diff --git a/actions/DetectAction.php b/actions/DetectAction.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2ad79a27
--- /dev/null
+++ b/actions/DetectAction.php
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+<?php
+/**
+ * This file is part of RSS-Bridge, a PHP project capable of generating RSS and
+ * Atom feeds for websites that don't have one.
+ *
+ * For the full license information, please view the UNLICENSE file distributed
+ * with this source code.
+ *
+ * @package	Core
+ * @license	http://unlicense.org/ UNLICENSE
+ * @link	https://github.com/rss-bridge/rss-bridge
+ */
+
+class DetectAction extends ActionAbstract {
+	public function execute() {
+		$targetURL = $this->userData['url']
+			or returnClientError('You must specify a url!');
+
+		$format = $this->userData['format']
+			or returnClientError('You must specify a format!');
+
+		foreach(Bridge::getBridgeNames() as $bridgeName) {
+
+			if(!Bridge::isWhitelisted($bridgeName)) {
+				continue;
+			}
+
+			$bridge = Bridge::create($bridgeName);
+
+			if($bridge === false) {
+				continue;
+			}
+
+			$bridgeParams = $bridge->detectParameters($targetURL);
+
+			if(is_null($bridgeParams)) {
+				continue;
+			}
+
+			$bridgeParams['bridge'] = $bridgeName;
+			$bridgeParams['format'] = $format;
+
+			header('Location: ?action=display&' . http_build_query($bridgeParams), true, 301);
+			die();
+
+		}
+
+		returnClientError('No bridge found for given URL: ' . $targetURL);
+	}
+}
diff --git a/actions/DisplayAction.php b/actions/DisplayAction.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6b599329
--- /dev/null
+++ b/actions/DisplayAction.php
@@ -0,0 +1,234 @@
+<?php
+/**
+ * This file is part of RSS-Bridge, a PHP project capable of generating RSS and
+ * Atom feeds for websites that don't have one.
+ *
+ * For the full license information, please view the UNLICENSE file distributed
+ * with this source code.
+ *
+ * @package	Core
+ * @license	http://unlicense.org/ UNLICENSE
+ * @link	https://github.com/rss-bridge/rss-bridge
+ */
+
+class DisplayAction extends ActionAbstract {
+	public function execute() {
+		$bridge = array_key_exists('bridge', $this->userData) ? $this->userData['bridge'] : null;
+
+		$format = $this->userData['format']
+			or returnClientError('You must specify a format!');
+
+		// DEPRECATED: 'nameFormat' scheme is replaced by 'name' in format parameter values
+		//             this is to keep compatibility until futher complete removal
+		if(($pos = strpos($format, 'Format')) === (strlen($format) - strlen('Format'))) {
+			$format = substr($format, 0, $pos);
+		}
+
+		// whitelist control
+		if(!Bridge::isWhitelisted($bridge)) {
+			throw new \Exception('This bridge is not whitelisted', 401);
+			die;
+		}
+
+		// Data retrieval
+		$bridge = Bridge::create($bridge);
+
+		$noproxy = array_key_exists('_noproxy', $this->userData)
+			&& filter_var($this->userData['_noproxy'], FILTER_VALIDATE_BOOLEAN);
+
+		if(defined('PROXY_URL') && PROXY_BYBRIDGE && $noproxy) {
+			define('NOPROXY', true);
+		}
+
+		// Cache timeout
+		$cache_timeout = -1;
+		if(array_key_exists('_cache_timeout', $this->userData)) {
+
+			if(!CUSTOM_CACHE_TIMEOUT) {
+				unset($this->userData['_cache_timeout']);
+				$uri = parse_url($_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'], PHP_URL_PATH) . '?' . http_build_query($this->userData);
+				header('Location: ' . $uri, true, 301);
+				die();
+			}
+
+			$cache_timeout = filter_var($this->userData['_cache_timeout'], FILTER_VALIDATE_INT);
+
+		} else {
