diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index a954236a..64b63ccc 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -2354,6 +2354,7 @@ name = "radicle"
 version = "0.2.0"
 dependencies = [
  "amplify",
+ "base64 0.21.3",
  "chrono",
  "colored",
  "crossbeam-channel",
diff --git a/radicle-httpd/src/api.rs b/radicle-httpd/src/api.rs
index ef8586f5..8c45aa30 100644
--- a/radicle-httpd/src/api.rs
+++ b/radicle-httpd/src/api.rs
@@ -9,19 +9,18 @@ use axum::http::Method;
 use axum::response::{IntoResponse, Json};
 use axum::routing::get;
 use axum::Router;
-use base64::prelude::{Engine, BASE64_STANDARD};
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 use serde_json::json;
 use tokio::sync::RwLock;
 use tower_http::cors::{self, CorsLayer};
 
-use radicle::cob::{issue, Uri};
-use radicle::cob::{patch, Embed};
+use radicle::cob::issue;
+use radicle::cob::patch;
 use radicle::identity::{DocAt, Id};
 use radicle::node::policy::Scope;
 use radicle::node::routing::Store;
 use radicle::node::{Handle, NodeId};
-use radicle::storage::{Oid, ReadRepository, ReadStorage};
+use radicle::storage::{ReadRepository, ReadStorage};
 use radicle::{Node, Profile};
 
 mod error;
@@ -217,32 +216,6 @@ mod project {
     }
 }
 
-/// A `data:` URI.
-#[derive(Debug, Clone)]
-pub struct DataUri(Vec<u8>);
-
-impl From<DataUri> for Vec<u8> {
-    fn from(value: DataUri) -> Self {
-        value.0
-    }
-}
-
-impl TryFrom<&Uri> for DataUri {
-    type Error = Uri;
-
-    fn try_from(value: &Uri) -> Result<Self, Self::Error> {
-        if let Some(data_uri) = value.as_str().strip_prefix("data:") {
-            let (_, uri_data) = data_uri.split_once(',').ok_or(value.clone())?;
-            let uri_data = BASE64_STANDARD
-                .decode(uri_data)
-                .map_err(|_| value.clone())?;
-
-            return Ok(DataUri(uri_data));
-        }
-        Err(value.clone())
-    }
-}
-
 /// Announce refs to the network for the given RID.
 pub fn announce_refs(mut node: Node, rid: Id) -> Result<(), Error> {
     match node.announce_refs(rid) {
@@ -251,21 +224,3 @@ pub fn announce_refs(mut node: Node, rid: Id) -> Result<(), Error> {
         Err(e) => Err(e.into()),
     }
 }
-
-/// Resolve an embed with a URI to one with actual data.
-pub fn resolve_embed(repo: &impl ReadRepository, embed: Embed<Uri>) -> Option<Embed<Vec<u8>>> {
-    DataUri::try_from(&embed.content)
-        .ok()
-        .map(|content| Embed {
-            name: embed.name.clone(),
-            content: content.into(),
-        })
-        .or_else(|| {
-            Oid::try_from(&embed.content).ok().and_then(|oid| {
-                repo.blob(oid).ok().map(|blob| Embed {
-                    name: embed.name,
-                    content: blob.content().to_vec(),
-                })
-            })
-        })
-}
diff --git a/radicle/Cargo.toml b/radicle/Cargo.toml
index 02558be5..16e01724 100644
--- a/radicle/Cargo.toml
+++ b/radicle/Cargo.toml
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ logger = ["colored", "chrono"]
 
 [dependencies]
 amplify = { version = "4.0.0", default-features = false, features = ["std"] }
+base64 = { version = "0.21.3" }
 crossbeam-channel = { version = "0.5.6" }
 cyphernet = { version = "0.4.1", features = ["tor", "dns", "p2p-ed25519"] }
 fastrand = { version = "2.0.0" }
diff --git a/radicle/src/cob/common.rs b/radicle/src/cob/common.rs
index 1518cf4d..c9607182 100644
--- a/radicle/src/cob/common.rs
+++ b/radicle/src/cob/common.rs
@@ -4,11 +4,14 @@ use std::ops::{Deref, Range};
 use std::path::PathBuf;
 use std::str::FromStr;
 
+use base64::prelude::{Engine, BASE64_STANDARD};
 use localtime::LocalTime;
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 
+use crate::cob::Embed;
 use crate::git::Oid;
 use crate::prelude::{Did, PublicKey};
+use crate::storage::ReadRepository;
 
 /// Timestamp used for COB operations.
 #[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy, PartialEq, Eq, PartialOrd, Ord, Serialize, Deserialize)]
@@ -340,6 +343,50 @@ impl std::str::FromStr for Uri {
     }
 }
 
+/// A `data:` URI.
+#[derive(Debug, Clone)]
+pub struct DataUri(Vec<u8>);
+
+impl From<DataUri> for Vec<u8> {
+    fn from(value: DataUri) -> Self {
+        value.0
+    }
+}
+
+impl TryFrom<&Uri> for DataUri {
+    type Error = Uri;
+
+    fn try_from(value: &Uri) -> Result<Self, Self::Error> {
+        if let Some(data_uri) = value.as_str().strip_prefix("data:") {
+            let (_, uri_data) = data_uri.split_once(',').ok_or(value.clone())?;
+            let uri_data = BASE64_STANDARD
+                .decode(uri_data)
+                .map_err(|_| value.clone())?;
+
+            return Ok(DataUri(uri_data));
+        }
+        Err(value.clone())
+    }
+}
+
+/// Resolve an embed with a URI to one with actual data.
+pub fn resolve_embed(repo: &impl ReadRepository, embed: Embed<Uri>) -> Option<Embed<Vec<u8>>> {
+    DataUri::try_from(&embed.content)
+        .ok()
+        .map(|content| Embed {
+            name: embed.name.clone(),
+            content: content.into(),
+        })
+        .or_else(|| {
+            Oid::try_from(&embed.content).ok().and_then(|oid| {
+                repo.blob(oid).ok().map(|blob| Embed {
+                    name: embed.name,
+                    content: blob.content().to_vec(),
+                })
+            })
+        })
+}
+
 /// The result of an authorization check on an COB action.
 #[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy, PartialEq, Eq)]
 pub enum Authorization {