From 610614a06d06f389f1be8de5a51c6b297bb0e902 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Omar Babativa <obabativa@vmware.com>
Date: Fri, 17 Dec 2021 09:51:01 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Includes an export for KubernetesBackendClient

Signed-off-by: Omar Babativa <obabativa@vmware.com>
---
 .changeset/expor-k8s-backend-client.md |  5 +++++
 plugins/kubernetes/api-report.md       | 23 +++++++++++++++++++++++
 plugins/kubernetes/src/api/index.ts    |  1 +
 3 files changed, 29 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 .changeset/expor-k8s-backend-client.md

diff --git a/.changeset/expor-k8s-backend-client.md b/.changeset/expor-k8s-backend-client.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b4b7bd9973
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/expor-k8s-backend-client.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@backstage/plugin-kubernetes': minor
+---
+
+Includes `KubernetesBackendClient` in the export to allow developers to use it externally.
diff --git a/plugins/kubernetes/api-report.md b/plugins/kubernetes/api-report.md
index f7afc7af9d..33ac98fb76 100644
--- a/plugins/kubernetes/api-report.md
+++ b/plugins/kubernetes/api-report.md
@@ -7,7 +7,9 @@
 
 import { ApiRef } from '@backstage/core-plugin-api';
 import { BackstagePlugin } from '@backstage/core-plugin-api';
+import { DiscoveryApi } from '@backstage/core-plugin-api';
 import { Entity } from '@backstage/catalog-model';
+import { IdentityApi } from '@backstage/core-plugin-api';
 import { KubernetesRequestBody } from '@backstage/plugin-kubernetes-common';
 import { OAuthApi } from '@backstage/core-plugin-api';
 import { ObjectsByEntityResponse } from '@backstage/plugin-kubernetes-common';
@@ -89,6 +91,27 @@ export interface KubernetesAuthProvidersApi {
 // @public (undocumented)
 export const kubernetesAuthProvidersApiRef: ApiRef<KubernetesAuthProvidersApi>;
 
+// Warning: (ae-missing-release-tag) "KubernetesBackendClient" is exported by the package, but it is missing a release tag (@alpha, @beta, @public, or @internal)
+//
+// @public (undocumented)
+export class KubernetesBackendClient implements KubernetesApi {
+  constructor(options: {
+    discoveryApi: DiscoveryApi;
+    identityApi: IdentityApi;
+  });
+  // (undocumented)
+  getClusters(): Promise<
+    {
+      name: string;
+      authProvider: string;
+    }[]
+  >;
+  // (undocumented)
+  getObjectsByEntity(
+    requestBody: KubernetesRequestBody,
+  ): Promise<ObjectsByEntityResponse>;
+}
+
 // Warning: (ae-missing-release-tag) "kubernetesPlugin" is exported by the package, but it is missing a release tag (@alpha, @beta, @public, or @internal)
 //
 // @public (undocumented)
diff --git a/plugins/kubernetes/src/api/index.ts b/plugins/kubernetes/src/api/index.ts
index 33c49db099..c21a258279 100644
--- a/plugins/kubernetes/src/api/index.ts
+++ b/plugins/kubernetes/src/api/index.ts
@@ -16,3 +16,4 @@
 
 export { kubernetesApiRef } from './types';
 export type { KubernetesApi } from './types';
+export { KubernetesBackendClient } from './KubernetesBackendClient';