diff --git a/src/client/ipc.rs b/src/client/ipc.rs
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+++ b/src/client/ipc.rs
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+use std::os::unix::net::UnixStream;
+use std::env::var;
+use std::error::Error;
+use std::io::{Read, Write};
+use std::path::PathBuf;
+use byteorder::{LittleEndian, ReadBytesExt, WriteBytesExt};
+use log::debug;
+use serde_json::{json, Value};
+
+use crate::models::client::{payload::Payload,
+                            payload::OpCode,
+                            commands::Commands};
+
+pub struct DiscordClient {
+    pub id: String,
+    socket: Option<UnixStream>,
+}
+
+impl DiscordClient {
+    pub fn new(id: &str) -> Self {
+        let mut client = Self {
+            id: id.to_string(),
+            socket: None,
+        };
+
+        client.connect().expect("Could not connect to client. Is Discord running ?");
+        client
+    }
+
+    pub fn send_payload(&mut self, payload: Payload) -> Result<(u32, Value), Box<dyn Error>> {
+        let payload = json!({
+            "cmd": Commands::SetActivity.as_string(),
+            "args": {
+                "pid": std::process::id(),
+                payload.event_name: payload.event_data,
+            },
+            "nonce": uuid::Uuid::new_v4().to_string(),
+        });
+
+        Ok(self.send(payload, OpCode::MESSAGE as u8)?)
+    }
+
+    fn socket(&mut self) -> &mut UnixStream {
+        self.socket.as_mut().unwrap()
+    }
+
+    fn connect(&mut self) -> Result<(), Box<dyn Error>> {
+        let path = self.fetch_process_pathbuf().join("discord-ipc-0");
+
+        match UnixStream::connect(&path) {
+            Ok(socket) => {
+                self.socket = Some(socket);
+
+                self.handshake().expect("Could not handshake.");
+            }
+            Err(_) => panic!("Could not connect to client. Is Discord running ?"),
+        }
+
+        Ok(())
+    }
+
+    fn fetch_process_pathbuf(&mut self) -> PathBuf {
+        let mut path = String::new();
+
+        for key in ["XDG_RUNTIME_DIR", "TMPDIR", "TMP"] {
+            match var(key) {
+                Ok(val) => {
+                    path = val;
+                    break;
+                }
+                _ => continue,
+            }
+        }
+
+        PathBuf::from(path)
+    }
+
+    fn handshake(&mut self) -> Result<(u32, Value), Box<dyn Error>> {
+        let payload = json!({ "v": 1, "client_id": self.id});
+
+        Ok(self.send(payload, OpCode::HANDSHAKE as u8)?)
+    }
+
+    fn send(&mut self, payload: Value, opcode: u8) -> Result<(u32, Value), Box<dyn Error>> {
+        let payload = payload.to_string();
+        let mut data: Vec<u8> = Vec::new();
+
+        data.write_u32::<LittleEndian>(opcode as u32)?;
+        data.write_u32::<LittleEndian>(payload.len() as u32)?;
+        data.write_all(payload.as_bytes())?;
+
+        self.socket().write_all(&data)?;
+        Ok(self.recv()?)
+    }
+
+    fn recv(&mut self) -> Result<(u32, Value), Box<dyn Error>> {
+        let mut buf = [0; 2048];
+
+        let byte_count = self.socket().read(&mut buf)?;
+        let (op, payload) = self.extract_payload(&buf[..byte_count])?;
+        let json_data = serde_json::from_str::<Value>(&payload)?;
+
+        debug!("{:?}", json_data);
+
+        Ok((op, json_data))
+    }
+
+    fn extract_payload(&mut self, mut data: &[u8]) -> Result<(u32, String), Box<dyn Error>> {
+        let opcode = data.read_u32::<LittleEndian>()?;
+        let payload_len = data.read_u32::<LittleEndian>()? as usize;
+        let mut payload = String::with_capacity(payload_len);
+        data.read_to_string(&mut payload)?;
+
+        Ok((opcode, payload))
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/client/mod.rs b/src/client/mod.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1350c45
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+++ b/src/client/mod.rs
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+pub mod ipc;
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