diff --git a/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/java/io/swagger/codegen/languages/RubyClientCodegen.java b/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/java/io/swagger/codegen/languages/RubyClientCodegen.java
index 352307220a6..c82b5f7b6ce 100644
--- a/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/java/io/swagger/codegen/languages/RubyClientCodegen.java
+++ b/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/java/io/swagger/codegen/languages/RubyClientCodegen.java
@@ -109,8 +109,6 @@ public class RubyClientCodegen extends DefaultCodegen implements CodegenConfig {
         supportingFiles.add(new SupportingFile("gem.mustache", libFolder, gemName + ".rb"));
         String gemFolder = libFolder + File.separator + gemName;
         supportingFiles.add(new SupportingFile("api_client.mustache", gemFolder, "api_client.rb"));
-        supportingFiles.add(new SupportingFile("request.mustache", gemFolder, "request.rb"));
-        supportingFiles.add(new SupportingFile("response.mustache", gemFolder, "response.rb"));
         supportingFiles.add(new SupportingFile("api_error.mustache", gemFolder, "api_error.rb"));
         supportingFiles.add(new SupportingFile("version.mustache", gemFolder, "version.rb"));
         String modelFolder = gemFolder + File.separator + modelPackage.replace("/", File.separator);
diff --git a/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/resources/ruby/api.mustache b/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/resources/ruby/api.mustache
index 6b459fe013d..e1a6789c54f 100644
--- a/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/resources/ruby/api.mustache
+++ b/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/resources/ruby/api.mustache
@@ -45,11 +45,11 @@ module {{moduleName}}
 
       # HTTP header 'Accept' (if needed)
       _header_accept = [{{#produces}}'{{mediaType}}'{{#hasMore}}, {{/hasMore}}{{/produces}}]
-      _header_accept_result = Request.select_header_accept(_header_accept) and header_params['Accept'] = _header_accept_result
+      _header_accept_result = @api_client.select_header_accept(_header_accept) and header_params['Accept'] = _header_accept_result
 
       # HTTP header 'Content-Type'
       _header_content_type = [{{#consumes}}'{{mediaType}}'{{#hasMore}}, {{/hasMore}}{{/consumes}}]
-      header_params['Content-Type'] = Request.select_header_content_type(_header_content_type){{#headerParams}}{{#required}}
+      header_params['Content-Type'] = @api_client.select_header_content_type(_header_content_type){{#headerParams}}{{#required}}
       header_params[:'{{{baseName}}}'] = {{{paramName}}}{{/required}}{{/headerParams}}{{#headerParams}}{{^required}}
       header_params[:'{{{baseName}}}'] = opts[:'{{{paramName}}}'] if opts[:'{{{paramName}}}']{{/required}}{{/headerParams}}
 
@@ -60,20 +60,30 @@ module {{moduleName}}
 
       # http body (model)
       {{^bodyParam}}post_body = nil
-      {{/bodyParam}}{{#bodyParam}}post_body = Request.object_to_http_body({{#required}}{{{paramName}}}{{/required}}{{^required}}opts[:'{{{paramName}}}']{{/required}})
+      {{/bodyParam}}{{#bodyParam}}post_body = @api_client.object_to_http_body({{#required}}{{{paramName}}}{{/required}}{{^required}}opts[:'{{{paramName}}}']{{/required}})
       {{/bodyParam}}
 
       auth_names = [{{#authMethods}}'{{name}}'{{#hasMore}}, {{/hasMore}}{{/authMethods}}]
-      {{#returnType}}response = Request.new(@api_client, :{{httpMethod}}, path, {:params => query_params, :headers => header_params, :form_params => form_params, :body => post_body, :auth_names => auth_names}).make
-      result = response.deserialize('{{{returnType}}}')
+      {{#returnType}}result = @api_client.call_api(:{{httpMethod}}, path,
+        :header_params => header_params,
+        :query_params => query_params,
+        :form_params => form_params,
+        :body => post_body,
+        :auth_names => auth_names,
+        :return_type => '{{{returnType}}}')
       if @api_client.debugging
