diff --git a/src/plugins/es_ui_shared/public/request/np_ready_request.ts b/src/plugins/es_ui_shared/public/request/np_ready_request.ts
index 138e31ff53ca50..ec0db8c8e969e3 100644
--- a/src/plugins/es_ui_shared/public/request/np_ready_request.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/es_ui_shared/public/request/np_ready_request.ts
@@ -21,19 +21,18 @@ import { useEffect, useState, useRef } from 'react';
 
 import { HttpServiceBase } from '../../../../../src/core/public';
 
+export interface SendRequestConfig {
+  path: string;
+  method: 'get' | 'post' | 'put' | 'delete' | 'patch' | 'head';
+  body?: any;
+}
+
 export interface SendRequestResponse {
   data: any;
   error: Error | null;
 }
 
-export interface SendRequestOptions {
-  method: 'get' | 'post' | 'put' | 'delete' | 'patch' | 'head';
-  body?: any;
-}
-
-export interface UseRequestConfig {
-  path: string;
-  requestOptions: SendRequestOptions;
+export interface UseRequestConfig extends SendRequestConfig {
   pollIntervalMs?: number;
   initialData?: any;
   deserializer?: (data: any) => any;
@@ -49,11 +48,10 @@ export interface UseRequestResponse {
 
 export const sendRequest = async (
   httpClient: HttpServiceBase,
-  path: string,
-  requestOptions: SendRequestOptions
+  { path, method, body }: SendRequestConfig
 ): Promise<SendRequestResponse> => {
   try {
-    const response = await httpClient.fetch(path, requestOptions);
+    const response = await httpClient[method](path, { body });
 
     return { data: response, error: null };
   } catch (e) {
@@ -68,7 +66,8 @@ export const useRequest = (
   httpClient: HttpServiceBase,
   {
     path,
-    requestOptions,
+    method,
+    body,
     pollIntervalMs,
     initialData,
     deserializer = (data: any): any => data,
@@ -107,7 +106,13 @@ export const useRequest = (
     // "old" error/data or loading state when a new request is in-flight.
     setIsLoading(true);
 
-    const response = await sendRequest(httpClient, path, requestOptions);
+    const requestBody = {
+      path,
+      method,
+      body,
+    };
+
+    const response = await sendRequest(httpClient, requestBody);
     const { data: serializedResponseData, error: responseError } = response;
     const responseData = deserializer(serializedResponseData);
 
diff --git a/x-pack/legacy/plugins/index_management/public/app/services/api.ts b/x-pack/legacy/plugins/index_management/public/app/services/api.ts
index 4da5818695ad6e..1b6c604d6c71f6 100644
--- a/x-pack/legacy/plugins/index_management/public/app/services/api.ts
+++ b/x-pack/legacy/plugins/index_management/public/app/services/api.ts
@@ -194,19 +194,15 @@ export async function loadIndexData(type: string, indexName: string) {
 export function loadIndexTemplates() {
   return useRequest({
     path: `${API_BASE_PATH}/templates`,
-    requestOptions: {
-      method: 'get',
-    },
+    method: 'get',
   });
 }
 
 export async function deleteTemplates(names: Array<Template['name']>) {
-  const result = sendRequest(
-    `${API_BASE_PATH}/templates/${names.map(name => encodeURIComponent(name)).join(',')}`,
-    {
-      method: 'delete',
-    }
-  );
+  const result = sendRequest({
+    path: `${API_BASE_PATH}/templates/${names.map(name => encodeURIComponent(name)).join(',')}`,
+    method: 'delete',
+  });
 
   const uimActionType = names.length > 1 ? UIM_TEMPLATE_DELETE_MANY : UIM_TEMPLATE_DELETE;
 
@@ -218,14 +214,13 @@ export async function deleteTemplates(names: Array<Template['name']>) {
 export function loadIndexTemplate(name: Template['name']) {
   return useRequest({
     path: `${API_BASE_PATH}/templates/${encodeURIComponent(name)}`,
-    requestOptions: {
-      method: 'get',
-    },
+    method: 'get',
   });
 }
 
 export async function saveTemplate(template: Template, isClone?: boolean) {
-  const result = sendRequest(`${API_BASE_PATH}/templates`, {
+  const result = await sendRequest({
+    path: `${API_BASE_PATH}/templates`,
     method: 'put',
     body: JSON.stringify(template),
   });
@@ -239,7 +234,8 @@ export async function saveTemplate(template: Template, isClone?: boolean) {
 
 export async function updateTemplate(template: Template) {
   const { name } = template;
-  const result = sendRequest(`${API_BASE_PATH}/templates/${encodeURIComponent(name)}`, {
+  const result = await sendRequest({
+    path: `${API_BASE_PATH}/templates/${encodeURIComponent(name)}`,
     method: 'put',
     body: JSON.stringify(template),
   });
@@ -250,7 +246,8 @@ export async function updateTemplate(template: Template) {
 }
 
 export async function loadTemplateToClone(name: Template['name']) {
-  return sendRequest(`${API_BASE_PATH}/templates/${encodeURIComponent(name)}`, {
+  return await sendRequest({
+    path: `${API_BASE_PATH}/templates/${encodeURIComponent(name)}`,
     method: 'get',
   });
 }
diff --git a/x-pack/legacy/plugins/index_management/public/app/services/use_request.ts b/x-pack/legacy/plugins/index_management/public/app/services/use_request.ts
index d4292e3ea52784..8ede3d196911cc 100644
--- a/x-pack/legacy/plugins/index_management/public/app/services/use_request.ts
+++ b/x-pack/legacy/plugins/index_management/public/app/services/use_request.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
  */
 
 import {
-  SendRequestOptions,
+  SendRequestConfig,
   SendRequestResponse,
   UseRequestConfig,
   sendRequest as _sendRequest,
@@ -14,11 +14,8 @@ import {
 
 import { httpService } from './http';
 
-export const sendRequest = (
-  path: string,
-  options: SendRequestOptions
-): Promise<SendRequestResponse> => {
-  return _sendRequest(httpService.httpClient, path, options);
+export const sendRequest = (config: SendRequestConfig): Promise<SendRequestResponse> => {
+  return _sendRequest(httpService.httpClient, config);
 };
 
 export const useRequest = (config: UseRequestConfig) => {
diff --git a/x-pack/legacy/plugins/index_management/public/shared_imports.ts b/x-pack/legacy/plugins/index_management/public/shared_imports.ts
index a9a97acefc14fb..cbc4dde7448ff0 100644
--- a/x-pack/legacy/plugins/index_management/public/shared_imports.ts
+++ b/x-pack/legacy/plugins/index_management/public/shared_imports.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
  */
 
 export {
-  SendRequestOptions,
+  SendRequestConfig,
   SendRequestResponse,
   UseRequestConfig,
   sendRequest,