diff --git a/rattail_corepos/corepos/api.py b/rattail_corepos/corepos/api.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..69d98c5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rattail_corepos/corepos/api.py
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8; -*-
+################################################################################
+#
+#  Rattail -- Retail Software Framework
+#  Copyright © 2010-2021 Lance Edgar
+#
+#  This file is part of Rattail.
+#
+#  Rattail is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the
+#  terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software
+#  Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later
+#  version.
+#
+#  Rattail is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY
+#  WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS
+#  FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License for more
+#  details.
+#
+#  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with
+#  Rattail.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+#
+################################################################################
+"""
+CORE-POS API
+"""
+
+from corepos.api import CoreWebAPI
+
+
+def make_corepos_api(config):
+    """
+    Make and return a new CORE-POS API client object.
+    """
+    url = config.require('corepos.api', 'url')
+    return CoreWebAPI(url)
diff --git a/rattail_corepos/corepos/importing/model.py b/rattail_corepos/corepos/importing/model.py
index 9c4db31..0b1b452 100644
--- a/rattail_corepos/corepos/importing/model.py
+++ b/rattail_corepos/corepos/importing/model.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 ################################################################################
 #
 #  Rattail -- Retail Software Framework
-#  Copyright © 2010-2020 Lance Edgar
+#  Copyright © 2010-2021 Lance Edgar
 #
 #  This file is part of Rattail.
 #
@@ -24,11 +24,10 @@
 CORE-POS model importers (webservices API)
 """
 
-from corepos.api import CoreWebAPI
-
 from rattail import importing
 from rattail.util import data_diffs
 from rattail_corepos.corepos.util import get_core_members
+from rattail_corepos.corepos.api import make_corepos_api
 
 
 class ToCoreAPI(importing.Importer):
@@ -46,8 +45,7 @@ class ToCoreAPI(importing.Importer):
         self.establish_api()
 
     def establish_api(self):
-        url = self.config.require('corepos.api', 'url')
-        self.api = CoreWebAPI(url)
+        self.api = self.make_corepos_api(self.config)
 
     def ensure_fields(self, data):
         """
diff --git a/rattail_corepos/datasync/rattail.py b/rattail_corepos/datasync/rattail.py
index 785cd46..4495f4e 100644
--- a/rattail_corepos/datasync/rattail.py
+++ b/rattail_corepos/datasync/rattail.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 ################################################################################
 #
 #  Rattail -- Retail Software Framework
-#  Copyright © 2010-2020 Lance Edgar
+#  Copyright © 2010-2021 Lance Edgar
 #
 #  This file is part of Rattail.
 #
@@ -26,10 +26,10 @@ DataSync for Rattail DB
 
 from sqlalchemy.orm.exc import NoResultFound
 
-from corepos.api import CoreWebAPI
 from corepos.db.office_op import Session as CoreSession, model as corepos
 
 from rattail.datasync import NewDataSyncImportConsumer
+from rattail_corepos.corepos.api import make_corepos_api
 
 
 class FromCOREAPIToRattail(NewDataSyncImportConsumer):
@@ -46,8 +46,7 @@ class FromCOREAPIToRattail(NewDataSyncImportConsumer):
         self.establish_api()
 
     def establish_api(self):
-        url = self.config.require('corepos.api', 'url')
-        self.api = CoreWebAPI(url)
+        self.api = make_corepos_api(self.config)
 
     def process_changes(self, session, changes):
         if self.runas_username:
diff --git a/rattail_corepos/importing/corepos/api.py b/rattail_corepos/importing/corepos/api.py
index 287936a..a762f2b 100644
--- a/rattail_corepos/importing/corepos/api.py
+++ b/rattail_corepos/importing/corepos/api.py
@@ -30,8 +30,6 @@ import logging
 
 from sqlalchemy import orm
 
-from corepos.api import CoreWebAPI
-
 from rattail import importing
 from rattail.gpc import GPC
 from rattail.util import OrderedDict
@@ -40,6 +38,7 @@ from rattail.core import get_uuid
 from rattail.db.util import normalize_full_name
 from rattail_corepos import importing as corepos_importing
 from rattail_corepos.corepos.util import get_core_members
+from rattail_corepos.corepos.api import make_corepos_api
 
 
 log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
@@ -83,8 +82,7 @@ class FromCOREPOSAPI(importing.Importer):
         self.establish_api()
 
     def establish_api(self):
-        url = self.config.require('corepos.api', 'url')
-        self.api = CoreWebAPI(url)
+        self.api = make_corepos_api(self.config)
 
     def get_core_members(self):
         return get_core_members(self.api, progress=self.progress)