diff --git a/tests/all_tests_v2.nim b/tests/all_tests_v2.nim
index 85356bfb3..2b722ff51 100644
--- a/tests/all_tests_v2.nim
+++ b/tests/all_tests_v2.nim
@@ -13,6 +13,9 @@ import
   ./v2/test_rest_serdes,
   ./v2/test_rest_debug_api_serdes,
   ./v2/test_rest_debug_api,
+  ./v2/test_rest_relay_api_serdes,
+  ./v2/test_rest_relay_api_topic_cache,
+  ./v2/test_rest_relay_api,
   ./v2/test_peer_manager,
   ./v2/test_web3, # TODO  remove it when rln-relay tests get finalized
   ./v2/test_waku_bridge,
diff --git a/tests/v2/test_rest_relay_api.nim b/tests/v2/test_rest_relay_api.nim
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..df24b08b8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/v2/test_rest_relay_api.nim
@@ -0,0 +1,249 @@
+{.used.}
+
+import
+  std/sequtils,
+  stew/byteutils,
+  stew/shims/net,
+  chronicles,
+  testutils/unittests,
+  presto,
+  libp2p/crypto/crypto,
+  libp2p/protocols/pubsub/pubsub
+import
+  ../../waku/v2/node/wakunode2,
+  ../../waku/v2/node/rest/[server, client, utils],
+  ../../waku/v2/node/rest/relay/[api_types, relay_api, topic_cache]
+
+
+proc testWakuNode(): WakuNode = 
+  let 
+    rng = crypto.newRng()
+    privkey = crypto.PrivateKey.random(Secp256k1, rng[]).tryGet()
+    bindIp = ValidIpAddress.init("0.0.0.0")
+    extIp = ValidIpAddress.init("127.0.0.1")
+    port = Port(9000)
+
+  WakuNode.new(privkey, bindIp, port, some(extIp), some(port))
+
+proc fakeWakuMessage(payload = toBytes("TEST"), contentTopic = "test"): WakuMessage = 
+  WakuMessage(
+    payload: payload,
+    contentTopic: contentTopic,
+    version: 1,
+    timestamp: 2022
+  )
+
+
+suite "REST API - Relay":
+  asyncTest "Subscribe a node to an array of topics - POST /relay/v1/subscriptions": 
+    # Given
+    let node = testWakuNode()
+    await node.start()
+    node.mountRelay()
+
+    let restPort = Port(8546)
+    let restAddress = ValidIpAddress.init("0.0.0.0")
+    let restServer = RestServerRef.init(
+      restAddress,
+      restPort,
+      none(string),
+      none(RestServerConf)
+    )
+
+    let topicCache = TopicCache.init()
+
+    installRelayPostSubscriptionsV1Handler(restServer.router, node, topicCache)
+    restServer.start()
+
+    let pubSubTopics = @[
+      PubSubTopicString("pubsub-topic-1"), 
+      PubSubTopicString("pubsub-topic-2"),
+      PubSubTopicString("pubsub-topic-3")
+    ]
+
+    # When
+    let client = newRestHttpClient(initTAddress(restAddress, restPort))
+    let requestBody = RelayPostSubscriptionsRequest(pubSubTopics)
+    let response = await client.relayPostSubscriptionsV1(requestBody)
+
+    # Then
+    check:
+      response.status == 200
+      response.contentType == $MIMETYPE_TEXT
+      response.data == "OK"
+
+    check:
+      topicCache.isSubscribed("pubsub-topic-1")
+      topicCache.isSubscribed("pubsub-topic-2")
+      topicCache.isSubscribed("pubsub-topic-3")
+
+    check:
+      # Node should be subscribed to default + new topics
+      PubSub(node.wakuRelay).topics.len == 1 + pubSubTopics.len
+      
+    await restServer.stop()
+    await restServer.closeWait()
+    await node.stop()
+
+  asyncTest "Unsubscribe a node from an array of topics - DELETE /relay/v1/subscriptions": 
+    # Given
+    let node = testWakuNode()
+    await node.start()
+    node.mountRelay()
+
+    let restPort = Port(8546)
+    let restAddress = ValidIpAddress.init("0.0.0.0")
+    let restServer = RestServerRef.init(
+      restAddress,
+      restPort,
+      none(string),
+      none(RestServerConf)
+    )
+
+    let topicCache = TopicCache.init()
+    topicCache.subscribe("pubsub-topic-1")
+    topicCache.subscribe("pubsub-topic-2")
+    topicCache.subscribe("pubsub-topic-3")
+    topicCache.subscribe("pubsub-topic-x")
+
+    installRelayDeleteSubscriptionsV1Handler(restServer.router, node, topicCache)
+    restServer.start()
+
+    let pubSubTopics = @[
+      PubSubTopicString("pubsub-topic-1"), 
+      PubSubTopicString("pubsub-topic-2"),
+      PubSubTopicString("pubsub-topic-3"),
+      PubSubTopicString("pubsub-topic-y")
+    ]
+
+    # When
+    let client = newRestHttpClient(initTAddress(restAddress, restPort))
+    let requestBody = RelayDeleteSubscriptionsRequest(pubSubTopics)
+    let response = await client.relayDeleteSubscriptionsV1(requestBody)
+
+    # Then
+    check:
+      response.status == 200
+      response.contentType == $MIMETYPE_TEXT
+      response.data == "OK"
+
+    check:
+      not topicCache.isSubscribed("pubsub-topic-1")
+      not topicCache.isSubscribed("pubsub-topic-2")
+      not topicCache.isSubscribed("pubsub-topic-3")
+      topicCache.isSubscribed("pubsub-topic-x")
+
+    await restServer.stop()
