# Item 28: Consider wrapping external APIs

DevFeed: [Item 28: Consider wrapping external APIs](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/item-28-consider-wrapping-external-apis-39296.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://kt.academy/article/ek-wrapping-api>)

Published: 2024-04-29T00:00:00Z

Content type: tutorial

Language: en

Sources: [Kt. Academy](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/kt-academy.md>)

Topics: [Kotlin](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/kotlin.md>), [Programming](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/programming.md>)

Tags: [apis](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/apis.md>), [developer](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/developer.md>), [how-to](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/how-to.md>), [kotlin](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/kotlin.md>), [kotlin-programming](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/kotlin-programming.md>), [workshop-learning-programming](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/workshop-learning-programming.md>)

## AI overview

This article explains why external APIs should be wrapped and describes how to do so, with a focus on Kotlin development.

## Source excerpt

Why we should wrap external APIs and how to do it.