diff --git a/src/lib/listing/services/entities.service.ts b/src/lib/listing/services/entities.service.ts
index 0353d70..3a38e53 100644
--- a/src/lib/listing/services/entities.service.ts
+++ b/src/lib/listing/services/entities.service.ts
@@ -1,31 +1,45 @@
-import { Injectable } from '@angular/core';
+import { Inject, Injectable, InjectionToken, Injector, Optional } from '@angular/core';
 import { BehaviorSubject, combineLatest, Observable, pipe } from 'rxjs';
 import { distinctUntilChanged, map, tap } from 'rxjs/operators';
 import { FilterService, getFilteredEntities } from '../../filtering';
 import { SearchService } from '../../search';
 import { IListable } from '../models';
+import { GenericService } from '../../services';
 
 const toLengthValue = (entities: unknown[]) => entities?.length ?? 0;
 const getLength = pipe(map(toLengthValue), distinctUntilChanged());
 
+/**
+ * This should be removed when refactoring is done
+ */
+const ENTITY_PATH = new InjectionToken<string>('This is here for compatibility while refactoring things.');
+
 @Injectable()
-export class EntitiesService<T extends IListable> {
-    readonly displayed$: Observable<T[]>;
+/**
+ * E for Entity
+ * I for Interface
+ * By default, if no interface is provided, I = E
+ */
+export class EntitiesService<E extends IListable, I = E> extends GenericService<I> {
+    readonly displayed$: Observable<E[]>;
     readonly displayedLength$: Observable<number>;
     readonly noData$: Observable<boolean>;
     readonly areAllSelected$: Observable<boolean>;
     readonly areSomeSelected$: Observable<boolean>;
     readonly notAllSelected$: Observable<boolean>;
     readonly selected$: Observable<(string | number)[]>;
-    readonly selectedEntities$: Observable<T[]>;
+    readonly selectedEntities$: Observable<E[]>;
     readonly selectedLength$: Observable<number>;
-    readonly all$: Observable<T[]>;
+    readonly all$: Observable<E[]>;
     readonly allLength$: Observable<number>;
-    private readonly _all$ = new BehaviorSubject<T[]>([]);
-    private _displayed: T[] = [];
+    private readonly _filterService = this._injector.get(FilterService);
+    private readonly _searchService = this._injector.get<SearchService<E>>(SearchService);
+    private readonly _all$ = new BehaviorSubject<E[]>([]);
+    private _displayed: E[] = [];
     private readonly _selected$ = new BehaviorSubject<(string | number)[]>([]);
 
-    constructor(private readonly _filterService: FilterService, private readonly _searchService: SearchService<T>) {
+    constructor(protected readonly _injector: Injector, @Optional() @Inject(ENTITY_PATH) protected readonly _defaultEntityPath = '') {
+        super(_injector, _defaultEntityPath);
         this.all$ = this._all$.asObservable();
         this.allLength$ = this._all$.pipe(getLength);
 
@@ -42,16 +56,16 @@ export class EntitiesService<T extends IListable> {
         this.notAllSelected$ = this._notAllSelected$;
     }
 
-    get all(): T[] {
+    get all(): E[] {
         return Object.values(this._all$.getValue());
     }
 
-    get selected(): T[] {
+    get selected(): E[] {
         const selectedIds = Object.values(this._selected$.getValue());
         return this.all.filter(a => selectedIds.indexOf(a.id) !== -1);
     }
 
-    private get _getDisplayed$(): Observable<T[]> {
+    private get _getDisplayed$(): Observable<E[]> {
         const { filterGroups$ } = this._filterService;
         const { valueChanges$ } = this._searchService;
 
@@ -96,16 +110,16 @@ export class EntitiesService<T extends IListable> {
         return this._displayed.length !== 0 && this._displayed.length === this.selected.length;
     }
 
-    setEntities(newEntities: T[]): void {
+    setEntities(newEntities: E[]): void {
         this._all$.next(newEntities);
     }
 
-    setSelected(newEntities: T[]): void {
+    setSelected(newEntities: E[]): void {
         const selectedIds = newEntities.map(e => e.id);
         this._selected$.next(selectedIds);
     }
 
-    isSelected(entity: T): boolean {
+    isSelected(entity: E): boolean {
         return this.selected.indexOf(entity) !== -1;
     }
 
@@ -116,7 +130,7 @@ export class EntitiesService<T extends IListable> {
         this.setSelected(this._displayed);
     }
 
