diff --git a/nodes/explorer/src/api_backend/store.rs b/nodes/explorer/src/api_backend/store.rs
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+// std
+use std::fmt::Debug;
+use std::hash::Hash;
+
+// crates
+use axum::extract::{Query, State};
+use axum::response::Response;
+use serde::de::DeserializeOwned;
+use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
+// internal
+use nomos_api::http::storage;
+use nomos_core::block::BlockId;
+use nomos_core::tx::Transaction;
+use nomos_node::make_request_and_return_response;
+use nomos_storage::backends::StorageSerde;
+use overwatch_rs::overwatch::handle::OverwatchHandle;
+
+#[derive(Deserialize)]
+pub(crate) struct QueryParams {
+    blocks: Vec<BlockId>,
+}
+pub(crate) async fn store_blocks<Tx, S>(
+    State(store): State<OverwatchHandle>,
+    Query(query): Query<QueryParams>,
+) -> Response
+where
+    Tx: Transaction
+        + Clone
+        + Debug
+        + Eq
+        + Hash
+        + Serialize
+        + DeserializeOwned
+        + Send
+        + Sync
+        + 'static,
+    <Tx as Transaction>::Hash: std::cmp::Ord + Debug + Send + Sync + 'static,
+    S: StorageSerde + Send + Sync + 'static,
+{
+    let QueryParams { blocks } = query;
+    let results: Vec<_> = blocks
+        .into_iter()
+        .map(|id| storage::block_req::<S, Tx>(&store, id))
+        .collect();
+    make_request_and_return_response!(futures::future::try_join_all(results))
+}