diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 7fdb6d8..00b2bb6 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -68,9 +68,33 @@ jobs:
         #2. Use `install-ci-test` to do it in a single command, see https://docs.npmjs.com/cli/v8/commands/npm-install-ci-test
         run: npm install-ci-test
 
+  integration-tests:
+    name: Integration Tests
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Check out code
+        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - name: Setup node
+        uses: actions/setup-node@v3
+        with:
+          node-version: '18'
+          cache: 'npm'
+      - name: Install node dependencies
+        # NOTE: we need to install dev dependencies too vs. production only for hurl
+        run: npm install
+      - name: Build Containers
+        run: docker compose up -d
+      - name: Setup Local AWS Resources
+        # NOTE: this file needs to be made executable *before* you check into git:
+        # $ chmod +x ./scripts/local-aws-setup.sh
+        run: ./scripts/local-aws-setup.sh
+      - name: Run Hurl Tests
+        run: npm run test:integration
+
+
   docker-hub:
       name: Build and Push Image to Docker Hub
-      needs: [lint, dockerfile-lint, unit-tests]
+      needs: [lint, dockerfile-lint, unit-tests, integration-tests]
       runs-on: ubuntu-latest
       steps:
         # Set up buildx for optimal Docker Builds, see:
@@ -95,4 +119,4 @@ jobs:
           with:
             push: true
             # Use 3 tags: :latest-commit-sha, :main, and :latest
-            tags: ${{ env.DOCKERHUB_REPO }}:${{ env.SHA_TAG }}, ${{ env.DOCKERHUB_REPO }}:main, ${{ env.DOCKERHUB_REPO }}:latest
+            tags: ${{ env.DOCKERHUB_REPO }}:${{ env.SHA_TAG }}, ${{ env.DOCKERHUB_REPO }}:main, ${{ env.DOCKERHUB_REPO }}:latest
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index f6e85c3..e61a014 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ services:
     environment:
       - API_URL=http://localhost:8080     # API is running on http://localhost:8080
       - HTPASSWD_FILE=tests/.htpasswd     # Use Basic Auth (for running tests, CI)
-      - LOG_LEVEL=${LOG_LEVEL:-info}
+      - LOG_LEVEL=${LOG_LEVEL:-debug}
       - AWS_REGION=us-east-1
       # Use the LocalStack endpoint vs. AWS for S3 AWS SDK clients.
       # NOTE: we use Docker's internal network to the localstack container
@@ -19,6 +19,9 @@ services:
       # default to 'fragments' as the name, unless something else is defined in the env.
       - AWS_S3_BUCKET_NAME=${AWS_S3_BUCKET_NAME:-fragments}
       - AWS_DYNAMODB_TABLE_NAME=${AWS_DYNAMODB_TABLE_NAME:-fragments}
+      - AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID=${AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID}
+      - AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY=${AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY}
+      - AWS_SESSION_TOKEN=${AWS_SESSION_TOKEN}
     # Ports to publish
     ports:
       - '8080:8080'
@@ -30,7 +33,7 @@ services:
       - '8000:8000'
     # Run the database in memory, see:
     # https://docs.aws.amazon.com/amazondynamodb/latest/developerguide/DynamoDBLocal.UsageNotes.html
-    command: ['-jar', 'DynamoDBLocal.jar', '-inMemory']
+    command: ['-jar', 'DynamoDBLocal.jar', '-inMemory', '-sharedDb']
   
