diff --git a/packages/api/src/resolvers/function_resolvers.ts b/packages/api/src/resolvers/function_resolvers.ts
index 1b957a371..50cd8580b 100644
--- a/packages/api/src/resolvers/function_resolvers.ts
+++ b/packages/api/src/resolvers/function_resolvers.ts
@@ -100,6 +100,7 @@ import {
   generateUploadFilePathName,
 } from '../utils/uploads'
 import { getPageByParam } from '../elastic/pages'
+import { recentSearchesResolver } from './recent_searches'
 
 /* eslint-disable @typescript-eslint/naming-convention */
 type ResultResolveType = {
@@ -196,6 +197,7 @@ export const functionResolvers = {
     typeaheadSearch: typeaheadSearchResolver,
     updatesSince: updatesSinceResolver,
     integrations: integrationsResolver,
+    recentSearches: recentSearchesResolver,
   },
   User: {
     async sharedArticles(
@@ -604,4 +606,5 @@ export const functionResolvers = {
   ...resultResolveTypeResolver('SetIntegration'),
   ...resultResolveTypeResolver('Integrations'),
   ...resultResolveTypeResolver('DeleteIntegration'),
+  ...resultResolveTypeResolver('RecentSearches'),
 }
diff --git a/packages/api/src/resolvers/recent_searches/index.ts b/packages/api/src/resolvers/recent_searches/index.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d8efadf9e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/api/src/resolvers/recent_searches/index.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+import { authorized } from '../../utils/helpers'
+import {
+  RecentSearchesError,
+  RecentSearchesErrorCode,
+  RecentSearchesSuccess,
+} from '../../generated/graphql'
+import { analytics } from '../../utils/analytics'
+import { env } from '../../env'
+import { getRepository } from '../../entity/utils'
+import { User } from '../../entity/user'
+import { getRecentSearches } from '../../services/search_history'
+
+export const recentSearchesResolver = authorized<
+  RecentSearchesSuccess,
+  RecentSearchesError
+>(async (_obj, _params, { claims: { uid }, log }) => {
+  log.info('recentSearches')
+
+  analytics.track({
+    userId: uid,
+    event: 'recentSearches',
+    properties: {
+      env: env.server.apiEnv,
+    },
+  })
+
+  const user = await getRepository(User).findOneBy({ id: uid })
+  if (!user) {
+    return { errorCodes: [RecentSearchesErrorCode.Unauthorized] }
+  }
+
+  const searches = await getRecentSearches(uid)
+  return {
+    searches,
+  }
+})
diff --git a/packages/api/src/services/search_history.ts b/packages/api/src/services/search_history.ts
index 2521ea64a..561d04782 100644
--- a/packages/api/src/services/search_history.ts
+++ b/packages/api/src/services/search_history.ts
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ export const saveSearchHistory = async (
   term: string
 ): Promise<void> => {
   const searchHistory = new SearchHistory()
-  searchHistory.user = { id: userId } as any
+  searchHistory.user.id = userId
   searchHistory.term = term
   searchHistory.createdAt = new Date()
   await getRepository(SearchHistory).save(searchHistory)
diff --git a/packages/api/test/resolvers/recent_searches.test.ts b/packages/api/test/resolvers/recent_searches.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4d6a95c67
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/api/test/resolvers/recent_searches.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,74 @@
+import 'mocha'
+import { expect } from 'chai'
+import { User } from '../../src/entity/user'
+import { PageContext } from '../../src/elastic/types'
+import { createTestUser, deleteTestUser } from '../db'
+import { graphqlRequest, request } from '../util'
+import { createPubSubClient } from '../../src/datalayer/pubsub'
+import { getRepository } from '../../src/entity/utils'
+import { SearchHistory } from '../../src/entity/search_history'
+
+describe('recent_searches resolver', () => {
+  let user: User
+  let authToken: string
+  let ctx: PageContext
+
+  before(async () => {
+    // create fake user and login
+    user = await createTestUser('fakeUser')
+    const res = await request
+      .post('/local/debug/fake-user-login')
+      .send({ fakeEmail: user.email })
+    authToken = res.body.authToken
+    ctx = {
+      pubsub: createPubSubClient(),
+      refresh: true,
+      uid: user.id,
+    }
+  })
+
+  after(async () => {
+    // clean up
+    await deleteTestUser(user.name)
+  })
+
+  describe('recentSearches API', () => {
+    const recentSearchesQuery = `
+        query {
+          recentSearches {
+            ... on RecentSearchesSuccess {
+              searches {
+                term
+              }
+            }
+          }
+        }
+      `
+
+    before(async () => {
+      // create fake recent searches
+      await getRepository(SearchHistory).save([
+        {
+          user: { id: user.id },
+          term: 'test1',
+        },
+        {
+          user: { id: user.id },
+          term: 'test2',
+        },
+      ])
+    })
+
+    after(async () => {
+      await getRepository(SearchHistory).delete({ user: { id: user.id } })
+    })
+
+    it('returns recent searches', async () => {
+      const response = await graphqlRequest(
+        recentSearchesQuery,
+        authToken
+      ).expect(200)
+      expect(response.body.data.recentSearches.searches).to.be.lengthOf(2)
+    })
+  })
+})