+			$cache_timeout = $bridge->getCacheTimeout();
+		}
+
+		// Remove parameters that don't concern bridges
+		$bridge_params = array_diff_key(
+			$this->userData,
+			array_fill_keys(
+				array(
+					'action',
+					'bridge',
+					'format',
+					'_noproxy',
+					'_cache_timeout',
+					'_error_time'
+				), '')
+		);
+
+		// Remove parameters that don't concern caches
+		$cache_params = array_diff_key(
+			$this->userData,
+			array_fill_keys(
+				array(
+					'action',
+					'format',
+					'_noproxy',
+					'_cache_timeout',
+					'_error_time'
+				), '')
+		);
+
+		// Initialize cache
+		$cache = Cache::create('FileCache');
+		$cache->setPath(PATH_CACHE);
+		$cache->purgeCache(86400); // 24 hours
+		$cache->setParameters($cache_params);
+
+		$items = array();
+		$infos = array();
+		$mtime = $cache->getTime();
+
+		if($mtime !== false
+		&& (time() - $cache_timeout < $mtime)
+		&& !Debug::isEnabled()) { // Load cached data
+
+			// Send "Not Modified" response if client supports it
+			// Implementation based on https://stackoverflow.com/a/10847262
+			if(isset($_SERVER['HTTP_IF_MODIFIED_SINCE'])) {
+				$stime = strtotime($_SERVER['HTTP_IF_MODIFIED_SINCE']);
+
+				if($mtime <= $stime) { // Cached data is older or same
+					header('Last-Modified: ' . gmdate('D, d M Y H:i:s ', $mtime) . 'GMT', true, 304);
+					die();
+				}
+			}
+
+			$cached = $cache->loadData();
+
+			if(isset($cached['items']) && isset($cached['extraInfos'])) {
+				foreach($cached['items'] as $item) {
+					$items[] = new \FeedItem($item);
+				}
+
+				$infos = $cached['extraInfos'];
+			}
+
+		} else { // Collect new data
+
+			try {
+				$bridge->setDatas($bridge_params);
+				$bridge->collectData();
+
+				$items = $bridge->getItems();
+
+				// Transform "legacy" items to FeedItems if necessary.
+				// Remove this code when support for "legacy" items ends!
+				if(isset($items[0]) && is_array($items[0])) {
+					$feedItems = array();
+
+					foreach($items as $item) {
+						$feedItems[] = new \FeedItem($item);
+					}
+
+					$items = $feedItems;
+				}
+
+				$infos = array(
+					'name' => $bridge->getName(),
+					'uri'  => $bridge->getURI(),
+					'icon' => $bridge->getIcon()
+				);
+			} catch(Error $e) {
+				error_log($e);
+
+				$item = new \FeedItem();
+
+				// Create "new" error message every 24 hours
+				$this->userData['_error_time'] = urlencode((int)(time() / 86400));
+
+				// Error 0 is a special case (i.e. "trying to get property of non-object")
+				if($e->getCode() === 0) {
+					$item->setTitle(
+						'Bridge encountered an unexpected situation! ('
+						. $this->userData['_error_time']
+						. ')'
+					);
+				} else {
+					$item->setTitle(
+						'Bridge returned error '
+						. $e->getCode()
+						. '! ('
+						. $this->userData['_error_time']
+						. ')'
+					);
+				}
+
+				$item->setURI(
+					(isset($_SERVER['REQUEST_URI']) ? parse_url($_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'], PHP_URL_PATH) : '')
+					. '?'
+					. http_build_query($this->userData)
+				);
+
+				$item->setTimestamp(time());
+				$item->setContent(buildBridgeException($e, $bridge));
+
+				$items[] = $item;
+			} catch(Exception $e) {
+				error_log($e);
+
+				$item = new \FeedItem();
+
+				// Create "new" error message every 24 hours
+				$this->userData['_error_time'] = urlencode((int)(time() / 86400));
+
+				$item->setURI(
+					(isset($_SERVER['REQUEST_URI']) ? parse_url($_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'], PHP_URL_PATH) : '')
+					. '?'
