diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index 4c5977d..c217a04 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -2,12 +2,27 @@ use proc_macro::TokenStream;
 use quote::quote;
 use syn::{parse_macro_input, ItemEnum, Lit, DeriveInput, Fields, Data};
 
+#[async_trait]
+pub trait Queryable {
+    ///send the query types query and get the response returned as the
+    ///proper response type
+    pub fn send(
+        &self,
+        base_url: &str,
+        headers: Option<Vec<(&str, &str)>>,
+    ) -> Result<Response, std::io::Error>;
+}
+
+pub trait Responsable {
+    pub fn receive(resp: Response) -> Result<Self, std::error::Error>;
+}
+
 #[proc_macro_derive(HttpRequest, attributes(http_get))]
 pub fn derive_http_get_request(input: TokenStream) -> TokenStream {
     let input = parse_macro_input!(input as DeriveInput);
     let name = &input.ident;
 
-    // Parse #[http_get(url = "...")] attribute
+    // Extract the base URL from #[http_get(url = "...")]
     let mut base_url = None;
     for attr in &input.attrs {
         if attr.path().is_ident("http_get") {
@@ -22,7 +37,6 @@ pub fn derive_http_get_request(input: TokenStream) -> TokenStream {
             });
         }
     }
-
     let base_url = base_url.expect("Missing #[http_get(url = \"...\")] attribute");
 
     let expanded = match &input.data {
@@ -46,22 +60,18 @@ pub fn derive_http_get_request(input: TokenStream) -> TokenStream {
 
             quote! {
                 impl Queryable for #name {
-                    pub async fn send(
+                    fn send(
                         &self,
-                        client: std::sync::Arc<awc::Client>,
+                        base_url: &str,
                         headers: Option<Vec<(&str, &str)>>,
-                        api_key: Option<&str>,
-                    ) -> Result<awc::ClientResponse, actix_web::error::SendRequestError> {
+                    ) -> Result<Response, std::io::Error> {
                         use urlencoding::encode;
+                        use awc::Client;
 
                         let mut query_params: Vec<(String, String)> = Vec::new();
                         #(#query_param_code)*
 
-                        if let Some(key) = api_key {
-                            query_params.push(("api_key".to_string(), key.to_string()));
-                        }
-
-                        let mut url = #base_url.to_string();
+                        let mut url = base_url.to_string();
                         if !query_params.is_empty() {
                             let query_parts: Vec<String> = query_params.iter()
                                 .map(|(k, v)| format!("{}={}", k, encode(v)))
@@ -70,6 +80,7 @@ pub fn derive_http_get_request(input: TokenStream) -> TokenStream {
                             url.push_str(&query_parts.join("&"));
                         }
 
+                        let client = Client::default();
                         let mut request = client.get(url);
 
                         if let Some(hdrs) = headers {
@@ -78,8 +89,18 @@ pub fn derive_http_get_request(input: TokenStream) -> TokenStream {
                             }
                         }
 
-                        let response = request.send().await?;
-                        Ok(response)
+                        let response = actix_web::rt::System::new()
+                            .block_on(async { request.send().await })
+                            .map_err(|e| std::io::Error::new(std::io::ErrorKind::Other, e.to_string()))?;
+
+                        let body_bytes = actix_web::rt::System::new()
+                            .block_on(async { response.body().await })
+                            .map_err(|e| std::io::Error::new(std::io::ErrorKind::Other, e.to_string()))?;
+
+                        let body = Response::receive(body_bytes.to_vec())
+                            .map_err(|e| std::io::Error::new(std::io::ErrorKind::Other, e.to_string()))?;
+
+                        Ok(body)
                     }
                 }
             }
@@ -92,7 +113,7 @@ pub fn derive_http_get_request(input: TokenStream) -> TokenStream {
                 match &variant.fields {
                     Fields::Unnamed(fields) if fields.unnamed.len() == 1 => {
                         variant_arms.push(quote! {
-                            #name::#vname(inner) => inner.send(client.clone(), headers.clone(), api_key).await,
+                            #name::#vname(inner) => inner.send(base_url, headers.clone()),
                         });
                     }
                     _ => panic!("#[derive(HttpRequest)] enum variants must have a single unnamed field"),
@@ -100,13 +121,12 @@ pub fn derive_http_get_request(input: TokenStream) -> TokenStream {
             }
 
             quote! {
-                impl #name {
-                    pub async fn send(
+                impl Queryable for #name {
+                    fn send(
                         &self,
-                        client: std::sync::Arc<awc::Client>,
+                        base_url: &str,
                         headers: Option<Vec<(&str, &str)>>,
-                        api_key: Option<&str>,
-                    ) -> Result<awc::ClientResponse, actix_web::error::SendRequestError> {
+                    ) -> Result<Response, std::io::Error> {
                         match self {
                             #(#variant_arms)*
                         }