used in filter_")
+        with self.editor_path.open('w') as f:
+            f.write(self.base_script.format(content_filter=content_filter))
+        self.editor_path.chmod(0o700)
+        self.editor_set = True
+
+    @property
+    def env(self):
+        """Get environment variable with the editor set"""
+        if not self.editor_set:
+            self.set_filter()
+        return self._env
+
+    @property
+    def original_content(self):
+        """Last content received by editor, before any modification
+
+        returns None if editor has not yet been called
+        """
+        try:
+            with self.ori_content_path.open() as f:
+                return f.read()
+        except FileNotFoundError:
+            return None
+
+    @property
+    def new_content(self):
+        """Last content writen by editor
+
+        This is the final content, after filter has been applied to original content
+        returns None if editor has not yet been called
+        """
+        try:
+            with self.new_content_path.open() as f:
+                return f.read()
+        except FileNotFoundError:
+            return None
+
+
+class FakeFile:
+    ALPHABET = f"{string.ascii_letters}{string.digits}_"
+    BUF_SIZE = 65535
+
+    def __init__(self):
+        self.tmp_dir_obj = tempfile.TemporaryDirectory(prefix="sat_e2e_test_files_")
+        self.tmp_dir_path = Path(self.tmp_dir_obj.name)
+        self.source_files = self.tmp_dir_path / "source"
+        self.source_files.mkdir()
+        self.dest_files = self.tmp_dir_path / "dest"
+        self.dest_files.mkdir()
+        self.hashes = {}
+
+    @property
+    def dest_path(self):
+        """Path of a directory where files can be received
+
+        The directory will be deleted at the end of session.
+        Files from other test can be present, be sure to create a unique subdirectory or
+        to use a unique destination file name
+        """
+        return self.dest_files
+
+    def new_dest_file(self) -> Path:
+        """Path to a randomly named destination file
+
+        The file will be in self.dest_path.
+        The file should be deleted after use. If not, it will be deleted at the end of
+        session with the whole temporary test files directory.
+        """
+        name = ''.join(random.choices(self.ALPHABET, k=8))
+        return self.dest_files / name
+
+    def size(self, size: int, use_cache: bool = True):
+        """Create a file of requested size, and returns its path
+
+        @param use_cache: if True and a file of this size already exists, it is re-used
+        """
+        dest_path = self.source_files / str(size)
+        if not use_cache or not dest_path.exists():
+            hash_ = hashlib.sha256()
+            remaining = size
+            with dest_path.open('wb') as f:
+                while remaining:
+                    if remaining > self.BUF_SIZE:
+                        to_get = self.BUF_SIZE
+                    else:
+                        to_get = remaining
+                    buf = os.urandom(to_get)
+                    f.write(buf)
+                    hash_.update(buf)
+                    remaining -= to_get
+            self.hashes[dest_path] = hash_.hexdigest()
+        return dest_path
+
+    def get_source_hash(self, source_file: Path) -> str:
+        """Retrieve hash calculated for a generated source file"""
+        return self.hashes[source_file]
+
+    def get_dest_hash(self, dest_file: Path) -> str:
+        """Calculate hash of file at given path"""
+        hash_ = hashlib.sha256()
+        with dest_file.open('rb') as f:
+            while True:
+                buf = f.read(self.BUF_SIZE)
+                if not buf:
+                    break
+                hash_.update(buf)
+        return hash_.hexdigest()
+
+
+@pytest.fixture(scope="session")
+def jp_json():
+    """Run jp with "json_raw" output, and returns the parsed value"""
+    return JpJson()
+
+
+@pytest.fixture(scope="session")
+def jp_elt():
+    """Run jp with "xml_raw" output, and returns the parsed value"""
+    return JpElt()
+
+
+@pytest.fixture(scope="session")
+def test_profiles():
+    """Test accounts created using in-band registration
+
+    They will be removed at the end of session.
+    The number of account per servers is set in the "accounts_by_servers" dict.
+    Jids are in the form "account[x]@server[y].test".
+    The profiles used are in the form "account[x]" for server1.test, and
+    "account[x]_s[y]" for other servers.
+    Password is "test" for all profiles and XMPP accounts.
