diff --git a/utils/apiclient/client.go b/utils/apiclient/client.go
index a61bec5cfc..5b39da610b 100644
--- a/utils/apiclient/client.go
+++ b/utils/apiclient/client.go
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package apiclient
 
 import (
+	"encoding/base64"
 	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
 	"io/ioutil"
@@ -10,17 +11,20 @@ import (
 	"github.com/pkg/errors"
 )
 
-func (c *APIClient) getRequest(endpoint string, queryParams url.Values) (interface{}, error) {
-	client := c.HTTP
-	if client == nil {
-		client = &http.Client{}
-	}
-
+func (c *APIClient) createRequestBody(endpoint string, queryParams url.Values) (*http.Request, error) {
 	fullURL := c.url(endpoint, queryParams)
 	req, err := http.NewRequest("GET", fullURL, nil)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, errors.Wrap(err, "http GET request creation failed")
 	}
+	return req, nil
+}
+
+func (c *APIClient) callAPI(req *http.Request) (interface{}, error) {
+	client := c.HTTP
+	if client == nil {
+		client = &http.Client{}
+	}
 
 	resp, err := client.Do(req)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -45,6 +49,50 @@ func (c *APIClient) getRequest(endpoint string, queryParams url.Values) (interfa
 	return result, nil
 }
 
+func setHeaders(req *http.Request, args map[string]interface{}) {
+	for key, value := range args {
+		strValue, ok := value.(string)
+		if !ok {
+			fmt.Printf("Skipping non-string value for header %s\n", key)
+			continue
+		}
+
+		req.Header.Set(key, strValue)
+	}
+}
+
+func setAuthHeaders(req *http.Request, authType string, args map[string]interface{}) error {
+	switch authType {
+	case "basic":
+		username, ok := args["username"].(string)
+		if !ok {
+			return fmt.Errorf("missing or invalid username")
+		}
+		password, ok := args["password"].(string)
+		if !ok {
+			return fmt.Errorf("missing or invalid password")
+		}
+
+		authHeader := "Basic " + base64.StdEncoding.EncodeToString([]byte(username+":"+password))
+		setHeaders(req, map[string]interface{}{
+			"Authorization": authHeader,
+		})
+
+	case "api_key":
+		apiKey, ok := args["api_key"].(string)
+		if !ok {
+			return fmt.Errorf("missing or invalid API key")
+		}
+		setHeaders(req, map[string]interface{}{
+			"Authorization": apiKey,
+		})
+
+	default:
+		return fmt.Errorf("unsupported auth type: %s", authType)
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
 func (c *APIClient) url(endpoint string, qstr url.Values) string {
 	return fmt.Sprintf("%s/%s?%s", c.BaseURL, endpoint, qstr.Encode())
 }
diff --git a/utils/apiclient/client_test.go b/utils/apiclient/client_test.go
index 9dbbc61ffa..8db1193cc7 100644
--- a/utils/apiclient/client_test.go
+++ b/utils/apiclient/client_test.go
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ func Test_url(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.Equal(t, "https://stellar.org/federation?acct=2382376&federation_type=bank_account&swift=BOPBPHMM&type=forward", furl)
 }
 
-func Test_getRequest(t *testing.T) {
+func Test_callAPI(t *testing.T) {
 	friendbotFundResponse := `{"key": "value"}`
 
 	hmock := httptest.NewClient()
@@ -41,10 +41,18 @@ func Test_getRequest(t *testing.T) {
 	qstr.Add("swift", "BOPBPHMM")
 	qstr.Add("acct", "2382376")
 
-	result, err := c.getRequest("federation", qstr)
+	req, err := c.createRequestBody("federation", qstr)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatal(err)
 	}
+	setAuthHeaders(req, "api_key", map[string]interface{}{"api_key": "test_api_key"})
+	assert.Equal(t, "test_api_key", req.Header.Get("Authorization"))
+
+	result, err := c.callAPI(req)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
 	expected := map[string]interface{}{"key": "value"}
 	assert.Equal(t, expected, result)
 }
diff --git a/utils/apiclient/main.go b/utils/apiclient/main.go
index 707b019dac..952f17fa43 100644
--- a/utils/apiclient/main.go
+++ b/utils/apiclient/main.go
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ type HTTP interface {
 }
 
 type APIClient struct {
-	BaseURL   string
-	AuthToken string
-	HTTP      HTTP
+	BaseURL string
+	HTTP    HTTP
 }