         @api_client.logger.debug "API called: {{classname}}#{{nickname}}. Result: #{result.inspect}"
       end
-      result{{/returnType}}{{^returnType}}Request.new(@api_client, :{{httpMethod}}, path, {:params => query_params, :headers => header_params, :form_params => form_params, :body => post_body, :auth_names => auth_names}).make
+      return result{{/returnType}}{{^returnType}}@api_client.call_api(:{{httpMethod}}, path,
+        :header_params => header_params,
+        :query_params => query_params,
+        :form_params => form_params,
+        :body => post_body,
+        :auth_names => auth_names)
       if @api_client.debugging
         @api_client.logger.debug "API called: {{classname}}#{{nickname}}"
       end
-      nil{{/returnType}}
+      return nil{{/returnType}}
     end
 {{/operation}}
   end
diff --git a/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/resources/ruby/api_client.mustache b/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/resources/ruby/api_client.mustache
index 600ff190b27..e6cc8fac49a 100644
--- a/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/resources/ruby/api_client.mustache
+++ b/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/resources/ruby/api_client.mustache
@@ -1,9 +1,13 @@
-require 'logger'
+require 'date'
 require 'json'
+require 'logger'
+require 'tempfile'
+require 'typhoeus'
+require 'uri'
 
 module {{moduleName}}
   class ApiClient
-    attr_accessor :scheme, :host, :base_path, :user_agent, :format, :auth_token, :inject_format, :force_ending_format
+    attr_accessor :scheme, :host, :base_path, :user_agent
 
     # Defines the username used with HTTP basic authentication.
     #
@@ -82,7 +86,6 @@ module {{moduleName}}
     #     client.api_key['api_key'] = 'your key' # api key authentication
     #     client.username = 'your username'      # username for http basic authentication
     #     client.password = 'your password'      # password for http basic authentication
-    #     client.format = 'json'                 # optional, defaults to 'json'
     #   end
     def initialize(&block)
       @format = 'json'
@@ -131,9 +134,255 @@ module {{moduleName}}
       @base_path = "" if @base_path == "/"
     end
 
+    def call_api(http_method, path, opts = {})
+      request = build_request(http_method, path, opts)
+      response = request.run
+
+      # record as last response
+      @last_response = response
+
+      if debugging
+        logger.debug "HTTP response body ~BEGIN~\n#{response.body}\n~END~\n"
+      end
+
+      unless response.success?
+        fail ApiError.new(:code => response.code,
+                          :response_headers => response.headers,
+                          :response_body => response.body),
+             response.status_message
+      end
+
+      if opts[:return_type]
+        return deserialize(response, opts[:return_type])
+      else
+        return nil
+      end
+    end
+
+    def build_request(http_method, path, opts = {})
+      url = build_request_url(path)
+      http_method = http_method.to_sym.downcase
+
+      header_params = @default_headers.merge(opts[:header_params] || {})
+      query_params = opts[:query_params] || {}
+      form_params = opts[:form_params] || {}
+
+      {{#hasAuthMethods}}
+      update_params_for_auth! header_params, query_params, opts[:auth_names]
+      {{/hasAuthMethods}}
+
+      req_opts = {
+        :method => http_method,
+        :headers => header_params,
+        :params => query_params,
+        :ssl_verifypeer => @verify_ssl,
+        :cainfo => @ssl_ca_cert,
+        :verbose => @debugging
+      }
+
+      if [:post, :patch, :put, :delete].include?(http_method)
+        req_body = build_request_body(header_params, form_params, opts[:body])
+        req_opts.update :body => req_body
+        if debugging
+          logger.debug "HTTP request body param ~BEGIN~\n#{req_body}\n~END~\n"
+        end
+      end
+
+      Typhoeus::Request.new(url, req_opts)
+    end
+
+    # Deserialize the response to the given return type.
