diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 9d2b904..bcd15cb 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -23,10 +23,12 @@ src_managed/
 project/boot/
 project/plugins/project/
 
+desktop.ini
 
 # Scala-IDE specific
 .scala_dependencies
 .worksheet
+*.sc
 
 ##
 ## ECLIPSE-Specific.
@@ -125,8 +127,7 @@ node_modules
 *.py[co]
 __pycache__
 *.egg-info
-*~
-*.bak
+
 .ipynb_checkpoints
 .tox
 .DS_Store
@@ -135,9 +136,7 @@ __pycache__
 .coverage
 .pytest_cache
 
-*.swp
 *.map
-.idea/
 Read the Docs
 config.rst
 
diff --git a/build.sbt b/build.sbt
index 14aaa37..2ce2992 100644
--- a/build.sbt
+++ b/build.sbt
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ val AkkaVersion = "2.6.8"
 val AkkaHttpVersion = "10.2.4"
 
 libraryDependencies ++= Seq(
+
   "com.github.alexarchambault" %% "case-app" % "2.0.1",
   "com.github.pureconfig" %% "pureconfig" % "0.14.0",
   "ch.qos.logback" % "logback-classic" % "1.2.3",
@@ -17,7 +18,8 @@ libraryDependencies ++= Seq(
   "com.typesafe.akka" %% "akka-slf4j" % AkkaVersion,
   "com.typesafe.akka" %% "akka-actor-typed" % AkkaVersion,
   "com.typesafe.akka" %% "akka-stream" % AkkaVersion,
-  "com.typesafe.akka" %% "akka-http" % AkkaHttpVersion)
+  "com.typesafe.akka" %% "akka-http" % AkkaHttpVersion,
+  "com.lihaoyi" %% "requests" % "0.7.0")
 
   testFrameworks += new TestFramework("utest.runner.Framework")
 
diff --git a/src/main/scala/dev/habla/twitter/main/Command.scala b/src/main/scala/dev/habla/twitter/main/Command.scala
index 8802c4c..e39003f 100644
--- a/src/main/scala/dev/habla/twitter/main/Command.scala
+++ b/src/main/scala/dev/habla/twitter/main/Command.scala
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 package dev.habla.twitter
-package v2
 package main
 
+import v2._
+
 sealed abstract class Command
 
 case class LookupTweet(
diff --git a/src/main/scala/dev/habla/twitter/main/Main.scala b/src/main/scala/dev/habla/twitter/main/Main.scala
index 89f8edb..5735f6c 100644
--- a/src/main/scala/dev/habla/twitter/main/Main.scala
+++ b/src/main/scala/dev/habla/twitter/main/Main.scala
@@ -1,18 +1,16 @@
 package dev.habla.twitter
-package v2
 package main
 
+import v2._
+
 import scala.concurrent.{ExecutionContext, ExecutionContextExecutor, Future}
 import _root_.akka.actor.typed.ActorSystem
 import _root_.akka.actor.typed.scaladsl.Behaviors
 import caseapp._
 
-import scala.util.Success
-import scala.util.Failure
-
-object Main extends CommandApp[Command]{
-
+import scala.util.{Failure, Success}
 
+object Main extends CommandApp[Command] {
 
 
    def run(command: Command, rargs: RemainingArgs): Unit =
@@ -23,20 +21,23 @@ object Main extends CommandApp[Command]{
          case cmd: LookupUsers => runLookupUsers(cmd)
       }
 
-   def runLookupTweet(cmd: LookupTweet): Unit = withExecutionContext{
-      implicit system => implicit ec => 
-         v2_akka.lookupt.Run(cmd.toLookupTweetRequest)
+   def runLookupTweet(cmd: LookupTweet): Unit = withExecutionContext {
+      implicit system =>
+         implicit ec =>
+            v2_akka.lookupt.Run(cmd.toLookupTweetRequest)
    }(println, _.printStackTrace)
 
-   def runSearchRecent(search: SearchRecent): Unit = withExecutionContext{ 
-      implicit system => implicit ec => search.toSearchRecentCommand match {
-         case Right(singleRequest: recents.SingleRequest) => 
-            v2_akka.recents.Run(singleRequest)
-         case Right(pagination: recents.Pagination) => 
-            v2_akka.recents.RunPagination(pagination)
-         case Left(error) => 
-            Future.failed(new Exception(error))
-      }
+   def runSearchRecent(search: SearchRecent): Unit = withExecutionContext {
+      implicit system =>
+         implicit ec =>
+            search.toSearchRecentCommand match {
+               case Right(singleRequest: recents.SingleRequest) =>
+                  v2_akka.recents.Run(singleRequest)
+               case Right(pagination: recents.Pagination) =>
+                  v2_akka.recents.RunPagination(pagination)
+               case Left(error) =>
+                  Future.failed(new Exception(error))
+            }
    }(println, _.printStackTrace)
 
