diff --git a/bridges/AO3Bridge.php b/bridges/AO3Bridge.php
index 6ca59cc5..57e12fbd 100644
--- a/bridges/AO3Bridge.php
+++ b/bridges/AO3Bridge.php
@@ -92,7 +92,12 @@ class AO3Bridge extends BridgeAbstract
     private function collectWork($id)
     {
         $url = self::URI . "/works/$id/navigate";
-        $response = _http_request($url, ['useragent' => 'rss-bridge bot (https://github.com/RSS-Bridge/rss-bridge)']);
+        $httpClient = RssBridge::getHttpClient();
+
+        $response = $httpClient->request($url, [
+            'useragent' => 'rss-bridge bot (https://github.com/RSS-Bridge/rss-bridge)',
+        ]);
+
         $html = \str_get_html($response['body']);
         $html = defaultLinkTo($html, self::URI);
 
diff --git a/contrib/prepare_release/fetch_contributors.php b/contrib/prepare_release/fetch_contributors.php
index ad04458a..cfe2c5b2 100644
--- a/contrib/prepare_release/fetch_contributors.php
+++ b/contrib/prepare_release/fetch_contributors.php
@@ -14,7 +14,8 @@ while ($next) { /* Collect all contributors */
         'Content-Type' => 'application/json',
         'User-Agent' => 'RSS-Bridge',
     ];
-    $result = _http_request($url, ['headers' => $headers]);
+    $httpClient = new CurlHttpClient();
+    $result = $httpClient->request($url, ['headers' => $headers]);
 
     foreach (json_decode($result['body']) as $contributor) {
         $contributors[] = $contributor;
diff --git a/lib/RssBridge.php b/lib/RssBridge.php
index e8b07a65..8969dc54 100644
--- a/lib/RssBridge.php
+++ b/lib/RssBridge.php
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 final class RssBridge
 {
+    private static HttpClient $httpClient;
     private static CacheInterface $cache;
 
     public function main(array $argv = [])
@@ -71,9 +72,10 @@ final class RssBridge
         // Consider: ini_set('error_reporting', E_ALL & ~E_DEPRECATED);
         date_default_timezone_set(Configuration::getConfig('system', 'timezone'));
 
-        // Create cache
         $cacheFactory = new CacheFactory();
-        self::setCache($cacheFactory->create());
+
+        self::$httpClient = new CurlHttpClient();
+        self::$cache = $cacheFactory->create();
 
         if (Configuration::getConfig('authentication', 'enable')) {
             $authenticationMiddleware = new AuthenticationMiddleware();
@@ -105,13 +107,13 @@ final class RssBridge
         }
     }
 
+    public static function getHttpClient(): HttpClient
+    {
+        return self::$httpClient;
+    }
+
     public static function getCache(): CacheInterface
     {
         return self::$cache;
     }
-
-    public static function setCache(CacheInterface $cache): void
-    {
-        self::$cache = $cache;
-    }
 }
diff --git a/lib/contents.php b/lib/contents.php
index c6edba7b..419432df 100644
--- a/lib/contents.php
+++ b/lib/contents.php
@@ -99,6 +99,7 @@ function getContents(
     array $curlOptions = [],
     bool $returnFull = false
 ) {
+    $httpClient = RssBridge::getHttpClient();
     $cache = RssBridge::getCache();
     $cache->setScope('server');
     $cache->setKey([$url]);
@@ -141,20 +142,14 @@ function getContents(
         $config['if_not_modified_since'] = $cache->getTime();
     }
 
-    $result = _http_request($url, $config);
-    $response = [
-        'code' => $result['code'],
-        'status_lines' => $result['status_lines'],
-        'header' => $result['headers'],
-        'content' => $result['body'],
-    ];
+    $response = $httpClient->request($url, $config);
 
-    switch ($result['code']) {
+    switch ($response['code']) {
         case 200:
         case 201:
         case 202:
-            if (isset($result['headers']['cache-control'])) {
-                $cachecontrol = $result['headers']['cache-control'];
+            if (isset($response['headers']['cache-control'])) {
+                $cachecontrol = $response['headers']['cache-control'];
                 $lastValue = array_pop($cachecontrol);
                 $directives = explode(',', $lastValue);
                 $directives = array_map('trim', $directives);
@@ -163,7 +158,7 @@ function getContents(
                     break;
                 }
             }
-            $cache->saveData($result['body']);
+            $cache->saveData($response['body']);
             break;
         case 301:
         case 302:
@@ -172,16 +167,16 @@ function getContents(
             break;
         case 304:
             // Not Modified
-            $response['content'] = $cache->loadData();
+            $response['body'] = $cache->loadData();
             break;
         default:
             $exceptionMessage = sprintf(
                 '%s resulted in %s %s %s',
                 $url,
-                $result['code'],
-                Response::STATUS_CODES[$result['code']] ?? '',
+                $response['code'],
+                Response::STATUS_CODES[$response['code']] ?? '',
                 // If debug, include a part of the response body in the exception message
-                Debug::isEnabled() ? mb_substr($result['body'], 0, 500) : '',
+                Debug::isEnabled() ? mb_substr($response['body'], 0, 500) : '',
             );
 
