diff --git a/filename_suggestion_ai/main.py b/filename_suggestion_ai/main.py
index bab2acd..42a95fe 100644
--- a/filename_suggestion_ai/main.py
+++ b/filename_suggestion_ai/main.py
@@ -9,43 +9,11 @@
 
 from filename_suggestion_ai.config import (
     HEADERS,
-    MODEL,
-    SYSTEM_CONTENT,
     URL,
     get_parsed_args,
     initialize_application,
 )
-from filename_suggestion_ai.models import LMStudioChatResponse
-from filename_suggestion_ai.utils import read_file_content
-
-
-def create_payload(user_content: str) -> dict:
-    """
-    Creates the payload for the POST request using the user content.
-
-    Args:
-        user_content (str): The content provided by the user.
-
-    Returns:
-        dict: The payload dictionary.
-    """
-    return {
-        "model": MODEL,
-        "messages": [
-            {
-                "role": "system",
-                "content": SYSTEM_CONTENT,
-            },
-            {
-                "role": "user",
-                "content": user_content,
-            },
-        ],
-        "temperature": 0.8,
-        "max_tokens": -1,
-        "seed": -1,
-        "stream": False,
-    }
+from filename_suggestion_ai.utils import APIClient, read_file_content
 
 
 def main() -> None:
@@ -87,41 +55,13 @@ def process_file(file_path: Path):
         logging.error(f"Failed to read file content from {file_path}. Skipping.")
         return None
 
-    payload = create_payload(user_content)
-    response = send_post_request(URL, HEADERS, payload)
+    client = APIClient(URL, HEADERS)
+    payload = client.create_payload(user_content)
+    response = client.send_post_request(payload)
     if response is None:
         logging.error("Failed to receive a valid response. Exiting.")
         return None
     return response["choices"][0]["message"]["content"]
 
-
-def send_post_request(url: str, headers: dict[str, str], payload: dict) -> LMStudioChatResponse | None:
-    """
-    Send a POST request to the specified URL with the given headers and payload.
-
-    Args:
-        url (str): The URL to which the POST request is sent.
-        headers (Dict[str, str]): HTTP headers for the request.
-        payload (Dict): The JSON payload for the POST request.
-
-    Returns:
-        Optional[ChatCompletionResponse]: The parsed chat completion response or None if an error occurs.
-    """
-    try:
-        logging.debug(f"Sending POST request to {url}")
-        response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers, timeout=60)
-        response.raise_for_status()  # Raises an HTTPError for bad responses
-        logging.debug("Successfully sent POST request. Status Code: %s", response.status_code)
-        logging.debug("Complete response")
-        return LMStudioChatResponse(**response.json())
-    except requests.exceptions.HTTPError:
-        logging.exception("HTTP error occurred")
-    except requests.exceptions.RequestException:
-        logging.exception("Error during requests to %s", url)
-    except Exception:
-        logging.exception("An unexpected error occurred")
-    return None
-
-
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     main()
diff --git a/filename_suggestion_ai/utils/__init__.py b/filename_suggestion_ai/utils/__init__.py
index 4966e5c..6032a02 100644
--- a/filename_suggestion_ai/utils/__init__.py
+++ b/filename_suggestion_ai/utils/__init__.py
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
+from .api_client import *
 from .file_util import *
diff --git a/filename_suggestion_ai/utils/api_client.py b/filename_suggestion_ai/utils/api_client.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7a4179a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/filename_suggestion_ai/utils/api_client.py
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+import logging
+
+import requests
+
+from filename_suggestion_ai.config import (
+    MODEL,
+    SYSTEM_CONTENT,
+)
+from filename_suggestion_ai.models import LMStudioChatResponse
+
+
+class APIClient:
+    def __init__(self, url: str, headers: dict) -> None:
+        self.url = url
+        self.headers = headers
+
+    def send_post_request(self, payload):
+        try:
+            response = requests.post(self.url, json=payload, headers=self.headers, timeout=60)
+            response.raise_for_status()
+            return LMStudioChatResponse(**response.json())
+        except requests.exceptions.HTTPError:
+            logging.exception("HTTP error occurred")
+        except requests.exceptions.RequestException:
+            logging.exception("Error during requests to %s", self.url)
+        except Exception:
+            logging.exception("An unexpected error occurred")
+            raise
+        return None
+
+    def create_payload(self, user_content: str) -> dict:
+        """Create the payload for the POST request using the user content.
+
+        Args:
+            user_content (str): The content provided by the user.
+
+        Returns:
+            dict: The payload dictionary configured for the request.
+        """
+        return {
+            "model": MODEL,
+            "messages": [
+                {"role": "system", "content": SYSTEM_CONTENT},
+                {"role": "user", "content": user_content},
+            ],
+            "temperature": 0.8,
+            "max_tokens": -1,
+            "seed": -1,
+            "stream": False,
+        }