diff --git a/tests/common/http_request.rs b/tests/common/http_request.rs
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+++ b/tests/common/http_request.rs
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+// struct to keep state agent, profile, host, etc
+// functions to make nearest, route, etc calls
+// fn nearest(arg1, ... argn) -> NearestResponse
+
+use std::{path::Path, time::Duration};
+
+use ureq::{Agent, AgentBuilder};
+
+pub struct HttpRequest {
+    agent: Agent,
+}
+
+impl HttpRequest {
+    // pub fn fetch_to_file(url: &str, output: &Path) -> Result<()> {}
+
+    pub fn new() -> Self {
+        let agent = AgentBuilder::new()
+        .timeout_read(Duration::from_secs(5))
+        .timeout_write(Duration::from_secs(5))
+        .build();
+
+        Self { agent }
+    }
+}