    def runLookupUser(cmd: LookupUser): Unit = withExecutionContext {
@@ -52,9 +53,9 @@ object Main extends CommandApp[Command]{
    }(println, _.printStackTrace)
 
    def withExecutionContext[A](
-      run: ActorSystem[_] => ExecutionContext => Future[A])(
-      onSuccess: A => Unit, 
-      onFailure: Throwable => Unit
+     run: ActorSystem[_] => ExecutionContext => Future[A])(
+     onSuccess: A => Unit,
+     onFailure: Throwable => Unit
    ): Unit = {
       val system = ActorSystem(Behaviors.empty, "TwitterV2")
       implicit val ec: ExecutionContextExecutor = system.executionContext
@@ -64,4 +65,3 @@ object Main extends CommandApp[Command]{
       }
    }
 }
-
diff --git a/src/main/scala/dev/habla/twitter/main/MainLi.scala b/src/main/scala/dev/habla/twitter/main/MainLi.scala
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5ca94e2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/scala/dev/habla/twitter/main/MainLi.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+package dev.habla.twitter
+package main
+
+import caseapp._
+
+import scala.util.Try
+
+object MainLi extends CommandApp[Command] {
+
+
+  def run(command: Command, rargs: RemainingArgs): Unit =
+    command match {
+      case cmd: LookupTweet => runLookupTweet(cmd)
+      case cmd: LookupUser => runLookupUser(cmd)
+    }
+
+  def runLookupTweet(cmd: LookupTweet): Unit =
+    Try(v2_requests.lookupt.Run(cmd.toLookupTweetRequest))
+      .fold(_.getMessage, println)
+
+  def runLookupUser(cmd: LookupUser): Unit = {
+    cmd.toLookupUserRequest.left.map(new Exception(_)).toTry
+      .flatMap(req => Try(v2_requests.lookupuser.Run(req))
+        .map(identity)).fold(_.getMessage, println)
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/main/scala/dev/habla/twitter/v2_akka/HttpEndpoint.scala b/src/main/scala/dev/habla/twitter/v2_akka/HttpEndpoint.scala
index 2fab4fd..3648e26 100644
--- a/src/main/scala/dev/habla/twitter/v2_akka/HttpEndpoint.scala
+++ b/src/main/scala/dev/habla/twitter/v2_akka/HttpEndpoint.scala
@@ -40,5 +40,8 @@ trait HttpEndpointSyntax{
 trait HttpEndpointInstances{
     implicit val lookuptEndpoint: HttpEndpoint.Aux[v2.lookupt.Request, v2.lookupt.Response] = 
         v2_akka.lookupt.Run
+
+    implicit val lookupuserEndpoint: HttpEndpoint.Aux[v2.lookupuser.Request, v2.lookupuser.Response] =
+        v2_akka.lookupuser.Run
 }
 