-    select(entity: T): void {
+    select(entity: E): void {
         const currentEntityIdx = this.selected.indexOf(entity);
         if (currentEntityIdx === -1) {
             return this.setSelected([...this.selected, entity]);
diff --git a/src/lib/services/generic.service.ts b/src/lib/services/generic.service.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..19ae0a1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/lib/services/generic.service.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,124 @@
+import { HttpClient, HttpHeaders, HttpParams } from '@angular/common/http';
+import { BASE_PATH, Configuration, List } from '@redaction/red-ui-http';
+import { Injector } from '@angular/core';
+import { Observable } from 'rxjs';
+import { CustomHttpUrlEncodingCodec, RequiredParam, Validate } from '../utils';
+
+export interface HeaderOptions {
+    readonly authorization?: boolean;
+    readonly accept?: boolean;
+    readonly contentType?: boolean;
+}
+
+export abstract class GenericService<Entity> {
+    protected readonly _defaultHeaders = new HttpHeaders();
+    protected readonly _configuration = this._injector.get(Configuration, new Configuration());
+    protected readonly _http = this._injector.get(HttpClient);
+    protected readonly _basePath = this._injector.get(BASE_PATH, this._configuration.basePath);
+
+    protected constructor(protected readonly _injector: Injector, protected readonly _defaultEntityPath: string) {}
+
+    @Validate()
+    post<R = Entity>(@RequiredParam() body: unknown | List<[string, string]>, entityPath = this._defaultEntityPath): Observable<R> {
+        let queryParams;
+
+        if (Array.isArray(body) && Array.isArray(body[0]) && body[0].length === 2) {
+            queryParams = this._queryParams(body);
+        }
+
+        console.log(`POST request from ${this.constructor.name} with body `, body);
+        return this._http.post<R>(`${this._basePath}/${entityPath}`, body, {
+            withCredentials: this._configuration.withCredentials,
+            params: queryParams,
+            headers: this._headers(),
+            observe: 'body'
+        });
+    }
+
+    @Validate()
+    delete(@RequiredParam() body: string | List<[string, string]>, entityPath = this._defaultEntityPath): Observable<unknown> {
+        let path = `${this._basePath}/${entityPath}`;
+        let queryParams;
+
+        if (typeof body === 'string') {
+            path += `/${encodeURIComponent(body)}`;
+        } else {
+            queryParams = this._queryParams(body);
+        }
+
+        console.log(`DELETE request from ${this.constructor.name} with body `, body);
+        return this._http.delete(path, {
+            withCredentials: this._configuration.withCredentials,
+            params: queryParams,
+            headers: this._headers({ contentType: false }),
+            observe: 'body'
+        });
+    }
+
+    @Validate()
+    getAll<R = Entity>(entityPath = this._defaultEntityPath): Observable<R[]> {
+        console.log(`GET request from ${this.constructor.name}`);
+        return this._http.get<R[]>(`${this._basePath}/${entityPath}`, {
+            withCredentials: this._configuration.withCredentials,
+            headers: this._headers({ contentType: false }),
+            observe: 'body'
+        });
+    }
+
+    @Validate()
+    getOne<R = Entity>(@RequiredParam() entityId: string, entityPath = this._defaultEntityPath): Observable<R> {
+        const path = `${this._basePath}/${entityPath}/${encodeURIComponent(String(entityId))}`;
+
+        console.log(`GET request from ${this.constructor.name} with id ${entityId}`);
+        return this._http.get<R>(path, {
+            withCredentials: this._configuration.withCredentials,
+            headers: this._headers({ contentType: false }),
+            observe: 'body'
+        });
+    }
+
+    get<R = Entity>(): Observable<R[]>;
+    get<R = Entity>(entityId: string, entityPath?: string): Observable<R>;
+    get<R = Entity>(entityId?: string, entityPath = this._defaultEntityPath): Observable<R[] | R> {
+        if (entityId) {
+            return this.getOne(entityId, entityPath);
+        }
+        return this.getAll(entityPath);
+    }
+
+    protected _queryParams(queryParams: List<[string, string]>): HttpParams {
+        let queryParameters = new HttpParams({ encoder: new CustomHttpUrlEncodingCodec() });
+        for (const [key, value] of queryParams) {
+            queryParameters = queryParameters.set(key, value);
+        }
+
+        return queryParameters;
+    }
+
+    protected _headers(options?: HeaderOptions): HttpHeaders {
+        let headers = this._defaultHeaders;
+
+        // authentication (RED-OAUTH) required
+        if ((options?.authorization === undefined || options.authorization) && this._configuration.accessToken) {
+            const accessToken =