   # LocalStack for S3, see https://docs.localstack.cloud/get-started/#docker-compose
   # Interact via awscli-local, see https://docs.localstack.cloud/integrations/aws-cli/#installation
diff --git a/fragments-definition.json b/fragments-definition.json
index 9e33898..52fcf6d 100644
--- a/fragments-definition.json
+++ b/fragments-definition.json
@@ -1,127 +1,150 @@
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diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 8645391..cf89332 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -9,7 +9,9 @@
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@@ -6400,6 +6949,11 @@
         "url": "https://github.com/sponsors/ljharb"
       }
     },
+    "node_modules/obliterator": {
+      "version": "1.6.1",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/obliterator/-/obliterator-1.6.1.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-9WXswnqINnnhOG/5SLimUlzuU1hFJUc8zkwyD59Sd+dPOMf05PmnYG/d6Q7HZ+KmgkZJa1PxRso6QdM3sTNHig=="
+    },
     "node_modules/on-exit-leak-free": {
       "version": "2.1.0",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/on-exit-leak-free/-/on-exit-leak-free-2.1.0.tgz",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 0027bf8..3e79ca6 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -31,7 +31,9 @@
     "supertest": "^6.3.3"
   },
   "dependencies": {
+    "@aws-sdk/client-dynamodb": "^3.465.0",
     "@aws-sdk/client-s3": "^3.458.0",
+    "@aws-sdk/lib-dynamodb": "^3.465.0",
     "aws-jwt-verify": "^4.0.0",
     "compression": "^1.7.4",
     "content-type": "^1.0.5",
diff --git a/src/model/data/aws/ddbDocClient.js b/src/model/data/aws/ddbDocClient.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..70ee2ba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/model/data/aws/ddbDocClient.js
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+const { DynamoDBClient } = require('@aws-sdk/client-dynamodb');
+// Helper library for working with converting DynamoDB types to/from JS
+const { DynamoDBDocumentClient } = require('@aws-sdk/lib-dynamodb');
+
+const logger = require('../../../logger');
+
+/**
+ * If AWS credentials are configured in the environment, use them. Normally when we connect to DynamoDB from a deployment in AWS, we won't bother with this.  But if you're testing locally, you'll need
+ * these, or if you're connecting to LocalStack or DynamoDB Local
+ * @returns Object | undefined
+ */
+const getCredentials = () => {
+  if (process.env.AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID && process.env.AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY) {
+    // See https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSJavaScriptSDK/v3/latest/clients/client-dynamodb/interfaces/dynamodbclientconfig.html#credentials
+    const credentials = {
+      accessKeyId: process.env.AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID,
+      secretAccessKey: process.env.AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY,
+      // Optionally include the AWS Session Token, too (e.g., if you're connecting to AWS from your laptop).
+      // Not all situations require this, so we won't check for it above, just use it if it is present.
+      sessionToken: process.env.AWS_SESSION_TOKEN,
+    };
+    logger.debug('Using extra DynamoDB Credentials');
+    return credentials;
+  }
+};
+
+/**
+ * If an AWS DynamoDB Endpoint is configured in the environment, use it.
+ * @returns string | undefined
+ */
+const getDynamoDBEndpoint = () => {
+  if (process.env.AWS_DYNAMODB_ENDPOINT_URL) {
+    logger.debug(
+      { endpoint: process.env.AWS_DYNAMODB_ENDPOINT_URL },
+      'Using alternate DynamoDB endpoint'
+    );
+    return process.env.AWS_DYNAMODB_ENDPOINT_URL;
+  }
+};
+
+// Create and configure an Amazon DynamoDB client object.
+const ddbClient = new DynamoDBClient({
+  region: process.env.AWS_REGION,
+  endpoint: getDynamoDBEndpoint(),
+  credentials: getCredentials(),
+});
+
+// Instead of exposing the ddbClient directly, we'll wrap it with a helper
+// that will simplify converting data to/from DynamoDB and JavaScript (i.e.
+// marshalling and unmarshalling typed attribute data)
+const ddbDocClient = DynamoDBDocumentClient.from(ddbClient, {
+  marshallOptions: {
+    // Whether to automatically convert empty strings, blobs, and sets to `null`.
+    convertEmptyValues: false, // false, by default.
+    // Whether to remove undefined values while marshalling.
+    removeUndefinedValues: false, // false, by default.
+    // Whether to convert typeof object to map attribute.
+    convertClassInstanceToMap: true, // we have to set this to `true` for LocalStack
+  },
+  unmarshallOptions: {
+    // Whether to return numbers as a string instead of converting them to native JavaScript numbers.
+    wrapNumbers: false, // false, by default.
+  },
+});
+
+module.exports = ddbDocClient;
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/model/data/aws/index.js b/src/model/data/aws/index.js
index c4f2789..8634d2b 100644
--- a/src/model/data/aws/index.js
+++ b/src/model/data/aws/index.js
@@ -1,38 +1,50 @@
 // temporary use of memory-db until we add DynamoDB
-const MemoryDB = require('../memory/memory-db');
+const ddbDocClient = require('./ddbDocClient');
 const s3Client = require('./s3Client');
+const { PutCommand, GetCommand, QueryCommand, DeleteCommand } = require('@aws-sdk/lib-dynamodb');
 const { PutObjectCommand, GetObjectCommand, DeleteObjectCommand } = require('@aws-sdk/client-s3');
 const logger = require('../../../logger');
 
