diff --git a/client-api/package.json b/client-api/package.json
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+{
+  "name": "@galaxyproject/client-api",
+  "version": "1.0.0",
+  "description": "A client library for the Galaxy API",
+  "main": "src/index.ts",
+  "scripts": {
+    "test": "echo \"Error: no test specified\" && exit 1"
+  },
+  "keywords": [],
+  "author": "Galaxy Community",
+  "license": "MIT",
+  "dependencies": {
+    "openapi-fetch": "^0.12.0"
+  }
+}
diff --git a/client-api/pnpm-lock.yaml b/client-api/pnpm-lock.yaml
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+lockfileVersion: '9.0'
+
+settings:
+  autoInstallPeers: true
+  excludeLinksFromLockfile: false
+
+importers:
+
+  .:
+    dependencies:
+      openapi-fetch:
+        specifier: ^0.12.0
+        version: 0.12.0
+
+packages:
+
+  openapi-fetch@0.12.0:
+    resolution: {integrity: sha512-D/g5BUGiOAKqivR5s02veJ2+cMHzrkFJKberKP4Z8Vl2VhE6MMirI6wWOgpp8wlsYCRRK7CX0NCGVL/mt6l1fA==}
+
+  openapi-typescript-helpers@0.0.13:
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+
+snapshots:
+
+  openapi-fetch@0.12.0:
+    dependencies:
+      openapi-typescript-helpers: 0.0.13
+
+  openapi-typescript-helpers@0.0.13: {}
diff --git a/client-api/src/api b/client-api/src/api
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+../../client/src/api
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diff --git a/client-api/src/utils/simple-error.ts b/client-api/src/utils/simple-error.ts
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index 00000000000..10a1e168aa3
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+++ b/client-api/src/utils/simple-error.ts
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+../../../client/src/utils/simple-error.ts
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diff --git a/client-api/tsconfig.json b/client-api/tsconfig.json
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+{
+    "compilerOptions": {
+      "baseUrl": ".",
+      "paths": {
+        "@/*": ["src/*"]
+      }
+    }
+  }
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