+					. http_build_query($this->userData)
+				);
+
+				$item->setTitle(
+					'Bridge returned error '
+					. $e->getCode()
+					. '! ('
+					. $this->userData['_error_time']
+					. ')'
+				);
+				$item->setTimestamp(time());
+				$item->setContent(buildBridgeException($e, $bridge));
+
+				$items[] = $item;
+			}
+
+			// Store data in cache
+			$cache->saveData(array(
+				'items' => array_map(function($i){ return $i->toArray(); }, $items),
+				'extraInfos' => $infos
+			));
+
+		}
+
+		// Data transformation
+		try {
+			$format = Format::create($format);
+			$format->setItems($items);
+			$format->setExtraInfos($infos);
+			$format->setLastModified($cache->getTime());
+			$format->display();
+		} catch(Error $e) {
+			error_log($e);
+			header('Content-Type: text/html', true, $e->getCode());
+			die(buildTransformException($e, $bridge));
+		} catch(Exception $e) {
+			error_log($e);
+			header('Content-Type: text/html', true, $e->getCode());
+			die(buildTransformException($e, $bridge));
+		}
+	}
+}
diff --git a/actions/ListAction.php b/actions/ListAction.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..03e06119
--- /dev/null
+++ b/actions/ListAction.php
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+<?php
+/**
+ * This file is part of RSS-Bridge, a PHP project capable of generating RSS and
+ * Atom feeds for websites that don't have one.
+ *
+ * For the full license information, please view the UNLICENSE file distributed
+ * with this source code.
+ *
+ * @package	Core
+ * @license	http://unlicense.org/ UNLICENSE
+ * @link	https://github.com/rss-bridge/rss-bridge
+ */
+
+class ListAction extends ActionAbstract {
+	public function execute() {
+		$list = new StdClass();
+		$list->bridges = array();
+		$list->total = 0;
+
+		foreach(Bridge::getBridgeNames() as $bridgeName) {
+
+			$bridge = Bridge::create($bridgeName);
+
+			if($bridge === false) { // Broken bridge, show as inactive
+
+				$list->bridges[$bridgeName] = array(
+					'status' => 'inactive'
+				);
+
+				continue;
+
+			}
+
+			$status = Bridge::isWhitelisted($bridgeName) ? 'active' : 'inactive';
+
+			$list->bridges[$bridgeName] = array(
+				'status' => $status,
+				'uri' => $bridge->getURI(),
+				'name' => $bridge->getName(),
+				'icon' => $bridge->getIcon(),
+				'parameters' => $bridge->getParameters(),
+				'maintainer' => $bridge->getMaintainer(),
+				'description' => $bridge->getDescription()
+			);
+
+		}
+
+		$list->total = count($list->bridges);
+
+		header('Content-Type: application/json');
+		echo json_encode($list, JSON_PRETTY_PRINT);
+	}
+}
diff --git a/index.php b/index.php
index a95302a0..819b5a52 100644
--- a/index.php
+++ b/index.php
@@ -51,287 +51,15 @@ $whitelist_default = array(
 try {
 
 	Bridge::setWhitelist($whitelist_default);
+	$actionFac = new \ActionFactory();
+	$actionFac->setWorkingDir(PATH_LIB_ACTIONS);
 
-	$showInactive = filter_input(INPUT_GET, 'show_inactive', FILTER_VALIDATE_BOOLEAN);
-	$action = array_key_exists('action', $params) ? $params['action'] : null;
-	$bridge = array_key_exists('bridge', $params) ? $params['bridge'] : null;
-
-	// Return list of bridges as JSON formatted text
-	if($action === 'list') {
-
-		$list = new StdClass();
-		$list->bridges = array();
-		$list->total = 0;
-
-		foreach(Bridge::getBridgeNames() as $bridgeName) {
-
-			$bridge = Bridge::create($bridgeName);
-
-			if($bridge === false) { // Broken bridge, show as inactive
-
-				$list->bridges[$bridgeName] = array(
-					'status' => 'inactive'
-				);
-
-				continue;
-
-			}
-
-			$status = Bridge::isWhitelisted($bridgeName) ? 'active' : 'inactive';
-
-			$list->bridges[$bridgeName] = array(
-				'status' => $status,
-				'uri' => $bridge->getURI(),
-				'name' => $bridge->getName(),
-				'icon' => $bridge->getIcon(),
-				'parameters' => $bridge->getParameters(),
-				'maintainer' => $bridge->getMaintainer(),
-				'description' => $bridge->getDescription()
-			);
-
-		}
-
-		$list->total = count($list->bridges);
-