+    #
+    # @param [String] return_type some examples: "User", "Array[User]", "Hash[String,Integer]"
+    def deserialize(response, return_type)
+      body = response.body
+      return nil if body.nil? || body.empty?
+
+      # handle file downloading - save response body into a tmp file and return the File instance
+      return download_file(response) if return_type == 'File'
+
+      # ensuring a default content type
+      content_type = response.headers['Content-Type'] || 'application/json'
+
+      unless content_type.start_with?('application/json')
+        fail "Content-Type is not supported: #{content_type}"
+      end
+
+      begin
+        data = JSON.parse("[#{body}]", :symbolize_names => true)[0]
+      rescue JSON::ParserError => e
+        if %w(String Date DateTime).include?(return_type)
+          data = body
+        else
+          raise e
+        end
+      end
+
+      convert_to_type data, return_type
+    end
+
+    # Convert data to the given return type.
+    def convert_to_type(data, return_type)
+      return nil if data.nil?
+      case return_type
+      when 'String'
+        data.to_s
+      when 'Integer'
+        data.to_i
+      when 'Float'
+        data.to_f
+      when 'BOOLEAN'
+        data == true
+      when 'DateTime'
+        # parse date time (expecting ISO 8601 format)
+        DateTime.parse data
+      when 'Date'
+        # parse date time (expecting ISO 8601 format)
+        Date.parse data
+      when 'Object'
+        # generic object, return directly
+        data
+      when /\AArray<(.+)>\z/
+        # e.g. Array<Pet>
+        sub_type = $1
+        data.map {|item| convert_to_type(item, sub_type) }
+      when /\AHash\<String, (.+)\>\z/
+        # e.g. Hash<String, Integer>
+        sub_type = $1
+        {}.tap do |hash|
+          data.each {|k, v| hash[k] = convert_to_type(v, sub_type) }
+        end
+      else
+        # models, e.g. Pet
+        {{moduleName}}.const_get(return_type).new.tap do |model|
+          model.build_from_hash data
+        end
+      end
+    end
+
+    # Save response body into a file in (the defined) temporary folder, using the filename
+    # from the "Content-Disposition" header if provided, otherwise a random filename.
+    #
+    # @see Configuration#temp_folder_path
+    # @return [File] the file downloaded
+    def download_file(response)
+      tmp_file = Tempfile.new '', @temp_folder_path
+      content_disposition = response.headers['Content-Disposition']
+      if content_disposition
+        filename = content_disposition[/filename=['"]?([^'"\s]+)['"]?/, 1]
+        path = File.join File.dirname(tmp_file), filename
+      else
+        path = tmp_file.path
+      end
+      # close and delete temp file
+      tmp_file.close!
+
+      File.open(path, 'w') { |file| file.write(response.body) }
+      logger.info "File written to #{path}. Please move the file to a proper folder for further processing and delete the temp afterwards"
+      return File.new(path)
+    end
+
+    def build_request_url(path)
+      url = [host, base_path, path].join('/').gsub(/\/+/, '/')
+      url = "#{scheme}://#{url}"
+      URI.encode(url)
+    end
+
+    def build_request_body(header_params, form_params, body)
+      # http form
+      if header_params['Content-Type'] == 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded'
+        data = form_params.dup
+        data.each do |key, value|
+          data[key] = value.to_s if value && !value.is_a?(File)
+        end
+      elsif body
+        data = body.is_a?(String) ? body : body.to_json
+      else
+        data = nil
+      end
+      return data
+    end
+
+    {{#hasAuthMethods}}
+    # Update hearder and query params based on authentication settings.
