diff --git a/client/coral-admin/src/actions/auth.js b/client/coral-admin/src/actions/auth.js
index 2f8f1041e..54763259d 100644
--- a/client/coral-admin/src/actions/auth.js
+++ b/client/coral-admin/src/actions/auth.js
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import * as actions from '../constants/auth';
-import {base, handleResp, getInit} from '../../../coral-framework/helpers/response';
+import coralApi from '../../../coral-framework/helpers/response';
 
 // Check Login
 
@@ -9,8 +9,7 @@ const checkLoginFailure = error => ({type: actions.CHECK_LOGIN_FAILURE, error});
 
 export const checkLogin = () => dispatch => {
   dispatch(checkLoginRequest());
-  fetch(`${base}/auth`, getInit('GET'))
-    .then(handleResp)
+  coralApi('/auth')
     .then(user => {
       const isAdmin = !!user.roles.filter(i => i === 'admin').length;
       dispatch(checkLoginSuccess(user, isAdmin));
@@ -26,8 +25,7 @@ const logOutFailure = () => ({type: actions.LOGOUT_FAILURE});
 
 export const logout = () => dispatch => {
   dispatch(logOutRequest());
-  fetch(`${base}/auth`, getInit('DELETE'))
-    .then(handleResp)
+  coralApi('/auth', {method: 'DELETE'})
     .then(() => dispatch(logOutSuccess()))
     .catch(error => dispatch(logOutFailure(error)));
 };
diff --git a/client/coral-admin/src/actions/community.js b/client/coral-admin/src/actions/community.js
index 5921573d1..8b8e883d8 100644
--- a/client/coral-admin/src/actions/community.js
+++ b/client/coral-admin/src/actions/community.js
@@ -9,12 +9,11 @@ import {
   SET_ROLE
 } from '../constants/community';
 
-import {base, getInit, handleResp} from '../../../coral-framework/helpers/response';
+import coralApi from '../../../coral-framework/helpers/response';
 
 export const fetchCommenters = (query = {}) => dispatch => {
   dispatch(requestFetchCommenters());
-  fetch(`${base}/user?${qs.stringify(query)}`, getInit('GET'))
-    .then(handleResp)
+  coralApi(`/user?${qs.stringify(query)}`)
     .then(({result, page, count, limit, totalPages}) =>
       dispatch({
         type: FETCH_COMMENTERS_SUCCESS,
@@ -42,7 +41,7 @@ export const newPage = () => ({
 });
 
 export const setRole = (id, role) => dispatch => {
-  return fetch(`${base}/user/${id}/role`, getInit('POST', {role}))
+  return coralApi(`/user/${id}/role`, {method: 'POST', body: {role}})
   .then(() => {
     return dispatch({type: SET_ROLE, id, role});
   });
diff --git a/client/coral-admin/src/actions/settings.js b/client/coral-admin/src/actions/settings.js
index 6a133ddb5..71106e1f7 100644
--- a/client/coral-admin/src/actions/settings.js
+++ b/client/coral-admin/src/actions/settings.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import {base, handleResp, getInit} from '../../../coral-framework/helpers/response';
+import coralApi from '../../../coral-framework/helpers/response';
 
 export const SETTINGS_LOADING = 'SETTINGS_LOADING';
 export const SETTINGS_RECEIVED = 'SETTINGS_RECEIVED';
@@ -12,8 +12,7 @@ export const SAVE_SETTINGS_FAILED = 'SAVE_SETTINGS_FAILED';
 
 export const fetchSettings = () => dispatch => {
   dispatch({type: SETTINGS_LOADING});
-  fetch(`${base}/settings`, getInit('GET'))
-    .then(handleResp)
+  coralApi('/settings')
     .then(settings => {
       dispatch({type: SETTINGS_RECEIVED, settings});
     })
@@ -29,8 +28,7 @@ export const updateSettings = settings => {
 export const saveSettingsToServer = () => (dispatch, getState) => {
   const settings = getState().settings.toJS().settings;
   dispatch({type: SAVE_SETTINGS_LOADING});
-  fetch(`${base}/settings`, getInit('PUT', settings))
-    .then(handleResp)
+  coralApi('/settings', {method: 'PUT', body: settings})
     .then(() => {
       dispatch({type: SAVE_SETTINGS_SUCCESS, settings});
     })
diff --git a/client/coral-admin/src/helpers/response.js b/client/coral-admin/src/helpers/response.js
deleted file mode 100644
index bccfc5a04..000000000
--- a/client/coral-admin/src/helpers/response.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,30 +0,0 @@
-export const base = '/api/v1';
-
-export const getInit = (method, body) => {
-  let init = {
-    method,
-    headers: new Headers({
-      'Content-Type': 'application/json',
-      'Accept': 'application/json'
-    }),
-    credentials: 'same-origin'
-  };
-
-  if (method.toLowerCase() !== 'get') {
-    init.body = JSON.stringify(body);
-  }
-
-  return init;
-};
-
-export const handleResp = res => {
-  if (res.status === 401) {
-    throw new Error('Not Authorized to make this request');
-  } else if (res.status > 399) {
-    throw new Error('Error! Status ', res.status);
-  } else if (res.status === 204) {
-    return res.text();
-  } else {
-    return res.json();
-  }
-};
diff --git a/client/coral-admin/src/services/talk-adapter.js b/client/coral-admin/src/services/talk-adapter.js
index 6b872d12d..15c9cf76a 100644
--- a/client/coral-admin/src/services/talk-adapter.js
+++ b/client/coral-admin/src/services/talk-adapter.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import {base, handleResp, getInit} from '../../../coral-framework/helpers/response';
+import coralApi from '../../../coral-framework/helpers/response';
 
