diff --git a/crates/lox-distributor/src/main.rs b/crates/lox-distributor/src/main.rs
index 416184b..5d1d619 100644
--- a/crates/lox-distributor/src/main.rs
+++ b/crates/lox-distributor/src/main.rs
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ use hyper::{
 };
 use lox_library::bridge_table::{BridgeLine, MAX_BRIDGES_PER_BUCKET};
 
-use rdsys_backend::{proto::ResourceDiff, start_stream};
+use rdsys_backend::{proto::ResourceDiff, proto::Resource, request_resources, start_stream};
 use serde::Deserialize;
 
 use std::{
diff --git a/crates/rdsys-backend-api/Cargo.toml b/crates/rdsys-backend-api/Cargo.toml
index 46b8b91..b2a8dec 100644
--- a/crates/rdsys-backend-api/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/rdsys-backend-api/Cargo.toml
@@ -14,8 +14,8 @@ bytes = "1"
 hex = "0.4.3"
 crc64 = "2.0.0"
 sha1 = "0.10.6"
-tokio = { version = "1", features = ["macros"]}
-reqwest = { version = "0.11", features = ["stream"]}
+tokio = { version = "1", features = ["full", "macros"] }
+reqwest = { version = "0.11", features = ["json", "stream"]}
 tokio-stream = "0.1.14"
 futures = "0.3.28"
 tokio-util = "0.7.9"
diff --git a/crates/rdsys-backend-api/src/lib.rs b/crates/rdsys-backend-api/src/lib.rs
index 84b420a..8e2c8eb 100644
--- a/crates/rdsys-backend-api/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/rdsys-backend-api/src/lib.rs
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 use bytes::{self, Buf, Bytes};
 use core::pin::Pin;
 use futures_util::{Stream, StreamExt};
-use reqwest::Client;
+use reqwest::{Client, StatusCode};
 use std::io::{self, BufRead};
 use std::task::{ready, Context, Poll};
 use tokio::sync::mpsc;
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ pub enum Error {
     Reqwest(reqwest::Error),
     Io(io::Error),
     JSON(serde_json::Error),
+    String(StatusCode),
 }
 
 impl From<serde_json::Error> for Error {
@@ -39,6 +40,17 @@ impl From<io::Error> for Error {
     }
 }
 
+
+pub struct StaticResourceRequest {}
+
+impl StaticResourceRequest {
+    pub fn new(rx: mpsc::Receiver<Bytes>) -> StaticResourceRequest {
+        StaticResourceRequest {
+
+          }
+        }
+}
+
 /// An iterable wrapper of ResourceDiff items for the streamed chunks of Bytes
 /// received from the connection to the rdsys backend
 pub struct ResourceStream {
@@ -220,7 +232,7 @@ mod tests {
 ///     }
 /// }
 /// ```
-///
+
 pub async fn start_stream(
     api_endpoint: String,
     name: String,
@@ -260,3 +272,41 @@ pub async fn start_stream(
     });
     Ok(ResourceStream::new(rx))
 }
+
+pub async fn request_resources(    api_endpoint: String,
+    name: String,
+    token: String,
+    resource_types: Vec<String>,
+) -> Result<Vec<proto::Resource>, Error> {
+    let fetched_resources: Result<Vec<proto::Resource>, Error>;
+    let req = proto::ResourceRequest {
+        request_origin: name,
+        resource_types,
+    };
+    let json = serde_json::to_string(&req)?;
+
+    let auth_value = format!("Bearer {}", token);
+
+    let client = Client::new();
+
+    let response = client
+        .get(api_endpoint)
+        .header("Authorization", &auth_value)
+        .body(json)
+        .send()
+        .await.unwrap();
+    println!("Success? {:?}", response);
+    match response.status() {
+        reqwest::StatusCode::OK => {
+            fetched_resources = match response.json::<Vec<proto::Resource>>().await {
+                Ok(fetched_resources) => Ok(fetched_resources),
+                Err(e) => Err(Error::Reqwest(e)),
+            };
+        }
+        other => {
+            fetched_resources = Err(Error::String(other))
+        }
+    };
+    println!("Resources: {:?}", fetched_resources);
+    fetched_resources
+}