+    def update_params_for_auth!(header_params, query_params, auth_names)
+      return unless auth_names
+      auth_names.each do |auth_name|
+        case auth_name
+        {{#authMethods}}when '{{name}}'
+          {{#isApiKey}}{{#isKeyInHeader}}header_params ||= {}
+          header_params['{{keyParamName}}'] = get_api_key_with_prefix('{{keyParamName}}'){{/isKeyInHeader}}{{#isKeyInQuery}}query_params['{{keyParamName}}'] = get_api_key_with_prefix('{{keyParamName}}'){{/isKeyInQuery}}{{/isApiKey}}{{#isBasic}}http_auth_header = 'Basic ' + ["#{@username}:#{@password}"].pack('m').delete("\r\n")
+          header_params['Authorization'] = http_auth_header{{/isBasic}}{{#isOAuth}}# TODO: support oauth{{/isOAuth}}
+        {{/authMethods}}
+        end
+      end
+    end
+
+    # Get API key (with prefix if set).
+    # @param [String] param_name the parameter name of API key auth
+    def get_api_key_with_prefix(param_name)
+      if @api_key_prefix[param_name]
+        "#{@api_key_prefix[param_name]} #{@api_key[param_name]}"
+      else
+        @api_key[param_name]
+      end
+    end
+    {{/hasAuthMethods}}
+
     def user_agent=(user_agent)
       @user_agent = user_agent
       @default_headers['User-Agent'] = @user_agent
     end
+
+    # Return Accept header based on an array of accepts provided.
+    # @param [Array] accepts array for Accept
+    # @return [String] the Accept header (e.g. application/json)
+    def select_header_accept(accepts)
+      if accepts.empty?
+        return
+      elsif accepts.any?{ |s| s.casecmp('application/json') == 0 }
+        'application/json' # look for json data by default
+      else
+        accepts.join(',')
+      end
+    end
+
+    # Return Content-Type header based on an array of content types provided.
+    # @param [Array] content_types array for Content-Type
+    # @return [String] the Content-Type header  (e.g. application/json)
+    def select_header_content_type(content_types)
+      if content_types.empty?
+        'application/json' # use application/json by default
+      elsif content_types.any?{ |s| s.casecmp('application/json')==0 }
+        'application/json' # use application/json if it's included
+      else
+        content_types[0] # otherwise, use the first one
+      end
+    end
+
+    # Convert object (array, hash, object, etc) to JSON string.
+    # @param [Object] model object to be converted into JSON string
+    # @return [String] JSON string representation of the object
+    def object_to_http_body(model)
+      return if model.nil?
+      _body = nil
+      if model.is_a?(Array)
+        _body = model.map{|m| object_to_hash(m) }
+      else
+        _body = object_to_hash(model)
+      end
+      _body.to_json
+    end
+
+    # Convert object(non-array) to hash.
+    # @param [Object] obj object to be converted into JSON string
+    # @return [String] JSON string representation of the object
+    def object_to_hash(obj)
+      if obj.respond_to?(:to_hash)
+        obj.to_hash
+      else
+        obj
+      end
+    end
   end
 end
diff --git a/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/resources/ruby/gem.mustache b/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/resources/ruby/gem.mustache
index 41f151590d9..37203162d6b 100644
--- a/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/resources/ruby/gem.mustache
+++ b/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/resources/ruby/gem.mustache
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 # Common files
 require '{{gemName}}/api_client'
 require '{{gemName}}/api_error'
-require '{{gemName}}/request'
-require '{{gemName}}/response'
 require '{{gemName}}/version'
 
 # Models
diff --git a/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/resources/ruby/request.mustache b/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/resources/ruby/request.mustache
deleted file mode 100644
index 6a7d2ac448e..00000000000
--- a/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/resources/ruby/request.mustache
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,208 +0,0 @@
-require 'uri'
-require 'typhoeus'
-
-module {{moduleName}}
-  class Request
-    attr_accessor :host, :path, :format, :params, :body, :http_method, :headers, :form_params, :auth_names, :response
-
-    # All requests must have an HTTP method and a path
-    # Optionals parameters are :params, :headers, :body, :format, :host
-    def initialize(api_client, http_method, path, attributes = {})
-      @api_client = api_client
-
-      @http_method = http_method.to_sym.downcase
-      @path = path
-
-      attributes.each { |name, value| send "#{name}=", value }
-
-      @format ||= @api_client.format
-      @params ||= {}
-
-      # Apply default headers
-      @headers = @api_client.default_headers.merge(@headers || {})
-      {{#hasAuthMethods}}
-      update_params_for_auth!
