diff --git a/hyperglass/api/routes.py b/hyperglass/api/routes.py
index 9ea46c9..a3cf268 100644
--- a/hyperglass/api/routes.py
+++ b/hyperglass/api/routes.py
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 
 # Standard Library
 import os
-import json
 import time
 
 # Third Party
@@ -11,10 +10,11 @@ from starlette.requests import Request
 from fastapi.openapi.docs import get_redoc_html, get_swagger_ui_html
 
 # Project
-from hyperglass.log import log, query_hook
-from hyperglass.util import adonothing, clean_name, get_network_info, import_public_key
+from hyperglass.log import log
+from hyperglass.util import clean_name, process_headers, import_public_key
 from hyperglass.cache import Cache
 from hyperglass.encode import jwt_decode
+from hyperglass.external import Webhook, RIPEStat
 from hyperglass.exceptions import HyperglassError
 from hyperglass.configuration import REDIS_CONFIG, params, devices
 from hyperglass.api.models.query import Query
@@ -23,39 +23,25 @@ from hyperglass.api.models.cert_import import EncodedRequest
 
 APP_PATH = os.environ["hyperglass_directory"]
 
-if params.logging.http is not None and params.logging.http.enable:
-    log_query = query_hook
-else:
-    log_query = adonothing
-
 
 async def query(query_data: Query, request: Request):
     """Ingest request data pass it to the backend application to perform the query."""
 
-    network_info = get_network_info(request.client.host, serialize=True)
+    headers = await process_headers(headers=request.headers)
 
-    header_keys = (
-        "content-length",
-        "accept",
-        "user-agent",
-        "content-type",
-        "referer",
-        "accept-encoding",
-        "accept-language",
-    )
+    async with RIPEStat() as ripe:
+        network_info = await ripe.network_info(request.client.host, serialize=True)
 
-    await log_query(
-        {
-            **json.loads(query_data.export_json()),
-            "headers": {
-                k: v for k, v in dict(request.headers).items() if k in header_keys
+    async with Webhook(params.logging.http.provider) as hook:
+        await hook.send(
+            query={
+                **query_data.export_dict(),
+                "headers": headers,
+                "source": request.client.host,
+                "network": network_info,
             },
-            "source": request.client.host,
-            "network": network_info,
-        },
-        params.logging.http,
-        log,
-    )
+            provider=params.logging.http,
+        )
 
