Creating HTTP Clients

Creating HTTP Clients

Overview

This skill documents how to create shared HTTP clients for Output SDK workflows. Clients are stored in src/shared/clients/ and shared across all workflows to ensure consistent error handling, retry logic, and API integration patterns.

When to Use This Skill

• Integrating a new external API service
• Creating a reusable HTTP wrapper for a service
• Standardizing error handling for API calls
• Moving inline HTTP logic to a shared client

Location Convention

HTTP clients are stored in the shared clients folder:

src/shared/clients/
├── gemini_client.ts     # Google Gemini API client
├── jina_client.ts       # Jina AI client
├── perplexity_client.ts # Perplexity API client
└── {service}_client.ts  # Your new client

Important: Clients are shared across ALL workflows. Do NOT create per-workflow HTTP clients.

Other Shared Code Locations

src/shared/
├── clients/     # API clients (this skill)
├── utils/       # Utility functions & helpers
├── services/    # Business logic services
├── steps/       # Shared step definitions (optional)
└── evaluators/  # Shared evaluators (optional)

Import Pattern in Workflows