diff --git a/src/utils.ts b/src/utils.ts
index 127fa3f..540a723 100644
--- a/src/utils.ts
+++ b/src/utils.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 import { JsonValue } from '$std/json/common.ts'
-import { decodeBase64 } from "@std/encoding/base64"
+import { decodeBase64 } from '@std/encoding/base64'
+import { JsonStringifyStream } from '@std/json'
+import { JsonParseStream } from '@std/json/json-parse-stream'
+import { TextLineStream } from '@std/streams/text-line-stream'
 
 export type JsonCompatible = JsonValue | { toJSON(): JsonValue } | unknown
 
@@ -71,6 +74,91 @@ export type ApiPayload<ApiResponse extends JsonCompatible = never> = {
 	error: string
 }
 
+export async function respondApiStream<
+	Payload extends JsonCompatible,
+>(
+	source:
+		| ReadableStream<Payload>
+		| Iterable<Payload>
+		| AsyncIterable<Payload>,
+): Promise<Response> {
+	const stream = new TransformStream<
+		ApiPayload<Payload>,
+		ApiPayload<Payload>
+	>()
+	const writer = stream.writable.getWriter()
+
+	try {
+		await writer.ready
+
+		for await (const data of source) {
+			writer.write({ kind: 'success', data })
+		}
+	} catch (error) {
+		writer.write({ kind: 'error', error })
+	} finally {
+		writer.close()
+	}
+
+	const body = stream.readable
+		.pipeThrough(new JsonStringifyStream())
+		.pipeThrough(new TextEncoderStream())
+
+	return new Response(body)
+}
+
+export async function* requestApiStream<
+	Payload extends JsonCompatible | undefined,
+	ApiResponse extends JsonCompatible,
+>(
+	route: string,
+	method: 'GET' | 'POST' | 'DELETE' | 'PATCH',
+	payload?: Payload | null,
+): AsyncGenerator<ApiResponse, void, void> {
+	const csrf = getCookie('_CSRF') ?? ''
+
+	const base = new URL('/api/', location.origin)
+	const endpoint = new URL(
+		route.startsWith('/') ? `.${route}` : route,
+		base.href,
+	)
+
+	const response = await fetch(endpoint, {
+		method,
+		headers: {
+			'Content-Type': 'application/json; charset=utf-8',
+			'X-CSRF-TOKEN': csrf,
+		},
+		body: payload ? JSON.stringify(payload) : null,
+	})
+
+	const { body } = response
+
+	if (body === null) {
+		throw new TypeError(`api response stream is null`)
+	}
+
+	const stream = body
+		.pipeThrough(new TextDecoderStream()) // convert Uint8Array to string
+		.pipeThrough(new TextLineStream()) // transform into a stream where each chunk is divided by a newline
+		.pipeThrough(new JsonParseStream()) as unknown as ReadableStream<
+			ApiPayload<ApiResponse>
+		> // parse each chunk as JSON
+
+	for await (const payload of stream) {
+		if (payload.kind === 'error') {
+			throw new Error(
+				`api stream error while getting "${endpoint.href}"`,
+				{
+					cause: payload.error,
+				},
+			)
+		}
+
+		yield payload.data
+	}
+}
+
 function getCookie(name: string): string | undefined {
 	const cookiesEntries = document.cookie.split(';').map((cookie) =>
 		cookie.trim().split('=')
@@ -82,4 +170,4 @@ function getCookie(name: string): string | undefined {
 export function base64ToString(base64: string): string {
 	const bytes = decodeBase64(base64)
 	return new TextDecoder().decode(bytes)
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}