     # Initialize cache
     cache = Cache(db=params.cache.database, **REDIS_CONFIG)
diff --git a/hyperglass/external/__init__.py b/hyperglass/external/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2140f09
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hyperglass/external/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+"""Functions & handlers for external data."""
+
+# Project
+from hyperglass.external.ripestat import RIPEStat  # noqa: F401
+from hyperglass.external.webhooks import Webhook  # noqa: F401
diff --git a/hyperglass/external/_base.py b/hyperglass/external/_base.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ccf5a37
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hyperglass/external/_base.py
@@ -0,0 +1,196 @@
+"""Session handler for RIPEStat Data API."""
+
+# Standard Library
+import re
+import json as _json
+import asyncio
+from json import JSONDecodeError
+from socket import gaierror
+
+# Third Party
+import httpx
+from httpx.status_codes import StatusCode
+
+# Project
+from hyperglass.log import log
+from hyperglass.util import make_repr, parse_exception
+from hyperglass.exceptions import HyperglassError
+
+
+def _prepare_dict(_dict):
+    return _json.loads(_json.dumps(_dict, default=str))
+
+
+def _parse_response(response):
+    parsed = {}
+    try:
+        parsed = response.json()
+    except JSONDecodeError:
+        try:
+            parsed = _json.loads(response)
+        except JSONDecodeError:
+            log.error("Error parsing JSON for response {}", repr(response))
+            parsed = {"data": response.text}
+    return parsed
+
+
+class BaseExternal:
+    """Base session handler."""
+
+    def __init__(
+        self, base_url, uri_prefix="", uri_suffix="", verify_ssl=True, timeout=10,
+    ):
+        """Initialize connection instance."""
+        self.__name__ = self.name
+        self.base_url = base_url.strip("/")
+        self.uri_prefix = uri_prefix.strip("/")
+        self.uri_suffix = uri_suffix.strip("/")
+        self.verify_ssl = verify_ssl
+        self.timeout = timeout
+        self._session = httpx.AsyncClient(
+            verify=self.verify_ssl, base_url=self.base_url, timeout=self.timeout
+        )
+
+    @classmethod
+    def __init_subclass__(cls, name=None, **kwargs):
+        """Set correct subclass name."""
+        super().__init_subclass__(**kwargs)
+        cls.name = name or cls.__name__
+
+    async def __aenter__(self):
+        """Test connection on entry."""
+        available = await self._test()
+
+        if available:
+            log.debug("Initialized session with {}", self.base_url)
+            return self
+        else:
+            raise self._exception(f"Unable to create session to {self.name}")
+
+    async def __aexit__(self, exc_type=None, exc_value=None, traceback=None):
+        """Close connection on exit."""
+        log.debug("Closing session with {}", self.base_url)
+
+        await self._session.aclose()
+        return True
+
+    def __repr__(self):
+        """Return user friendly representation of instance."""
+        return make_repr(self)
+
+    def _exception(self, message, exc=None, level="warning", **kwargs):
+        """Add stringified exception to message if passed."""
+        if exc is not None:
+            message = f"{str(message)}: {str(exc)}"
+
+        return HyperglassError(message, str(level), **kwargs)
+
+    async def _test(self):
+        """Open a low-level connection to the base URL to ensure its port is open."""
+        log.debug("Testing connection to {}", self.base_url)
+
+        try:
+            test_host = re.sub(r"http(s)?\:\/\/", "", self.base_url)
+            _reader, _writer = await asyncio.open_connection(test_host, 443)
+
+        except gaierror as err:
+            raise self._exception(
+                f"{self.name} appears to be unreachable", err
+            ) from None
+
+        if _reader or _writer:
+            return True
+        else:
+            return False
+
+    async def _request(  # noqa: C901
+        self,
+        method,
+        endpoint,
+        item=None,
+        params=None,
+        data=None,
+        timeout=None,
+        response_required=False,
+    ):
+        """Run HTTP POST operation."""
+
+        supported_methods = ("GET", "POST", "PUT", "DELETE", "HEAD", "PATCH")
+
+        if method.upper() not in supported_methods:
+            raise self._exception(
+                f'Method must be one of {", ".join(supported_methods)}. '
+                f"Got: {str(method)}"
+            )
+
+        endpoint = "/".join(
+            i
+            for i in (
+                "",
+                self.uri_prefix.strip("/"),
+                endpoint.strip("/"),
+                self.uri_suffix.strip("/"),
+                item,
+            )
+            if i
+        )
+
+        request = {
+            "method": method,
+            "url": endpoint,
+        }
+
+        if params is not None:
+            params = {str(k): str(v) for k, v in params.items() if v is not None}
+            request["params"] = params
+
+        if data is not None:
+            if not isinstance(data, dict):
+                raise self._exception(f"Data must be a dict, got: {str(data)}")
+            request["json"] = _prepare_dict(data)
+
+        if timeout is not None:
+            if not isinstance(timeout, int):
+                try:
+                    timeout = int(timeout)
+                except TypeError:
+                    raise self._exception(
+                        f"Timeout must be an int, got: {str(timeout)}"
+                    )
+            request["timeout"] = timeout
+
+        log.debug("Constructed url {}", "".join((self.base_url, endpoint)))
+        log.debug("Constructed request parameters {}", request)
+
+        try:
+            response = await self._session.request(**request)
+
+            if response.status_code not in range(200, 300):
+                status = StatusCode(response.status_code)
+                error = _parse_response(response)
+                raise self._exception(
+                    f'{status.name.replace("_", " ")}: {error}', level="danger"
+                ) from None
+
+        except httpx.HTTPError as http_err:
