diff --git a/services/backup/Cargo.lock b/services/backup/Cargo.lock
--- a/services/backup/Cargo.lock
+++ b/services/backup/Cargo.lock
@@ -627,6 +627,7 @@
  "comm-services-lib",
  "once_cell",
  "rand",
+ "reqwest",
  "tokio",
  "tokio-stream",
  "tonic-build",
@@ -819,6 +820,11 @@
  "aws-types",
  "chrono",
  "derive_more",
+ "futures-core",
+ "futures-util",
+ "reqwest",
+ "serde",
+ "serde_json",
  "tracing",
 ]
 
@@ -1035,6 +1041,21 @@
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "3f9eec918d3f24069decb9af1554cad7c880e2da24a9afd88aca000531ab82c1"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "foreign-types"
+version = "0.3.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "f6f339eb8adc052cd2ca78910fda869aefa38d22d5cb648e6485e4d3fc06f3b1"
+dependencies = [
+ "foreign-types-shared",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "foreign-types-shared"
+version = "0.1.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "00b0228411908ca8685dba7fc2cdd70ec9990a6e753e89b6ac91a84c40fbaf4b"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "form_urlencoded"
 version = "1.1.0"
@@ -1291,6 +1312,19 @@
  "tokio-rustls",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "hyper-tls"
+version = "0.5.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "d6183ddfa99b85da61a140bea0efc93fdf56ceaa041b37d553518030827f9905"
+dependencies = [
+ "bytes",
+ "hyper",
+ "native-tls",
+ "tokio",
+ "tokio-native-tls",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "iana-time-zone"
 version = "0.1.53"
@@ -1354,6 +1388,12 @@
  "windows-sys 0.42.0",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "ipnet"
+version = "2.8.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "28b29a3cd74f0f4598934efe3aeba42bae0eb4680554128851ebbecb02af14e6"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "is-terminal"
 version = "0.4.2"
@@ -1496,6 +1536,16 @@
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "6877bb514081ee2a7ff5ef9de3281f14a4dd4bceac4c09388074a6b5df8a139a"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "mime_guess"
+version = "2.0.4"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "4192263c238a5f0d0c6bfd21f336a313a4ce1c450542449ca191bb657b4642ef"
+dependencies = [
+ "mime",
+ "unicase",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "miniz_oxide"
 version = "0.7.1"
@@ -1523,6 +1573,24 @@
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "e5ce46fe64a9d73be07dcbe690a38ce1b293be448fd8ce1e6c1b8062c9f72c6a"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "native-tls"
+version = "0.2.11"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "07226173c32f2926027b63cce4bcd8076c3552846cbe7925f3aaffeac0a3b92e"
+dependencies = [
+ "lazy_static",
+ "libc",
+ "log",
+ "openssl",
+ "openssl-probe",
+ "openssl-sys",
+ "schannel",
+ "security-framework",
+ "security-framework-sys",
+ "tempfile",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "nu-ansi-term"
 version = "0.46.0"
@@ -1568,12 +1636,50 @@
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "6f61fba1741ea2b3d6a1e3178721804bb716a68a6aeba1149b5d52e3d464ea66"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "openssl"
+version = "0.10.56"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "729b745ad4a5575dd06a3e1af1414bd330ee561c01b3899eb584baeaa8def17e"
+dependencies = [
+ "bitflags 1.3.2",
+ "cfg-if",
+ "foreign-types",
+ "libc",
+ "once_cell",
+ "openssl-macros",
+ "openssl-sys",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "openssl-macros"
+version = "0.1.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "a948666b637a0f465e8564c73e89d4dde00d72d4d473cc972f390fc3dcee7d9c"
+dependencies = [
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "syn 2.0.28",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "openssl-probe"
 version = "0.1.5"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "ff011a302c396a5197692431fc1948019154afc178baf7d8e37367442a4601cf"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "openssl-sys"
+version = "0.9.91"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "866b5f16f90776b9bb8dc1e1802ac6f0513de3a7a7465867bfbc563dc737faac"
+dependencies = [
+ "cc",
+ "libc",
+ "pkg-config",
+ "vcpkg",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "os_str_bytes"
 version = "6.4.1"
@@ -1853,6 +1959,46 @@
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "456c603be3e8d448b072f410900c09faf164fbce2d480456f50eea6e25f9c848"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "reqwest"
+version = "0.11.18"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "cde824a14b7c14f85caff81225f411faacc04a2013f41670f41443742b1c1c55"