-		header('Content-Type: application/json');
-		echo json_encode($list, JSON_PRETTY_PRINT);
-
-	} elseif($action === 'detect') {
-
-		$targetURL = $params['url']
-			or returnClientError('You must specify a url!');
-
-		$format = $params['format']
-			or returnClientError('You must specify a format!');
-
-		foreach(Bridge::getBridgeNames() as $bridgeName) {
-
-			if(!Bridge::isWhitelisted($bridgeName)) {
-				continue;
-			}
-
-			$bridge = Bridge::create($bridgeName);
-
-			if($bridge === false) {
-				continue;
-			}
-
-			$bridgeParams = $bridge->detectParameters($targetURL);
-
-			if(is_null($bridgeParams)) {
-				continue;
-			}
-
-			$bridgeParams['bridge'] = $bridgeName;
-			$bridgeParams['format'] = $format;
-
-			header('Location: ?action=display&' . http_build_query($bridgeParams), true, 301);
-			die();
-
-		}
-
-		returnClientError('No bridge found for given URL: ' . $targetURL);
-
-	} elseif($action === 'display' && !empty($bridge)) {
-
-		$format = $params['format']
-			or returnClientError('You must specify a format!');
-
-		// DEPRECATED: 'nameFormat' scheme is replaced by 'name' in format parameter values
-		//             this is to keep compatibility until futher complete removal
-		if(($pos = strpos($format, 'Format')) === (strlen($format) - strlen('Format'))) {
-			$format = substr($format, 0, $pos);
-		}
-
-		// whitelist control
-		if(!Bridge::isWhitelisted($bridge)) {
-			throw new \Exception('This bridge is not whitelisted', 401);
-			die;
-		}
-
-		// Data retrieval
-		$bridge = Bridge::create($bridge);
-
-		$noproxy = array_key_exists('_noproxy', $params) && filter_var($params['_noproxy'], FILTER_VALIDATE_BOOLEAN);
-		if(defined('PROXY_URL') && PROXY_BYBRIDGE && $noproxy) {
-			define('NOPROXY', true);
-		}
-
-		// Cache timeout
-		$cache_timeout = -1;
-		if(array_key_exists('_cache_timeout', $params)) {
-
-			if(!CUSTOM_CACHE_TIMEOUT) {
-				unset($params['_cache_timeout']);
-				$uri = parse_url($_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'], PHP_URL_PATH) . '?' . http_build_query($params);
-				header('Location: ' . $uri, true, 301);
-				die();
-			}
-
-			$cache_timeout = filter_var($params['_cache_timeout'], FILTER_VALIDATE_INT);
-
-		} else {
-			$cache_timeout = $bridge->getCacheTimeout();
-		}
-
-		// Remove parameters that don't concern bridges
-		$bridge_params = array_diff_key(
-			$params,
-			array_fill_keys(
-				array(
-					'action',
-					'bridge',
-					'format',
-					'_noproxy',
-					'_cache_timeout',
-					'_error_time'
-				), '')
-		);
-
-		// Remove parameters that don't concern caches
-		$cache_params = array_diff_key(
-			$params,
-			array_fill_keys(
-				array(
-					'action',
-					'format',
-					'_noproxy',
-					'_cache_timeout',
-					'_error_time'
-				), '')
-		);
-
-		// Initialize cache
-		$cache = Cache::create('FileCache');
-		$cache->setPath(PATH_CACHE);
-		$cache->purgeCache(86400); // 24 hours
-		$cache->setParameters($cache_params);
-
-		$items = array();
-		$infos = array();
-		$mtime = $cache->getTime();
-
-		if($mtime !== false
-		&& (time() - $cache_timeout < $mtime)
-		&& !Debug::isEnabled()) { // Load cached data
-
-			// Send "Not Modified" response if client supports it
-			// Implementation based on https://stackoverflow.com/a/10847262
-			if(isset($_SERVER['HTTP_IF_MODIFIED_SINCE'])) {
-				$stime = strtotime($_SERVER['HTTP_IF_MODIFIED_SINCE']);
-
-				if($mtime <= $stime) { // Cached data is older or same
-					header('Last-Modified: ' . gmdate('D, d M Y H:i:s ', $mtime) . 'GMT', true, 304);
-					die();
-				}
-			}
-
-			$cached = $cache->loadData();
-
-			if(isset($cached['items']) && isset($cached['extraInfos'])) {
-				foreach($cached['items'] as $item) {
-					$items[] = new \FeedItem($item);
-				}
-
-				$infos = $cached['extraInfos'];
-			}
-
-		} else { // Collect new data
-
-			try {
-				$bridge->setDatas($bridge_params);
-				$bridge->collectData();
-
-				$items = $bridge->getItems();
-
-				// Transform "legacy" items to FeedItems if necessary.
