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# How to Automatically Consume RESTful APIs in Your Frontend

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## Summary

Automating the consumption of RESTful APIs in the frontend using Swagger and OpenAPI can significantly reduce boilerplate code, improve efficiency, and enhance collaboration between frontend and backend teams.

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**@kkurko** · 0 upvotes

> I work with OpenAPI and my current project, and our frontend setup includes [openapi-typescript](https://www.npmjs.com/package/openapi-typescript) and [openapi-typescript-fetch](https://www.npmjs.com/package/openapi-typescript-fetch). This setup requires more boilerplate, and you have to manually specify which endpoints you want to use:
> ```ts
> const API = {
>   getUsers: fetcherUserManagement
>     .path("/users")
>     .method("get")
>     .create(),
> }
> ```
>
> But this is what we wanted to have: our API is also available as an SDK, and there are many more endpoints available than our frontend needs, so...

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