diff --git a/bookstore/bookstore_config.py b/bookstore/bookstore_config.py
index d48be2a..0fa3c50 100644
--- a/bookstore/bookstore_config.py
+++ b/bookstore/bookstore_config.py
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ def validate_bookstore(settings: BookstoreSettings):
     Returns
     -------
     validation_checks : dict
-        Existence of settings by category (general, archive, publish)
+        Statements about whether features are validly configured and available
     """
     general_settings = [settings.s3_bucket != "", settings.s3_endpoint_url != ""]
     archive_settings = [*general_settings, settings.workspace_prefix != ""]
@@ -85,6 +85,6 @@ def validate_bookstore(settings: BookstoreSettings):
         "bookstore_valid": all(general_settings),
         "archive_valid": all(archive_settings),
         "publish_valid": all(published_settings),
-        "cloning_valid": all(cloning_settings),
+        "clone_valid": all(cloning_settings),
     }
     return validation_checks
diff --git a/bookstore/handlers.py b/bookstore/handlers.py
index 9995946..6a6d200 100644
--- a/bookstore/handlers.py
+++ b/bookstore/handlers.py
@@ -20,24 +20,34 @@ class BookstoreVersionHandler(APIHandler):
     """Handler responsible for Bookstore version information
 
     Used to lay foundations for the bookstore package. Though, frontends can use this endpoint for feature detection.
+
+    Methods
+    -------
+    get(self)
+        Provides version info and feature availability based on serverside settings.
+    build_response_dict(self)
+        Helper to populate response.
     """
 
     @web.authenticated
     def get(self):
-        self.finish(
-            json.dumps(
-                {
-                    "bookstore": True,
-                    "version": self.settings['bookstore']["version"],
-                    "validation": self.settings['bookstore']["validation"],
-                }
-            )
-        )
+        """GET /api/bookstore/
+
+        Returns version info and validation info for various bookstore features.
+        """
+        self.finish(json.dumps(self.build_response_dict()))
+
+    def build_response_dict(self):
+        """Helper for building the version handler's response before serialization."""
+        return {
+            "release": self.settings['bookstore']["release"],
+            "features": self.settings['bookstore']["features"],
+        }
 
 
-# TODO: Add a check. Note: We need to ensure that publishing is not configured if bookstore settings are not
-#       set. Because of how the APIHandlers cannot be configurable, all we can do is reach into settings
-#       For applications this will mean checking the config and then applying it in
+def build_settings_dict(validation):
+    """Helper for building the settings info that will be assigned to the web_app."""
+    return {"release": version, "features": validation}
 
 
 def load_jupyter_server_extension(nb_app):
@@ -48,7 +58,7 @@ def load_jupyter_server_extension(nb_app):
 
     bookstore_settings = BookstoreSettings(parent=nb_app)
     validation = validate_bookstore(bookstore_settings)
-    web_app.settings['bookstore'] = {"version": version, "validation": validation}
+    web_app.settings['bookstore'] = build_settings_dict(validation)
     handlers = collect_handlers(nb_app.log, base_url, validation)
     web_app.add_handlers(host_pattern, handlers)
 
@@ -92,7 +102,7 @@ def collect_handlers(log, base_url, validation):
     else:
         log.info("[bookstore] Publishing disabled. s3_bucket or endpoint are not configured.")
 
-    if validation['cloning_valid']:
+    if validation['clone_valid']:
         log.info(f"[bookstore] Enabling bookstore cloning, version: {version}")
         handlers.append(
             (url_path_join(base_bookstore_api_pattern, r"/clone(?:/?)*"), BookstoreCloneAPIHandler)
diff --git a/bookstore/tests/test_bookstore_config.py b/bookstore/tests/test_bookstore_config.py
index 954959e..a844d98 100644
--- a/bookstore/tests/test_bookstore_config.py
+++ b/bookstore/tests/test_bookstore_config.py
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ def test_validate_bookstore_defaults():
         "bookstore_valid": False,
         "publish_valid": False,
         "archive_valid": False,
-        "cloning_valid": True,
+        "clone_valid": True,
     }
     settings = BookstoreSettings()
     assert validate_bookstore(settings) == expected
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ def test_validate_bookstore_published():
         "bookstore_valid": True,
         "publish_valid": False,
         "archive_valid": True,
-        "cloning_valid": True,
+        "clone_valid": True,
     }
     settings = BookstoreSettings(s3_bucket="A_bucket", published_prefix="")
     assert validate_bookstore(settings) == expected
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ def test_validate_bookstore_workspace():
         "bookstore_valid": True,
         "publish_valid": True,
         "archive_valid": False,
-        "cloning_valid": True,
+        "clone_valid": True,
     }
     settings = BookstoreSettings(s3_bucket="A_bucket", workspace_prefix="")
     assert validate_bookstore(settings) == expected
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ def test_validate_bookstore_endpoint():
         "bookstore_valid": False,
         "publish_valid": False,
         "archive_valid": False,
-        "cloning_valid": True,
+        "clone_valid": True,
     }
     settings = BookstoreSettings(s3_endpoint_url="")
     assert validate_bookstore(settings) == expected
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ def test_validate_bookstore_bucket():
         "bookstore_valid": True,
         "publish_valid": True,
         "archive_valid": True,
-        "cloning_valid": True,
+        "clone_valid": True,
     }
     settings = BookstoreSettings(s3_bucket="A_bucket")
     assert validate_bookstore(settings) == expected
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ def test_disable_cloning():
         "bookstore_valid": True,
         "publish_valid": True,
         "archive_valid": True,
-        "cloning_valid": False,
+        "clone_valid": False,
     }
     settings = BookstoreSettings(s3_bucket="A_bucket", enable_cloning=False)
     assert validate_bookstore(settings) == expected
diff --git a/bookstore/tests/test_handlers.py b/bookstore/tests/test_handlers.py
index 60d5c70..7989f63 100644
--- a/bookstore/tests/test_handlers.py
+++ b/bookstore/tests/test_handlers.py
@@ -1,21 +1,25 @@
 """Tests for handlers"""
+from unittest.mock import Mock
+
 import pytest
 import logging
 from unittest.mock import Mock
 
