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diff --git a/client/src/actions/shorten.ts b/client/src/actions/shorten.ts
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+interface ShortenResponse {
+    hash: string;
+}
+
+export interface ShortenRequest {
+    url: string;
+    nonce: string;
+    response: Promise<ShortenResponse>;
+}
+
+async function makeRequest(url: string): Promise<ShortenResponse> {
+    let body;
+
+    try {
+        const response = await fetch("http://localhost:4000/", {
+            headers: {
+                Accept: "application/json",
+                "Content-Type": "application/json",
+            },
+            method: "post",
+            body: JSON.stringify({ url }),
+        });
+
+        body = await response.json();
+    } catch (err) {
+        throw {
+            error: "Error!",
+        };
+    }
+
+    if (body.hash) {
+        return {
+            hash: body.hash,
+        };
+    } else {
+        throw {
+            message: body.error || "Error!",
+        };
+    }
+}
+
+export default function shorten(url: string): ShortenRequest {
+    const nonce = Math.random().toString(36).substr(2, 5);
+
+    return {
+        url,
+        nonce,
+        response: makeRequest(url),
+    };
+}