diff --git a/ophyd_devices/utils/http_signal.py b/ophyd_devices/utils/http_signal.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..10933dd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ophyd_devices/utils/http_signal.py
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+from typing import Any
+
+from ophyd.utils.errors import ReadOnlyError
+from requests import Response, get, put
+
+from ophyd_devices.utils.socket import SocketSignal
+
+
+class HttpRestError(Exception):
+    """Error for rest calls from a HttpRestSignal."""
+
+    def __init__(self, resp: Response, *args: object, value: Any | None = None) -> None:
+        method, url = resp.request.method, resp.request.url
+        data = f"{str(value)} to " if value is not None else ""
+        super().__init__(
+            f"Could not {method} {data}{url}. Code: {resp.status_code}. Reason: {resp.reason}.",
+            *args,
+        )
+
+
+class HttpRestSignal(SocketSignal):
+    """Ophyd signal which gets and puts to a REST API rather than EPICS PVs."""
+
+    def __init__(self, *args, get_uri: str = "", put_uri: str | None = None, **kwargs):
+        self._get_uri = get_uri
+        self._put_uri = put_uri or get_uri
+        super().__init__(*args, **kwargs)
+
+    def _get_uri_transform(self, uri: str):
+        """Hook to apply to the GET uri before creating the request"""
+        return uri
+
+    def _put_transform(self, uri: str, val: Any):
+        """Hook to apply to the PUT uri and data before creating the request"""
+        return uri, val
+
+    def _socket_get(self):
+        resp = get(self._get_uri)
+        if not resp.ok:
+            raise HttpRestError(resp)
+        self._readback = resp.text
+        return self._readback
+
+    def _socket_set(self, val: Any):
+        uri, data = self._put_transform(self._put_uri, val)
+        resp = put(uri, data=data)
+        if not resp.ok:
+            raise HttpRestError(resp, value=data)
+
+
+class HttpRestSignalRO(HttpRestSignal):
+    """Read-only version of HttpRestSignal"""
+
+    def __init__(self, *args, get_uri: str = "", **kwargs):
+        self._get_uri = get_uri
+        super().__init__(*args, **kwargs)
+
+    def _socket_set(self, val):
+        raise ReadOnlyError(f"HttpRestSignalRO {self.name} is read-only!")
diff --git a/ophyd_devices/utils/socket.py b/ophyd_devices/utils/socket.py
index ec57a77..5f13fa1 100644
--- a/ophyd_devices/utils/socket.py
+++ b/ophyd_devices/utils/socket.py
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ class SocketSignal(abc.ABC, Signal):
         self._last_readback = 0
 
     @abc.abstractmethod
-    def _socket_get(self): ...
+    def _socket_get(self) -> typing.Any: ...
 
     @abc.abstractmethod
     def _socket_set(self, val): ...
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 5fc3f5a..b3f7c64 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ dev = [
     "coverage~=7.0",
     "pylint~=3.0",
     "pytest-random-order~=1.1",
+    "requests-mock",
 ]
 
 [project.scripts]
diff --git a/tests/test_http_signals.py b/tests/test_http_signals.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..72535ec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_http_signals.py
@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+from unittest.mock import ANY
+
+import pytest
+import requests_mock
+
+from ophyd_devices.utils.http_signal import HttpRestError, HttpRestSignal
+
+
+@pytest.fixture(autouse=True)
+def mock_server():
+    with requests_mock.Mocker() as m:
+        mock_data = "data"
+
+        def get_cb(request, context):
+            nonlocal mock_data
+            return mock_data
+
+        def put_cb(request, context):
+            nonlocal mock_data
+            mock_data = request.text
+
+        def put_req_valid(request):
+            try:
+                val = int(request.text)
+            except:
+                return False
+            return -50 < val < 50
+
+        def put_can_fail_cb(request, context):
+            context.reason = "" if put_req_valid(request) else "out of range"
+            context.status_code = 202 if put_req_valid(request) else 422
+
+        m.get("http://test.psi.ch/get_data", text=get_cb)
+        m.put("http://test.psi.ch/put_data", text=put_cb)
+
+        m.get("http://test.psi.ch/bad_get_endpoint", status_code=404, reason="test not found")
+        m.put("http://test.psi.ch/put_can_fail", text=put_can_fail_cb)
+
+        yield requests_mock
+
+
+def test_signal_get():
+    sig = HttpRestSignal(name="get", get_uri="http://test.psi.ch/get_data")
+    assert sig.read() == {"get": {"timestamp": ANY, "value": "data"}}
+
+
+def test_signal_put():
+    sig = HttpRestSignal(
+        name="put_get", get_uri="http://test.psi.ch/get_data", put_uri="http://test.psi.ch/put_data"
+    )
+    assert sig.read() == {"put_get": {"timestamp": ANY, "value": "data"}}
+    sig.put("test_value")
+    assert sig.read() == {"put_get": {"timestamp": ANY, "value": "test_value"}}
+
+
+def test_bad_signal_get():
+    sig = HttpRestSignal(name="get", get_uri="http://test.psi.ch/bad_get_endpoint")
+    with pytest.raises(HttpRestError) as e:
+        sig.read()
+    assert e.match("test not found")
+
+
+def test_bad_signal_put():
+    sig = HttpRestSignal(name="get", get_uri="http://test.psi.ch/put_can_fail")
+    sig.put("20")
+
+    with pytest.raises(HttpRestError) as e:
+        sig.put("50")
+    assert e.match("Could not PUT 50")
+    assert e.match("Code: 422. Reason: out of range.")