-// Create two in-memory databases: one for fragment metadata and the other for raw data
-const metadata = new MemoryDB();
-
-// Write a fragment's metadata to memory db. Returns a Promise
-async function writeFragment(fragment) {
-  // Create the PUT API params from our details
+// Writes a fragment to DynamoDB. Returns a Promise.
+function writeFragment(fragment) {
+  // Configure our PUT params, with the name of the table and item (attributes and keys)
   const params = {
-    Bucket: process.env.AWS_S3_BUCKET_NAME,
-    Key: `${fragment.ownerId}/${fragment.id}`,
-    Body: JSON.stringify(fragment),
+    TableName: process.env.AWS_DYNAMODB_TABLE_NAME,
+    Item: fragment,
   };
 
-  // Create a PUT Object command to send to S3
-  const command = new PutObjectCommand(params);
+  // Create a PUT command to send to DynamoDB
+  const command = new PutCommand(params);
 
   try {
-    // Use our client to send the command
-    await s3Client.send(command);
+    return ddbDocClient.send(command);
   } catch (err) {
-    // If anything goes wrong, log info to debug
-    const { Bucket, Key } = params;
-    logger.error({ err, Bucket, Key }, 'Error uploading fragment data to S3');
-    throw new Error('unable to upload fragment data');
+    logger.warn({ err, params, fragment }, 'error writing fragment to DynamoDB');
+    throw err;
   }
 }
 
-// Read a fragment's metadata from memory db. Returns a Promise
-function readFragment(ownerId, id) {
-  return metadata.get(ownerId, id);
+// Reads a fragment from DynamoDB. Returns a Promise<fragment|undefined>
+async function readFragment(ownerId, id) {
+  // Configure our GET params, with the name of the table and key (partition key + sort key)
+  const params = {
+    TableName: process.env.AWS_DYNAMODB_TABLE_NAME,
+    Key: { ownerId, id },
+  };
+
+  // Create a GET command to send to DynamoDB
+  const command = new GetCommand(params);
+
+  try {
+    // Wait for the data to come back from AWS
+    const data = await ddbDocClient.send(command);
+    // We may or may not get back any data (e.g., no item found for the given key).
+    // If we get back an item (fragment), we'll return it.  Otherwise we'll return `undefined`.
+    return data?.Item;
+  } catch (err) {
+    logger.warn({ err, params }, 'error reading fragment from DynamoDB');
+    throw err;
+  }
 }
 
 // Write a fragment's data buffer to S3 Object in a Bucket
@@ -98,39 +110,81 @@ const streamToBuffer = (stream) =>
     stream.on('end', () => resolve(Buffer.concat(chunks)));
   });
 
-// Get a list of fragment ids/objects for the given user from memory db. Returns a Promise
+// Get a list of fragments, either ids-only, or full Objects, for the given user.
+// Returns a Promise<Array<Fragment>|Array<string>|undefined>
 async function listFragments(ownerId, expand = false) {
-  const fragments = await metadata.query(ownerId);
+  // Configure our QUERY params, with the name of the table and the query expression
+  const params = {
+    TableName: process.env.AWS_DYNAMODB_TABLE_NAME,
+    // Specify that we want to get all items where the ownerId is equal to the
+    // `:ownerId` that we'll define below in the ExpressionAttributeValues.
+    KeyConditionExpression: 'ownerId = :ownerId',
+    // Use the `ownerId` value to do the query
+    ExpressionAttributeValues: {
+      ':ownerId': ownerId,
+    },
+  };
 
-  // If we don't get anything back, or are supposed to give expanded fragments, return
-  if (expand || !fragments) {
-    return fragments;
+  // Limit to only `id` if we aren't supposed to expand. Without doing this
+  // we'll get back every attribute.  The projection expression defines a list
+  // of attributes to return, see:
+  // https://docs.aws.amazon.com/amazondynamodb/latest/developerguide/Expressions.ProjectionExpressions.html
+  if (!expand) {
+    params.ProjectionExpression = 'id';
   }
 
