Title: AbstractClientDiscoveryStrategy::createClient
Published: May 20, 2026

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# AbstractClientDiscoveryStrategy::createClient( WordPressAiClientDependenciesNyholmPsr7FactoryPsr17Factory $psr17Factory ): WordPressAiClientDependenciesPsrHttpClientClientInterface

## In this article

 * [Description](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wordpress-aiclient-providers-http-abstracts-abstractclientdiscoverystrategy/createclient/?output_format=md#description)
 * [Parameters](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wordpress-aiclient-providers-http-abstracts-abstractclientdiscoverystrategy/createclient/?output_format=md#parameters)
 * [Return](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wordpress-aiclient-providers-http-abstracts-abstractclientdiscoverystrategy/createclient/?output_format=md#return)
 * [Source](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wordpress-aiclient-providers-http-abstracts-abstractclientdiscoverystrategy/createclient/?output_format=md#source)
 * [Changelog](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wordpress-aiclient-providers-http-abstracts-abstractclientdiscoverystrategy/createclient/?output_format=md#changelog)

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Creates an instance of the HTTP client.

## 󠀁[Description](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wordpress-aiclient-providers-http-abstracts-abstractclientdiscoverystrategy/createclient/?output_format=md#description)󠁿

Subclasses must implement this method to return their specific PSR-18 HTTP client
instance. The provided Psr17Factory implements all PSR-17 interfaces (RequestFactory,
ResponseFactory, StreamFactory, etc.) and can be used to satisfy client constructor
dependencies.

## 󠀁[Parameters](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wordpress-aiclient-providers-http-abstracts-abstractclientdiscoverystrategy/createclient/?output_format=md#parameters)󠁿

 `$psr17Factory`WordPressAiClientDependenciesNyholmPsr7FactoryPsr17Factoryrequired

The PSR-17 factory for creating HTTP messages.

## 󠀁[Return](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wordpress-aiclient-providers-http-abstracts-abstractclientdiscoverystrategy/createclient/?output_format=md#return)󠁿

 WordPressAiClientDependenciesPsrHttpClientClientInterface The PSR-18 HTTP client.

## 󠀁[Source](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wordpress-aiclient-providers-http-abstracts-abstractclientdiscoverystrategy/createclient/?output_format=md#source)󠁿

    ```php
    abstract protected static function createClient(Psr17Factory $psr17Factory): ClientInterface;
    ```

[View all references](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/files/wp-includes/php-ai-client/src/providers/http/abstracts/abstractclientdiscoverystrategy.php/)
[View on Trac](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tags/7.0/src/wp-includes/php-ai-client/src/Providers/Http/Abstracts/AbstractClientDiscoveryStrategy.php#L71)
[View on GitHub](https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/blob/7.0/src/wp-includes/php-ai-client/src/Providers/Http/Abstracts/AbstractClientDiscoveryStrategy.php#L71-L71)

## 󠀁[Changelog](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wordpress-aiclient-providers-http-abstracts-abstractclientdiscoverystrategy/createclient/?output_format=md#changelog)󠁿

| Version | Description | 
| [1.1.0](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/since/1.1.0/) | Introduced. |

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