diff --git a/.vscode/settings.json b/.vscode/settings.json
index f2ec98e..03f2751 100644
--- a/.vscode/settings.json
+++ b/.vscode/settings.json
@@ -18,5 +18,7 @@
         "**/CVS": true,
         "**/.DS_Store": true,
         "**/Thumbs.db": true
-    }
+    },
+    "rust-analyzer.cargo.features": "all",
+    "rust-analyzer.check.features": "all"
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index f750430..93e90a0 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -189,7 +189,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "num-traits",
  "reqwest",
  "serde",
- "serde_json",
  "sha2",
  "tokio",
  "x509-parser",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 99f848f..9a9fedf 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -8,9 +8,8 @@ anyhow = "1.0.90"
 der-parser = "9.0.0"
 nom = "7.1.3"
 num-traits = "0.2.19"
-reqwest = { version = "0.12.8", features = ["json"] }
-serde = { version = "1.0.210", features = ["derive"] }
-serde_json = "1.0.132"
+reqwest = { version = "0.12.8", features = ["json"], optional = true }
+serde = { version = "1.0.210", features = ["derive"], optional = true }
 sha2 = "0.10.8"
 x509-parser = "0.16.0"
 
@@ -19,3 +18,7 @@ base64ct = "1.6.0"
 reqwest = { version = "0.12.8", features = ["json"] }
 serde = { version = "1.0.210", features = ["derive"] }
 tokio = { version = "1.41.0", features = ["rt-multi-thread", "macros"] }
+
+[features]
+default-features = []
+api = ["dep:reqwest", "dep:serde"]
diff --git a/src/api/endpoints.rs b/src/api/endpoints.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9eb55cc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/api/endpoints.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+//! A module containing constants for each API endpoint, specifying the method
+//! and path of each. This is primarily used for the [api module](`crate::api`)
+//! internals, but could be used externally also.
+
+type Endpoint<'a> = (reqwest::Method, &'a str);
+
+/// Reference: https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc6962#section-4.1
+/// ```txt
+/// POST https://<log server>/ct/v1/add-chain
+///
+/// Inputs:
+///
+///    chain:  An array of base64-encoded certificates.  The first
+///       element is the end-entity certificate; the second chains to the
+///       first and so on to the last, which is either the root
+///       certificate or a certificate that chains to a known root
+///       certificate.
+///
+/// Outputs:
+///
+///    sct_version:  The version of the SignedCertificateTimestamp
+///       structure, in decimal.  A compliant v1 implementation MUST NOT
+///       expect this to be 0 (i.e., v1).
+///
+///    id:  The log ID, base64 encoded.  Since log clients who request an
+///       SCT for inclusion in TLS handshakes are not required to verify
+///       it, we do not assume they know the ID of the log.
+///
+///    timestamp:  The SCT timestamp, in decimal.
+///
+///    extensions:  An opaque type for future expansion.  It is likely
+///       that not all participants will need to understand data in this
+///       field.  Logs should set this to the empty string.  Clients
+///       should decode the base64-encoded data and include it in the
+///       SCT.
+///
+///    signature:  The SCT signature, base64 encoded.
+///
+/// If the "sct_version" is not v1, then a v1 client may be unable to
+/// verify the signature.  It MUST NOT construe this as an error.  (Note:
+/// Log clients don't need to be able to verify this structure; only TLS
+/// clients do.  If we were to serve the structure as a binary blob, then
+/// we could completely change it without requiring an upgrade to v1
+/// clients.)
+/// ```
+pub const ADD_CHAIN_ENDPOINT: Endpoint = (reqwest::Method::POST, "/ct/v1/add-chain");
diff --git a/src/api/mod.rs b/src/api/mod.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b693120
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/api/mod.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+use reqwest::Url;
+use responses::{AddChainRequest, AddChainResponse};
+
+pub mod endpoints;
+pub mod responses;
+
+pub struct CtApiClient {
+	inner_client: reqwest::Client,
+	log_url: Url
+}
+
+impl CtApiClient {
+	pub fn new(log_url: Url) -> reqwest::Result<Self> {
+		Ok(Self {
+			inner_client: reqwest::Client::builder().https_only(true).build()?,
+			log_url
+		})
+	}
+
+	/// Adds a chain to the CT log.
+	///
+	/// See: [`endpoints::ADD_CHAIN_ENDPOINT`]
+	///
+	/// ## Errors
+	///
+	/// This may error if either the request failed (due to lack of internet or
+	/// invalid domain, for example), or if the CT log gave a 4xx/5xx response.
+	/// Specifically, compliant CT logs will reject chains that do not verify
+	/// sequentially from the first entry (end-user certificate) to the last
+	/// entry (a trusted root or an intermediate signed by the a trusted root).
+	pub async fn add_chain(
+		&self,
+		chain: Vec<String>
+	) -> reqwest::Result<AddChainResponse> {
+		self.inner_client
+			.request(
+				endpoints::ADD_CHAIN_ENDPOINT.0,
+				endpoints::ADD_CHAIN_ENDPOINT.1
+			)
+			.json(&AddChainRequest { chain })
+			.send()
+			.await?
+			.error_for_status()?
+			.json()
+			.await
+	}
+}
diff --git a/src/api/responses.rs b/src/api/responses.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a885c16
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/api/responses.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
+
+/// A request payload for adding a chain to a CT log
+/// 
+/// See: [`super::endpoints::ADD_CHAIN_ENDPOINT`]
+#[derive(Debug, Serialize)]
+pub struct AddChainRequest {
+    pub chain: Vec<String>
+}
+
+/// A response given when adding a chain to a CT log
+///
+/// See: [`super::endpoints::ADD_CHAIN_ENDPOINT`]
+#[derive(Debug, Deserialize)]
+pub struct AddChainResponse {
+	pub sct_version: u8,
+	pub log_id: String,
+	pub timestamp: u64,
+	pub extensions: String,
+	pub signature: String
+}
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index 2723638..bc075fb 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -10,5 +10,7 @@
 //!
 //! [RFC6926]: https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc6962
 
+#[cfg(feature = "api")]
+pub mod api;
 pub mod merkle;
 pub mod parsing;