-				// Remove this code when support for "legacy" items ends!
-				if(isset($items[0]) && is_array($items[0])) {
-					$feedItems = array();
-
-					foreach($items as $item) {
-						$feedItems[] = new \FeedItem($item);
-					}
-
-					$items = $feedItems;
-				}
-
-				$infos = array(
-					'name' => $bridge->getName(),
-					'uri'  => $bridge->getURI(),
-					'icon' => $bridge->getIcon()
-				);
-			} catch(Error $e) {
-				error_log($e);
-
-				$item = new \FeedItem();
-
-				// Create "new" error message every 24 hours
-				$params['_error_time'] = urlencode((int)(time() / 86400));
-
-				// Error 0 is a special case (i.e. "trying to get property of non-object")
-				if($e->getCode() === 0) {
-					$item->setTitle('Bridge encountered an unexpected situation! (' . $params['_error_time'] . ')');
-				} else {
-					$item->setTitle('Bridge returned error ' . $e->getCode() . '! (' . $params['_error_time'] . ')');
-				}
-
-				$item->setURI(
-					(isset($_SERVER['REQUEST_URI']) ? parse_url($_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'], PHP_URL_PATH) : '')
-					. '?'
-					. http_build_query($params)
-				);
-
-				$item->setTimestamp(time());
-				$item->setContent(buildBridgeException($e, $bridge));
-
-				$items[] = $item;
-			} catch(Exception $e) {
-				error_log($e);
-
-				$item = new \FeedItem();
-
-				// Create "new" error message every 24 hours
-				$params['_error_time'] = urlencode((int)(time() / 86400));
-
-				$item->setURI(
-					(isset($_SERVER['REQUEST_URI']) ? parse_url($_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'], PHP_URL_PATH) : '')
-					. '?'
-					. http_build_query($params)
-				);
-
-				$item->setTitle('Bridge returned error ' . $e->getCode() . '! (' . $params['_error_time'] . ')');
-				$item->setTimestamp(time());
-				$item->setContent(buildBridgeException($e, $bridge));
-
-				$items[] = $item;
-			}
-
-			// Store data in cache
-			$cache->saveData(array(
-				'items' => array_map(function($i){ return $i->toArray(); }, $items),
-				'extraInfos' => $infos
-			));
-
-		}
-
-		// Data transformation
-		try {
-			$format = Format::create($format);
-			$format->setItems($items);
-			$format->setExtraInfos($infos);
-			$format->setLastModified($cache->getTime());
-			$format->display();
-		} catch(Error $e) {
-			error_log($e);
-			header('Content-Type: text/html', true, $e->getCode());
-			die(buildTransformException($e, $bridge));
-		} catch(Exception $e) {
-			error_log($e);
-			header('Content-Type: text/html', true, $e->getCode());
-			die(buildTransformException($e, $bridge));
-		}
+	if(array_key_exists('action', $params)) {
+		$action = $actionFac->create($params['action']);
+		$action->setUserData($params);
+		$action->execute();
 	} else {
+		$showInactive = filter_input(INPUT_GET, 'show_inactive', FILTER_VALIDATE_BOOLEAN);
 		echo BridgeList::create($showInactive);
 	}
 } catch(\Exception $e) {
diff --git a/lib/ActionAbstract.php b/lib/ActionAbstract.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b925d609
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/ActionAbstract.php
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+<?php
+/**
+ * This file is part of RSS-Bridge, a PHP project capable of generating RSS and
+ * Atom feeds for websites that don't have one.