+                typeof this._configuration.accessToken === 'function' ? this._configuration.accessToken() : this._configuration.accessToken;
+            headers = headers.set('Authorization', 'Bearer ' + accessToken);
+        }
+
+        if (options?.accept === undefined || options.accept) {
+            const httpHeaderAcceptSelected = this._configuration.selectHeaderAccept(['application/json']);
+            if (httpHeaderAcceptSelected !== undefined) {
+                headers = headers.set('Accept', httpHeaderAcceptSelected);
+            }
+        }
+
+        if (options?.contentType === undefined || options.contentType) {
+            const httpContentTypeSelected = this._configuration.selectHeaderContentType(['application/json']);
+            if (httpContentTypeSelected !== undefined) {
+                headers = headers.set('Content-Type', httpContentTypeSelected);
+            }
+        }
+
+        return headers;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/lib/services/index.ts b/src/lib/services/index.ts
index 819e2f9..6b2e67d 100644
--- a/src/lib/services/index.ts
+++ b/src/lib/services/index.ts
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 export * from './toaster.service';
 export * from './error-message.service';
+export * from './generic.service';
diff --git a/src/lib/utils/decorators/required-param.decorator.ts b/src/lib/utils/decorators/required-param.decorator.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f6536f8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/lib/utils/decorators/required-param.decorator.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+import 'reflect-metadata';
+
+const requiredMetadataKey = Symbol('required');
+
+function getMethodParams(target: Record<string, unknown>, propertyKey: string): string[] {
+    const functionParams = String(target[propertyKey]).split('(')[1].split(')')[0];
+    return functionParams.split(',').map(param => param.replace(' ', ''));
+}
+
+export function RequiredParam() {
+    return function _required(target: Record<string, unknown>, propertyKey: string, parameterIndex: number): void {
+        const existingRequiredParameters = <number[]>Reflect.getOwnMetadata(requiredMetadataKey, target, propertyKey) || [];
+        existingRequiredParameters.push(parameterIndex);
+        Reflect.defineMetadata(requiredMetadataKey, existingRequiredParameters, target, propertyKey);
+    };
+}
+
+export function Validate() {
+    return function _validate(target: unknown, propertyName: string, descriptor: PropertyDescriptor): void {
+        const method = descriptor.value as (...args: unknown[]) => unknown;
+        const methodParams = getMethodParams(target as Record<string, unknown>, propertyName);
+
+        descriptor.value = function(...args: unknown[]) {
+            // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/ban-types
+            const requiredParameters = <number[]>Reflect.getOwnMetadata(requiredMetadataKey, target as Object, propertyName);
+
+            if (!requiredParameters) {
+                return method?.apply(this, args);
+            }
+
+            for (const parameterIndex of requiredParameters) {
+                if (parameterIndex >= args.length || args[parameterIndex] === undefined) {
+                    throw new Error(
+                        `Required parameter ${methodParams[parameterIndex]} was null or undefined when calling ${propertyName}`
+                    );
+                }
+            }
+
+            return method?.apply(this, args);
+        };
+    };
+}
diff --git a/src/lib/utils/http-encoder.ts b/src/lib/utils/http-encoder.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..17a753b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/lib/utils/http-encoder.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+import { HttpUrlEncodingCodec } from "@angular/common/http";
+
+/**
+ * CustomHttpUrlEncodingCodec
+ * Fix plus sign (+) not encoding, so sent as blank space
+ * See: https://github.com/angular/angular/issues/11058#issuecomment-247367318
+ */
+export class CustomHttpUrlEncodingCodec extends HttpUrlEncodingCodec {
+    encodeKey(k: string): string {
+        k = super.encodeKey(k);
+        return k.replace(/\+/gi, '%2B');
+    }
+
+    encodeValue(v: string): string {
+        v = super.encodeValue(v);
+        return v.replace(/\+/gi, '%2B');
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/lib/utils/index.ts b/src/lib/utils/index.ts
index f721eff..eacedbc 100644
--- a/src/lib/utils/index.ts
+++ b/src/lib/utils/index.ts
@@ -7,5 +7,7 @@ export * from './types/utility-types';
 export * from './types/tooltip-positions.type';
 export * from './decorators/bind.decorator';
 export * from './decorators/required.decorator';
+export * from './decorators/required-param.decorator';
 export * from './decorators/debounce.decorator';
 export * from './decorators/on-change.decorator';
+export * from './http-encoder';