+    "account1" is connected and set as default profile
+    Profiles created are returned as a tuple
+    """
+    profiles = []
+    nb_servers = 3
+    accounts_by_servers = {
+        1: 1,
+        2: 1,
+        3: 0,
+    }
+    for server_idx in range(1, nb_servers+1):
+        account_stop = accounts_by_servers[server_idx] + 1
+        for account_idx in range(1, account_stop):
+            profile_suff = f"_s{server_idx}" if server_idx>1 else ""
+            profile = f"account{account_idx}{profile_suff}"
+            profiles.append(profile)
+            jp.account.create(
+                f"account{account_idx}@server{server_idx}.test",
+                "test",
+                profile=profile,
+                host=f"server{server_idx}.test"
+            )
+    jp.profile.modify(profile="account1", default=True, connect=True)
+    jp.profile.connect(profile="account1_s2", connect=True)
+    yield tuple(profiles)
+    for profile in profiles:
+        jp.account.delete(profile=profile, connect=True, force=True)
+        jp.profile.delete(profile, force=True)
+
+
+@pytest.fixture(scope="class")
+def pubsub_nodes(test_profiles):
+    """Create 2 testing nodes
+
+    Both nodes will be created with "account1" profile, named "test" and have and "open"
+    access model.
+    One node will account1's PEP, the other one on pubsub.server1.test.
+    """
+    jp.pubsub.node.create(
+        "-f", "access_model", "open",
+        node="test",
+        profile="account1", connect=True
+    )
+    jp.pubsub.node.create(
+        "-f", "access_model", "open",
+        service="pubsub.server1.test", node="test",
+        profile="account1"
+    )
+    yield
+    jp.pubsub.node.delete(
+        node="test",
+        profile="account1", connect=True,
+        force=True
+    )
+    jp.pubsub.node.delete(
+        service="pubsub.server1.test", node="test",
+        profile="account1",
+        force=True
+    )
+
+
+@pytest.fixture()
+def editor():
+    """Create a fake editor to automatise edition from CLI"""
+    return Editor()
+
+
+@pytest.fixture(scope="session")
+def fake_file():
+    """Manage dummy files creation and destination path"""
+    return FakeFile()
diff --git a/tests/e2e/run_e2e.py b/tests/e2e/run_e2e.py
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..abd255fa
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+++ b/tests/e2e/run_e2e.py
@@ -0,0 +1,94 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+
+# SàT: an XMPP client
+# Copyright (C) 2009-2020 Jérôme Poisson (goffi@goffi.org)
+
+# This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
+
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
+# along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+"""Run end-to-end tests in appropriate Docker environment"""
+
+import sys
+from pathlib import Path
+import tempfile
+from textwrap import dedent
+import sh
+from sat.core import exceptions
+
+KEEP_OPT = "--keep"
+
+
+def live_out(data):
+    sys.stdout.write(data)
+    sys.stdout.flush()
+
+
+def live_err(data):
+    sys.stderr.write(data)
+    sys.stderr.flush()
+
+
+def use_e2e_env():
+    if KEEP_OPT in sys.argv:
+        keep_containers = True
+        sys.argv.remove(KEEP_OPT)
+    else:
+        keep_containers = False
+    for p in Path.cwd().parents:
+        package_path = p / "sat"
+        docker_path = p / "docker"
+        if package_path.is_dir() and docker_path.is_dir():
+            sat_root_path = p
+            break
+    else:
+        raise exceptions.NotFound(
+            "Can't find root of SàT code, are you sure that you are running the test "
+            "from the backend repository?"