+dependencies = [
+ "base64 0.21.2",
+ "bytes",
+ "encoding_rs",
+ "futures-core",
+ "futures-util",
+ "h2",
+ "http",
+ "http-body",
+ "hyper",
+ "hyper-tls",
+ "ipnet",
+ "js-sys",
+ "log",
+ "mime",
+ "mime_guess",
+ "native-tls",
+ "once_cell",
+ "percent-encoding",
+ "pin-project-lite",
+ "serde",
+ "serde_json",
+ "serde_urlencoded",
+ "tokio",
+ "tokio-native-tls",
+ "tokio-util",
+ "tower-service",
+ "url",
+ "wasm-bindgen",
+ "wasm-bindgen-futures",
+ "wasm-streams",
+ "web-sys",
+ "winreg",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "ring"
 version = "0.16.20"
@@ -2009,6 +2155,20 @@
 version = "1.0.149"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "256b9932320c590e707b94576e3cc1f7c9024d0ee6612dfbcf1cb106cbe8e055"
+dependencies = [
+ "serde_derive",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "serde_derive"
+version = "1.0.149"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "b4eae9b04cbffdfd550eb462ed33bc6a1b68c935127d008b27444d08380f94e4"
+dependencies = [
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "syn 1.0.105",
+]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "serde_json"
@@ -2253,6 +2413,16 @@
  "syn 1.0.105",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "tokio-native-tls"
+version = "0.3.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "bbae76ab933c85776efabc971569dd6119c580d8f5d448769dec1764bf796ef2"
+dependencies = [
+ "native-tls",
+ "tokio",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "tokio-rustls"
 version = "0.23.4"
@@ -2429,6 +2599,15 @@
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "497961ef93d974e23eb6f433eb5fe1b7930b659f06d12dec6fc44a8f554c0bba"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "unicase"
+version = "2.6.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "50f37be617794602aabbeee0be4f259dc1778fabe05e2d67ee8f79326d5cb4f6"
+dependencies = [
+ "version_check",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "unicode-bidi"
 version = "0.3.13"
@@ -2494,6 +2673,12 @@
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "830b7e5d4d90034032940e4ace0d9a9a057e7a45cd94e6c007832e39edb82f6d"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "vcpkg"
+version = "0.2.15"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "accd4ea62f7bb7a82fe23066fb0957d48ef677f6eeb8215f372f52e48bb32426"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "version_check"
 version = "0.9.4"
@@ -2553,6 +2738,18 @@
  "wasm-bindgen-shared",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "wasm-bindgen-futures"
+version = "0.4.33"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "23639446165ca5a5de86ae1d8896b737ae80319560fbaa4c2887b7da6e7ebd7d"
+dependencies = [
+ "cfg-if",
+ "js-sys",
+ "wasm-bindgen",
+ "web-sys",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "wasm-bindgen-macro"
 version = "0.2.83"
@@ -2582,6 +2779,19 @@
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "1c38c045535d93ec4f0b4defec448e4291638ee608530863b1e2ba115d4fff7f"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "wasm-streams"
+version = "0.2.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "6bbae3363c08332cadccd13b67db371814cd214c2524020932f0804b8cf7c078"
+dependencies = [
+ "futures-util",
+ "js-sys",
+ "wasm-bindgen",
+ "wasm-bindgen-futures",
+ "web-sys",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "web-sys"
 version = "0.3.60"
@@ -2810,6 +3020,15 @@
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "d419259aba16b663966e29e6d7c6ecfa0bb8425818bb96f6f1f3c3eb71a6e7b9"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "winreg"
+version = "0.10.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "80d0f4e272c85def139476380b12f9ac60926689dd2e01d4923222f40580869d"
+dependencies = [
+ "winapi",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "xmlparser"
 version = "0.13.5"
diff --git a/services/backup/Cargo.toml b/services/backup/Cargo.toml
--- a/services/backup/Cargo.toml
+++ b/services/backup/Cargo.toml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 aws-types = "0.55"
 chrono = "0.4"
 clap = { version = "4.0", features = ["derive", "env"] }
-comm-services-lib = { path = "../comm-services-lib", features = ["http"] }
+comm-services-lib = { path = "../comm-services-lib", features = ["http", "blob-client"] }
 once_cell = "1.17"
 rand = "0.8.5"
 tokio = { version = "1.24", features = ["rt-multi-thread", "macros"] }
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 uuid = { version = "1.2", features = ["v4"] }
 actix-web = "4.3"
 tracing-actix-web = "0.7.3"
+reqwest = "0.11.18"
 
