Generate Kotlin client for a complex web API

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Automation for many routines starts with interaction via API. This case can be treated in many ways, but I want to take a look at interacting with web API using a generated Kotlin client. I found a lot of academic examples for generating Kotlin clients (most of them are based on the PetStore), but nothing was close to real-world examples. My goal is to build a Kotlin client for a complex API and see how it works. Here is the source code of the Kotlin project that I will use in the post.

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Automation for many routines starts with interaction via API. This case can be treated in many ways, but I want to take a look at interacting with web API using a generated Kotlin client. I found a lot of academic examples for generating Kotlin clients (most of them are based on the PetStore), but nothing was close to real-world examples. My goal is to build a Kotlin client for a complex API and see how it works. Here is the source code of the Kotlin project that I will use in the post.

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