             // The following code must be extracted if it grows too much
@@ -192,137 +187,141 @@ function getContents(
                 '<title>Security | Glassdoor',
             ];
             foreach ($cloudflareTitles as $cloudflareTitle) {
-                if (str_contains($result['body'], $cloudflareTitle)) {
-                    throw new CloudFlareException($exceptionMessage, $result['code']);
+                if (str_contains($response['body'], $cloudflareTitle)) {
+                    throw new CloudFlareException($exceptionMessage, $response['code']);
                 }
             }
-
             throw new HttpException(trim($exceptionMessage), $result['code']);
     }
     if ($returnFull === true) {
+        // For legacy reasons, use content instead of body
+        $response['content'] = $response['body'];
+        unset($response['body']);
         return $response;
     }
-    return $response['content'];
+    return $response['body'];
 }
 
-/**
- * Fetch content from url
- *
- * @internal Private function used internally
- * @throws HttpException
- */
-function _http_request(string $url, array $config = []): array
+interface HttpClient
 {
-    $defaults = [
-        'useragent' => null,
-        'timeout' => 5,
-        'headers' => [],
-        'proxy' => null,
-        'curl_options' => [],
-        'if_not_modified_since' => null,
-        'retries' => 3,
-        'max_filesize' => null,
-        'max_redirections' => 5,
-    ];
-    $config = array_merge($defaults, $config);
+    public function request(string $url, array $config = []): array;
+}
 
-    $ch = curl_init($url);
-    curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
-    curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION, true);
-    curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS, $config['max_redirections']);
-    curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HEADER, false);
-    $httpHeaders = [];
-    foreach ($config['headers'] as $name => $value) {
-        $httpHeaders[] = sprintf('%s: %s', $name, $value);
-    }
-    curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, $httpHeaders);
-    if ($config['useragent']) {
-        curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_USERAGENT, $config['useragent']);
-    }
-    curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_TIMEOUT, $config['timeout']);
-    curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_ENCODING, '');
-    curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_PROTOCOLS, CURLPROTO_HTTP | CURLPROTO_HTTPS);
+final class CurlHttpClient implements HttpClient
+{
+    public function request(string $url, array $config = []): array
+    {
+        $defaults = [
+            'useragent' => null,
+            'timeout' => 5,
+            'headers' => [],
+            'proxy' => null,
+            'curl_options' => [],
+            'if_not_modified_since' => null,
+            'retries' => 3,
+            'max_filesize' => null,
+            'max_redirections' => 5,
+        ];
+        $config = array_merge($defaults, $config);
 
-    if ($config['max_filesize']) {
-        // This option inspects the Content-Length header
-        curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_MAXFILESIZE, $config['max_filesize']);
-        curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_NOPROGRESS, false);
-        // This progress function will monitor responses who omit the Content-Length header
-        curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_PROGRESSFUNCTION, function ($ch, $downloadSize, $downloaded, $uploadSize, $uploaded) use ($config) {
-            if ($downloaded > $config['max_filesize']) {
-                // Return a non-zero value to abort the transfer
-                return -1;
+        $ch = curl_init($url);
+        curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
+        curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION, true);
+        curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS, $config['max_redirections']);
+        curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HEADER, false);
+        $httpHeaders = [];
+        foreach ($config['headers'] as $name => $value) {
+            $httpHeaders[] = sprintf('%s: %s', $name, $value);
+        }
+        curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, $httpHeaders);
+        if ($config['useragent']) {
+            curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_USERAGENT, $config['useragent']);
+        }
+        curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_TIMEOUT, $config['timeout']);
+        curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_ENCODING, '');
+        curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_PROTOCOLS, CURLPROTO_HTTP | CURLPROTO_HTTPS);
+
+        if ($config['max_filesize']) {
+            // This option inspects the Content-Length header
+            curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_MAXFILESIZE, $config['max_filesize']);
+            curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_NOPROGRESS, false);
+            // This progress function will monitor responses who omit the Content-Length header
+            curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_PROGRESSFUNCTION, function ($ch, $downloadSize, $downloaded, $uploadSize, $uploaded) use ($config) {
+                if ($downloaded > $config['max_filesize']) {
+                    // Return a non-zero value to abort the transfer
+                    return -1;
+                }
+                return 0;
+            });
+        }
+
+        if ($config['proxy']) {
+            curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_PROXY, $config['proxy']);
+        }
+        if (curl_setopt_array($ch, $config['curl_options']) === false) {
+            throw new \Exception('Tried to set an illegal curl option');
+        }
+
+        if ($config['if_not_modified_since']) {
+            curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_TIMEVALUE, $config['if_not_modified_since']);
+            curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_TIMECONDITION, CURL_TIMECOND_IFMODSINCE);
+        }
+
+        $responseStatusLines = [];
+        $responseHeaders = [];
+        curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HEADERFUNCTION, function ($ch, $rawHeader) use (&$responseHeaders, &$responseStatusLines) {
+            $len = strlen($rawHeader);
+            if ($rawHeader === "\r\n") {
+                return $len;
             }
-            return 0;
+            if (preg_match('#^HTTP/(2|1.1|1.0)#', $rawHeader)) {
+                $responseStatusLines[] = $rawHeader;
+                return $len;
+            }
+            $header = explode(':', $rawHeader);
+            if (count($header) === 1) {
+                return $len;
+            }
+            $name = mb_strtolower(trim($header[0]));
+            $value = trim(implode(':', array_slice($header, 1)));
+            if (!isset($responseHeaders[$name])) {
+                $responseHeaders[$name] = [];
+            }
+            $responseHeaders[$name][] = $value;
+            return $len;
         });
-    }
 