-      {{/hasAuthMethods}}
-    end
-
-    {{#hasAuthMethods}}
-    # Update hearder and query params based on authentication settings.
-    def update_params_for_auth!
-      (@auth_names || []).each do |auth_name|
-        case auth_name
-        {{#authMethods}}when '{{name}}'
-          {{#isApiKey}}{{#isKeyInHeader}}@headers ||= {}
-          @headers['{{keyParamName}}'] = get_api_key_with_prefix('{{keyParamName}}'){{/isKeyInHeader}}{{#isKeyInQuery}}@params ||= {}
-          @params['{{keyParamName}}'] = get_api_key_with_prefix('{{keyParamName}}'){{/isKeyInQuery}}{{/isApiKey}}{{#isBasic}}@headers ||= {}
-          http_auth_header = 'Basic ' + ["#{@api_client.username}:#{@api_client.password}"].pack('m').delete("\r\n")
-          @headers['Authorization'] = http_auth_header{{/isBasic}}{{#isOAuth}}# TODO: support oauth{{/isOAuth}}
-        {{/authMethods}}
-        end
-      end
-    end
-    {{/hasAuthMethods}}
-
-    # Get API key (with prefix if set).
-    # @param [String] param_name the parameter name of API key auth
-    def get_api_key_with_prefix(param_name)
-      if @api_client.api_key_prefix[param_name]
-        "#{@api_client.api_key_prefix[param_name]} #{@api_client.api_key[param_name]}"
-      else
-        @api_client.api_key[param_name]
-      end
-    end
-
-    # Construct the request URL.
-    def url(options = {})
-      _path = self.interpreted_path
-      _path = "/#{_path}" unless _path.start_with?('/')
-      "#{@api_client.scheme}://#{@api_client.host}#{_path}"
-    end
-
-    # Iterate over the params hash, injecting any path values into the path string
-    # e.g. /word.{format}/{word}/entries => /word.json/cat/entries
-    def interpreted_path
-      p = self.path.dup
-
-      # Stick a .{format} placeholder into the path if there isn't
-      # one already or an actual format like json or xml
-      # e.g. /words/blah => /words.{format}/blah
-      if @api_client.inject_format
-        unless ['.json', '.xml', '{format}'].any? {|s| p.downcase.include? s }
-          p = p.sub(/^(\/?\w+)/, "\\1.#{format}")
-        end
-      end
-
-      # Stick a .{format} placeholder on the end of the path if there isn't
-      # one already or an actual format like json or xml
-      # e.g. /words/blah => /words/blah.{format}
-      if @api_client.force_ending_format
-        unless ['.json', '.xml', '{format}'].any? {|s| p.downcase.include? s }
-          p = "#{p}.#{format}"
-        end
-      end
-
-      p = p.sub("{format}", self.format.to_s)
-
-      URI.encode [@api_client.base_path, p].join("/").gsub(/\/+/, '/')
-    end
-
-    # If body is an object, JSONify it before making the actual request.