 [build-dependencies]
 tonic-build = "0.8"
diff --git a/services/backup/src/config.rs b/services/backup/src/config.rs
--- a/services/backup/src/config.rs
+++ b/services/backup/src/config.rs
@@ -15,8 +15,8 @@
   #[arg(long)]
   pub localstack_endpoint: Option<String>,
   /// Blob service URL
-  #[arg(long, default_value_t = DEFAULT_BLOB_SERVICE_URL.to_string())]
-  pub blob_service_url: String,
+  #[arg(long, default_value = DEFAULT_BLOB_SERVICE_URL)]
+  pub blob_service_url: reqwest::Url,
 }
 
 /// Stores configuration parsed from command-line arguments
diff --git a/services/backup/src/http/mod.rs b/services/backup/src/http/mod.rs
--- a/services/backup/src/http/mod.rs
+++ b/services/backup/src/http/mod.rs
@@ -1,16 +1,21 @@
 use actix_web::{web, App, HttpServer};
 use anyhow::Result;
+use comm_services_lib::blob::client::BlobServiceClient;
 use tracing::info;
 
 use crate::{database::DatabaseClient, CONFIG};
 
-pub async fn run_http_server(db_client: DatabaseClient) -> Result<()> {
+pub async fn run_http_server(
+  db_client: DatabaseClient,
+  blob_client: BlobServiceClient,
+) -> Result<()> {
   info!(
     "Starting HTTP server listening at port {}",
     CONFIG.http_port
   );
 
   let db = web::Data::new(db_client);
+  let blob = web::Data::new(blob_client);
 
   HttpServer::new(move || {
     App::new()
@@ -19,6 +24,7 @@
         CONFIG.localstack_endpoint.is_some(),
       ))
       .app_data(db.clone())
+      .app_data(blob.clone())
       .service(
         web::resource("/hello").route(web::get().to(|| async { "world" })),
       )
diff --git a/services/backup/src/main.rs b/services/backup/src/main.rs
--- a/services/backup/src/main.rs
+++ b/services/backup/src/main.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 use anyhow::Result;
+use comm_services_lib::blob::client::BlobServiceClient;
 use tracing::Level;
 use tracing_subscriber::EnvFilter;
 
@@ -29,8 +30,9 @@
 
   let aws_config = config::load_aws_config().await;
   let db_client = database::DatabaseClient::new(&aws_config);
+  let blob_client = BlobServiceClient::new(CONFIG.blob_service_url.clone());
 
-  http::run_http_server(db_client).await?;
+  http::run_http_server(db_client, blob_client).await?;
 
   Ok(())
 }