diff --git a/app/models/repp_api.rb b/app/models/repp_api.rb
index 15ded62c5..92e7a22c7 100644
--- a/app/models/repp_api.rb
+++ b/app/models/repp_api.rb
@@ -2,39 +2,21 @@ class ReppApi
   def self.bulk_renew(domains, period, registrar)
     payload = { domains: domains, renew_period: period }
     uri = URI.parse("#{ENV['repp_url']}domains/renew/bulk")
-    request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(uri, 'Content-Type' => 'application/json')
-    request.body = payload.to_json
-    request.basic_auth(registrar.username, registrar.plain_text_password)
+    req = Net::HTTP::Post.new(uri, 'Content-Type' => 'application/json')
+    req.body = payload.to_json
 
-    if Rails.env.test?
-      response =
-        Net::HTTP.start(uri.hostname, uri.port,
-                        use_ssl: (uri.scheme == 'https'),
-                        verify_mode: OpenSSL::SSL::VERIFY_NONE) do |http|
-          http.request(request)
-        end
-    elsif Rails.env.development?
-      client_cert = File.read(ENV['cert_path'])
-      client_key = File.read(ENV['key_path'])
-      response =
-        Net::HTTP.start(uri.hostname, uri.port,
-                        use_ssl: (uri.scheme == 'https'),
-                        verify_mode: OpenSSL::SSL::VERIFY_NONE,
-                        cert: OpenSSL::X509::Certificate.new(client_cert),
-                        key: OpenSSL::PKey::RSA.new(client_key)) do |http|
-          http.request(request)
-        end
-    else
-      client_cert = File.read(ENV['cert_path'])
-      client_key = File.read(ENV['key_path'])
-      response =
-        Net::HTTP.start(uri.hostname, uri.port,
-                        use_ssl: (uri.scheme == 'https'),
-                        cert: OpenSSL::X509::Certificate.new(client_cert),
-                        key: OpenSSL::PKey::RSA.new(client_key)) do |http|
-          http.request(request)
-        end
+    ReppApi.request(req, uri, registrar: registrar).body
+  end
+
+  def self.request(request, uri, registrar:)
+    request.basic_auth(registrar.username, registrar.plain_text_password) if registrar
+    http = Net::HTTP.start(uri.hostname, uri.port, use_ssl: (uri.scheme == 'https'))
+    unless Rails.env.test?
+      http.cert = OpenSSL::X509::Certificate.new(File.read(ENV['cert_path']))
+      http.key = OpenSSL::PKey::RSA.new(File.read(ENV['key_path']))
     end
-    response.body
+    http.verify_mode = OpenSSL::SSL::VERIFY_NONE if Rails.env.development? || Rails.env.test?
+
+    http.request(request)
   end
 end