diff --git a/src/main/scala/dev/habla/twitter/v2_requests/HttpBody.scala b/src/main/scala/dev/habla/twitter/v2_requests/HttpBody.scala
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3d09a3d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/scala/dev/habla/twitter/v2_requests/HttpBody.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+package dev.habla.twitter
+package v2_requests
+
+import spray.json._
+import scala.util.Try
+
+trait HttpBody{
+
+    def parseBody(response: requests.Response): Either[String, JsValue] = {
+        parseJson(response.text())
+    }
+
+    def parseJson(body: String): Either[String, JsValue] = 
+        Try(body.parseJson).toEither.left.map(_ => body)
+}
diff --git a/src/main/scala/dev/habla/twitter/v2_requests/HttpEndpoint.scala b/src/main/scala/dev/habla/twitter/v2_requests/HttpEndpoint.scala
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5c30f64
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/scala/dev/habla/twitter/v2_requests/HttpEndpoint.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+package dev.habla.twitter
+package v2_requests
+
+
+import requests.RequestBlob
+import v2._
+
+trait HttpEndpoint[Request]{
+    /* abstract interface */
+
+    type Response
+
+    def from(response: requests.Response): Response
+
+    def to(request: Request): requests.Request
+
+    /* concrete interface */
+
+    def apply(request: Request): Response =
+        from{
+            requests.get
+              .apply(to(request), RequestBlob.EmptyRequestBlob, requests.chunkedUpload)
+        }
+}
+
+object HttpEndpoint{
+    type Aux[Req, Res] = HttpEndpoint[Req]{type Response = Res }
+}
+
+trait HttpEndpointSyntax{
+
+    implicit class HttpEndpointRequestOps[Req, Res](request: Req)(implicit ep: HttpEndpoint.Aux[Req, Res]){
+        def single: Res =
+            ep.apply(request)
+    }
+}
+
+trait HttpEndpointInstances{
+    implicit val lookuptEndpoint: HttpEndpoint.Aux[lookupt.Request, lookupt.Response] =
+        v2_requests.lookupt.Run
+
+    implicit val lookupuserEndpoint: HttpEndpoint.Aux[lookupuser.Request, lookupuser.Response] =
+        v2_requests.lookupuser.Run
+}
+
diff --git a/src/main/scala/dev/habla/twitter/v2_requests/QueryParams.scala b/src/main/scala/dev/habla/twitter/v2_requests/QueryParams.scala
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8d67a18
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/scala/dev/habla/twitter/v2_requests/QueryParams.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+package dev.habla.twitter
+package v2_requests
+
+trait QueryParams{
+
+    implicit class Params(params: Map[String, String]){
+        def add(name: String, value: Option[String]): Map[String, String] = 
+            value.fold(params){ v => params + ((name, v)) }
+        def add(name: String, value: String): Map[String, String] = 
+            add(name, Some(value))
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/main/scala/dev/habla/twitter/v2_requests/RateLimitHeaders.scala b/src/main/scala/dev/habla/twitter/v2_requests/RateLimitHeaders.scala
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2029a77
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/scala/dev/habla/twitter/v2_requests/RateLimitHeaders.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+package dev.habla.twitter
+package v2_requests
+
+import scala.util.Try
+
+trait RateLimitHeaders {
+    def parseRateLimitHeaders(response: requests.Response): Option[(Int, Long)] = {
+        for {
+            rateResetH <- response.headers("x-rate-limit-reset").headOption
+            rateReset <- Try(rateResetH.toLong).toOption
+            rateRemainingH <- response.headers("x-rate-limit-remaining").headOption
+            rateRemaining <- Try(rateRemainingH.toInt).toOption
+        } yield (rateRemaining, rateReset)
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/main/scala/dev/habla/twitter/v2_requests/lookupt/From.scala b/src/main/scala/dev/habla/twitter/v2_requests/lookupt/From.scala
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..441813a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/scala/dev/habla/twitter/v2_requests/lookupt/From.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+package dev.habla.twitter
+package v2_requests.lookupt
+
+import v2_requests._
+import v2.lookupt._
+import spray.json._
+
+import scala.util.Try
+
+
+trait From extends HttpBody with RateLimitHeaders{
+
+    def from(response: requests.Response): Response = {
+        val bodyE = parseBody(response)
+        parseTweetInfo(response, bodyE)
+          .orElse(parseRateLimitExceeded(response))
+          .orElse(parseErroneousTextResponse(bodyE))
+          .orElse(parseErroneousJsonResponse(bodyE))
+          .getOrElse(ErroneousTextResponse("Not a lookup response"))
+        }
+
+    def parseTweetInfo(response: requests.Response, bodyE: Either[String,JsValue]): Option[TweetInfo] =
+        for {
+            body <- bodyE.toOption if response.statusCode == 200
+            tweets <- Try(body.convertTo[TweetInfo.Body]).toOption
+            (rateRemaining, rateReset) <- parseRateLimitHeaders(response)
+        } yield TweetInfo(tweets, rateRemaining, rateReset)
+
+    def parseRateLimitExceeded(response: requests.Response): Option[RateLimitExceeded] =
+        if (response.statusCode != 429) None
+        else parseRateLimitHeaders(response).map{ case (_, l) => RateLimitExceeded(l) }
+
+    def parseErroneousTextResponse(body: Either[String, JsValue]): Option[ErroneousJsonResponse] = 
+        body.toOption.map(ErroneousJsonResponse)
+
+    def parseErroneousJsonResponse(body: Either[String, JsValue]): Option[ErroneousTextResponse] = 
+        body.swap.toOption.map(ErroneousTextResponse)
