Generic test for API CRUD Operations

Just wanted your thoughts on the following project. Basically, my team is trying to design some automated CRUD tests that would test any CRUD operations of any API within our organization.

The tests would be generic enough that when you supply a resource, they would tell you if the CRUD operations work successfully(probably doing some positive and negative tests). Furthermore, this is an excellent way for us to enforce standards for API Development across the company as any CRUD API should pass the tests that we will develop.

Any suggestions as to how we can go about doing this? Has someone done something like this before and can point me to some links? How would you design the tests so that they can test any API to see if it's CRUD operations work?

Thanks in advance for your answers!