 /**
  * The adapter is a redux middleware that interecepts the actions that need
@@ -33,14 +33,13 @@ export default store => next => action => {
 const fetchModerationQueueComments = store =>
 
 Promise.all([
-  fetch(`${base}/queue/comments/pending`, getInit('GET')),
-  fetch(`${base}/comments?status=rejected`, getInit('GET')),
-  fetch(`${base}/comments?action_type=flag`, getInit('GET'))
+  coralApi('/queue/comments/pending'),
+  coralApi('/comments?status=rejected'),
+  coralApi('/comments?action_type=flag')
 ])
-.then(res => Promise.all(res.map(handleResp)))
-.then(res => {
-  res[2] = res[2].map(comment => { comment.flagged = true; return comment; });
-  return res.reduce((prev, curr) => prev.concat(curr), []);
+.then(([pending, rejected, flagged]) => {
+  flagged.forEach(comment => comment.flagged = true);
+  return [...pending, ...rejected, ...flagged];
 })
 .then(res => store.dispatch({type: 'COMMENTS_MODERATION_QUEUE_FETCH_SUCCESS',
   comments: res}))
@@ -49,8 +48,7 @@ Promise.all([
 // Update a comment. Now to update a comment we need to send back the whole object
 
 const updateComment = (store, comment) => {
-  fetch(`${base}/comments/${comment.get('id')}/status`, getInit('PUT', {status: comment.get('status')}))
-  .then(handleResp)
+  coralApi(`/comments/${comment.get('id')}/status`, {method: 'PUT', body: {status: comment.get('status')}})
   .then(res => store.dispatch({type: 'COMMENT_UPDATE_SUCCESS', res}))
   .catch(error => store.dispatch({type: 'COMMENT_UPDATE_FAILED', error}));
 };
@@ -63,8 +61,7 @@ const createComment = (store, name, comment) => {
     name: name,
     createdAt: Date.now()
   };
-  return fetch(`${base}/comments`, getInit('POST', body))
-    .then(handleResp)
+  return coralApi('/comments', {method: 'POST', body})
     .then(res => store.dispatch({type: 'COMMENT_CREATE_SUCCESS', comment: res}))
     .catch(error => store.dispatch({type: 'COMMENT_CREATE_FAILED', error}));
 };
diff --git a/client/coral-framework/actions/auth.js b/client/coral-framework/actions/auth.js
index 1058edbbb..13a9c72bc 100644
--- a/client/coral-framework/actions/auth.js
+++ b/client/coral-framework/actions/auth.js
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import I18n from 'coral-framework/modules/i18n/i18n';
 import translations from './../translations';
 const lang = new I18n(translations);
 import * as actions from '../constants/auth';
-import {base, handleResp, getInit} from '../helpers/response';
+import coralApi, {base} from '../helpers/response';
 import {addItem} from './items';
 
 // Dialog Actions
@@ -25,8 +25,7 @@ const signInFailure = error => ({type: actions.FETCH_SIGNIN_FAILURE, error});
 
 export const fetchSignIn = (formData) => dispatch => {
   dispatch(signInRequest());
-  fetch(`${base}/auth/local`, getInit('POST', formData))
-    .then(handleResp)
+  coralApi('/auth/local', {method: 'POST', body: formData})
     .then(({user}) => {
       dispatch(hideSignInDialog());
       dispatch(signInSuccess(user));
@@ -74,8 +73,7 @@ const signUpFailure = error => ({type: actions.FETCH_SIGNUP_FAILURE, error});
 
 export const fetchSignUp = formData => dispatch => {
   dispatch(signUpRequest());
-  fetch(`${base}/user`, getInit('POST', formData))
-    .then(handleResp)
+  coralApi('/user', {method: 'POST', body: formData})
     .then(({user}) => {
       dispatch(signUpSuccess(user));
       setTimeout(() =>{
@@ -93,8 +91,7 @@ const forgotPassowordFailure = () => ({type: actions.FETCH_FORGOT_PASSWORD_FAILU
 
 export const fetchForgotPassword = email => dispatch => {
   dispatch(forgotPassowordRequest(email));
-  fetch(`${base}/user/request-password-reset`, getInit('POST', {email}))
-    .then(handleResp)
+  coralApi('/user/request-password-reset', {method: 'POST', body: {email}})
     .then(() => dispatch(forgotPassowordSuccess()))
     .catch(error => dispatch(forgotPassowordFailure(error)));
 };
@@ -107,8 +104,7 @@ const logOutFailure = () => ({type: actions.LOGOUT_FAILURE});
 