+            raise self._exception(parse_exception(http_err), level="danger") from None
+
+        return _parse_response(response)
+
+    async def _get(self, endpoint, **kwargs):
+        return await self._request(method="GET", endpoint=endpoint, **kwargs)
+
+    async def _post(self, endpoint, **kwargs):
+        return await self._request(method="POST", endpoint=endpoint, **kwargs)
+
+    async def _put(self, endpoint, **kwargs):
+        return await self._request(method="PUT", endpoint=endpoint, **kwargs)
+
+    async def _delete(self, endpoint, **kwargs):
+        return await self._request(method="DELETE", endpoint=endpoint, **kwargs)
+
+    async def _patch(self, endpoint, **kwargs):
+        return await self._request(method="PATCH", endpoint=endpoint, **kwargs)
+
+    async def _head(self, endpoint, **kwargs):
+        return await self._request(method="HEAD", endpoint=endpoint, **kwargs)
diff --git a/hyperglass/external/ripestat.py b/hyperglass/external/ripestat.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..79b017f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hyperglass/external/ripestat.py
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+"""Session handler for RIPEStat Data API."""
+
+# Standard Library
+from ipaddress import ip_address, ip_network
+
+# Project
+from hyperglass.log import log
+from hyperglass.external._base import BaseExternal
+
+
+class RIPEStat(BaseExternal, name="RIPEStat"):
+    """RIPEStat session handler."""
+
+    def __init__(self):
+        """Initialize external base class with RIPEStat connection details."""
+
+        super().__init__(
+            base_url="https://stat.ripe.net", uri_prefix="/data", uri_suffix="data.json"
+        )
+
+    async def network_info(self, resource, serialize=False):
+        """Get network info via RIPE's Network Info API endpoint.
+
+        See: https://stat.ripe.net/docs/data_api#network-info
+        """
+        try:
+            valid_ip = ip_address(resource)
+
+            if not valid_ip.is_global:
+                log.debug("IP {ip} is not a global address", ip=str(valid_ip))
+                return {"prefix": None, "asn": None}
+
+        except ValueError:
+            log.debug("'{resource}' is not a valid IP address", resource=resource)
+            return {"prefix": None, "asn": None}
+
+        raw = await self._get(endpoint="network-info", params={"resource": valid_ip})
+
+        data = {
+            "asns": raw["data"]["asns"],
+            "prefix": ip_network(raw["data"]["prefix"]),
+        }
+
+        if serialize:
+            data["prefix"] = str(data["prefix"])
+            data["asns"] = data["asns"][0]
+
+        log.debug("Collected network info from RIPEState: {i}", i=str(data))
+        return data
diff --git a/hyperglass/external/slack.py b/hyperglass/external/slack.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c4719d3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hyperglass/external/slack.py
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+"""Session handler for Slack API."""
+
+# Project
+from hyperglass.log import log
+from hyperglass.models import Webhook
+from hyperglass.external._base import BaseExternal
+
+
+class SlackHook(BaseExternal, name="Slack"):
+    """Slack session handler."""
+
+    def __init__(self):
+        """Initialize external base class with Slack connection details."""
+
+        super().__init__(base_url="https://hooks.slack.com")
+
+    async def send(self, query, provider):
+        """Send an incoming webhook to Slack."""
+
+        payload = Webhook(**query)
+
+        log.debug("Sending query data to Slack:\n{}", payload)
+
+        return await self._post(endpoint=provider.host.path, data=payload.slack())
diff --git a/hyperglass/external/webhooks.py b/hyperglass/external/webhooks.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5d9805b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hyperglass/external/webhooks.py
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+"""Convenience functions for webhooks."""
+
+# Project
+from hyperglass.exceptions import HyperglassError
+from hyperglass.external._base import BaseExternal
+from hyperglass.external.slack import SlackHook
+
+PROVIDER_MAP = {
+    "slack": SlackHook,
+}
+
+
+class Webhook(BaseExternal):
+    """Get webhook for provider name."""
+
+    def __new__(cls, provider):
+        """Return instance for correct provider handler."""
+        try:
+            provider_class = PROVIDER_MAP[provider]
+            return provider_class()
+        except KeyError:
+            raise HyperglassError(
+                f"{provider} is not yet supported as a webhook target."
+            )
diff --git a/hyperglass/log.py b/hyperglass/log.py
index 8aab21c..611428a 100644
--- a/hyperglass/log.py
+++ b/hyperglass/log.py
@@ -100,31 +100,3 @@ def enable_syslog_logging(logger, syslog_host, syslog_port):
         p=str(syslog_port),
     )
     return True
-
-
-async def query_hook(query, http_logging, log):
-    """Log a query to an http server."""
-    import httpx
-
-    from hyperglass.models import Webhook
-    from hyperglass.util import parse_exception
-
-    valid_webhook = Webhook(**query)
-
-    format_map = {"generic": valid_webhook.export_dict, "slack": valid_webhook.slack}
-    format_func = format_map[http_logging.provider]
-
-    async with httpx.AsyncClient(**http_logging.decoded()) as client:
-        payload = format_func()
-        log.debug("Sending query data to webhook:\n{}", payload)
-        try:
-            response = await client.post(str(http_logging.host), json=payload)
-
-            if response.status_code not in range(200, 300):
-                log.error(f"{response.status_code} error: {response.text}")
-
-        except httpx.HTTPError as err:
-            parsed = parse_exception(err)
-            log.error(parsed)
-
-    return True
diff --git a/hyperglass/models.py b/hyperglass/models.py
index 1db5335..bd3b680 100644
--- a/hyperglass/models.py
+++ b/hyperglass/models.py
@@ -147,6 +147,8 @@ class WebhookHeaders(HyperglassModel):
     referer: Optional[StrictStr]
     accept_encoding: Optional[StrictStr]
     accept_language: Optional[StrictStr]
+    x_real_ip: Optional[StrictStr]
+    x_forwarded_for: Optional[StrictStr]
 
