diff --git a/DigitalData.Core.Abstractions/Client/IBaseHttpClientService.cs b/DigitalData.Core.Abstractions/Client/IBaseHttpClientService.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1d76d72
--- /dev/null
+++ b/DigitalData.Core.Abstractions/Client/IBaseHttpClientService.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+namespace DigitalData.Core.Abstractions.Client
+{
+    public interface IBaseHttpClientService
+    {
+        public string Uri { get; init; }
+
+        Task<HttpResponseMessage> FetchAsync(
+            string route = "",
+            HttpMethod? method = null,
+            HttpContent? body = null,
+            Dictionary<string, string>? form = null,
+            bool sendWithCookie = true,
+            bool saveCookie = true
+        );
+    }
+}
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diff --git a/DigitalData.Core.Abstractions/Client/IHttpClientService.cs b/DigitalData.Core.Abstractions/Client/IHttpClientService.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..95973e5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/DigitalData.Core.Abstractions/Client/IHttpClientService.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+namespace DigitalData.Core.Abstractions.Client
+{
+    public interface IHttpClientService<TClientOptions> : IBaseHttpClientService
+        where TClientOptions : new()
+    {
+    }
+}
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diff --git a/DigitalData.Core.Client/BaseHttpClientService.cs b/DigitalData.Core.Client/BaseHttpClientService.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0664e7d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/DigitalData.Core.Client/BaseHttpClientService.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+using DigitalData.Core.Abstractions.Client;
+using Microsoft.Extensions.Options;
+using System.Diagnostics.CodeAnalysis;
+using System.Net;
+
+namespace DigitalData.Core.Client
+{
+    public class BaseHttpClientService : IBaseHttpClientService
+    {
+        protected readonly HttpClient _client;
+        protected readonly CookieContainer _cookies;
+
+        [StringSyntax("Uri")]
+        public string Uri { get; init; }
+
+        public BaseHttpClientService(HttpClient client, CookieContainer cookieContainer, IOptions<HttpClientOptions> clientOptions)
+        {
+            _client = client;
+            _cookies = cookieContainer;
+            Uri = clientOptions.Value.Uri;
+        }
+
+        public async Task<HttpResponseMessage> FetchAsync(
+            string route = "",
+            HttpMethod? method = null,
+            HttpContent? body = null,
+            Dictionary<string, string>? form = null,
+            bool sendWithCookie = true,
+            bool saveCookie = true
+        )
+        {
+            // set default HTTP method as GET
+            method ??= HttpMethod.Get;
+
+            // create URL
+            var requestUriStr = Uri + route;
+            var requestUri = new Uri(requestUriStr);
+
+            var requestMessage = new HttpRequestMessage(method, requestUriStr);
+
+            // Add cookie to request
+            if (sendWithCookie)
+            {
+                var cookieHeader = _cookies.GetCookieHeader(requestUri);
+                requestMessage.Headers.Add("Cookie", cookieHeader);
+            }
+
+            // Add body content if provided
+            if (body != null && form != null)
+                throw new InvalidOperationException("Body content and form data cannot both be set.");
+            else if (body != null)
+                requestMessage.Content = body;
+            else if (form != null)
+                requestMessage.Content = new FormUrlEncodedContent(form);
+
+            var response = await _client.SendAsync(requestMessage);
+
+            // Add response cookies to cookies
+            if (saveCookie)
+                if (response.Headers.TryGetValues("Set-Cookie", out var cookies))
+                    foreach (var cookie in cookies)
+                        _cookies.SetCookies(requestUri, cookie);
+
+            return response;
+        }
+    }
+}
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diff --git a/DigitalData.Core.Client/DIExtensions.cs b/DigitalData.Core.Client/DIExtensions.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e9c654c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/DigitalData.Core.Client/DIExtensions.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+using DigitalData.Core.Abstractions.Client;
+using Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection;
+using Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection.Extensions;
+using System.Net;
+
+namespace DigitalData.Core.Client
+{
+    public static class DIExtensions
+    {
+        public static IServiceCollection AddHttpClientService(this IServiceCollection services, string uri)
+        {
+            services.TryAddSingleton<HttpClient>();
+            services.TryAddSingleton<CookieContainer>();
+            services.AddSingleton<IBaseHttpClientService, BaseHttpClientService>();
+            services.Configure<HttpClientOptions>(opt => opt.Uri = uri);
+
+            return services;
+        }
+
+        public static IServiceCollection AddHttpClientService<TClientOptions>(this IServiceCollection services, Action<TClientOptions>? clientOptions = null, bool setAsDefault = false)
+            where TClientOptions : HttpClientOptions, new()
+        {
+            services.TryAddSingleton<HttpClient>();
+            services.TryAddSingleton<CookieContainer>();
+            services.AddSingleton<IHttpClientService<TClientOptions>, HttpClientService<TClientOptions>>();
+            services.Configure(clientOptions ?? (_ => { }));
+
+            if (setAsDefault)
+                services.AddSingleton<IBaseHttpClientService, HttpClientService<TClientOptions>>();
+
+            return services;
+        }
+    }
+}
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diff --git a/DigitalData.Core.Client/DigitalData.Core.Client.csproj b/DigitalData.Core.Client/DigitalData.Core.Client.csproj
index 944e269..4827aae 100644
--- a/DigitalData.Core.Client/DigitalData.Core.Client.csproj
+++ b/DigitalData.Core.Client/DigitalData.Core.Client.csproj
@@ -18,14 +18,12 @@
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
-    <None Include="..\DigitalData.Core.Abstractions\Assets\icon.png">
-      <Pack>True</Pack>
-      <PackagePath>\</PackagePath>
-    </None>
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Options" Version="7.0.0" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Newtonsoft.Json" Version="13.0.3" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
-    <PackageReference Include="Newtonsoft.Json" Version="13.0.3" />
+    <ProjectReference Include="..\DigitalData.Core.Abstractions\DigitalData.Core.Abstractions.csproj" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
diff --git a/DigitalData.Core.Client/HttpClientOptions.cs b/DigitalData.Core.Client/HttpClientOptions.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..aa993d1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/DigitalData.Core.Client/HttpClientOptions.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+namespace DigitalData.Core.Client
+{
+    public class HttpClientOptions
+    {
+        public required string Uri { get; set; }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/DigitalData.Core.Client/HttpClientService.cs b/DigitalData.Core.Client/HttpClientService.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cb00e43
--- /dev/null
+++ b/DigitalData.Core.Client/HttpClientService.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+using DigitalData.Core.Abstractions.Client;
+using Microsoft.Extensions.Options;
+using System.Net;
+
+namespace DigitalData.Core.Client
+{
+    public class HttpClientService<TClientOptions> : BaseHttpClientService, IHttpClientService<TClientOptions>, IBaseHttpClientService
+        where TClientOptions : HttpClientOptions, new()
+    {
+        public HttpClientService(HttpClient client, CookieContainer cookieContainer, IOptions<TClientOptions> clientOptions) : base(client, cookieContainer, clientOptions)
+        {
+        }
+    }
+}
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diff --git a/DigitalData.Core.Client/HttpExtensions.cs b/DigitalData.Core.Client/HttpExtensions.cs
index 05ce43f..2501fa3 100644
--- a/DigitalData.Core.Client/HttpExtensions.cs
+++ b/DigitalData.Core.Client/HttpExtensions.cs
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 using Newtonsoft.Json;
 using System.Net.Http.Json;
-using System.Threading.Tasks;
 
 namespace DigitalData.Core.Client
 {