When you interact with a REST API, are you making calls directly or are you using a client from the API provider? Many APIs now provide clients, wrappers, or SDKs. These terms all mean the same thing in this context. What happens if the API you are using doesn’t offer a client? Do you even need one? Is there any benefit?

In this article, we will explore some of the reasons you may want to build one. We will also build an example API client that can be used as a foundation for a more full-featured API.

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