+    await restServer.closeWait()
+    await node.stop()
+
+
+  asyncTest "Get the latest messages for topic - GET /relay/v1/messages/{topic}": 
+    # Given
+    let node = testWakuNode()
+    await node.start()
+    node.mountRelay()
+
+    let restPort = Port(8546)
+    let restAddress = ValidIpAddress.init("0.0.0.0")
+    let restServer = RestServerRef.init(
+      restAddress,
+      restPort,
+      none(string),
+      none(RestServerConf)
+    )
+
+    let pubSubTopic = "/waku/2/default-waku/proto"
+    let messages =  @[
+      fakeWakuMessage(contentTopic = "content-topic-x", payload = toBytes("TEST-1")),
+      fakeWakuMessage(contentTopic = "content-topic-x", payload = toBytes("TEST-1")),
+      fakeWakuMessage(contentTopic = "content-topic-x", payload = toBytes("TEST-1")),
+    ]
+
+    let topicCache = TopicCache.init()
+
+    topicCache.subscribe(pubSubTopic)
+    for msg in messages:
+      topicCache.addMessage(pubSubTopic, msg)
+
+    installRelayGetMessagesV1Handler(restServer.router, node, topicCache)
+    restServer.start()
+
+    # When
+    let client = newRestHttpClient(initTAddress(restAddress, restPort))
+    let response = await client.relayGetMessagesV1(pubSubTopic)
+
+    # Then
+    check:
+      response.status == 200
+      response.contentType == $MIMETYPE_JSON
+      response.data.len == 3
+      response.data.all do (msg: RelayWakuMessage) -> bool: 
+        msg.payload == "TEST-1" and
+        string(msg.contentTopic.get()) == "content-topic-x" and
+        msg.version.get() == Natural(1) and
+        msg.timestamp.get() == int64(2022)
+
+
+    check:
+      topicCache.isSubscribed(pubSubTopic)
+      topicCache.getMessages(pubSubTopic).tryGet().len == 0
+
+    await restServer.stop()
+    await restServer.closeWait()
+    await node.stop()
+
+  asyncTest "Post a message to topic - POST /relay/v1/messages/{topic}": 
+    ## "Relay API: publish and subscribe/unsubscribe": 
+    # Given
+    let node = testWakuNode()
+    await node.start()
+    node.mountRelay()
+
+    # RPC server setup
+    let restPort = Port(8546)
+    let restAddress = ValidIpAddress.init("0.0.0.0")
+    let restServer = RestServerRef.init(
+      restAddress,
+      restPort,
+      none(string),
+      none(RestServerConf)
+    )
+
+    let topicCache = TopicCache.init()
+
+    installRelayApiHandlers(restServer.router, node, topicCache)
+    restServer.start()
+
+    let client = newRestHttpClient(initTAddress(restAddress, restPort))
+    const defaultContentTopic = ContentTopic("/waku/2/default-content/proto")
+    
+    # At this stage the node is only subscribed to the default topic
+    require(PubSub(node.wakuRelay).topics.len == 1)
+    
+
+    # When
+    let newTopics = @[
+      PubSubTopicString("pubsub-topic-1"),
+      PubSubTopicString("pubsub-topic-2"),
+      PubSubTopicString("pubsub-topic-3")
+    ]
+    discard await client.relayPostSubscriptionsV1(newTopics)
+    
+    let response = await client.relayPostMessagesV1(defaultTopic, RelayWakuMessage(
+      payload: "TEST-PAYLOAD", 
+      contentTopic: some(ContentTopicString(defaultContentTopic)), 
+      timestamp: some(int64(2022))
+    ))
+
+    # Then
+    check:
+      response.status == 200
+      response.contentType == $MIMETYPE_TEXT
+      response.data == "OK"
+
+    # TODO: Check for the message to be published to the topic
+
+    await restServer.stop()
+    await restServer.closeWait()
+    await node.stop()
diff --git a/tests/v2/test_rest_relay_api_serdes.nim b/tests/v2/test_rest_relay_api_serdes.nim
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3da9eabc2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/v2/test_rest_relay_api_serdes.nim
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+{.used.}
+
+import std/typetraits
+import chronicles,
+  unittest2,
+  stew/[results, byteutils],
+  json_serialization
+import 
+  ../../waku/v2/node/rest/serdes,
+  ../../waku/v2/node/rest/relay/api_types
+
+
+suite "Relay API - serialization":
+
+  suite "RelayWakuMessage - decode":
+    test "optional fields are not provided":
+      # Given
+      let jsonBytes = toBytes("""{ "payload": "MESSAGE" }""")
+
+      # When
+      let res = decodeFromJsonBytes(RelayWakuMessage, jsonBytes, requireAllFields = true)
+
+      # Then
+      require(res.isOk)
+      let value = res.get()
+      check:
+        value.payload == "MESSAGE"
+        value.contentTopic.isNone
+        value.version.isNone
+        value.timestamp.isNone
+
+  suite "RelayWakuMessage - encode":
+    test "optional fields are none":
+      # Given
+      let data = RelayWakuMessage(
+        payload: "MESSAGE", 
