diff --git a/package.yaml b/package.yaml
index 5f7495e..eea70bb 100644
--- a/package.yaml
+++ b/package.yaml
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ library:
   - foreign-rust
   - generics-sop
   - aeson
+  - http-conduit
   pkg-config-dependencies:
   - rustzcash_wrapper-uninstalled
 
diff --git a/src/ZcashHaskell/Orchard.hs b/src/ZcashHaskell/Orchard.hs
index 2cc3b95..edee2ff 100644
--- a/src/ZcashHaskell/Orchard.hs
+++ b/src/ZcashHaskell/Orchard.hs
@@ -35,8 +35,8 @@ decodeUfvk str =
 
 -- | Attempts to decode the given @OrchardAction@ using the given @UnifiedFullViewingKey@.
 decryptOrchardAction ::
-     OrchardAction -> UnifiedFullViewingKey -> Maybe DecodedNote
-decryptOrchardAction encAction key =
+     UnifiedFullViewingKey -> OrchardAction -> Maybe DecodedNote
+decryptOrchardAction key encAction =
   case a_value decodedAction of
     0 -> Nothing
     _ -> Just decodedAction
diff --git a/src/ZcashHaskell/Types.hs b/src/ZcashHaskell/Types.hs
index 0824ea1..1c5d680 100644
--- a/src/ZcashHaskell/Types.hs
+++ b/src/ZcashHaskell/Types.hs
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 {-# LANGUAGE DeriveGeneric #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE DuplicateRecordFields #-}
 {-# LANGUAGE DeriveAnyClass #-}
 {-# LANGUAGE DerivingVia #-}
 {-# LANGUAGE UndecidableInstances #-}
@@ -39,6 +40,48 @@ data RawData = RawData
     deriving (BorshSize, ToBorsh, FromBorsh) via AsStruct RawData
 
 -- * `zcashd` RPC
+-- | A type to model Zcash RPC calls
+data RpcCall = RpcCall
+  { jsonrpc :: T.Text
+  , callId :: T.Text
+  , method :: T.Text
+  , parameters :: [Data.Aeson.Value]
+  } deriving stock (Prelude.Show, GHC.Generic)
+
+instance ToJSON RpcCall where
+  toJSON (RpcCall j c m p) =
+    object ["jsonrpc" .= j, "id" .= c, "method" .= m, "params" .= p]
+
+-- | A type to model the response of the Zcash RPC
+data RpcResponse r = MakeRpcResponse
+  { err :: Maybe RpcError
+  , respId :: T.Text
+  , result :: Maybe r
+  } deriving stock (Prelude.Show, GHC.Generic)
+    deriving anyclass (ToJSON)
+
+instance (FromJSON r) => FromJSON (RpcResponse r) where
+  parseJSON =
+    withObject "RpcResponse" $ \obj -> do
+      e <- obj .: "error"
+      i <- obj .: "id"
+      r <- obj .: "result"
+      pure $ MakeRpcResponse e i r
+
+-- | A type to model the errors from the Zcash RPC
+data RpcError = RpcError
+  { ecode :: Double
+  , emessage :: T.Text
+  } deriving stock (Prelude.Show, GHC.Generic)
+    deriving anyclass (ToJSON)
+
+instance FromJSON RpcError where
+  parseJSON =
+    withObject "RpcError" $ \obj -> do
+      c <- obj .: "code"
+      m <- obj .: "message"
+      pure $ RpcError c m
+
 -- | Type to represent response from the `zcashd` RPC `getblock` method
 data BlockResponse = BlockResponse
   { bl_confirmations :: Integer -- ^ Block confirmations
diff --git a/src/ZcashHaskell/Utils.hs b/src/ZcashHaskell/Utils.hs
index 5f9362b..10269b6 100644
--- a/src/ZcashHaskell/Utils.hs
+++ b/src/ZcashHaskell/Utils.hs
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@
 --
 -- A set of functions to assist in the handling of elements of the Zcash protocol, allowing for decoding of memos, addresses and viewing keys.
 --
+{-# LANGUAGE OverloadedStrings #-}
+
 module ZcashHaskell.Utils where
 
 import C.Zcash
@@ -16,8 +18,12 @@ import C.Zcash
   , rustWrapperF4Jumble
   , rustWrapperF4UnJumble
   )
+import Control.Monad.IO.Class
+import Data.Aeson
 import qualified Data.ByteString as BS
+import qualified Data.Text as T
 import Foreign.Rust.Marshall.Variable
+import Network.HTTP.Simple
 import ZcashHaskell.Types
 
 -- | Decode the given bytestring using Bech32
@@ -31,3 +37,20 @@ f4Jumble = withPureBorshVarBuffer . rustWrapperF4Jumble
 -- | Apply the inverse F4Jumble transformation to the given bytestring
 f4UnJumble :: BS.ByteString -> BS.ByteString
 f4UnJumble = withPureBorshVarBuffer . rustWrapperF4UnJumble
+
+-- | Make a Zcash RPC call
+makeZcashCall ::
+     (MonadIO m, FromJSON a)
+  => BS.ByteString
+  -> BS.ByteString
+  -> T.Text
+  -> [Data.Aeson.Value]
+  -> m (Response a)
+makeZcashCall username password m p = do
+  let payload = RpcCall "1.0" "test" m p
+  let myRequest =
+        setRequestBodyJSON payload $
+        setRequestPort 8232 $
+        setRequestBasicAuth username password $
+        setRequestMethod "POST" defaultRequest
+  httpJSON myRequest
diff --git a/zcash-haskell.cabal b/zcash-haskell.cabal
index c9bb109..c99093c 100644
--- a/zcash-haskell.cabal
+++ b/zcash-haskell.cabal
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ library
     , bytestring
     , foreign-rust
     , generics-sop
+    , http-conduit
     , text
   default-language: Haskell2010