     class Config:
         """Pydantic model config."""
@@ -157,6 +159,8 @@ class WebhookHeaders(HyperglassModel):
             "content_type": "content-type",
             "accept_encoding": "accept-encoding",
             "accept_language": "accept-language",
+            "x_real_ip": "x-real-ip",
+            "x_forwarded_for": "x-forwarded-for",
         }
 
 
diff --git a/hyperglass/util.py b/hyperglass/util.py
index 5f24824..4b6c2b5 100644
--- a/hyperglass/util.py
+++ b/hyperglass/util.py
@@ -695,64 +695,6 @@ def parse_exception(exc):
     return ", caused by ".join(parsed)
 
 
-def get_network_info(ip, serialize=False):
-    """Get containing prefix for an IP host query from RIPEstat API.
-
-    Arguments:
-        valid_ip {IPv4Address|IPv6Address} -- Valid IP Address object
-
-    Raises:
-        InputInvalid: Raised if an http error occurs
-        InputInvalid: Raised if RIPEstat response doesn't contain a prefix.
-
-    Returns:
-        {IPv4Network|IPv6Network} -- Valid IP Network object
-    """
-    import httpx
-    from ipaddress import ip_network, ip_address
-    from hyperglass.exceptions import InputInvalid
-
-    log.debug("Attempting to find network details for {ip}", ip=str(ip))
-
-    try:
-        valid_ip = ip_address(ip)
-        if not valid_ip.is_global:
-            return {"prefix": None, "asn": None}
-    except ValueError:
-        return {"prefix": None, "asn": None}
-
-    try:
-        response = httpx.get(
-            "https://stat.ripe.net/data/network-info/data.json",
-            params={"resource": str(valid_ip)},
-        )
-    except httpx.HTTPError as error:
-        msg = parse_exception(error)
-        raise InputInvalid(msg)
-
-    network_info = response.json().get("data", {})
-
-    if not network_info.get("prefix", ""):
-        raise InputInvalid(f"{str(valid_ip)} has no containing prefix")
-    elif not network_info.get("asns", []):
-        raise InputInvalid(f"{str(valid_ip)} is not announced")
-
-    log.debug(
-        "Network info for IP '{i}': Announced as '{p}' from AS {a}",
-        p=network_info.get("prefix"),
-        a=", ".join(network_info.get("asns")),
-        i=str(valid_ip),
-    )
-
-    if not serialize:
-        network_info["prefix"] = ip_network(network_info["prefix"])
-
-    if serialize:
-        network_info["asns"] = network_info["asns"][0]
-
-    return network_info
-
-
 def set_cache_env(host, port, db):
     """Set basic cache config parameters to environment variables.
 
@@ -782,11 +724,42 @@ def get_cache_env():
     return host, port, db
 
 
-def donothing(*args, **kwargs):
-    """Do nothing."""
-    pass
+async def process_headers(headers):
+    """Filter out unwanted headers and return as a dictionary."""
+    headers = dict(headers)
+    header_keys = (
+        "content-length",
+        "accept",
+        "user-agent",
+        "content-type",
+        "referer",
+        "accept-encoding",
+        "accept-language",
+        "x-real-ip",
+        "x-forwarded-for",
+    )
+    return {k: headers.get(k) for k in header_keys}
 
 
-async def adonothing(*args, **kwargs):
-    """Do nothing."""
-    pass
+def make_repr(_class):
+    """Create a user-friendly represention of an object."""
+    from asyncio import iscoroutine
+
+    def _process_attrs(_dir):
+        for attr in _dir:
+            if not attr.startswith("_"):
+                attr_val = getattr(_class, attr)
+
+                if callable(attr_val):
+                    yield f'{attr}=<function name="{attr_val.__name__}">'
+
+                elif iscoroutine(attr_val):
+                    yield f'{attr}=<coroutine name="{attr_val.__name__}">'
+
+                elif isinstance(attr_val, str):
+                    yield f'{attr}="{attr_val}"'
+
+                else:
+                    yield f"{attr}={str(attr_val)}"
+
+    return f'{_class.__name__}({", ".join(_process_attrs(dir(_class)))})'