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AI coding: generating API clients from OpenAPI specs
Feed the spec, name the language and HTTP library, and demand exhaustive coverage of error responses. AI excels at this transcription work.
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- 1The premise
- 2OpenAPI
- 3code generation
- 4typed clients
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Section 1
The premise
Hand-written API clients drift from specs. AI generation from OpenAPI produces typed clients in minutes — but only if you specify error handling, retries, and auth model up front.
What AI does well here
- Translate schemas into typed request/response models
- Generate one method per endpoint with correct verbs
- Map documented error codes to typed exceptions
What AI cannot do
- Infer auth flows that aren't in the spec
- Decide retry and timeout policy for your use case
- Test against the live API for you
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