-    if ($config['proxy']) {
-        curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_PROXY, $config['proxy']);
-    }
-    if (curl_setopt_array($ch, $config['curl_options']) === false) {
-        throw new \Exception('Tried to set an illegal curl option');
-    }
+        $attempts = 0;
+        while (true) {
+            $attempts++;
+            $data = curl_exec($ch);
+            if ($data !== false) {
+                // The network call was successful, so break out of the loop
+                break;
+            }
+            if ($attempts > $config['retries']) {
+                // Finally give up
+                $curl_error = curl_error($ch);
+                $curl_errno = curl_errno($ch);
+                throw new HttpException(sprintf(
+                    'cURL error %s: %s (%s) for %s',
+                    $curl_error,
+                    $curl_errno,
+                    'https://curl.haxx.se/libcurl/c/libcurl-errors.html',
+                    $url
+                ));
+            }
+        }
 
-    if ($config['if_not_modified_since']) {
-        curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_TIMEVALUE, $config['if_not_modified_since']);
-        curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_TIMECONDITION, CURL_TIMECOND_IFMODSINCE);
+        $statusCode = curl_getinfo($ch, CURLINFO_HTTP_CODE);
+        curl_close($ch);
+        return [
+            'code' => $statusCode,
+            'status_lines' => $responseStatusLines,
+            'headers' => $responseHeaders,
+            'body' => $data,
+        ];
     }
-
-    $responseStatusLines = [];
-    $responseHeaders = [];
-    curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HEADERFUNCTION, function ($ch, $rawHeader) use (&$responseHeaders, &$responseStatusLines) {
-        $len = strlen($rawHeader);
-        if ($rawHeader === "\r\n") {
-            return $len;
-        }
-        if (preg_match('#^HTTP/(2|1.1|1.0)#', $rawHeader)) {
-            $responseStatusLines[] = $rawHeader;
-            return $len;
-        }
-        $header = explode(':', $rawHeader);
-        if (count($header) === 1) {
-            return $len;
-        }
-        $name = mb_strtolower(trim($header[0]));
-        $value = trim(implode(':', array_slice($header, 1)));
-        if (!isset($responseHeaders[$name])) {
-            $responseHeaders[$name] = [];
-        }
-        $responseHeaders[$name][] = $value;
-        return $len;
-    });
-
-    $attempts = 0;
-    while (true) {
-        $attempts++;
-        $data = curl_exec($ch);
-        if ($data !== false) {
-            // The network call was successful, so break out of the loop
-            break;
-        }
-        if ($attempts > $config['retries']) {
-            // Finally give up
-            $curl_error = curl_error($ch);
-            $curl_errno = curl_errno($ch);
-            throw new HttpException(sprintf(
-                'cURL error %s: %s (%s) for %s',
-                $curl_error,
-                $curl_errno,
-                'https://curl.haxx.se/libcurl/c/libcurl-errors.html',
-                $url
-            ));
-        }
-    }
-
-    $statusCode = curl_getinfo($ch, CURLINFO_HTTP_CODE);
-    curl_close($ch);
-    return [
-        'code'      => $statusCode,
-        'status_lines' => $responseStatusLines,
-        'headers'   => $responseHeaders,
-        'body'      => $data,
-    ];
 }
 
 /**