Comprehensive Guide: How to Use Microsoft Kiota in Visual Studio Code

Microsoft has announced that its code generator for REST HTTP APIs, Kiota, is now available on Visual Studio Code as an extension. Kiota is designed to generate clients for HTTP REST APIs described by OpenAPI, eliminating the need to take a dependency on a different API client for each API and allowing for filtering of the exact API surface area required. The experience is available both as a command-line tool and a Visual Studio Code extension.

We are happy to announce that Microsoft Kiota , our code generator for REST HTTP APIs described by OpenAPI, is now available on Visual Studio Code as an extension.

Kiota is a client generator for HTTP REST APIs described by OpenAPI. The experience is available as a command-line tool and as a Visual Studio Code extension . Kiota helps eliminate the need to take a dependency on a different API client for every API that you need to call, as well as limiting the generation to the exact API surface area you’re interested in, thanks to a filtering capability.

In a matter of seconds, you can use Kiota for the following:

• Search for API descriptions
• Filter and select the API endpoints you need
• Generate models and a chained method API surface in the language of your choice
• Call the API with the new client

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/openapi/kiota/

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