-    # For form parameters, remove empty value
-    def outgoing_body
-      # http form
-      if headers['Content-Type'] == 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded'
-        data = form_params.dup
-        data.each do |key, value|
-          data[key] = value.to_s if value && !value.is_a?(File) # remove emtpy form parameter
-        end
-      elsif @body # http body is JSON
-        data = @body.is_a?(String) ? @body : @body.to_json
-      else
-        data = nil
-      end
-
-      if @api_client.debugging
-        @api_client.logger.debug "HTTP request body param ~BEGIN~\n#{data}\n~END~\n"
-      end
-
-      data
-    end
-
-    def make
-      request_options = {
-        :method => self.http_method,
-        :headers => self.headers,
-        :params => self.params,
-        :ssl_verifypeer => @api_client.verify_ssl,
-        :cainfo => @api_client.ssl_ca_cert,
-        :verbose => @api_client.debugging
-      }
-
-      if [:post, :patch, :put, :delete].include?(self.http_method)
-        request_options.update :body => self.outgoing_body
-      end
-
-      raw = Typhoeus::Request.new(self.url, request_options).run
-      @response = Response.new(@api_client, raw)
-
-      if @api_client.debugging
-        @api_client.logger.debug "HTTP response body ~BEGIN~\n#{@response.body}\n~END~\n"
-      end
-
-      # record as last response
-      @api_client.last_response = @response
-
-      unless @response.success?
-        fail ApiError.new(:code => @response.code,
-                          :response_headers => @response.headers,
-                          :response_body => @response.body),
-             @response.status_message
-      end
-
-      @response
-    end
-
-    def response_code_pretty
-      return unless @response
-      @response.code.to_s
-    end
-
-    def response_headers_pretty
-      return unless @response
-      # JSON.pretty_generate(@response.headers).gsub(/\n/, '<br/>') # <- This was for RestClient
-      @response.headers.gsub(/\n/, '<br/>') # <- This is for Typhoeus
-    end
-
-    # return 'Accept' based on an array of accept provided
-    # @param [Array] header_accept_array Array fo 'Accept'
-    # @return String Accept (e.g. application/json)
-    def self.select_header_accept header_accept_array
-      if header_accept_array.empty?
-        return
-      elsif header_accept_array.any?{ |s| s.casecmp('application/json')==0 }
-        'application/json' # look for json data by default
-      else
-        header_accept_array.join(',')
-      end
-    end
-
-    # return the content type based on an array of content-type provided
-    # @param [Array] content_type_array Array fo content-type
-    # @return String Content-Type (e.g. application/json)
-    def self.select_header_content_type content_type_array
-      if content_type_array.empty?
-        'application/json' # use application/json by default
-      elsif content_type_array.any?{ |s| s.casecmp('application/json')==0 }
-        'application/json' # use application/json if it's included
-      else
-        content_type_array[0]; # otherwise, use the first one
-      end
-    end
-
-    # static method to convert object (array, hash, object, etc) to JSON string
-    # @param model object to be converted into JSON string
-    # @return string JSON string representation of the object
-    def self.object_to_http_body model
-      return if model.nil?
-      _body = nil
-      if model.is_a?(Array)
-        _body = model.map{|m| object_to_hash(m) }
-      else
-        _body = object_to_hash(model)
-      end
-      _body.to_json
-    end
-
-    # static method to convert object(non-array) to hash
-    # @param obj object to be converted into JSON string
-    # @return string JSON string representation of the object
-    def self.object_to_hash obj
-      if obj.respond_to?(:to_hash)
-        obj.to_hash
-      else
-        obj
-      end
-    end
-  end
-end
diff --git a/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/resources/ruby/response.mustache b/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/resources/ruby/response.mustache
deleted file mode 100644
index d3119437232..00000000000
--- a/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/resources/ruby/response.mustache
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,155 +0,0 @@
-require 'json'
-require 'date'
-require 'tempfile'
-
-module {{moduleName}}
-  class Response
-    attr_accessor :raw
-
-    def initialize(api_client, raw)
-      @api_client = api_client
-      @raw = raw
-    end
-
-    def code
-      raw.code
-    end
-
-    def status_message
-      raw.status_message
-    end
-
-    def body
-      raw.body
-    end
-
-    def success?