+        contentTopic: none(ContentTopicString),
+        version: none(Natural),
+        timestamp: none(int64)
+      )
+
+      # When
+      let res = encodeIntoJsonBytes(data)
+
+      # Then
+      require(res.isOk)
+      let value = res.get()
+      check:
+        value == toBytes("""{"payload":"MESSAGE"}""")
diff --git a/tests/v2/test_rest_relay_api_topic_cache.nim b/tests/v2/test_rest_relay_api_topic_cache.nim
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..081dc79c9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/v2/test_rest_relay_api_topic_cache.nim
@@ -0,0 +1,163 @@
+{.used.}
+
+import
+  std/tables,
+  stew/byteutils,
+  stew/shims/net,
+  chronicles,
+  testutils/unittests,
+  presto,
+  libp2p/crypto/crypto,
+  libp2p/protocols/pubsub/pubsub
+import
+  ../../waku/v2/protocol/waku_message,
+  ../../waku/v2/node/rest/relay/topic_cache
+
+
+proc fakeWakuMessage(payload = toBytes("TEST"), contentTopic = "test"): WakuMessage = 
+  WakuMessage(
+    payload: payload,
+    contentTopic: contentTopic,
+    version: 1,
+    timestamp: 2022
+  )
+
+
+suite "TopicCache":
+  test "subscribe to topic": 
+    ## Given
+    let testTopic = "test-pubsub-topic"
+    let cache = TopicCache.init()
+
+    ## When
+    cache.subscribe(testTopic)
+
+    ## Then
+    check:
+      cache.isSubscribed(testTopic)
+
+
+  test "unsubscribe from topic": 
+    ## Given
+    let testTopic = "test-pubsub-topic"
+    let cache = TopicCache.init()
+
+    # Init cache content
+    cache.subscribe(testTopic)
+
+    ## When
+    cache.unsubscribe(testTopic)
+
+    ## Then
+    check:
+      not cache.isSubscribed(testTopic)
+  
+
+  test "get messages of a subscribed topic":
+    ## Given
+    let testTopic = "test-pubsub-topic"
+    let testMessage = fakeWakuMessage()
+    let cache = TopicCache.init() 
+
+    # Init cache content
+    cache.subscribe(testTopic)
+    cache.addMessage(testTopic, testMessage)
+
+    ## When
+    let res = cache.getMessages(testTopic)
+
+    ## Then
+    check:
+      res.isOk()
+      res.get() == @[testMessage]
+
+
+  test "get messages with clean flag shoud clear the messages cache":
+    ## Given
+    let testTopic = "test-pubsub-topic"
+    let testMessage = fakeWakuMessage()
+    let cache = TopicCache.init() 
+
+    # Init cache content
+    cache.subscribe(testTopic)
+    cache.addMessage(testTopic, testMessage)
+
+    ## When
+    var res = cache.getMessages(testTopic, clear=true)
+    require(res.isOk())
+
+    res = cache.getMessages(testTopic)
+
+    ## Then
+    check:
+      res.isOk()
+      res.get().len == 0
+    
+
+  test "get messages of a non-subscribed topic":
+    ## Given
+    let testTopic = "test-pubsub-topic"
+    let cache = TopicCache.init()
+
+    ## When
+    let res = cache.getMessages(testTopic)
+
+    ## Then
+    check:
+      res.isErr()
+      res.error() == "Not subscribed to topic"
+
+
+  test "add messages to subscribed topic":
+    ## Given
+    let testTopic = "test-pubsub-topic"
+    let testMessage = fakeWakuMessage()
+    let cache = TopicCache.init()
+
+    cache.subscribe(testTopic)
+
+    ## When 
+    cache.addMessage(testTopic, testMessage)
+
+    ## Then
+    let messages = cache.getMessages(testTopic).tryGet()
+    check:
+      messages == @[testMessage]
+
+
+  test "add messages to non-subscribed topic":
+    ## Given
+    let testTopic = "test-pubsub-topic"
+    let testMessage = fakeWakuMessage()
+    let cache = TopicCache.init()
+
+    ## When 
+    cache.addMessage(testTopic, testMessage)
+
+    ## Then
+    let res = cache.getMessages(testTopic)
+    check:
+     res.isErr()
+     res.error() == "Not subscribed to topic"
+
+  
+  test "add messages beyond the capacity":
+    ## Given
+    let testTopic = "test-pubsub-topic"
+    let testMessages = @[
+      fakeWakuMessage(toBytes("MSG-1")),
+      fakeWakuMessage(toBytes("MSG-2")),
+      fakeWakuMessage(toBytes("MSG-3"))
+    ]
+
+    let cache = TopicCache.init(conf=TopicCacheConfig(capacity: 2))
+    cache.subscribe(testTopic)
+
+    ## When 
+    for msg in testMessages:
+      cache.addMessage(testTopic, msg)
+
+    ## Then
+    let messages = cache.getMessages(testTopic).tryGet() 
+    check:
+      messages == testMessages[1..2]
diff --git a/vendor/nim-libbacktrace/vendor/libbacktrace-upstream/libtool b/vendor/nim-libbacktrace/vendor/libbacktrace-upstream/libtool
index 98ea8103e..fd1c0073a 100755
--- a/vendor/nim-libbacktrace/vendor/libbacktrace-upstream/libtool
+++ b/vendor/nim-libbacktrace/vendor/libbacktrace-upstream/libtool
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 # libtool - Provide generalized library-building support services.
