diff --git a/src/common/APIRequest.hpp b/src/common/APIRequest.hpp
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+#pragma once
+#include <functional>
+
+#include "common/NetworkCommon.hpp"
+#include "common/NetworkRequest.hpp"
+#include "common/NetworkResult.hpp"
+#include "common/Outcome.hpp"
+
+namespace chatterino {
+
+// i can't make it not pass something, so this is a small type that does nothing
+struct APIRequestNoErrorValue {
+};
+template <typename OkType, typename ErrorType>
+class APIRequestData
+{
+    using APISuceessCallback = std::function<Outcome(NetworkResult, OkType)>;
+    using APIErrorCallback = std::function<void(NetworkResult, ErrorType)>;
+    using APIFinallyCallback = std::function<void()>;
+
+public:
+    APISuceessCallback onSuccess;
+    APIErrorCallback onError;
+    APIFinallyCallback finally;
+};
+
+template <typename OkType, typename ErrorType>
+class APIRequest
+{
+    using APISuceessCallback = std::function<Outcome(NetworkResult, OkType)>;
+    using APIErrorCallback = std::function<void(NetworkResult, ErrorType)>;
+    using APIFinallyCallback = std::function<void()>;
+
+private:
+    NetworkRequest underlying_;
+    std::shared_ptr<APIRequestData<OkType, ErrorType>> data_;
+
+public:
+    // move = good
+    APIRequest(APIRequest<OkType, ErrorType> &&other) = default;
+    APIRequest &operator=(APIRequest<OkType, ErrorType> &&other) = default;
+
+    // copy = bad
+    APIRequest(const APIRequest<OkType, ErrorType> &other) = delete;
+    APIRequest &operator=(const APIRequest<OkType, ErrorType> &other) = delete;
+
+    explicit APIRequest(
+        QUrl url, NetworkRequestType requestType,
+        std::function<OkType(NetworkResult)> successTransformer,
+        std::function<ErrorType(NetworkResult)> errorTransformer = nullptr,
+        std::function<void()> onFinally = nullptr)
+        : underlying_(std::move(url), requestType)
+        , data_(std::make_shared<APIRequestData<OkType, ErrorType>>())
+    {
+        auto data = this->data_;
+        this->underlying_ =
+            std::move(this->underlying_)
+                .timeout(5 * 1000)
+                .onSuccess(
+                    [data, successTransformer](NetworkResult res) -> Outcome {
+                        OkType val = successTransformer(res);
+                        return data->onSuccess(res, val);
+                    })
+                .onError([data, errorTransformer](NetworkResult res) {
+                    if (errorTransformer)
+                    {
+                        ErrorType err = errorTransformer(res);
+                        data->onError(res, err);
+                    }
+                })
+                .finally([data, onFinally]() {
+                    if (onFinally)
+                    {
+                        onFinally();
+                    }
+                    if (data->finally)
+                    {
+                        data->finally();
+                    }
+                });
+    };
+
+    APIRequest<OkType, ErrorType> header(const char *headerName,
+                                         const char *value) &&
+    {
+        this->underlying_ =
+            std::move(this->underlying_).header(headerName, value);
+        return std::move(*this);
+    }
+
+    APIRequest<OkType, ErrorType> onError(APIErrorCallback cb) &&
+    {
+        this->data_->onError = cb;
+        return std::move(*this);
+    };
+
+    APIRequest<OkType, ErrorType> onSuccess(APISuceessCallback cb) &&
+    {
+        this->data_->onSuccess = cb;
+        return std::move(*this);
+    };
+
+    APIRequest<OkType, ErrorType> finally(APIFinallyCallback cb) &&
+    {
+        this->data_->finally = cb;
+        return std::move(*this);
+    };
+
+    void execute()
+    {
+        this->underlying_.execute();
+    }
+};
+
+}  // namespace chatterino