Retrofit

Retrofit

Retrofit is a type-safe HTTP client for the JVM that turns annotated Java/Kotlin interfaces into HTTP API calls. Supports all HTTP methods via annotations. Built on OkHttp with support for synchronous Call, RxJava, Java 8 CompletableFuture, and Kotlin coroutines.

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Documentation

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Documentation
https://square.github.io/retrofit/

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JSONSchema
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/retrofit/refs/heads/main/json-schema/retrofit-library-schema.json

Other Resources

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GitHub
https://github.com/square/retrofit
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ChangeLog
https://github.com/square/retrofit/blob/trunk/CHANGELOG.md
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JavaDoc
https://square.github.io/retrofit/2.x/retrofit/
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APIsJSON
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/retrofit/refs/heads/main/apis.yml

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apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: retrofit:retrofit-core
name: Retrofit
description: Retrofit is a type-safe HTTP client for the JVM that turns annotated Java/Kotlin interfaces
  into HTTP API calls. Supports all HTTP methods via annotations. Built on OkHttp with support for synchronous
  Call, RxJava, Java 8 CompletableFuture, and Kotlin coroutines.
humanURL: https://square.github.io/retrofit/
tags:
- Android
- HTTP Client
- Java
- Kotlin
- Open-Source
tags_raw:
- Android
- HTTP Client
- Java
- Kotlin
- Open Source
properties:
- type: Documentation
  url: https://square.github.io/retrofit/
- type: GitHub
  url: https://github.com/square/retrofit
- type: ChangeLog
  url: https://github.com/square/retrofit/blob/trunk/CHANGELOG.md
- type: JavaDoc
  url: https://square.github.io/retrofit/2.x/retrofit/
- type: JSONSchema
  url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/retrofit/refs/heads/main/json-schema/retrofit-library-schema.json