 # Generated automatically by config.status (libbacktrace) version-unused
-# Libtool was configured on host fv-az462-196:
+# Libtool was configured on host fv-az504-494:
 # NOTE: Changes made to this file will be lost: look at ltmain.sh.
 #
 #   Copyright (C) 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005,
diff --git a/waku/v2/node/rest/relay/api_types.nim b/waku/v2/node/rest/relay/api_types.nim
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c925159c3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/waku/v2/node/rest/relay/api_types.nim
@@ -0,0 +1,121 @@
+{.push raises: [ Defect ].}
+
+import
+  std/[sets, strformat],
+  stew/byteutils,
+  chronicles,
+  json_serialization,
+  json_serialization/std/options,
+  presto/[route, client, common]
+import ".."/serdes
+import ../../wakunode2
+
+
+#### Types
+
+type
+    PubSubTopicString* = distinct string
+    ContentTopicString* = distinct string
+
+type RelayWakuMessage* = object
+      payload*: string
+      contentTopic*: Option[ContentTopicString]
+      version*: Option[Natural]
+      timestamp*: Option[int64]
+
+
+type 
+  RelayGetMessagesResponse* = seq[RelayWakuMessage]
+  RelayPostMessagesRequest* = RelayWakuMessage
+
+type
+  RelayPostSubscriptionsRequest* = seq[PubSubTopicString]
+  RelayDeleteSubscriptionsRequest* = seq[PubSubTopicString]
+
+
+#### Type conversion
+
+proc toRelayWakuMessage*(msg: WakuMessage): RelayWakuMessage =
+  RelayWakuMessage(
+    payload: string.fromBytes(msg.payload),
+    contentTopic: some(ContentTopicString(msg.contentTopic)),
+    version: some(Natural(msg.version)),
+    timestamp: some(msg.timestamp)
+  )
+
+proc toWakuMessage*(msg: RelayWakuMessage, version = 0): WakuMessage =
+  const defaultContentTopic = ContentTopicString("/waku/2/default-content/proto")
+  WakuMessage(
+    payload: msg.payload.toBytes(),
+    contentTopic: ContentTopic(msg.contentTopic.get(defaultContentTopic)),
+    version: uint32(msg.version.get(version)),
+    timestamp: msg.timestamp.get(0)
+  )
+
+#### Serialization and deserialization
+
+proc writeValue*(writer: var JsonWriter[RestJson], value: PubSubTopicString)
+  {.raises: [IOError, Defect].} =
+  writer.writeValue(string(value))
+  
+proc writeValue*(writer: var JsonWriter[RestJson], value: ContentTopicString)
+  {.raises: [IOError, Defect].} =
+  writer.writeValue(string(value))
+
+proc writeValue*(writer: var JsonWriter[RestJson], value: RelayWakuMessage)
+  {.raises: [IOError, Defect].} =
+  writer.beginRecord()
+  writer.writeField("payload", value.payload)
+  if value.contentTopic.isSome:
+    writer.writeField("contentTopic", value.contentTopic)
+  if value.version.isSome:
+    writer.writeField("version", value.version)
+  if value.timestamp.isSome:
+    writer.writeField("timestamp", value.timestamp)
+  writer.endRecord()
+
+proc readValue*(reader: var JsonReader[RestJson], value: var PubSubTopicString)
+  {.raises: [SerializationError, IOError, Defect].} =
+  value = PubSubTopicString(reader.readValue(string))
+
+proc readValue*(reader: var JsonReader[RestJson], value: var ContentTopicString)
+  {.raises: [SerializationError, IOError, Defect].} =
+  value = ContentTopicString(reader.readValue(string))
+
+proc readValue*(reader: var JsonReader[RestJson], value: var RelayWakuMessage)
+  {.raises: [SerializationError, IOError, Defect].} =
+  var
+    payload = none(string)
+    contentTopic = none(ContentTopicString)
+    version = none(Natural)
+    timestamp = none(int64)
+
+  var keys = initHashSet[string]()
+  for fieldName in readObjectFields(reader):
+    # Check for reapeated keys
+    if keys.containsOrIncl(fieldName):
+      let err = try: fmt"Multiple `{fieldName}` fields found"
+                except: "Multiple fields with the same name found"
+      reader.raiseUnexpectedField(err, "RelayWakuMessage")
+
+    case fieldName
+    of "payload":
+      payload = some(reader.readValue(string))
+    of "contentTopic":
+      contentTopic = some(reader.readValue(ContentTopicString))
+    of "version":
+      version = some(reader.readValue(Natural))
+    of "timestamp":
+      timestamp = some(reader.readValue(int64))
+    else:
+      unrecognizedFieldWarning()
+
+  if payload.isNone():
+    reader.raiseUnexpectedValue("Field `payload` is missing")
+
+  value = RelayWakuMessage(
+    payload: payload.get(),
+    contentTopic: contentTopic,
+    version: version,
+    timestamp: timestamp 
+  )
diff --git a/waku/v2/node/rest/relay/relay_api.nim b/waku/v2/node/rest/relay/relay_api.nim