+        )
+
+    compose_e2e_path = docker_path / "docker-compose_e2e.yml"
+    if not compose_e2e_path.is_file():
+        raise exceptions.NotFound('"docker-compose_e2e.yml" file can\'t be found')
+
+    with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory() as temp_dir:
+        override_path = Path(temp_dir) / "test_override.yml"
+        with override_path.open("w") as f:
+            f.write(dedent(f"""\
+                version: "3.6"
+                services:
+                  sat:
+                    volumes:
+                      - type: bind
+                        source: {sat_root_path}
+                        target: /src/sat
+                        read_only: true
+                """))
+
+        docker_compose = sh.docker_compose.bake(
+            "-f", compose_e2e_path, "-f", override_path)
+        docker_compose.up("-d")
+
+        try:
+            docker_compose.exec(
+            "-T", "--workdir", "/src/sat/tests", "sat",
+            "pytest", "-o", "cache_dir=/tmp", *sys.argv[1:], color="yes",
+            _in=sys.stdin, _out=live_out, _out_bufsize=0, _err=live_err, _err_bufsize=0
+        )
+        except sh.ErrorReturnCode as e:
+            sys.exit(e.exit_code)
+        finally:
+            if not keep_containers:
+                docker_compose.down(volumes=True)
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    use_e2e_env()
diff --git a/tests/e2e/test_jp.py b/tests/e2e/test_jp.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e2f6903b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/e2e/test_jp.py
@@ -0,0 +1,231 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+
+# SàT: an XMPP client
+# Copyright (C) 2009-2020 Jérôme Poisson (goffi@goffi.org)
+
+# This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
+
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
+# along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+import os
+import shutil
+import pytest
+import sh
+from sh import jp
+from sat.tools.common import uri
+
+
+if os.getenv("SAT_TEST_ENV_E2E") is None:
+    pytest.skip(
+        "skipping end-to-end tests, we are not in a test environment",
+        allow_module_level=True
+    )
+
+
+pytestmark = pytest.mark.usefixtures("test_profiles")
+
+
+class TestInstall:
+
+    def test_jp_can_run(self):
+        jp("--version")
+
+
+class TestJpAccount:
+
+    def test_create_and_delete(self, jp_json):
+        """Create an account in-band, connect it, then delete it and its profile"""
+        jp.account.create(
+            "test_create@server1.test",
+            "test",
+            profile="test_create",
+            host="server1.test"
+        )
+        profiles = jp_json.profile.list()
+        assert "test_create" in profiles
+        jp.profile.connect(connect=True, profile="test_create")
+        jp.account.delete(profile="test_create", force=True)
+        jp.profile.delete("test_create", force=True)
+        profiles = jp_json.profile.list()
+        assert "test_create" not in profiles
+
+
+@pytest.mark.usefixtures("pubsub_nodes")
+class TestJpPubsub:
+
+    def test_node_create_info_delete(self):
+        node_name = "tmp_node"
+        with pytest.raises(sh.ErrorReturnCode_16):
+            # the node should not exist
+            jp.pubsub.node.info(node=node_name)
+        try:
+            jp.pubsub.node.create(node=node_name)
+            # if node exist has expected, following command won't raise an exception
+            metadata = jp.pubsub.node.info(node=node_name)
+            assert len(metadata.strip())
+        finally:
+            jp.pubsub.node.delete(node=node_name, force=True)
+
+        with pytest.raises(sh.ErrorReturnCode_16):
+            # the node should not exist anymore
+            jp.pubsub.node.info(node=node_name)
+
+    def test_set_get_delete_purge(self, jp_elt):
+        content = "test item"
+        payload = f"<test>{content}</test>"
+
+        # we create 3 items and check them
+        item1_id = jp.pubsub.set(node="test", quiet=True, _in=payload)
+        item2_id = jp.pubsub.set(node="test", quiet=True, _in=payload)
+        item3_id = jp.pubsub.set(node="test", quiet=True, _in=payload)
+        parsed_elt = jp_elt.pubsub.get(node="test", item=item1_id)
+        payload = parsed_elt.firstChildElement()
+        assert payload.name == 'test'
+        assert str(payload) == content
+        parsed_elt = jp_elt.pubsub.get(node="test", item=item2_id)
+        payload = parsed_elt.firstChildElement()
+        assert payload.name == 'test'
+        assert str(payload) == content
+        parsed_elt = jp_elt.pubsub.get(node="test", item=item3_id)
+        payload = parsed_elt.firstChildElement()
+        assert payload.name == 'test'
+        assert str(payload) == content
+
+        # deleting first item should work
+        jp.pubsub.delete(node="test", item=item1_id, force=True)
+        with pytest.raises(sh.ErrorReturnCode_16):
+            jp.pubsub.get(node="test", item=item1_id)
+
+        # there must be a least item2 and item3 in the node
+        node_items = jp_elt.pubsub.get(node="test")
+        assert len(list(node_items.elements())) >= 2
