diff --git a/app/javascript/mastodon/api.ts b/app/javascript/mastodon/api.ts
index e133125a29..24672290c7 100644
--- a/app/javascript/mastodon/api.ts
+++ b/app/javascript/mastodon/api.ts
@@ -59,16 +59,49 @@ export default function api(withAuthorization = true) {
   });
 }
 
+type RequestParamsOrData = Record<string, unknown>;
+
 export async function apiRequest<ApiResponse = unknown>(
   method: Method,
   url: string,
-  params?: Record<string, unknown>,
+  args: {
+    params?: RequestParamsOrData;
+    data?: RequestParamsOrData;
+  } = {},
 ) {
   const { data } = await api().request<ApiResponse>({
     method,
     url: '/api/' + url,
-    data: params,
+    ...args,
   });
 
   return data;
 }
+
+export async function apiRequestGet<ApiResponse = unknown>(
+  url: string,
+  params?: RequestParamsOrData,
+) {
+  return apiRequest<ApiResponse>('GET', url, { params });
+}
+
+export async function apiRequestPost<ApiResponse = unknown>(
+  url: string,
+  data?: RequestParamsOrData,
+) {
+  return apiRequest<ApiResponse>('POST', url, { data });
+}
+
+export async function apiRequestPut<ApiResponse = unknown>(
+  url: string,
+  data?: RequestParamsOrData,
+) {
+  return apiRequest<ApiResponse>('PUT', url, { data });
+}
+
+export async function apiRequestDelete<ApiResponse = unknown>(
+  url: string,
+  params?: RequestParamsOrData,
+) {
+  return apiRequest<ApiResponse>('DELETE', url, { params });
+}
diff --git a/app/javascript/mastodon/api/accounts.ts b/app/javascript/mastodon/api/accounts.ts
index 3d89e44b26..e586087854 100644
--- a/app/javascript/mastodon/api/accounts.ts
+++ b/app/javascript/mastodon/api/accounts.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
-import { apiRequest } from 'mastodon/api';
+import { apiRequestPost } from 'mastodon/api';
 import type { ApiRelationshipJSON } from 'mastodon/api_types/relationships';
 
 export const apiSubmitAccountNote = (id: string, value: string) =>
-  apiRequest<ApiRelationshipJSON>('post', `v1/accounts/${id}/note`, {
-    comment: value,
+  apiRequestPost<ApiRelationshipJSON>(`v1/accounts/${id}/note`, {
+    data: {
+      comment: value,
+    },
   });
diff --git a/app/javascript/mastodon/api/interactions.ts b/app/javascript/mastodon/api/interactions.ts
index 4c466a1b46..0bdaffbda1 100644
--- a/app/javascript/mastodon/api/interactions.ts
+++ b/app/javascript/mastodon/api/interactions.ts
@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
-import { apiRequest } from 'mastodon/api';
+import { apiRequestPost } from 'mastodon/api';
 import type { Status, StatusVisibility } from 'mastodon/models/status';
 
 export const apiReblog = (statusId: string, visibility: StatusVisibility) =>
-  apiRequest<{ reblog: Status }>('post', `v1/statuses/${statusId}/reblog`, {
-    visibility,
+  apiRequestPost<{ reblog: Status }>(`v1/statuses/${statusId}/reblog`, {
+    data: {
+      visibility,
+    },
   });
 
 export const apiUnreblog = (statusId: string) =>
-  apiRequest<Status>('post', `v1/statuses/${statusId}/unreblog`);
+  apiRequestPost<Status>(`v1/statuses/${statusId}/unreblog`);
diff --git a/app/javascript/mastodon/api/notification_policies.ts b/app/javascript/mastodon/api/notification_policies.ts
index b2a1e5ac31..5c1ef9c1dd 100644
--- a/app/javascript/mastodon/api/notification_policies.ts
+++ b/app/javascript/mastodon/api/notification_policies.ts
@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
-import { apiRequest } from 'mastodon/api';
+import { apiRequestGet, apiRequestPut } from 'mastodon/api';
 import type { NotificationPolicyJSON } from 'mastodon/api_types/notification_policies';
 
 export const apiGetNotificationPolicy = () =>
-  apiRequest<NotificationPolicyJSON>('GET', '/v1/notifications/policy');
+  apiRequestGet<NotificationPolicyJSON>('/v1/notifications/policy');
 
 export const apiUpdateNotificationsPolicy = (
   policy: Partial<NotificationPolicyJSON>,
 ) =>
-  apiRequest<NotificationPolicyJSON>('PUT', '/v1/notifications/policy', policy);
+  apiRequestPut<NotificationPolicyJSON>('/v1/notifications/policy', {
+    data: policy,
+  });