-  // Otherwise, map to only send back the ids
-  return fragments.map((fragment) => fragment.id);
+  // Create a QUERY command to send to DynamoDB
+  const command = new QueryCommand(params);
+
+  try {
+    // Wait for the data to come back from AWS
+    const data = await ddbDocClient.send(command);
+
+    // If we haven't expanded to include all attributes, remap this array from
+    // [ {"id":"b9e7a264-630f-436d-a785-27f30233faea"}, {"id":"dad25b07-8cd6-498b-9aaf-46d358ea97fe"} ,... ] to
+    // [ "b9e7a264-630f-436d-a785-27f30233faea", "dad25b07-8cd6-498b-9aaf-46d358ea97fe", ... ]
+    return !expand ? data?.Items.map((item) => item.id) : data?.Items
+  } catch (err) {
+    logger.error({ err, params }, 'error getting all fragments for user from DynamoDB');
+    throw err;
+  }
 }
 
 // Delete a fragment's metadata and data from S3
 async function deleteFragment(ownerId, id) {
-  // Create the DELETE API params from our details
-  const params = {
+  // Create the DELETE API params from our details for S3 and DynamoDB
+  const S3Params = {
     Bucket: process.env.AWS_S3_BUCKET_NAME,
     Key: `${ownerId}/${id}`,
   };
 
-  // Create a DELETE Object command to send to S3
-  const command = new DeleteObjectCommand(params);
+  const DynamoParams = {
+    TableName: process.env.AWS_DYNAMODB_TABLE_NAME,
+    Key: { ownerId, id }
+  };
+
+  // Create a DELETE Object command to send to S3 and DynamoDB
+  const S3Command = new DeleteObjectCommand(S3Params);
+  const DynamoCommand = new DeleteCommand(DynamoParams);
 
   try {
-    readFragmentData(ownerId, id);  // check if fragment exists
-    // Use our client to send the command
-    await s3Client.send(command);
+    // Use our client to send the DynamoDB command
+    await ddbDocClient.send(DynamoCommand);
   } catch (err) {
     // If anything goes wrong, log info to debug
-    const { Bucket, Key } = params;
+    const { TableName, Key } = DynamoParams;
+    logger.error({ err, TableName, Key }, 'Error deleting fragment data from DynamoDB');
+    throw new Error('unable to delete fragment data from DynamoDB');
+  }
+
+  try {
+    // Use our client to send the S3 command
+    await s3Client.send(S3Command);
+  } catch (err) {
+    // If anything goes wrong, log info to debug
+    const { Bucket, Key } = S3Params;
     logger.error({ err, Bucket, Key }, 'Error deleting fragment data from S3');
-    throw new Error('unable to delete fragment data');
+    throw new Error('unable to delete fragment data from S3');
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/model/fragment.js b/src/model/fragment.js
index b2badc9..74c4b67 100644
--- a/src/model/fragment.js
+++ b/src/model/fragment.js
@@ -43,7 +43,6 @@ class Fragment {
       this.ownerId = ownerId;
       this.created = new Date(created);
       this.updated = new Date(updated);
-
       
       if (Fragment.isSupportedType(type) == true)
         this.type = type;
@@ -157,6 +156,16 @@ class Fragment {
     }
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Updates the fragment's dates to the string format
+   * @param none
+   * @returns nothing
+   */
+  async convertDatestoDateString() {
+    this.created = this.created.toDateString();
+    this.updated = this.updated.toDateString();
+  }
+
   /**
    * Returns the mime type (e.g., without encoding) for the fragment's type:
    * "text/html; charset=utf-8" -> "text/html"
diff --git a/src/routes/api/byId.js b/src/routes/api/byId.js
index 506f01d..3781dc0 100644
--- a/src/routes/api/byId.js
+++ b/src/routes/api/byId.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-const { readFragment, readFragmentData } = require('../../model/data/memory');
+const { readFragment, readFragmentData } = require('../../model/data');
 const { createErrorResponse } = require('../../response');
 const logger = require('../../logger');
 var MarkdownIt = require('markdown-it');
diff --git a/src/routes/api/delete.js b/src/routes/api/delete.js
index 925cd99..cb09a58 100644
--- a/src/routes/api/delete.js
+++ b/src/routes/api/delete.js
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 const { createSuccessResponse, createErrorResponse } = require('../../response');
-const { deleteFragment } = require('../../model/data/memory');
+const { deleteFragment } = require('../../model/data');
 const logger = require('../../logger');
 
