# Add the Pokémon client

A client is a class with methods that allow you to interact a particular API, e.g. making asynchronous requests to fetch and post records. You will import the PokéAPI's client from a library.

At the moment the code doesn't have any Pokémon information to work with, so let's set up a Pokémon client that will fetch our first Pokémon of the day!

1. Run  `npm install pokedex-promise-v2 --save`.

The [docs for this library](https://www.npmjs.com/package/pokedex-promise-v2?activeTab=readme#install-) show how to create an instance of a Pokémon client.

2. In `src/index.ts` import  `Pokedex` from the Pokémon library, and create an instance of the Pokémon client.  Do this within the `run` function so that your code will be able to use it when it runs.
3. Use the [`getPokemonByName` method ](https://www.npmjs.com/package/pokedex-promise-v2?activeTab=readme#pokemon) from your instance of the Pokémon client to fetch a Pokémon by name . 

At this point your src/index.ts should look like this:

```typescript
import * as dotenv from 'dotenv'
dotenv.config()
import Pokedex from 'pokedex-promise-v2'
import { Config, Secret, Context } from './lib.js'

const run = async () => {
    const context = new Context()
    const secrets = new Secret()
    const config = new Config()

    console.error(`This run is in mode: ${context['run_mode']}`)
    console.error('------------------------CONFIG------------------------')
    console.error(config)

    console.error('------------------------CONTEXT------------------------')
    console.error(context)

    const pokeClient = new Pokedex()

    const tyranitar = await pokeClient.getPokemonByName('tyranitar')
    console.error(tyranitar)
}

run().then(
    () => {},
    () => {
        process.exitCode = 1
    }
)
```

4. Run `npm run build && npm run start`.

You should see something like this logged - except that the printed object should include the whole `tyranitar` object. 

```
> pokemon-of-the-day@1.0.0 start
> node build/src/

This run is in mode: normal
------------------------CONFIG------------------------
Config {}
------------------------CONTEXT------------------------
Context { run_mode: 'normal' }
{
  abilities: [
    { ability: [Object], is_hidden: false, slot: 1 },
    { ability: [Object], is_hidden: true, slot: 3 }
  ],
  ... further properties of the Pokémon Tyranitar
}
```

This shows the Pokémon client works, so you can remove the logic for fetching and logging out `tyranitar`.