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c0b9ead1c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/waku/v2/node/rest/relay/relay_api.nim
@@ -0,0 +1,200 @@
+{.push raises: [Defect].}
+
+import
+  std/[sets, sequtils],
+  stew/byteutils,
+  chronicles,
+  json_serialization,
+  json_serialization/std/options,
+  presto/[route, client, common]
+import ".."/[serdes, utils]
+import ../../wakunode2
+import "."/[api_types, topic_cache]
+
+logScope: topics = "rest_api_relay"
+
+
+##### Topic cache
+
+const futTimeout* = 5.seconds # Max time to wait for futures
+
+
+#### Request handlers
+
+const ROUTE_RELAY_SUBSCRIPTIONSV1* = "/relay/v1/subscriptions"
+
+proc installRelayPostSubscriptionsV1Handler*(router: var RestRouter, node: WakuNode, topicCache: TopicCache) =
+
+  router.api(MethodPost, ROUTE_RELAY_SUBSCRIPTIONSV1) do (contentBody: Option[ContentBody]) -> RestApiResponse:
+    # ## Subscribes a node to a list of PubSub topics
+    # debug "post_waku_v2_relay_v1_subscriptions"
+
+    # Check the request body
+    if contentBody.isNone():
+      return RestApiResponse.badRequest()
+    
+    let reqBodyContentType = MediaType.init(contentBody.get().contentType)
+    if reqBodyContentType != MIMETYPE_JSON:
+      return RestApiResponse.badRequest()
+
+    let reqBodyData = contentBody.get().data
+    let reqResult = decodeFromJsonBytes(RelayPostSubscriptionsRequest, reqBodyData)
+    if reqResult.isErr():
+      return RestApiResponse.badRequest()
+
+    let req: RelayPostSubscriptionsRequest = reqResult.get()
+
+    for topic in req:
+      if topicCache.isSubscribed(string(topic)):
+        # Only subscribe to topics for which we have no subscribed topic handlers yet
+        continue
+
+      topicCache.subscribe(string(topic))
+      node.subscribe(string(topic), topicCache.messageHandler())
+
+    return RestApiResponse.ok()
+
+
+proc installRelayDeleteSubscriptionsV1Handler*(router: var RestRouter, node: WakuNode, topicCache: TopicCache) =
+  router.api(MethodDelete, ROUTE_RELAY_SUBSCRIPTIONSV1) do (contentBody: Option[ContentBody]) -> RestApiResponse:
+    # ## Subscribes a node to a list of PubSub topics
+    # debug "delete_waku_v2_relay_v1_subscriptions"
+
+    # Check the request body
+    if contentBody.isNone():
+      return RestApiResponse.badRequest()
+    
+    let reqBodyContentType = MediaType.init(contentBody.get().contentType)
+    if reqBodyContentType != MIMETYPE_JSON:
+      return RestApiResponse.badRequest()
+
+    let reqBodyData = contentBody.get().data
+    let reqResult = decodeFromJsonBytes(RelayDeleteSubscriptionsRequest, reqBodyData)
+    if reqResult.isErr():
+      return RestApiResponse.badRequest()
+
+    let req: RelayDeleteSubscriptionsRequest = reqResult.get()
+
+    # Unsubscribe all handlers from requested topics
+    for topic in req:
+      node.unsubscribeAll(string(topic))
+      topicCache.unsubscribe(string(topic))
+
+    # Successfully unsubscribed from all requested topics
+    return RestApiResponse.ok() 
+
+
+const ROUTE_RELAY_MESSAGESV1* = "/relay/v1/messages/{topic}"
+
+proc installRelayGetMessagesV1Handler*(router: var RestRouter, node: WakuNode, topicCache: TopicCache) =
+  router.api(MethodGet, ROUTE_RELAY_MESSAGESV1) do (topic: string) -> RestApiResponse: 
+    # ## Returns all WakuMessages received on a PubSub topic since the
+    # ## last time this method was called
+    # ## TODO: ability to specify a return message limit
+    # debug "get_waku_v2_relay_v1_messages", topic=topic
+
+    if topic.isErr():
+      return RestApiResponse.badRequest()
+    let pubSubTopic = topic.get()
+
+    let messages = topicCache.getMessages(pubSubTopic, clear=true)
+    if messages.isErr():
+      debug "Not subscribed to topic", topic=pubSubTopic
+      return RestApiResponse.notFound() 
+    
+    let data = RelayGetMessagesResponse(messages.get().map(toRelayWakuMessage))
+    let resp = RestApiResponse.jsonResponse(data, status=Http200)
+    if resp.isErr():
+      debug "An error ocurred while building the json respose", error=resp.error()
+      return RestApiResponse.internalServerError()
+
+    return resp.get()
+ 
+proc installRelayPostMessagesV1Handler*(router: var RestRouter, node: WakuNode) =
+  router.api(MethodPost, ROUTE_RELAY_MESSAGESV1) do (topic: string, contentBody: Option[ContentBody]) -> RestApiResponse: 
+    
+    if topic.isErr():
+      return RestApiResponse.badRequest()
+    let pubSubTopic = topic.get()
+
+    # Check the request body
+    if contentBody.isNone():
+      return RestApiResponse.badRequest()
+    
+    let reqBodyContentType = MediaType.init(contentBody.get().contentType)
