diff --git a/dnapi-rs/src/client_blocking.rs b/dnapi-rs/src/client_blocking.rs
index 780cc32..f568f8e 100644
--- a/dnapi-rs/src/client_blocking.rs
+++ b/dnapi-rs/src/client_blocking.rs
@@ -3,11 +3,13 @@
 use std::error::Error;
 use chrono::Local;
 use log::{debug, error};
+use reqwest::StatusCode;
 use url::Url;
 use trifid_pki::cert::serialize_ed25519_public;
+use trifid_pki::ed25519_dalek::{Signer, SigningKey};
 use crate::credentials::{Credentials, ed25519_public_keys_from_pem};
 use crate::crypto::new_keys;
-use crate::message::{ENROLL_ENDPOINT, EnrollRequest, EnrollResponse};
+use crate::message::{ENDPOINT_V1, ENROLL_ENDPOINT, EnrollRequest, EnrollResponse, RequestV1, RequestWrapper};
 
 /// A type alias to abstract return types
 pub type NebulaConfig = Vec<u8>;
@@ -98,5 +100,44 @@ impl Client {
         Ok((r.config, dh_privkey_pem, creds, meta))
     }
 
+    /// Wraps and signs the given req_type and value, and then makes the API call.
+    /// On success, returns the response body.
+    /// # Errors
+    /// This function will return an error if:
+    /// - serialization in any step fails
+    /// - if the server_url is invalid
+    /// - if the request could not be sent
+    pub fn post_dnclient(&self, req_type: &str, value: &[u8], host_id: &str, counter: u32, ed_privkey: SigningKey) -> Result<Vec<u8>, Box<dyn Error>> {
+        let encoded_msg = serde_json::to_string(&RequestWrapper {
+            message_type: req_type.to_string(),
+            value: value.to_vec(),
+            timestamp: Local::now().format("%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S.%f%:z").to_string(),
+        })?;
+        let encoded_msg_bytes = encoded_msg.into_bytes();
+        let signature = ed_privkey.sign(&encoded_msg_bytes).to_vec();
+        let body = RequestV1 {
+            version: 1,
+            host_id: host_id.to_string(),
+            counter,
+            message: encoded_msg_bytes,
+            signature,
+        };
 
+        let post_body = serde_json::to_string(&body)?;
+
+        let resp = self.http_client.post(self.server_url.join(ENDPOINT_V1)?).body(post_body).send()?;
+
+        match resp.status() {
+            StatusCode::OK => {
+                Ok(resp.bytes()?.to_vec())
+            },
+            StatusCode::FORBIDDEN => {
+                Err("Forbidden".into())
+            },
+            _ => {
+                error!("dnclient endpoint returned bad status code {}", resp.status());
+                Err("dnclient endpoint returned error".into())
+            }
+        }
+    }
 }
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