 export const logout = () => dispatch => {
   dispatch(logOutRequest());
-  fetch(`${base}/auth`, getInit('DELETE'))
-    .then(handleResp)
+  coralApi('/auth', {method: 'DELETE'})
     .then(() => dispatch(logOutSuccess()))
     .catch(error => dispatch(logOutFailure(error)));
 };
@@ -126,14 +122,13 @@ const checkLoginFailure = error => ({type: actions.CHECK_LOGIN_FAILURE, error});
 
 export const checkLogin = () => dispatch => {
   dispatch(checkLoginRequest());
-  fetch(`${base}/auth`, getInit('GET'))
-    .then((res) => {
-      if (res.status !== 200) {
+  coralApi('/auth')
+    .then(user => {
+      if (!user) {
         throw new Error('not logged in');
       }
 
-      return res.json();
+      dispatch(checkLoginSuccess(user));
     })
-    .then(user => dispatch(checkLoginSuccess(user)))
     .catch(error => dispatch(checkLoginFailure(error)));
 };
diff --git a/client/coral-framework/actions/items.js b/client/coral-framework/actions/items.js
index 00deba5ef..2029714c7 100644
--- a/client/coral-framework/actions/items.js
+++ b/client/coral-framework/actions/items.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import {getInit, base, handleResp} from '../helpers/response';
+import coralApi from '../helpers/response';
 import {fromJS} from 'immutable';
 /* Item Actions */
 
@@ -95,8 +95,7 @@ export const appendItemArray = (id, property, value, add_to_front, item_type) =>
 */
 export function getStream (assetUrl) {
   return (dispatch) => {
-    return fetch(`${base}/stream?asset_url=${encodeURIComponent(assetUrl)}`, getInit('GET'))
-      .then(handleResp)
+    return coralApi(`/stream?asset_url=${encodeURIComponent(assetUrl)}`)
       .then((json) => {
 
         /* Add items to the store */
@@ -166,8 +165,7 @@ export function getStream (assetUrl) {
 
 export function getItemsArray (ids) {
   return (dispatch) => {
-    return fetch(`${base}/item/${ids}`, getInit('GET'))
-      .then(handleResp)
+    return coralApi(`/item/${ids}`)
       .then((json) => {
         for (let i = 0; i < json.items.length; i++) {
           dispatch(addItem(json.items[i]));
@@ -196,8 +194,7 @@ export function postItem (item, type, id) {
     if (id) {
       item.id = id;
     }
-    return fetch(`${base}/${type}`, getInit('POST', item))
-      .then(handleResp)
+    return coralApi(`/${type}`, {method: 'POST', body: item})
       .then((json) => {
         dispatch(addItem({...item, id:json.id}, type));
         return json.id;
@@ -227,8 +224,7 @@ export function postAction (item_id, action_type, user_id, item_type) {
       user_id
     };
 
-    return fetch(`${base}/${item_type}/${item_id}/actions`, getInit('POST', action))
-      .then(handleResp);
+    return coralApi(`/${item_type}/${item_id}/actions`, {method: 'POST', body: action});
   };
 }
 
@@ -249,7 +245,6 @@ export function postAction (item_id, action_type, user_id, item_type) {
 
 export function deleteAction (action_id) {
   return () => {
-    return fetch(`${base}/actions/${action_id}`, {method: 'DELETE'})
-      .then(handleResp);
+    return coralApi(`/actions/${action_id}`, {method: 'DELETE'});
   };
 }
diff --git a/client/coral-framework/helpers/response.js b/client/coral-framework/helpers/response.js
index 83f51e3ec..1b4340dc4 100644
--- a/client/coral-framework/helpers/response.js
+++ b/client/coral-framework/helpers/response.js
@@ -1,23 +1,25 @@
 export const base = '/api/v1';
 
-export const getInit = (method, body) => {
-  let init = {
-    method,
+const buildOptions = (inputOptions = {}) => {
+
+  const defaultOptions = {
+    method: 'GET',
     headers: {
       'Content-Type': 'application/json',
       'Accept': 'application/json'
     },
     credentials: 'same-origin'
   };
+  const options = Object.assign({}, defaultOptions, inputOptions);
 
-  if (method.toLowerCase() !== 'get') {
-    init.body = JSON.stringify(body);
+  if (options.method.toLowerCase() !== 'get') {
+    options.body = JSON.stringify(options.body);
   }
 
-  return init;
+  return options;
 };
 
-export const handleResp = res => {
+const handleResp = res => {
   if (res.status === 401) {
     throw new Error('Not Authorized to make this request');
   } else if (res.status > 399) {
@@ -28,3 +30,7 @@ export const handleResp = res => {
     return res.json();
   }
 };
+
+export default (url, options) => {
+  return fetch(`${base}${url}`, buildOptions(options)).then(handleResp);
+};