+    if reqBodyContentType != MIMETYPE_JSON:
+      return RestApiResponse.badRequest()
+
+    let reqBodyData = contentBody.get().data
+    let reqResult = decodeFromJsonBytes(RelayPostMessagesRequest, reqBodyData)
+    if reqResult.isErr():
+      return RestApiResponse.badRequest()
+
+    let message: RelayPostMessagesRequest = reqResult.get()
+
+    if not (waitFor node.publish(pubSubTopic, message.toWakuMessage(version = 0)).withTimeout(futTimeout)):
+      error "Failed to publish message to topic", topic=pubSubTopic 
+      return RestApiResponse.internalServerError()
+
+    return RestApiResponse.ok()
+
+
+proc installRelayApiHandlers*(router: var RestRouter, node: WakuNode, topicCache: TopicCache) =
+  installRelayGetMessagesV1Handler(router, node, topicCache)
+  installRelayPostMessagesV1Handler(router, node)
+  installRelayPostSubscriptionsV1Handler(router, node, topicCache)
+  installRelayDeleteSubscriptionsV1Handler(router, node, topicCache)
+
+
+#### Client
+
+proc encodeBytes*(value: seq[PubSubTopicString],
+                  contentType: string): RestResult[seq[byte]] =
+  if MediaType.init(contentType) != MIMETYPE_JSON:
+    error "Unsupported contentType value", contentType = contentType
+    return err("Unsupported contentType")
+  
+  let encoded = ?encodeIntoJsonBytes(value)
+  return ok(encoded)
+
+proc decodeBytes*(t: typedesc[string], value: openarray[byte],
+                  contentType: string): RestResult[string] =
+  if MediaType.init(contentType) != MIMETYPE_TEXT:
+    error "Unsupported contentType value", contentType = contentType
+    return err("Unsupported contentType")
+  
+  var res: string
+  if len(value) > 0:
+    res = newString(len(value))
+    copyMem(addr res[0], unsafeAddr value[0], len(value))
+  return ok(res)
+
+# TODO: Check how we can use a constant to set the method endpoint (improve "rest" pragma under nim-presto)
+proc relayPostSubscriptionsV1*(body: RelayPostSubscriptionsRequest): RestResponse[string] {.rest, endpoint: "/relay/v1/subscriptions", meth: HttpMethod.MethodPost.}
+
+# TODO: Check how we can use a constant to set the method endpoint (improve "rest" pragma under nim-presto)
+proc relayDeleteSubscriptionsV1*(body: RelayDeleteSubscriptionsRequest): RestResponse[string] {.rest, endpoint: "/relay/v1/subscriptions", meth: HttpMethod.MethodDelete.}
+
+
+proc decodeBytes*(t: typedesc[RelayGetMessagesResponse], data: openArray[byte], contentType: string): RestResult[RelayGetMessagesResponse] =
+  if MediaType.init(contentType) != MIMETYPE_JSON:
+    error "Unsupported respose contentType value", contentType = contentType
+    return err("Unsupported response contentType")
+  
+  let decoded = ?decodeFromJsonBytes(RelayGetMessagesResponse, data)
+  return ok(decoded)
+
+proc encodeBytes*(value: RelayPostMessagesRequest,
+                  contentType: string): RestResult[seq[byte]] =
+  if MediaType.init(contentType) != MIMETYPE_JSON:
+    error "Unsupported contentType value", contentType = contentType
+    return err("Unsupported contentType")
+  
+  let encoded = ?encodeIntoJsonBytes(value)
+  return ok(encoded)
+
+# TODO: Check how we can use a constant to set the method endpoint (improve "rest" pragma under nim-presto)
+proc relayGetMessagesV1*(topic: string): RestResponse[RelayGetMessagesResponse] {.rest, endpoint: "/relay/v1/messages/{topic}", meth: HttpMethod.MethodGet.}
+
+# TODO: Check how we can use a constant to set the method endpoint (improve "rest" pragma under nim-presto)
+proc relayPostMessagesV1*(topic: string, body: RelayPostMessagesRequest): RestResponse[string] {.rest, endpoint: "/relay/v1/messages/{topic}", meth: HttpMethod.MethodPost.}
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diff --git a/waku/v2/node/rest/relay/relay_api.yaml b/waku/v2/node/rest/relay/relay_api.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f84b4e7d4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/waku/v2/node/rest/relay/relay_api.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,147 @@
+openapi: 3.0.3
+info:
+  title: Waku V2 node REST API 
+  version: 1.0.0
+  contact:
+    name: VAC Team
+    url: https://forum.vac.dev/
+
+tags:
+  - name: relay
+    description: Relay REST API for WakuV2 node
+
+paths:
+  /relay/v1/messages/{topic}:  # Note the plural in messages
+    get: # get_waku_v2_relay_v1_messages
+      summary: Get the latest messages on the polled topic
+      description: Get a list of messages that were received on a subscribed PubSub topic after the last time this method was called.
