diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 79f73ce681..e2de42eb3f 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -2302,6 +2302,18 @@ dependencies = [
  "cfg-if",
 ]
 
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+dependencies = [
+ "heck 0.5.0",
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "syn 2.0.90",
+]
+
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+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
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+dependencies = [
+ "async-trait",
+ "bytes",
+ "cfg-if",
+ "data-encoding",
+ "enum-as-inner",
+ "futures-channel",
+ "futures-io",
+ "futures-util",
+ "h2",
+ "http 0.2.12",
+ "idna 1.0.3",
+ "ipnet",
+ "once_cell",
+ "rand",
+ "rustls 0.21.12",
+ "rustls-pemfile 1.0.4",
+ "thiserror 1.0.69",
+ "tinyvec",
+ "tokio",
+ "tokio-rustls 0.24.1",
+ "tracing",
+ "url",
+ "webpki-roots 0.25.4",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "hickory-resolver"
+version = "0.24.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "0a2e2aba9c389ce5267d31cf1e4dace82390ae276b0b364ea55630b1fa1b44b4"
+dependencies = [
+ "cfg-if",
+ "futures-util",
+ "hickory-proto",
+ "ipconfig",
+ "lru-cache",
+ "once_cell",
+ "parking_lot",
+ "rand",
+ "resolv-conf",
+ "rustls 0.21.12",
+ "smallvec",
+ "thiserror 1.0.69",
+ "tokio",
+ "tokio-rustls 0.24.1",
+ "tracing",
+ "webpki-roots 0.25.4",
+]
+
 [[package]]
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@@ -3148,6 +3215,17 @@ dependencies = [
  "windows-sys 0.52.0",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "hostname"
+version = "0.3.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "3c731c3e10504cc8ed35cfe2f1db4c9274c3d35fa486e3b31df46f068ef3e867"
+dependencies = [
+ "libc",
+ "match_cfg",
+ "winapi",
+]
+
 [[package]]
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@@ -3756,6 +3834,18 @@ version = "0.4.1"
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+[[package]]
+name = "ipconfig"
+version = "0.3.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "b58db92f96b720de98181bbbe63c831e87005ab460c1bf306eb2622b4707997f"
+dependencies = [
+ "socket2",
+ "widestring",
+ "windows-sys 0.48.0",
+ "winreg 0.50.0",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "ipnet"
 version = "2.9.0"
@@ -4006,6 +4096,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "vcpkg",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "linked-hash-map"
+version = "0.5.6"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "0717cef1bc8b636c6e1c1bbdefc09e6322da8a9321966e8928ef80d20f7f770f"
+
 [[package]]
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@@ -4080,6 +4176,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "tracing-subscriber",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "lru-cache"
+version = "0.1.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "31e24f1ad8321ca0e8a1e0ac13f23cb668e6f5466c2c57319f6a5cf1cc8e3b1c"
+dependencies = [
+ "linked-hash-map",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "mac"
 version = "0.1.1"
@@ -4154,6 +4259,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "tendril",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "match_cfg"
+version = "0.1.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "ffbee8634e0d45d258acb448e7eaab3fce7a0a467395d4d9f228e3c1f01fb2e4"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "matchers"
 version = "0.1.0"
@@ -5748,12 +5859,15 @@ name = "nym-http-api-client"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
  "async-trait",
+ "hickory-resolver",
  "http 1.1.0",
  "nym-bin-common",
+ "once_cell",
  "reqwest 0.12.4",
  "serde",
  "serde_json",
  "thiserror 1.0.69",
+ "tokio",
  "tracing",
  "url",
  "wasmtimer",
@@ -8242,6 +8356,16 @@ dependencies = [
  "thiserror 1.0.69",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "resolv-conf"
+version = "0.7.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "52e44394d2086d010551b14b53b1f24e31647570cd1deb0379e2c21b329aba00"
+dependencies = [
+ "hostname",
+ "quick-error 1.2.3",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "rfc6979"
 version = "0.4.0"
@@ -11352,6 +11476,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "web-sys",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "widestring"
+version = "1.1.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "7219d36b6eac893fa81e84ebe06485e7dcbb616177469b142df14f1f4deb1311"
+
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