-from bookstore.handlers import collect_handlers, BookstoreVersionHandler
+from bookstore._version import __version__
+from bookstore.handlers import collect_handlers, build_settings_dict, BookstoreVersionHandler
 from bookstore.bookstore_config import BookstoreSettings, validate_bookstore
 from bookstore.clone import BookstoreCloneHandler, BookstoreCloneAPIHandler
 from bookstore.publish import BookstorePublishAPIHandler
 from notebook.base.handlers import path_regex
-from tornado.web import Application
+from tornado.testing import AsyncTestCase
+from tornado.web import Application, HTTPError
+from tornado.httpserver import HTTPRequest
 from traitlets.config import Config
 
 log = logging.getLogger('test_handlers')
+version = __version__
 
-
-def test_handlers():
-    pass
+from traitlets.config import Config
 
 
 def test_collect_handlers_all():
@@ -68,3 +72,94 @@ def test_collect_handlers_only_version():
     validation = validate_bookstore(bookstore_settings)
     handlers = collect_handlers(log, '/', validation)
     assert expected == handlers
+
+
+@pytest.fixture(scope="class")
+def bookstore_settings(request):
+    mock_settings = {
+        "BookstoreSettings": {
+            "s3_access_key_id": "mock_id",
+            "s3_secret_access_key": "mock_access",
+            "s3_bucket": "my_bucket",
+        }
+    }
+    config = Config(mock_settings)
+    bookstore_settings = BookstoreSettings(config=config)
+    if request.cls is not None:
+        request.cls.bookstore_settings = bookstore_settings
+    return bookstore_settings
+
+
+def test_build_settings_dict(bookstore_settings):
+    expected = {
+        'features': {
+            'archive_valid': True,
+            'bookstore_valid': True,
+            'publish_valid': True,
+            'clone_valid': True,
+        },
+        'release': version,
+    }
+    validation = validate_bookstore(bookstore_settings)
+    assert expected == build_settings_dict(validation)
+
+
+@pytest.mark.usefixtures("bookstore_settings")
+class TestCloneAPIHandler(AsyncTestCase):
+    def setUp(self):
+        super().setUp()
+
+        validation = validate_bookstore(self.bookstore_settings)
+        self.mock_application = Mock(
+            spec=Application,
+            ui_methods={},
+            ui_modules={},
+            settings={"bookstore": build_settings_dict(validation)},
+            transforms=[],
+        )
+
+    def get_handler(self, uri, app=None):
+        if app is None:
+            app = self.mock_application
+        connection = Mock(context=Mock(protocol="https"))
+        payload_request = HTTPRequest(
+            method='GET',
+            uri=uri,
+            headers={"Host": "localhost:8888"},
+            body=None,
+            connection=connection,
+        )
+        return BookstoreVersionHandler(app, payload_request)
+
+    def test_get(self):
+        """This is a simple test of the get API at /api/bookstore
+
+        The most notable feature is the need to set _transforms on the handler.
+
+        The default value of handler()._transforms is `None`.
+        This is iterated over when handler().flush() is called, raising a TypeError.
+        
+        In normal usage, the application assigns this when it creates a handler delegate.
+
+        Because our mock application does not do this 
+        As a result this raises an error when self.finish() (and therefore self.flush()) is called.
+
+        At runtime on a live Jupyter server, application.transforms == [].
+        """
+        get_handler = self.get_handler('/api/bookstore/')
+        setattr(get_handler, '_transforms', [])
+        return_val = get_handler.get()
+        assert return_val is None
+
+    def test_build_response(self):
+        empty_handler = self.get_handler('/api/bookstore/')
+        expected = {
+            'features': {
+                'archive_valid': True,
+                'bookstore_valid': True,
+                'publish_valid': True,
+                'clone_valid': True,
+            },
+            'release': version,
+        }
+        assert empty_handler.build_response_dict() == expected
diff --git a/docs/source/bookstore_api.yaml b/docs/source/bookstore_api.yaml
index 5dfc522..6a1cde9 100644
--- a/docs/source/bookstore_api.yaml
+++ b/docs/source/bookstore_api.yaml
@@ -194,27 +194,26 @@ components:
         format:
           type: string
           description: Format of content (one of null, 'text', 'base64', 'json')
-    ValidationInfo:
+    FeatureValidationInfo:
       type: object
       required:
-        - bookstore_validation
-        - archive_validation
-        - published_validation
+        - bookstore_valid
+        - archive_valid
+        - publish_valid
+        - clone_valid
       properties:
-        bookstore_validation:
+        bookstore_valid:
           type: boolean
-        archive_validation:
+        archive_valid:
           type: boolean
-        published_validation: 
+        publish_valid: 
+          type: boolean
+        clone_valid: 
           type: boolean
     VersionInfo:
       type: object
-      required:
-        - s3path
       properties:
-        bookstore:
-          type: boolean
-        version:
+        release:
           type: string
-        validation: 
-          $ref: '#/components/schemas/ValidationInfo'
+        features: 
+          $ref: '#/components/schemas/FeatureValidationInfo'