Create @microsoft/kiota-cli

[zZHorizonZz]

Currently, if you want to use Kiota, you need to install the Kiota tool through dotnet, download the binary, or use Docker. These approaches are nice if you are using Kiota locally, but it becomes painful when you are trying to use it in DevOps, for example, as you need to edit the pipelines, install it on your build machine, or use Docker. Therefore, I'm proposing to create a new @microsoft/kiota-cli package to alleviate this and make it easier to use and set up.

[baywet]

Hi @zZHorizonZz
Thank you for using kiota and for reaching out.

Out of curiosity, are you using GitHub actions? if so, did you come across this task ?

[zZHorizonZz]

I know there is a gitHub action, but our company uses Azure DevOps so that's not really an option. However, DevOps was just an example. I think in general, if you could simply have this as a dependency, it would also simplify other things as well.

[baywet]

Thank you for the additional information.

Please make sure you upvote that issue then :)
microsoft/setup-kiota#3

As for what you're requesting, we're actually already working on it here microsoft/kiota#6083
The only think that'd be missing is to register the install kiota version on the path.

I'm going to close this issue as a duplicate, so we can have a cohesive discussion over there, please join in!