diff --git a/src/main/scala/gitbucket/core/api/ApiBranchProtection.scala b/src/main/scala/gitbucket/core/api/ApiBranchProtection.scala
index acb4885..1c3eac5 100644
--- a/src/main/scala/gitbucket/core/api/ApiBranchProtection.scala
+++ b/src/main/scala/gitbucket/core/api/ApiBranchProtection.scala
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
 /** https://developer.github.com/v3/repos/#enabling-and-disabling-branch-protection */
 case class ApiBranchProtection(
-  url: Option[ApiPath],
+  url: Option[ApiPath], // for output
   enabled: Boolean,
   required_status_checks: Option[ApiBranchProtection.Status]
 ) {
@@ -27,19 +27,28 @@
       enabled = info.enabled,
       required_status_checks = Some(
         Status(
-          ApiPath(
-            s"/api/v3/repos/${info.owner}/${info.repository}/branches/${info.branch}/protection/required_status_checks"
+          Some(
+            ApiPath(
+              s"/api/v3/repos/${info.owner}/${info.repository}/branches/${info.branch}/protection/required_status_checks"
+            )
           ),
           EnforcementLevel(info.enabled && info.contexts.nonEmpty, info.includeAdministrators),
           info.contexts,
-          ApiPath(
-            s"/api/v3/repos/${info.owner}/${info.repository}/branches/${info.branch}/protection/required_status_checks/contexts"
+          Some(
+            ApiPath(
+              s"/api/v3/repos/${info.owner}/${info.repository}/branches/${info.branch}/protection/required_status_checks/contexts"
+            )
           )
         )
       )
     )
-  val statusNone = Status(ApiPath(""), Off, Seq.empty, ApiPath(""))
-  case class Status(url: ApiPath, enforcement_level: EnforcementLevel, contexts: Seq[String], contexts_url: ApiPath)
+  val statusNone = Status(None, Off, Seq.empty, None)
+  case class Status(
+    url: Option[ApiPath], // for output
+    enforcement_level: EnforcementLevel,
+    contexts: Seq[String],
+    contexts_url: Option[ApiPath] // for output
+  )
   sealed class EnforcementLevel(val name: String)
   case object Off extends EnforcementLevel("off")
   case object NonAdmins extends EnforcementLevel("non_admins")
diff --git a/src/test/scala/gitbucket/core/api/ApiSpecModels.scala b/src/test/scala/gitbucket/core/api/ApiSpecModels.scala
index 6c9205d..36c8811 100644
--- a/src/test/scala/gitbucket/core/api/ApiSpecModels.scala
+++ b/src/test/scala/gitbucket/core/api/ApiSpecModels.scala
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 import java.util.{Calendar, Date, TimeZone}
 
+import gitbucket.core.api.ApiBranchProtection.EnforcementLevel
 import gitbucket.core.model._
 import gitbucket.core.plugin.PluginInfo
 import gitbucket.core.service.ProtectedBranchService.ProtectedBranchInfo
@@ -327,7 +328,7 @@
     repository = apiRepository
   )
 
-  val apiBranchProtection = ApiBranchProtection(
+  val apiBranchProtectionOutput = ApiBranchProtection(
     info = ProtectedBranchInfo(
       owner = repo1Name.owner,
       repository = repo1Name.name,
@@ -338,10 +339,23 @@
     )
   )
 
+  val apiBranchProtectionInput = new ApiBranchProtection(
+    url = None,
+    enabled = true,
+    required_status_checks = Some(
+      ApiBranchProtection.Status(
+        url = None,
+        enforcement_level = ApiBranchProtection.Everyone,
+        contexts = Seq("continuous-integration/travis-ci"),
+        contexts_url = None
+      )
+    )
+  )
+
   val apiBranch = ApiBranch(
     name = "master",
     commit = ApiBranchCommit(sha1),
-    protection = apiBranchProtection
+    protection = apiBranchProtectionOutput
   )(
     repositoryName = repo1Name
   )
@@ -647,7 +661,7 @@
        |"url":"http://gitbucket.exmple.com/api/v3/repos/octocat/Hello-World/commits/6dcb09b5b57875f334f61aebed695e2e4193db5e/status"
        |}""".stripMargin
 
-  val jsonBranchProtection =
+  val jsonBranchProtectionOutput =
     """{
        |"url":"http://gitbucket.exmple.com/api/v3/repos/octocat/Hello-World/branches/master/protection",
        |"enabled":true,
@@ -658,10 +672,19 @@
          |"contexts_url":"http://gitbucket.exmple.com/api/v3/repos/octocat/Hello-World/branches/master/protection/required_status_checks/contexts"}
        |}""".stripMargin
 
+  val jsonBranchProtectionInput =
+    """{
+      |"enabled":true,
+      |"required_status_checks":{
+        |"enforcement_level":"everyone",
+        |"contexts":["continuous-integration/travis-ci"]
+      |}
+    |}""".stripMargin
+
   val jsonBranch = s"""{
        |"name":"master",
        |"commit":{"sha":"6dcb09b5b57875f334f61aebed695e2e4193db5e"},
-       |"protection":$jsonBranchProtection,
+       |"protection":$jsonBranchProtectionOutput,
        |"_links":{
          |"self":"http://gitbucket.exmple.com/api/v3/repos/octocat/Hello-World/branches/master",
          |"html":"http://gitbucket.exmple.com/octocat/Hello-World/tree/master"}
diff --git a/src/test/scala/gitbucket/core/api/JsonFormatSpec.scala b/src/test/scala/gitbucket/core/api/JsonFormatSpec.scala
index bc6d63f..484ce7c 100644
--- a/src/test/scala/gitbucket/core/api/JsonFormatSpec.scala
+++ b/src/test/scala/gitbucket/core/api/JsonFormatSpec.scala
@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
 package gitbucket.core.api
 
+import org.json4s.jackson.JsonMethods
 import org.scalatest.funsuite.AnyFunSuite
 
 class JsonFormatSpec extends AnyFunSuite {
   import ApiSpecModels._
+  implicit val format = JsonFormat.jsonFormats
 
   private def expected(json: String) = json.replaceAll("\n", "")
 
@@ -43,8 +45,11 @@
   test("apiPullRequestReviewComment") {
     assert(JsonFormat(apiPullRequestReviewComment) == expected(jsonPullRequestReviewComment))
   }
-  test("apiBranchProtection") {
-    assert(JsonFormat(apiBranchProtection) == expected(jsonBranchProtection))
+  test("serialize apiBranchProtection") {
+    assert(JsonFormat(apiBranchProtectionOutput) == expected(jsonBranchProtectionOutput))
+  }
+  test("deserialize apiBranchProtection") {
+    assert(JsonMethods.parse(jsonBranchProtectionInput).extract[ApiBranchProtection] == apiBranchProtectionInput)
   }
   test("apiBranch") {
     assert(JsonFormat(apiBranch) == expected(jsonBranch))