diff --git a/include/util/request.hpp b/include/util/request.hpp
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+#pragma once
+
+#include <string>
+#include <jansson.h>
+
+
+enum RequestMethod {
+	GET_METHOD,
+	POST_METHOD,
+	PUT_METHOD,
+	DELETE_METHOD,
+};
+
+/** Must be called before using this API */
+void requestInit();
+void requestDestroy();
+
+/** Requests a JSON API URL over HTTP(S), using the data as the query (GET) or the body (POST, etc) */
+json_t *requestJson(RequestMethod method, std::string url, json_t *dataJ);
+/** Returns the filename, blank if unsuccessful */
+bool requestDownload(std::string url, std::string filename, float *progress);
+
diff --git a/src/util/request.cpp b/src/util/request.cpp
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+#include "util/request.hpp"
+#include <assert.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <curl/curl.h>
+
+
+static size_t writeStringCallback(char *ptr, size_t size, size_t nmemb, void *userdata) {
+	std::string *str = (std::string*) userdata;
+	size_t len = size * nmemb;
+	str->append(ptr, len);
+	return len;
+}
+
+
+void requestInit() {
+	curl_global_init(CURL_GLOBAL_NOTHING);
+}
+
+void requestDestroy() {
+	curl_global_cleanup();
+}
+
+
+json_t *requestJson(RequestMethod method, std::string url, json_t *dataJ) {
+	CURL *curl = curl_easy_init();
+	if (!curl)
+		return NULL;
+
+	assert(dataJ);
+	char *reqStr;
+	if (method != GET_METHOD) {
+		reqStr = json_dumps(dataJ, 0);
+	}
+
+	// Set URL
+	if (method == GET_METHOD) {
+		if (dataJ) {
+			// Append ?key=value&... to url
+			url += "?";
+			bool isFirst = true;
+			const char *key;
+			json_t *value;
+			json_object_foreach(dataJ, key, value) {
+				if (json_is_string(value)) {
+					if (!isFirst)
+						url += "&";
+					url += key;
+					url += "=";
+					const char *str = json_string_value(value);
+					size_t len = json_string_length(value);
+					char *escapedStr = curl_easy_escape(curl, str, len);
+					url += escapedStr;
+					curl_free(escapedStr);
+					isFirst = false;
+				}
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, url.c_str());
+
+	// Set HTTP method
+	switch (method) {
+		case GET_METHOD:
+			// This is default
+			break;
+		case POST_METHOD:
+			curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_POST, true);
+			break;
+		case PUT_METHOD:
+			curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_PUT, true);
+			break;
+		case DELETE_METHOD:
+			curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST, "DELETE");
+			break;
+	}
+
+	// Set headers
+	struct curl_slist *headers = NULL;
+	headers = curl_slist_append(headers, "Accept: application/json");
+	headers = curl_slist_append(headers, "Content-Type: application/json");
+	curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, headers);
+
+	// Body callbacks
+	if (method != GET_METHOD)
+		curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, reqStr);
+
+	std::string resText;
+	curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_WRITEFUNCTION, writeStringCallback);
+	curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_WRITEDATA, &resText);
+
+	// Perform request
+	printf("Requesting %s\n", url.c_str());
+	CURLcode res = curl_easy_perform(curl);
+
+	// Cleanup
+	if (method != GET_METHOD)
+		free(reqStr);
+	curl_easy_cleanup(curl);
+	curl_slist_free_all(headers);
+
+	if (res == CURLE_OK) {
+		// Parse JSON response
+		json_error_t error;
+		json_t *rootJ = json_loads(resText.c_str(), 0, &error);
+		return rootJ;
+	}
+	return NULL;
+}
+
+
+static size_t writeFileCallback(char *ptr, size_t size, size_t nmemb, void *userdata) {
+	FILE *file = (FILE*) userdata;
+	return fwrite(ptr, size, nmemb, file);
+}
+
+static int xferInfoCallback(void *clientp, curl_off_t dltotal, curl_off_t dlnow, curl_off_t ultotal, curl_off_t ulnow) {
+	float *progress = (float*) clientp;
+	if (progress) {
+		if (dltotal <= 0)
+			*progress = 1.0;
+		else
+			*progress = (float)dlnow / dltotal;
+	}
+	return 0;
+}
+
+bool requestDownload(std::string url, std::string filename, float *progress) {
+	CURL *curl = curl_easy_init();
+	if (!curl)
+		return false;
+
+	FILE *file = fopen(filename.c_str(), "w");
+
+	curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, url.c_str());
+	curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_VERBOSE, false);
+	curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_NOPROGRESS, false);
+	curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_WRITEFUNCTION, writeFileCallback);
+	curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_WRITEDATA, file);
+	curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_XFERINFOFUNCTION, xferInfoCallback);
+	curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_XFERINFODATA, progress);
+
+	printf("Downloading %s\n", url.c_str());
+	CURLcode res = curl_easy_perform(curl);
+	curl_easy_cleanup(curl);
+
+	fclose(file);
+
+	if (res != CURLE_OK)
+		remove(filename.c_str());
+
+	return res == CURLE_OK;
+}