 // Delete fragment for the current user
diff --git a/src/routes/api/get.js b/src/routes/api/get.js
index 47403f4..71dc050 100644
--- a/src/routes/api/get.js
+++ b/src/routes/api/get.js
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 const { createSuccessResponse } = require('../../response');
-const { listFragments } = require('../../model/data/memory');
+const { listFragments } = require('../../model/data');
 
 // Gets a list of fragments for the current user
 module.exports  = async (req, res) => {
diff --git a/src/routes/api/info.js b/src/routes/api/info.js
index 5bf0d77..94f4e01 100644
--- a/src/routes/api/info.js
+++ b/src/routes/api/info.js
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-const { readFragment } = require('../../model/data/memory');
-const { createErrorResponse } = require('../../response');
+const { readFragment } = require('../../model/data');
+const { createSuccessResponse, createErrorResponse } = require('../../response');
 const logger = require('../../logger');
 
 // Gets a fragment based on its id
@@ -7,7 +7,10 @@ module.exports = async (req, res) => {
     const fragmentMetadata = await readFragment(req.user, req.params.id);
 
     if (fragmentMetadata) {
-      res.status(200).json(fragmentMetadata);
+      let data = {
+        fragment: fragmentMetadata
+      };
+      res.status(200).json(createSuccessResponse(data));
     } else {
       logger.warn(`Requested fragment does not exist in the memory.`);
       logger.debug(`Fragment not found with ID ${req.params.id}`);
diff --git a/src/routes/api/post.js b/src/routes/api/post.js
index 3ca20c9..d5c1bb4 100644
--- a/src/routes/api/post.js
+++ b/src/routes/api/post.js
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 const { createSuccessResponse, createErrorResponse } = require('../../response');
 const { Fragment } = require('../../model/fragment');
 const contentType = require('content-type');
-const { writeFragment, writeFragmentData } = require('../../model/data/memory');
+const { writeFragment, writeFragmentData } = require('../../model/data');
 const logger = require('../../logger');
 
 // Creates a fragment for the current user
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ module.exports = async (req, res) => {
         const ownerId = req.user;
         const fragment = new Fragment({ ownerId, type });
         fragment.updateSize(req.body);
+        if (process.env.AWS_REGION)        //save dates as strings when storing with AWS
+            fragment.convertDatestoDateString();
         await writeFragment(fragment);
         await writeFragmentData(ownerId, fragment.id, req.body);
 