+}
diff --git a/src/main/scala/dev/habla/twitter/v2_requests/lookupt/Run.scala b/src/main/scala/dev/habla/twitter/v2_requests/lookupt/Run.scala
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a2e52bf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/scala/dev/habla/twitter/v2_requests/lookupt/Run.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+package dev.habla.twitter
+package v2_requests
+package lookupt
+
+object Run extends HttpEndpoint[v2.lookupt.Request]
+    with From
+    with To{
+        type Response = v2.lookupt.Response
+    }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/main/scala/dev/habla/twitter/v2_requests/lookupt/To.scala b/src/main/scala/dev/habla/twitter/v2_requests/lookupt/To.scala
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4d47058
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/scala/dev/habla/twitter/v2_requests/lookupt/To.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+package dev.habla.twitter
+package v2_requests.lookupt
+
+import v2.lookupt.Request
+import v2_requests.QueryParams
+
+trait To extends QueryParams{
+          
+    def to(request: Request): requests.Request = {
+        requests.Request(
+            url = s"https://api.twitter.com/2/tweets/${request.id}",
+            params = Map[String, String]()
+              .add("expansions", request.expansions)
+              .add("tweet.fields", request.tweetFields)
+              .add("place.fields", request.placeFields),
+            headers = Map("Authorization" -> request.bearerToken)
+        )
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/main/scala/dev/habla/twitter/v2_requests/lookupuser/From.scala b/src/main/scala/dev/habla/twitter/v2_requests/lookupuser/From.scala
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d58a7f0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/scala/dev/habla/twitter/v2_requests/lookupuser/From.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+package dev.habla.twitter
+package v2_requests
+package lookupuser
+
+import dev.habla.twitter.v2
+import dev.habla.twitter.v2.lookupuser._
+import spray.json.JsValue
+
+import scala.util.Try
+
+
+trait From extends HttpBody with RateLimitHeaders{
+
+    def from(response: requests.Response): Response = {
+        val bodyE = parseBody(response)
+        parseTweetInfo(response, bodyE)
+          .orElse(parseRateLimitExceeded(response))
+          .orElse(parseErroneousTextResponse(bodyE))
+          .orElse(parseErroneousJsonResponse(bodyE))
+          .getOrElse(ErroneousTextResponse("Not a lookup response"))
+        }
+
+    def parseTweetInfo(response: requests.Response, bodyE: Either[String,JsValue]): Option[UserInfo] =
+        for {
+            body <- bodyE.toOption if response.statusCode == 200
+            users <- Try(body.convertTo[UserInfo.Body]).toOption
+            (rateRemaining, rateReset) <- parseRateLimitHeaders(response)
+        } yield UserInfo(users, rateRemaining, rateReset)
+
+    def parseRateLimitExceeded(response: requests.Response): Option[RateLimitExceeded] =
+        if (response.statusCode != 429) None
+        else parseRateLimitHeaders(response).map{ case (_, l) => RateLimitExceeded(l) }
+
+    def parseErroneousTextResponse(body: Either[String, JsValue]): Option[ErroneousJsonResponse] = 
+        body.toOption.map(ErroneousJsonResponse)
+
+    def parseErroneousJsonResponse(body: Either[String, JsValue]): Option[ErroneousTextResponse] = 
+        body.swap.toOption.map(ErroneousTextResponse)
+}
diff --git a/src/main/scala/dev/habla/twitter/v2_requests/lookupuser/Run.scala b/src/main/scala/dev/habla/twitter/v2_requests/lookupuser/Run.scala
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..38d89e8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/scala/dev/habla/twitter/v2_requests/lookupuser/Run.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+package dev.habla.twitter
+package v2_requests
+package lookupuser
+
+object Run extends HttpEndpoint[v2.lookupuser.Request]
+    with From
+    with To{
+        type Response = v2.lookupuser.Response
+    }
diff --git a/src/main/scala/dev/habla/twitter/v2_requests/lookupuser/To.scala b/src/main/scala/dev/habla/twitter/v2_requests/lookupuser/To.scala
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b33ea59
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/scala/dev/habla/twitter/v2_requests/lookupuser/To.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+package dev.habla.twitter
+package v2_requests
+package lookupuser
+
+import v2.lookupuser.Request
+
+trait To extends QueryParams{
+          
+    def to(request: Request): requests.Request = {
+        requests.Request(
+            url = s"https://api.twitter.com/2/users/${request
+              .idOrName
+              .fold(
+                  identity,
+                  username => s"by/username/$username"
+              )
+            }",
+            params = Map[String, String]()
+              .add("expansions", request.expansions)
+              .add("tweet.fields", request.tweetFields)
+              .add("user.fields", request.userFields),
+            headers = Map("Authorization" -> request.bearerToken)
+        )
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/main/scala/dev/habla/twitter/v2_requests/package.scala b/src/main/scala/dev/habla/twitter/v2_requests/package.scala
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bcf96ea
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/scala/dev/habla/twitter/v2_requests/package.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+package dev.habla.twitter
+
+package object v2_requests extends HttpEndpointSyntax
+    with HttpEndpointInstances
\ No newline at end of file