diff --git a/app/controllers/madmp_codebase_controller.rb b/app/controllers/madmp_codebase_controller.rb
index aacef8d..b2c829c 100644
--- a/app/controllers/madmp_codebase_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/madmp_codebase_controller.rb
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
   def run
     fragment = MadmpFragment.find(params[:fragment_id])
     script_id = params[:script_id]
-    response = fetch_run_data(fragment, script_id)
+    @response = fetch_run_data(fragment, script_id)
     # fragment.save_codebase_fragment(response.data, fragment.madmp_schema)
 
     # EXAMPLE DATA : CODEBASE NEEDS FIXES
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
     # @fragment.save_codebase_fragment(response, @fragment.madmp_schema)
 
     authorize fragment
-    render json: response.to_json
+    render json: @response.to_json
   end
 
   private
@@ -24,12 +24,14 @@
   def fetch_run_data(fragment, script_id)
     return {} unless fragment.present? && script_id.present?
 
-    ExternalApis::MadmpCodebaseService.run(script_id, body:
-      {
-        "data": fragment.data,
-        "schema": {},
-        "dmp_id": fragment.dmp_id
-      })
+    Rails.cache.fetch(["codebase_run", fragment.id], expires_in: 86_400) do
+      ExternalApis::MadmpCodebaseService.run(script_id, body:
+        {
+          "data": fragment.data,
+          "schema": {},
+          "dmp_id": fragment.dmp_id
+        })
+    end
   end
 
 end
diff --git a/app/services/external_apis/base_service.rb b/app/services/external_apis/base_service.rb
index b80e839..fefcdee 100644
--- a/app/services/external_apis/base_service.rb
+++ b/app/services/external_apis/base_service.rb
@@ -108,16 +108,16 @@
         resp
       end
 
-      # Makes a GET request to the specified uri with the additional headers and body.
+      # Makes a POST request to the specified uri with the additional headers.
       # Additional headers are combined with the base headers defined above.
-      def http_post(uri:, body: {}, additional_headers: {})
+      # rubocop:disable Metrics/MethodLength
+      def http_post(uri:, additional_headers: {}, data: {}, basic_auth: nil, debug: false)
         return nil unless uri.present?
 
-        HTTParty.post(
-          uri,
-          body: body,
-          headers: headers.merge(additional_headers)
-        )
+        opts = options(additional_headers: additional_headers, debug: debug)
+        opts[:body] = data
+        opts[:basic_auth] = basic_auth if basic_auth.present?
+        HTTParty.post(uri, opts)
       rescue URI::InvalidURIError => e
         handle_uri_failure(method: "BaseService.http_post #{e.message}",
                            uri: uri)
@@ -127,6 +127,7 @@
                             http_response: resp)
         resp
       end
+      # rubocop:enable Metrics/MethodLength
 
       # Options for the HTTParty call
       def options(additional_headers: {}, debug: false)
diff --git a/app/services/external_apis/madmp_codebase_service.rb b/app/services/external_apis/madmp_codebase_service.rb
index e969a22..4a0902a 100644
--- a/app/services/external_apis/madmp_codebase_service.rb
+++ b/app/services/external_apis/madmp_codebase_service.rb
@@ -46,7 +46,12 @@
 
         target = "#{api_base_url}#{run_path % script_id}"
 
-        resp = http_post(uri: target, body: body.to_json)
+        resp = http_post(
+          uri: target,
+          additional_headers: hdrs, debug: false,
+          data: body.to_json
+        )
+
         unless resp.code == 200
           handle_http_failure(method: "MadmpCodebase run", http_response: resp)
           return []
diff --git a/config/routes.rb b/config/routes.rb
index 0cf5e6b..6765388 100644
--- a/config/routes.rb
+++ b/config/routes.rb
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@
     get "create_contributor", action: :create_contributor, on: :collection
   end
 
-  get "/codebase/run", to: "madmp_codebase#run"
+  get "/codebase/run", to: "madmp_codebase#run", constraints: {format: [:json]}
 
   resources :research_outputs, only: [] do
     post "sort", on: :collection