diff --git a/tests/integration/lab-10-dynamodb.hurl b/tests/integration/lab-10-dynamodb.hurl
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1d6311d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/integration/lab-10-dynamodb.hurl
@@ -0,0 +1,126 @@
+
+# POST a new JSON fragment to http://localhost:8080 as an authorized user.
+#The fragment's body should be the JSON value, { "service": "DynamoDB" }.
+POST http://localhost:8080/v1/fragments
+# Send a plain text fragment
+Content-Type: application/json
+# Include HTTP Basic Auth credentials using the [BasicAuth] section
+[BasicAuth]
+user1@email.com:password1
+
+{ "service": "DynamoDB" }
+
+
+# Confirm that the server returns a 201
+# Capture the Location header value and the fragment's id in variables named fragment1_url and fragment1_id.
+HTTP/1.1 201
+[Captures]
+fragment1_url: header "Location"
+fragment1_id: jsonpath "$.fragment.id"
+
+
+# GET the fragment info (i.e., metadata) for the fragment you just created using the Location URL/info as an authorized user
+GET {{fragment1_url}}/info
+# Include HTTP Basic Auth credentials using the [BasicAuth] section
+[BasicAuth]
+user1@email.com:password1
+
+
+# Confirm that the server returns a 200 and that all of the metadata properties match what you expect.
+HTTP/1.1 200
+[Asserts]
+jsonpath "$.status" == "ok"
+jsonpath "$.fragment.id" == {{fragment1_id}}
+# Our ownerId hash is a hex encoded string
+jsonpath "$.fragment.ownerId" matches "^[0-9a-fA-F]+$"
+jsonpath "$.fragment.created" isString
+jsonpath "$.fragment.updated" isString
+jsonpath "$.fragment.type" == "application/json"
+jsonpath "$.fragment.size" == 25
+
+
+# POST a second Markdown fragment to http://localhost:8080 as the same authorized user. 
+# The fragment's body should be the Markdown value, DynamoDB is **great**.
+POST http://localhost:8080/v1/fragments
+# Send a plain text fragment
+Content-Type: text/markdown
+# Include HTTP Basic Auth credentials using the [BasicAuth] section
+[BasicAuth]
+user1@email.com:password1
+
+`DynamoDB is **great**.`
+
+
+# Confirm that the server returns a 201
+# Capture the Location header value and the second id in variables named fragment2_url and fragment2_id
+HTTP/1.1 201
+[Captures]
+fragment2_url: header "Location"
+fragment2_id: jsonpath "$.fragment.id"
+
+
+# GET the fragment info (i.e., metadata) you just created using the url/info as an authorized user
+GET {{fragment2_url}}/info
+# Include HTTP Basic Auth credentials using the [BasicAuth] section
+[BasicAuth]
+user1@email.com:password1
+
+
+# Confirm that the server returns a 200 and that all of the metadata properties match what you expect.
+HTTP/1.1 200
+[Asserts]
+jsonpath "$.status" == "ok"
+jsonpath "$.fragment.id" == {{fragment2_id}}
+# Our ownerId hash is a hex encoded string
+jsonpath "$.fragment.ownerId" matches "^[0-9a-fA-F]+$"
+jsonpath "$.fragment.created" isString
+jsonpath "$.fragment.updated" isString
+jsonpath "$.fragment.type" == "text/markdown"
+jsonpath "$.fragment.size" == 22
+
+
+# GET all of the fragments for the same authorized user without expanding them (i.e., just get back the IDs)
+GET http://localhost:8080/v1/fragments
+[BasicAuth]
+user1@email.com:password1
+
+
+# Confirm that the list of fragments includes the two id values you captured above
+HTTP/1.1 200
+[Asserts]
+jsonpath "$.status" == "ok"
+jsonpath "$.fragments" includes {{fragment1_id}}
+jsonpath "$.fragments" includes {{fragment2_id}}
+
+
+# DELETE the first fragment you created above
+DELETE {{fragment1_url}}
+[BasicAuth]
+user1@email.com:password1
+
+
+# Confirm that the server returns a 200
+HTTP/1.1 200
+
+
+# Try to GET the first fragment again using the url you captured above as the authorized user
+GET {{fragment1_url}}/info
+[BasicAuth]
+user1@email.com:password1
+
+
+# Confirm that the server returns a 404, since the fragment should be deleted
+HTTP/1.1 404
+
+
+# GET all of the fragments for the same authorized user without expanding them (i.e., just get back the IDs)
+GET http://localhost:8080/v1/fragments
+[BasicAuth]
+user1@email.com:password1
+
+
+# Confirm that the first id is NOT included but that the second id is (i.e., that the second was not deleted).
+HTTP/1.1 200
+[Asserts]
+jsonpath "$.fragments" not includes {{fragment1_id}}
+jsonpath "$.fragments" includes {{fragment2_id}}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/integration/lab-9-s3.hurl b/tests/integration/lab-9-s3.hurl
index 71bbfa8..af6486c 100644
--- a/tests/integration/lab-9-s3.hurl
+++ b/tests/integration/lab-9-s3.hurl
@@ -46,11 +46,4 @@ user1@email.com:password1
 
 
 # Confirm that the server returns a 404, since the fragment should be deleted.
-HTTP/1.1 404
-
-
-#DELETE $url
-#Authorization: Bearer <your_token>
-
-# Confirm that the server returns a 404 since the fragment should be deleted
-#ASSERT status 404
\ No newline at end of file
+HTTP/1.1 404
\ No newline at end of file