# Easy HTTP Requests with Retrofit

DevFeed: [Easy HTTP Requests with Retrofit](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/easy-http-requests-with-retrofit-15617.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://developer.squareup.com/blog/easy-http-requests-with-retrofit>)

Author: Square Engineering

Published: 2013-05-13T16:03:00Z

Content type: tutorial

Language: en

Sources: [Jake Wharton](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/jake-wharton.md>), [Square Corner Blog RSS Feed](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/square-corner-blog-rss-feed.md>)

Topics: [HTTP](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/http.md>), [Application Development](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/application-development.md>), [API](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/api.md>), [Library](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/library.md>), [Open Source](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/open-source.md>), [Java](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/java.md>), [GitHub](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/github.md>), [GitHub API](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/github-api.md>)

Tags: [api](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/api.md>), [application-development](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/application-development.md>), [code](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/code.md>), [declarative](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/declarative.md>), [development](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/development.md>), [engineering](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/engineering.md>), [github](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/github.md>), [http](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/http.md>), [implementation](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/implementation.md>), [java](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/java.md>), [library](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/library.md>), [network](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/network.md>), [open-source](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/open-source.md>), [request](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/request.md>), [responses](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/responses.md>), [rest](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/rest.md>), [retrofit](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/retrofit.md>)

## AI overview

This tutorial introduces Retrofit, Square's open source library for making HTTP requests through declarative, type-safe interfaces. It demonstrates calling GitHub's contributors API for the OkHttp project and explains how annotations, method arguments, and RestAdapter map interfaces to network requests.

## Source excerpt

A declarative, type-safe REST client.