diff --git a/src/Hash2Pub/PostService.hs b/src/Hash2Pub/PostService.hs
index 838b2c8..76dab47 100644
--- a/src/Hash2Pub/PostService.hs
+++ b/src/Hash2Pub/PostService.hs
@@ -29,9 +29,12 @@ import           Data.Time.Clock.POSIX
 import           Data.Typeable                 (Typeable)
 import qualified Network.HTTP.Client           as HTTP
 import           System.Random
+import           Text.Read                     (readEither)
 
 import qualified Network.Wai.Handler.Warp      as Warp
 import           Servant
+import           Servant.Client
+import           Servant.Server
 
 import           Hash2Pub.FediChordTypes
 import           Hash2Pub.RingMap
@@ -260,6 +263,14 @@ tagUnsubscribe serv hashtag origin = do
     liftIO . atomically $ deleteSubscription (subscribers serv) hashtag (BSU.toString $ HTTP.host req, HTTP.port req)
     pure "bye bye"
 
+-- client/ request functions
+
+clientAPI :: Proxy PostServiceAPI
+clientAPI = Proxy
+
+
+relayInboxClient :<|> subscriptionDeliveryClient :<|> postFetchClient :<|> postMultiFetchClient :<|> postInboxClient :<|> tagDeliveryClient :<|> tagSubscribeClient :<|> tagUnsubscribeClient = client clientAPI
+
 -- ======= data structure manipulations =========
 
 -- | Write all pending posts of a subscriber-tag-combination to its queue.
@@ -350,6 +361,8 @@ normaliseTag = Txt.fromStrict . normalize NFC . Txt.toStrict
 instance {-# OVERLAPPABLE #-} Show a => MimeRender PlainText a where
     mimeRender _ = BSUL.fromString . show
 
+instance {-# OVERLAPPABLE #-} Read a => MimeUnrender PlainText a where
+    mimeUnrender _ = readEither . BSUL.toString
 
 -- ====== worker threads ======