+ *
+ * For the full license information, please view the UNLICENSE file distributed
+ * with this source code.
+ *
+ * @package	Core
+ * @license	http://unlicense.org/ UNLICENSE
+ * @link	https://github.com/rss-bridge/rss-bridge
+ */
+
+/**
+ * An abstract class for action objects
+ */
+abstract class ActionAbstract implements ActionInterface {
+	/**
+	 * Holds the user data.
+	 *
+	 * @var array
+	 */
+	protected $userData = null;
+
+	/**
+	 * {@inheritdoc}
+	 *
+	 * @param array $userData {@inheritdoc}
+	 */
+	public function setUserData($userData) {
+		$this->userData = $userData;
+	}
+}
diff --git a/lib/ActionFactory.php b/lib/ActionFactory.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8146e542
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/ActionFactory.php
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+<?php
+/**
+ * This file is part of RSS-Bridge, a PHP project capable of generating RSS and
+ * Atom feeds for websites that don't have one.
+ *
+ * For the full license information, please view the UNLICENSE file distributed
+ * with this source code.
+ *
+ * @package	Core
+ * @license	http://unlicense.org/ UNLICENSE
+ * @link	https://github.com/rss-bridge/rss-bridge
+ */
+
+/**
+ * Factory for action objects.
+ */
+class ActionFactory extends FactoryAbstract {
+	/**
+	 * {@inheritdoc}
+	 *
+	 * @param string $name {@inheritdoc}
+	 */
+	public function create($name) {
+		$filePath = $this->buildFilePath($name);
+
+		if(!file_exists($filePath)) {
+			throw new \Exception('File ' . $filePath . ' does not exist!');
+		}
+
+		require_once $filePath;
+
+		$class = $this->buildClassName($name);
+
+		if((new \ReflectionClass($class))->isInstantiable()) {
+			return new $class();
+		}
+
+		return false;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Build class name from action name
+	 *
+	 * The class name consists of the action name with prefix "Action". The first
+	 * character of the class name must be uppercase.
+	 *
+	 * Example: 'display' => 'DisplayAction'
+	 *
+	 * @param string $name The action name.
+	 * @return string The class name.
+	 */
+	protected function buildClassName($name) {
+		return ucfirst(strtolower($name)) . 'Action';
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Build file path to the action class.
+	 *
+	 * @param string $name The action name.
+	 * @return string Path to the action class.
+	 */
+	protected function buildFilePath($name) {
+		return $this->getWorkingDir() . $this->buildClassName($name) . '.php';
+	}
+}
diff --git a/lib/ActionInterface.php b/lib/ActionInterface.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c38d057a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/ActionInterface.php
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+<?php
+/**
+ * This file is part of RSS-Bridge, a PHP project capable of generating RSS and
+ * Atom feeds for websites that don't have one.
+ *
+ * For the full license information, please view the UNLICENSE file distributed
+ * with this source code.
+ *
+ * @package	Core
+ * @license	http://unlicense.org/ UNLICENSE
+ * @link	https://github.com/rss-bridge/rss-bridge
+ */
+
+/**
+ * Interface for action objects.
+ */
+interface ActionInterface {
+	/**
+	 * Set user data for the action to consume.
+	 *
+	 * @param array $userData An associative array of user data.
+	 * @return void
+	 */
+	function setUserData($userData);
+
+	/**
+	 * Execute the action.
+	 *
+	 * Note: This function directly outputs data to the user.
+	 *
+	 * @return void
+	 */
+	function execute();
+}
diff --git a/lib/FactoryAbstract.php b/lib/FactoryAbstract.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c91ae2e0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/FactoryAbstract.php
@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+<?php
+/**
+ * This file is part of RSS-Bridge, a PHP project capable of generating RSS and
+ * Atom feeds for websites that don't have one.