-      raw.success?
-    end
-
-    # Deserialize the raw response body to the given return type.
-    #
-    # @param [String] return_type some examples: "User", "Array[User]", "Hash[String,Integer]"
-    def deserialize(return_type)
-      return nil if body.nil? || body.empty?
-
-      # handle file downloading - save response body into a tmp file and return the File instance
-      return download_file if return_type == 'File'
-
-      # ensuring a default content type
-      content_type = raw.headers['Content-Type'] || 'application/json'
-
-      unless content_type.start_with?('application/json')
-        fail "Content-Type is not supported: #{content_type}"
-      end
-
-      begin
-        data = JSON.parse("[#{body}]", :symbolize_names => true)[0]
-      rescue JSON::ParserError => e
-        if %w(String Date DateTime).include?(return_type)
-          data = body
-        else
-          raise e
-        end
-      end
-
-      convert_to_type data, return_type
-    end
-
-    # Convert data to the given return type.
-    def convert_to_type(data, return_type)
-      return nil if data.nil?
-      case return_type
-      when 'String'
-        data.to_s
-      when 'Integer'
-        data.to_i
-      when 'Float'
-        data.to_f
-      when 'BOOLEAN'
-        data == true
-      when 'DateTime'
-        # parse date time (expecting ISO 8601 format)
-        DateTime.parse data
-      when 'Date'
-        # parse date time (expecting ISO 8601 format)
-        Date.parse data
-      when 'Object'
-        # generic object, return directly
-        data
-      when /\AArray<(.+)>\z/
-        # e.g. Array<Pet>
-        sub_type = $1
-        data.map {|item| convert_to_type(item, sub_type) }
-      when /\AHash\<String, (.+)\>\z/
-        # e.g. Hash<String, Integer>
-        sub_type = $1
-        {}.tap do |hash|
-          data.each {|k, v| hash[k] = convert_to_type(v, sub_type) }
-        end
-      else
-        # models, e.g. Pet
-        {{moduleName}}.const_get(return_type).new.tap do |model|
-          model.build_from_hash data
-        end
-      end
-    end
-
-    # Save response body into a file in (the defined) temporary folder, using the filename
-    # from the "Content-Disposition" header if provided, otherwise a random filename.
-    #
-    # @see Configuration#temp_folder_path
-    # @return [File] the file downloaded
-    def download_file
-      tmp_file = Tempfile.new '', @api_client.temp_folder_path
-      content_disposition = raw.headers['Content-Disposition']
-      if content_disposition
-        filename = content_disposition[/filename=['"]?([^'"\s]+)['"]?/, 1]
-        path = File.join File.dirname(tmp_file), filename
-      else
-        path = tmp_file.path
-      end
-      # close and delete temp file
-      tmp_file.close!
-
-      File.open(path, 'w') { |file| file.write(raw.body) }
-      @api_client.logger.info "File written to #{path}. Please move the file to a proper folder for further processing and delete the temp afterwards"
-      return File.new(path)
-    end
-
-    # `headers_hash` is a Typhoeus-specific extension of Hash,
-    # so simplify it back into a regular old Hash.
-    def headers
-      h = {}
-      raw.headers_hash.each {|k,v| h[k] = v }
-      h
-    end
-
-    # Extract the response format from the header hash
-    # e.g. {'Content-Type' => 'application/json'}
-    def format
-      headers['Content-Type'].split("/").last.downcase
-    end
-
-    def json?
-      format == 'json'
-    end
-
-    def xml?
-      format == 'xml'
-    end
-
-    def pretty_body
-      return unless body
-      if format == 'json'
-        JSON.pretty_generate(JSON.parse(body)).gsub(/\n/, '<br/>')
-      else
-        body
-      end
-    end
-
-    def pretty_headers
-      JSON.pretty_generate(headers).gsub(/\n/, '<br/>')
-    end
-  end
-end