diff --git a/app/soapbox/entity-store/hooks/useEntityRequest.ts b/app/soapbox/entity-store/hooks/useEntityRequest.ts
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+import { useState } from 'react';
+
+import { useApi } from 'soapbox/hooks';
+
+import { EntityRequest } from './types';
+import { toAxiosRequest } from './utils';
+
+function useEntityRequest() {
+  const api = useApi();
+  const [isLoading, setIsLoading] = useState<boolean>(false);
+
+  async function request(entityRequest: EntityRequest) {
+    setIsLoading(true);
+    try {
+      const response = await api.request(toAxiosRequest(entityRequest));
+      setIsLoading(false);
+      return response;
+    } catch (e) {
+      setIsLoading(false);
+      throw e;
+    }
+  }
+
+  return {
+    request,
+    isLoading,
+  };
+}
+
+export { useEntityRequest };
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