+ *
+ * For the full license information, please view the UNLICENSE file distributed
+ * with this source code.
+ *
+ * @package	Core
+ * @license	http://unlicense.org/ UNLICENSE
+ * @link	https://github.com/rss-bridge/rss-bridge
+ */
+
+/**
+ * Abstract class for factories.
+ */
+abstract class FactoryAbstract {
+
+	/**
+	 * Holds the working directory
+	 *
+	 * @var string
+	 */
+	private $workingDir = null;
+
+	/**
+	 * Set the working directory.
+	 *
+	 * @param string $dir The working directory.
+	 * @return void
+	 */
+	public function setWorkingDir($dir) {
+		$this->workingDir = null;
+
+		if(!is_string($dir)) {
+			throw new \InvalidArgumentException('Working directory must be a string!');
+		}
+
+		if(!file_exists($dir)) {
+			throw new \Exception('Working directory does not exist!');
+		}
+
+		if(!is_dir($dir)) {
+			throw new \InvalidArgumentException($dir . ' is not a directory!');
+		}
+
+		$this->workingDir = realpath($dir) . '/';
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Get the working directory
+	 *
+	 * @return string The working directory.
+	 */
+	public function getWorkingDir() {
+		if(is_null($this->workingDir)) {
+			throw new \LogicException('Working directory is not set!');
+		}
+
+		return $this->workingDir;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Creates a new instance for the object specified by name.
+	 *
+	 * @param string $name The name of the object to create.
+	 * @return object The object instance
+	 */
+	abstract public function create($name);
+}
diff --git a/lib/rssbridge.php b/lib/rssbridge.php
index bc8c8d04..5a523588 100644
--- a/lib/rssbridge.php
+++ b/lib/rssbridge.php
@@ -29,6 +29,9 @@ define('PATH_LIB_FORMATS', __DIR__ . '/../formats/');
 /** Path to the caches library */
 define('PATH_LIB_CACHES', __DIR__ . '/../caches/');
 
+/** Path to the actions library */
+define('PATH_LIB_ACTIONS', __DIR__ . '/../actions/');
+
 /** Path to the cache folder */
 define('PATH_CACHE', __DIR__ . '/../cache/');
 
@@ -39,11 +42,13 @@ define('WHITELIST', __DIR__ . '/../whitelist.txt');
 define('REPOSITORY', 'https://github.com/RSS-Bridge/rss-bridge/');
 
 // Interfaces
+require_once PATH_LIB . 'ActionInterface.php';
 require_once PATH_LIB . 'BridgeInterface.php';
 require_once PATH_LIB . 'CacheInterface.php';
 require_once PATH_LIB . 'FormatInterface.php';
 
 // Classes
+require_once PATH_LIB . 'FactoryAbstract.php';
 require_once PATH_LIB . 'FeedItem.php';
 require_once PATH_LIB . 'Debug.php';
 require_once PATH_LIB . 'Exceptions.php';
@@ -58,6 +63,8 @@ require_once PATH_LIB . 'Configuration.php';
 require_once PATH_LIB . 'BridgeCard.php';
 require_once PATH_LIB . 'BridgeList.php';
 require_once PATH_LIB . 'ParameterValidator.php';
+require_once PATH_LIB . 'ActionFactory.php';
+require_once PATH_LIB . 'ActionAbstract.php';
 
 // Functions
 require_once PATH_LIB . 'html.php';
diff --git a/phpunit.xml b/phpunit.xml
index 4fe1ae0e..62937c47 100644
--- a/phpunit.xml
+++ b/phpunit.xml
@@ -14,6 +14,9 @@
 		<testsuite name="formats">
 			<directory suffix="FormatTest.php">tests</directory>
 		</testsuite>
+		<testsuite name="actions">
+			<directory suffix="ActionTest.php">tests</directory>
+		</testsuite>
 	</testsuites>
 
 </phpunit>
diff --git a/tests/ActionImplementationTest.php b/tests/ActionImplementationTest.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..554432f3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/ActionImplementationTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+<?php
+require_once __DIR__ . '/../lib/rssbridge.php';
+
+use PHPUnit\Framework\TestCase;
+
+class ActionImplementationTest extends TestCase {
+	private $class;
+	private $obj;
+
+	/**
+	 * @dataProvider dataActionsProvider
+	 */
+	public function testClassName($path) {
