Generate custom client library samples based on a machine readable API description

A system of one or more processors, the system comprising:

• a client having an interface;
• a Web application;
• a data store;
• a task queue;
• and
• a compile server,
• the Web application is configured to receive a request including a target programming language and target platform from the interface, to retrieve a description of an API, to generate a source library, to create a model of the API based on the API description, to select a template based on the target programming language and target platform, to expand the template to create a code sample,
• the data store is configured to store previously generated code artifacts, and store the generated library for the API description,
• the task queue is configured to dispatch a compile command to the compile server, and to dispatch a documentation generating command to the compile server,
• the compile server is configured to generate compiled libraries and documentation, and store compiled libraries and documentation in the data store.

A computer recordable medium storing a computer program that, when executed by a computer performs steps of:

• receiving a request for a client library for an API, the request including an API identifier, a target programming language, and a target operating system platform;
• retrieving a machine-readable description of the API based on the identifier for the API;
• building a model of the API based on the machine-readable description;
• generating an API library source code in the target programming language;
• receiving a sample template for a generic sample application;
• expanding the sample template by incorporating a data structure in the target programming language to generate one or more code samples using the API library source code;
• and
• storing in a unique Web location the generated code samples for later download.