diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 7a9e185d4dd..6f8761c4a70 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -10486,15 +10486,19 @@ name = "starknet_http_server"
 version = "0.0.0"
 dependencies = [
  "axum",
+ "blockifier",
  "hyper 0.14.30",
  "infra_utils",
+ "mempool_test_utils",
  "metrics 0.21.1",
+ "metrics-exporter-prometheus",
  "papyrus_config",
  "reqwest 0.11.27",
  "serde",
  "serde_json",
  "starknet_api",
  "starknet_gateway_types",
+ "starknet_http_server",
  "starknet_sequencer_infra",
  "thiserror",
  "tokio",
diff --git a/crates/starknet_http_server/Cargo.toml b/crates/starknet_http_server/Cargo.toml
index 0ea77da0728..c6bfa7598f3 100644
--- a/crates/starknet_http_server/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/starknet_http_server/Cargo.toml
@@ -27,5 +27,11 @@ tracing.workspace = true
 validator.workspace = true
 
 [dev-dependencies]
+blockifier = { workspace = true, features = ["testing"] }
+mempool_test_utils.workspace = true
+metrics-exporter-prometheus.workspace = true
 serde_json.workspace = true
+starknet_api = { workspace = true, features = ["testing"] }
+starknet_gateway_types = { workspace = true, features = ["testing"] }
+starknet_http_server = { workspace = true, features = ["testing"] }
 tokio = { workspace = true, features = ["rt"] }
diff --git a/crates/starknet_http_server/src/http_server_test.rs b/crates/starknet_http_server/src/http_server_test.rs
index 787bed37f10..733d626ca3d 100644
--- a/crates/starknet_http_server/src/http_server_test.rs
+++ b/crates/starknet_http_server/src/http_server_test.rs
@@ -1,9 +1,26 @@
+use std::net::SocketAddr;
+use std::sync::Arc;
+
 use axum::body::{Bytes, HttpBody};
 use axum::http::StatusCode;
 use axum::response::{IntoResponse, Response};
+use blockifier::test_utils::CairoVersion;
+use infra_utils::metrics::parse_numeric_metric;
+use mempool_test_utils::starknet_api_test_utils::invoke_tx;
+use metrics_exporter_prometheus::PrometheusBuilder;
 use starknet_api::transaction::TransactionHash;
+use starknet_gateway_types::communication::{GatewayClientError, MockGatewayClient};
+use starknet_sequencer_infra::component_client::ClientError;
+use tokio::task;
 
-use crate::http_server::add_tx_result_as_json;
+use crate::config::HttpServerConfig;
+use crate::http_server::{add_tx_result_as_json, HttpServer};
+use crate::metrics::{
+    ADDED_TRANSACTIONS_FAILURE,
+    ADDED_TRANSACTIONS_SUCCESS,
+    ADDED_TRANSACTIONS_TOTAL,
+};
+use crate::test_utils::HttpTestClient;
 
 #[tokio::test]
 async fn test_tx_hash_json_conversion() {
@@ -20,3 +37,65 @@ async fn test_tx_hash_json_conversion() {
 async fn to_bytes(res: Response) -> Bytes {
     res.into_body().collect().await.unwrap().to_bytes()
 }
+
+#[tokio::test]
+async fn get_metrics_test() {
+    let prometheus_handle = PrometheusBuilder::new()
+        .install_recorder()
+        .expect("should be able to build the recorder and install it globally");
+
+    // TODO(Tsabary): there is a bug in the http server where a failed gateway request crashes it.
+    // The current setup does not test that. Fix the bug and update this test accordingly.
+    // Create a mock gateway client that returns arbitrary responses.
+    const TXS_TO_SEND: usize = 3;
+    let success_txs_to_send = TXS_TO_SEND;
+    let failure_txs_to_send = TXS_TO_SEND - success_txs_to_send;
+    let mut mock_gateway_client = MockGatewayClient::new();
+    let mut i = 0;
+    mock_gateway_client.expect_add_tx().times(TXS_TO_SEND).returning(move |_| {
+        // TODO(Tsabary): the following discombobulated mechanism is a placeholder for the future
+        // test, where there will be failed requests as well.
+        i += 1;
+        match i {
+            0 => Err(GatewayClientError::ClientError(ClientError::UnexpectedResponse(
+                "mock response".to_string(),
+            ))),
+            1 => Ok(TransactionHash::default()),
+            _ => Ok(TransactionHash::default()),
+        }
+    });
+
+    // TODO(Tsabary): replace the const port with something that is not hardcoded.
+    // Create and run the server.
+    let http_server_config = HttpServerConfig { ip: "127.0.0.1".parse().unwrap(), port: 15123 };
+    let mut http_server =
+        HttpServer::new(http_server_config.clone(), Arc::new(mock_gateway_client));
+    tokio::spawn(async move { http_server.run().await });
+
+    let HttpServerConfig { ip, port } = http_server_config;
+    let add_tx_http_client = HttpTestClient::new(SocketAddr::from((ip, port)));
+
+    // Ensure the server starts running.
+    task::yield_now().await;
+
+    // Send transactions to the server.
+    for _ in std::iter::repeat(()).take(TXS_TO_SEND) {
+        let rpc_tx = invoke_tx(CairoVersion::default());
+        add_tx_http_client.add_tx(rpc_tx).await;
+    }
+
+    // Obtain metrics.
+    let metrics = prometheus_handle.render();
+
+    let added_transactions_total_count =
+        parse_numeric_metric::<usize>(&metrics, ADDED_TRANSACTIONS_TOTAL.0);
+    let added_transactions_success_count =
+        parse_numeric_metric::<usize>(&metrics, ADDED_TRANSACTIONS_SUCCESS.0);
+    let added_transactions_failure_count =
+        parse_numeric_metric::<usize>(&metrics, ADDED_TRANSACTIONS_FAILURE.0);
+
+    // Ensure the metrics are as expected.
+    assert_eq!(added_transactions_total_count.unwrap(), TXS_TO_SEND);
+    assert_eq!(added_transactions_success_count.unwrap(), success_txs_to_send);
+    assert_eq!(added_transactions_failure_count.unwrap(), failure_txs_to_send);
+}
diff --git a/crates/starknet_http_server/src/metrics.rs b/crates/starknet_http_server/src/metrics.rs
index 4db77daac92..e84840cf721 100644
--- a/crates/starknet_http_server/src/metrics.rs
+++ b/crates/starknet_http_server/src/metrics.rs
@@ -1,11 +1,12 @@
 use metrics::{absolute_counter, describe_counter, register_counter};
 use tracing::info;
 
-const ADDED_TRANSACTIONS_TOTAL: (&str, &str, u64) =
+// TODO(Tsabary): add tests for metrics.
+pub(crate) const ADDED_TRANSACTIONS_TOTAL: (&str, &str, u64) =
     ("ADDED_TRANSACTIONS_TOTAL", "Total number of transactions added", 0);
-const ADDED_TRANSACTIONS_SUCCESS: (&str, &str, u64) =
+pub(crate) const ADDED_TRANSACTIONS_SUCCESS: (&str, &str, u64) =
     ("ADDED_TRANSACTIONS_SUCCESS", "Number of successfully added transactions", 0);
-const ADDED_TRANSACTIONS_FAILURE: (&str, &str, u64) =
+pub(crate) const ADDED_TRANSACTIONS_FAILURE: (&str, &str, u64) =
     ("ADDED_TRANSACTIONS_FAILURE", "Number of faulty added transactions", 0);
 
 pub(crate) fn init_metrics() {