+		$this->setAction($path);
+		$this->assertTrue($this->class === ucfirst($this->class), 'class name must start with uppercase character');
+		$this->assertEquals(0, substr_count($this->class, ' '), 'class name must not contain spaces');
+		$this->assertStringEndsWith('Action', $this->class, 'class name must end with "Action"');
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * @dataProvider dataActionsProvider
+	 */
+	public function testClassType($path) {
+		$this->setAction($path);
+		$this->assertInstanceOf(ActionInterface::class, $this->obj);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * @dataProvider dataActionsProvider
+	 */
+	public function testVisibleMethods($path) {
+		$allowedActionAbstract = get_class_methods(ActionAbstract::class);
+		sort($allowedActionAbstract);
+
+		$this->setAction($path);
+
+		$methods = get_class_methods($this->obj);
+		sort($methods);
+
+		$this->assertEquals($allowedActionAbstract, $methods);
+	}
+
+	////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+
+	public function dataActionsProvider() {
+		$actions = array();
+		foreach (glob(PATH_LIB_ACTIONS . '*.php') as $path) {
+			$actions[basename($path, '.php')] = array($path);
+		}
+		return $actions;
+	}
+
+	private function setAction($path) {
+		require_once $path;
+		$this->class = basename($path, '.php');
+		$this->assertTrue(class_exists($this->class), 'class ' . $this->class . ' doesn\'t exist');
+		$this->obj = new $this->class();
+	}
+}
diff --git a/tests/ListActionTest.php b/tests/ListActionTest.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7f625882
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/ListActionTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,90 @@
+<?php
+require_once __DIR__ . '/../lib/rssbridge.php';
+
+use PHPUnit\Framework\TestCase;
+
+class ListActionTest extends TestCase {
+
+	private $action;
+	private $data;
+
+	/**
+	 * @runInSeparateProcess
+	 * @requires function xdebug_get_headers
+	 */
+	public function testHeaders() {
+		$this->initAction();
+
+		$this->assertContains(
+			'Content-Type: application/json',
+			xdebug_get_headers()
+		);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * @runInSeparateProcess
+	 */
+	public function testOutput() {
+		$this->initAction();
+
+		$items = json_decode($this->data, true);
+
+		$this->assertNotNull($items, 'invalid JSON output: ' . json_last_error_msg());
+
+		$this->assertArrayHasKey('total', $items, 'Missing "total" parameter');
+		$this->assertInternalType('int', $items['total'], 'Invalid type');
+
+		$this->assertArrayHasKey('bridges', $items, 'Missing "bridges" array');
+
+		$this->assertEquals(
+			$items['total'],
+			count($items['bridges']),
+			'Item count doesn\'t match'
+		);
+
+		$this->assertEquals(
+			count(Bridge::getBridgeNames()),
+			count($items['bridges']),
+			'Number of bridges doesn\'t match'
+		);
+
+		$expectedKeys = array(
+			'status',
+			'uri',
+			'name',
+			'icon',
+			'parameters',
+			'maintainer',
+			'description'
+		);
+
+		$allowedStatus = array(
+			'active',
+			'inactive'
+		);
+
+		foreach($items['bridges'] as $bridge) {
+			foreach($expectedKeys as $key) {
+				$this->assertArrayHasKey($key, $bridge, 'Missing key "' . $key . '"');
+			}
+
+			$this->assertContains($bridge['status'], $allowedStatus, 'Invalid status value');
+		}
+	}
+
+	////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+
+	private function initAction() {
+		$actionFac = new ActionFactory();
+		$actionFac->setWorkingDir(PATH_LIB_ACTIONS);
+
+		$this->action = $actionFac->create('list');
+		$this->action->setUserData(array()); /* no user data required */
+
+		ob_start();
+		$this->action->execute();
+		$this->data = ob_get_contents();
+		ob_clean();
+		ob_end_flush();
+	}
+}