+      operationId: getMessagesByTopic
+      tags:
+        - relay
+      parameters:
+        - in: path
+          name: topic   # Note the name is the same as in the path
+          required: true
+          schema:
+            type: string
+          description: The user ID
+      responses:
+        '200':
+          description: The latest messages on the polled topic.
+          content:
+            application/json:
+              schema:
+                $ref: '#/components/schemas/RelayGetMessagesResponse'
+        # TODO: Review the possible errors of this endpoint
+        '5XX':
+          description: Unexpected error.
+
+    post: # post_waku_v2_relay_v1_message
+      summary: Publish a message to be relayed
+      description: Publishes a message to be relayed on a PubSub topic.
+      operationId: postMessagesToTopic
+      tags:
+        - relay
+      parameters:
+        - in: path
+          name: topic   # Note the name is the same as in the path
+          description: The messages content topic
+          required: true
+          schema:
+            $ref: '#/components/schemas/RelayPostMessagesRequest'
+      requestBody:
+        content:
+          application/json:
+            schema:
+              $ref: '#/components/schemas/RelayPostMessagesRequest'
+      responses:
+        '200':
+          description: OK
+        # TODO: Review the possible errors of this endpoint
+        '5XX':
+          description: Unexpected error.
+
+  /relay/v1/subscriptions:
+    post: # post_waku_v2_relay_v1_subscriptions
+      summary: Subscribe a node to an array of topics
+      description: Subscribe a node to an array of PubSub topics.
+      operationId: postSubscriptions
+      tags:
+        - relay
+      requestBody:
+        content:
+          application/json:
+            schema:
+              $ref: '#/components/schemas/RelayPostSubscriptionsRequest'
+      responses:
+        '200':
+          description: OK
+          content:
+            text/plain:
+              schema:
+                type: string
+        # TODO: Review the possible errors of this endpoint
+        '5XX':
+          description: Unexpected error.
+
+    delete: # delete_waku_v2_relay_v1_subscriptions
+      summary: Unsubscribe a node from an array of topics
+      description: Unsubscribe a node from an array of PubSub topics.
+      operationId: deleteSubscriptions
+      tags:
+        - relay
+      requestBody:
+        content:
+          application/json:
+            schema:
+              $ref: '#/components/schemas/RelayDeleteSubscriptionsRequest'
+      responses:
+        '200':
+          description: OK
+          content:
+            text/plain:
+              schema:
+                type: string
+        # TODO: Review the possible errors of this endpoint
+        '5XX':
+          description: Unexpected error.
+
+components:
+  schemas:
+    PubSubTopic:
+      type: string
+    ContentTopic:
+      type: string
+    
+    RelayWakuMessage:
+      type: object
+      properties:
+        payload:
+          type: string
+        contentTopic:
+          $ref: '#/components/schemas/ContentTopic'
+        version:
+          type: number
+        timestamp:
+          type: number
+      required:
+        - payload
+
+    RelayGetMessagesResponse:
+      type: array
+      items:
+        $ref: '#/components/schemas/RelayWakuMessage'
+        
+    RelayPostMessagesRequest:
+      $ref: '#/components/schemas/RelayWakuMessage'
+
+    RelayPostSubscriptionsRequest:
+      type: array
+      items:
+        $ref: '#/components/schemas/PubSubTopic'
+
+    RelayDeleteSubscriptionsRequest:
+      type: array
+      items:
+        $ref: '#/components/schemas/PubSubTopic'
+    
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diff --git a/waku/v2/node/rest/relay/topic_cache.nim b/waku/v2/node/rest/relay/topic_cache.nim
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b224d0850
--- /dev/null
+++ b/waku/v2/node/rest/relay/topic_cache.nim
@@ -0,0 +1,108 @@
+{.push raises: [Defect].}
+
+import
+  std/[tables, sequtils],
+  stew/results,
+  chronicles,
+  chronos,
+  libp2p/protocols/pubsub
+import
+  ../../../protocol/waku_message
+
+logScope: topics = "rest_api_relay_topiccache"
+
+const DEFAULT_TOPICCACHE_CAPACITY* = 30 # Max number of messages cached per topic @TODO make this configurable
+
+
+type PubSubTopicString = string 
+
+type TopicCacheResult*[T] = Result[T, cstring]
+
+type TopicCacheMessageHandler* = Topichandler
+
+
+type TopicCacheConfig* = object
+  capacity*: int
+
+proc default*(T: type TopicCacheConfig): T =
+  TopicCacheConfig(
+    capacity: DEFAULT_TOPICCACHE_CAPACITY
+  )
+
+
+type TopicCache* = ref object
+  conf: TopicCacheConfig
+  table: Table[PubSubTopicString, seq[WakuMessage]]
+
+func init*(T: type TopicCache, conf=TopicCacheConfig.default()): T =
+  TopicCache(
+    conf: conf,
+    table: initTable[PubSubTopicString, seq[WakuMessage]]() 
+  )
+
+
+proc isSubscribed*(t: TopicCache, topic: PubSubTopicString): bool =
+  t.table.hasKey(topic)
+
+proc subscribe*(t: TopicCache, topic: PubSubTopicString) =
+  if t.isSubscribed(topic):
+    return
+  t.table[topic] = @[]
+
+proc unsubscribe*(t: TopicCache, topic: PubSubTopicString) = 
+  if not t.isSubscribed(topic):
+    return
+  t.table.del(topic)
+
+
+proc addMessage*(t: TopicCache, topic: PubSubTopicString, msg: WakuMessage) =
+  if not t.isSubscribed(topic):
+    return
+
+  # Make a copy of msgs for this topic to modify
+  var messages = t.table.getOrDefault(topic, @[])
+
+  if messages.len >= t.conf.capacity:
+    debug "Topic cache capacity reached", topic=topic
+    # Message cache on this topic exceeds maximum. Delete oldest.
