diff --git a/tui/src/net.rs b/tui/src/net.rs
index 0981b20..6fe8e95 100644
--- a/tui/src/net.rs
+++ b/tui/src/net.rs
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ use serde::Deserialize;
 use crate::api_types::{Jwt, Channel, TEXT_CHANNEL};
 use reqwest::{Client, Url};
 use reqwest::Result as HttpResult;
+use reqwest::Response;
 
 // TODO: Url generation is kinda gross looking but i'm not 100% 
 // convinced it needs to be pretty if its just going to add overhead
@@ -36,3 +37,16 @@ pub async fn list_channels(url: &str, id: u64, jwt: &str)  -> HttpResult<Vec<Cha
     let response: ChannelResponse  = client.get(url).send().await?.json().await?;
     Ok(response.channels)
 }
+
+pub async fn send_text(url: &str, id: u64, jwt: &str, chan: u64) -> HttpResult<Response> {
+    let client = Client::new();
+    let url = Url::parse_with_params(
+        &format!("{}/message/send", url),
+        &[
+            ("id", format!("{}", id).as_str()),
+            ("jwt", jwt),
+            ("channel_id", &format!("{}", chan))
+        ]
+    ).unwrap();
+    Ok(client.post(url).send().await?)
+}