+
+        # after purge, node must be empty
+        jp.pubsub.node.purge(node="test", force=True)
+        node_items = jp_elt.pubsub.get(node="test")
+        assert len(list(node_items.elements())) == 0
+
+    def test_edit(self, editor, jp_elt):
+        content = "original item"
+        payload = f"<test>{content}</test>"
+        item_id = jp.pubsub.set(node="test", quiet=True, _in=payload)
+        editor.set_filter('content.replace("original", "edited")')
+        jp.pubsub.edit(node="test", item=item_id, _env=editor.env)
+        assert "original item" in editor.original_content
+        parsed_elt = jp_elt.pubsub.get(node="test", item=item_id)
+        edited_payload = parsed_elt.firstChildElement()
+        expected_edited_content = content.replace("original", "edited")
+        assert edited_payload.name == 'test'
+        assert str(edited_payload) == expected_edited_content
+
+    def test_affiliations(self, jp_json):
+        affiliations = jp_json.pubsub.affiliations()
+        assert affiliations["test"] == "owner"
+
+    def test_uri(self):
+        built_uri = jp.pubsub.uri(
+            service="pubsub.example.net", node="some_node"
+        ).strip()
+        assert built_uri == "xmpp:pubsub.example.net?;node=some_node"
+        built_uri = jp.pubsub.uri(
+            service="pubsub.example.net", node="some_node", item="some_item"
+        ).strip()
+        assert built_uri == "xmpp:pubsub.example.net?;node=some_node;item=some_item"
+
+
+class TestJpBlog:
+    MICROBLOG_NS = "urn:xmpp:microblog:0"
+
+    def test_set_get(self, jp_json):
+        jp.blog.set(_in="markdown **bold** [link](https://example.net)")
+        item_data = jp_json.blog.get(max=1)
+        item = item_data[0][0]
+        metadata = item_data[1]
+        assert metadata['service'] == "account1@server1.test"
+        assert metadata['node'] == self.MICROBLOG_NS
+        assert metadata['rsm'].keys() <= {"first", "last", "index", "count"}
+        item_id = item['id']
+        expected_uri = uri.buildXMPPUri(
+            'pubsub', subtype="microblog", path="account1@server1.test",
+            node=self.MICROBLOG_NS, item=item_id
+        )
+        assert item['uri'] == expected_uri
+        assert item['content_xhtml'] == (
+            '<div><p>markdown <strong>bold</strong> '
+            '<a href="https://example.net">link</a></p></div>'
+        )
+        assert isinstance(item['published'], int)
+        assert isinstance(item['updated'], int)
+        assert isinstance(item['comments'], list)
+        assert isinstance(item['tags'], list)
+        assert item['author'] == 'account1'
+        assert item['author_jid'] == 'account1@server1.test'
+
+    def test_edit(self, editor, jp_json):
+        payload_md = "content in **markdown**"
+        editor.set_filter(repr(payload_md))
+        jp.blog.edit(_env=editor.env)
+        assert len(editor.original_content) == 0
+        assert editor.new_content == payload_md
+        items_data = jp_json.blog.get(max=1)
+        last_item = items_data[0][0]
+        last_item_id = last_item['id']
+        assert last_item['content'] == "content in markdown"
+        assert last_item['content_xhtml'] == (
+            "<div><p>content in <strong>markdown</strong></p></div>"
+        )
+        editor.set_filter('f"{content} extended"')
+        jp.blog.edit("--last-item", _env=editor.env)
+        assert editor.original_content == payload_md
+        assert editor.new_content == f"{payload_md} extended"
+        items_data = jp_json.blog.get(max=1)
+        last_item = items_data[0][0]
+        # we check that the id hasn't been modified
+        assert last_item['id'] == last_item_id
+        assert last_item['content'] == "content in markdown extended"
+        assert last_item['content_xhtml'] == (
+            "<div><p>content in <strong>markdown</strong> extended</p></div>"
+        )
+
+
+class TestJpFile:
+
+    def test_upload_get(self, fake_file):
+        source_file = fake_file.size(10240)
+        source_file_hash = fake_file.get_source_hash(source_file)
+        upload_url = jp.file.upload(source_file).strip()
+
+        dest_file = fake_file.new_dest_file()
+        try:
+            jp.file.get(upload_url, dest_file=dest_file)
+            dest_file_hash = fake_file.get_dest_hash(dest_file)
+        finally:
+            dest_file.unlink()
+
+        assert source_file_hash == dest_file_hash
+
+    def test_send_receive(self, fake_file):
+        source_file = fake_file.size(10240)
+        source_file_hash = fake_file.get_source_hash(source_file)
+        send_cmd = jp.file.send(source_file, "account1@server2.test", _bg=True)
+        dest_path = fake_file.dest_files / "test_send_receive"
+        dest_path.mkdir()
+        try:
+            jp.file.receive(
+                "account1@server1.test", profile="account1_s2", path=dest_path)
+            dest_file = dest_path / source_file.name
+            dest_file_hash = fake_file.get_dest_hash(dest_file)
+        finally:
+            shutil.rmtree(dest_path)
+        send_cmd.wait()
+
+        assert source_file_hash == dest_file_hash