+    # TODO: this may become a bottle neck if called as the norm rather than 
+    #  exception when adding messages. Performance profile needed.
+    messages.delete(0,0)
+  
+  messages.add(msg)
+
+  # Replace indexed entry with copy
+  t.table[topic] = messages
+
+proc clearMessages*(t: TopicCache, topic: PubSubTopicString) =
+  if not t.isSubscribed(topic):
+    return
+  t.table[topic] = @[]
+
+proc getMessages*(t: TopicCache, topic: PubSubTopicString, clear=false): TopicCacheResult[seq[WakuMessage]] =
+  if not t.isSubscribed(topic):
+    return err("Not subscribed to topic")
+
+  let messages = t.table.getOrDefault(topic, @[])
+  if clear:
+    t.clearMessages(topic)
+
+  ok(messages)
+
+
+proc messageHandler*(cache: TopicCache): TopicCacheMessageHandler =
+
+  proc handler(topic: string, data: seq[byte]): Future[void] {.async, raises: [Defect].} =
+    trace "Topic handler triggered", topic=topic
+
+    # Add message to current cache
+    let msg = WakuMessage.init(data)
+    if msg.isErr():
+      debug "WakuMessage received but failed to decode", msg=msg, topic=topic
+      # TODO: handle message decode failure
+      return
+
+    trace "WakuMessage received", msg=msg, topic=topic
+    cache.addMessage(PubSubTopicString(topic), msg.get())
+  
+  handler
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diff --git a/waku/v2/node/rest/serdes.nim b/waku/v2/node/rest/serdes.nim
index fa90b58dc..e87b9b21b 100644
--- a/waku/v2/node/rest/serdes.nim
+++ b/waku/v2/node/rest/serdes.nim
@@ -69,4 +69,13 @@ proc encodeIntoJsonBytes*(value: auto): SerdesResult[seq[byte]] =
     # TODO: Do better error reporting here
     return err("unable to serialize data")
 
-  ok(encoded)
\ No newline at end of file
+  ok(encoded)
+
+
+#### helpers
+
+proc encodeString*(value: string): RestResult[string] =
+  ok(value)
+
+proc decodeString*(t: typedesc[string], value: string): RestResult[string] =
+  ok(value)
diff --git a/waku/v2/node/rest/server.nim b/waku/v2/node/rest/server.nim
index 8d633c9f4..19e642f09 100644
--- a/waku/v2/node/rest/server.nim
+++ b/waku/v2/node/rest/server.nim
@@ -13,10 +13,11 @@ import
 
 proc getRouter(allowedOrigin: Option[string]): RestRouter =
   # TODO: Review this `validate` method. Check in nim-presto what is this used for.
-  proc validate(key: string, value: string): int =
+  proc validate(pattern: string, value: string): int =
     ## This is rough validation procedure which should be simple and fast,
     ## because it will be used for query routing.
-    1
+    if pattern.startsWith("{") and pattern.endsWith("}"): 0
+    else: 1
 
   RestRouter.init(validate, allowedOrigin = allowedOrigin)
 
diff --git a/waku/v2/node/rest/utils.nim b/waku/v2/node/rest/utils.nim
index 2e787d718..baaee7bbd 100644
--- a/waku/v2/node/rest/utils.nim
+++ b/waku/v2/node/rest/utils.nim
@@ -9,10 +9,21 @@ import "."/serdes
 
 
 const MIMETYPE_JSON* = MediaType.init("application/json")
+const MIMETYPE_TEXT* = MediaType.init("text/plain")
 
 proc jsonResponse*(t: typedesc[RestApiResponse], data: auto, status: HttpCode = Http200): SerdesResult[RestApiResponse] =
   let encoded = ?encodeIntoJsonBytes(data)
   ok(RestApiResponse.response(encoded, status, $MIMETYPE_JSON))
 
 proc internalServerError*(t: typedesc[RestApiResponse]): RestApiResponse =
-  RestApiResponse.error(Http500)
\ No newline at end of file
+  RestApiResponse.error(Http500)
+
+proc ok*(t: typedesc[RestApiResponse]): RestApiResponse =
+  RestApiResponse.response("OK", status=Http200, contentType="text/plain")
+
+proc badRequest*(t: typedesc[RestApiResponse]): RestApiResponse =
+  RestApiResponse.error(Http400)
+
+
+proc notFound*(t: typedesc[RestApiResponse]): RestApiResponse =
+  RestApiResponse.error(Http404)
\ No newline at end of file