diff --git a/build.gradle.kts b/build.gradle.kts
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index 0000000..6b041e3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build.gradle.kts
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+plugins {
+    `java-gradle-plugin`
+    kotlin("jvm") version "1.3.61"
+    `maven-publish`
+}
+
+group = "org.springdoc"
+version = "1.0-SNAPSHOT"
+
+repositories {
+    mavenCentral()
+    maven {
+        name = "Spring Repositories"
+        url = uri("https://repo.spring.io/libs-release/")
+    }
+}
+
+publishing {
+    repositories {
+        if (project.hasProperty("localFileRepo")) {
+            maven {
+                name = "File-Based-Local-Repository"
+                url = uri("file://${property("localFileRepo")}")
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+dependencies {
+    implementation(kotlin("stdlib-jdk8"))
+    implementation(kotlin("reflect"))
+    implementation(group = "khttp", name = "khttp", version = "1.0.0")
+    implementation(group = "com.google.code.gson", name = "gson", version = "2.8.6")
+}
+
+gradlePlugin {
+    plugins {
+        create("springdoc-gradle-plugin") {
+            id = "org.springdoc.openapi-gradle-plugin"
+            implementationClass = "org.springdoc.openapi.gradle.plugin.OpenApiGradlePlugin"
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+tasks {
+    compileKotlin {
+        kotlinOptions.jvmTarget = "1.8"
+    }
+    compileTestKotlin {
+        kotlinOptions.jvmTarget = "1.8"
+    }
+}
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diff --git a/gradle.properties b/gradle.properties
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index 0000000..29e08e8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gradle.properties
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+kotlin.code.style=official
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diff --git a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f3d88b1
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diff --git a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ba94df8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+distributionBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
+distributionPath=wrapper/dists
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-6.1-bin.zip
+zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
+zipStorePath=wrapper/dists
diff --git a/gradlew b/gradlew
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..2fe81a7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gradlew
@@ -0,0 +1,183 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env sh
+
+#
+# Copyright 2015 the original author or authors.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#      https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+#
+
+##############################################################################
+##
+##  Gradle start up script for UN*X
+##
+##############################################################################
+
+# Attempt to set APP_HOME
+# Resolve links: $0 may be a link
+PRG="$0"
+# Need this for relative symlinks.
+while [ -h "$PRG" ] ; do
+    ls=`ls -ld "$PRG"`
+    link=`expr "$ls" : '.*-> \(.*\)$'`
+    if expr "$link" : '/.*' > /dev/null; then
+        PRG="$link"
+    else
+        PRG=`dirname "$PRG"`"/$link"
+    fi
+done
+SAVED="`pwd`"
+cd "`dirname \"$PRG\"`/" >/dev/null
+APP_HOME="`pwd -P`"
+cd "$SAVED" >/dev/null
+
+APP_NAME="Gradle"
+APP_BASE_NAME=`basename "$0"`
+
+# Add default JVM options here. You can also use JAVA_OPTS and GRADLE_OPTS to pass JVM options to this script.
+DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS='"-Xmx64m" "-Xms64m"'
+
+# Use the maximum available, or set MAX_FD != -1 to use that value.
+MAX_FD="maximum"
+
+warn () {
+    echo "$*"
+}
+
+die () {
+    echo
+    echo "$*"
+    echo
+    exit 1
+}
+
+# OS specific support (must be 'true' or 'false').
+cygwin=false
+msys=false
+darwin=false
+nonstop=false
+case "`uname`" in
+  CYGWIN* )
+    cygwin=true
+    ;;
+  Darwin* )
+    darwin=true
+    ;;
+  MINGW* )
+    msys=true
+    ;;
+  NONSTOP* )
+    nonstop=true
+    ;;
+esac
+
+CLASSPATH=$APP_HOME/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar
+
+# Determine the Java command to use to start the JVM.
+if [ -n "$JAVA_HOME" ] ; then
+    if [ -x "$JAVA_HOME/jre/sh/java" ] ; then
+        # IBM's JDK on AIX uses strange locations for the executables
+        JAVACMD="$JAVA_HOME/jre/sh/java"
+    else
+        JAVACMD="$JAVA_HOME/bin/java"
+    fi
+    if [ ! -x "$JAVACMD" ] ; then
+        die "ERROR: JAVA_HOME is set to an invalid directory: $JAVA_HOME
+
+Please set the JAVA_HOME variable in your environment to match the
+location of your Java installation."
+    fi
+else
+    JAVACMD="java"
+    which java >/dev/null 2>&1 || die "ERROR: JAVA_HOME is not set and no 'java' command could be found in your PATH.
+
+Please set the JAVA_HOME variable in your environment to match the
+location of your Java installation."
+fi
+
+# Increase the maximum file descriptors if we can.
+if [ "$cygwin" = "false" -a "$darwin" = "false" -a "$nonstop" = "false" ] ; then
+    MAX_FD_LIMIT=`ulimit -H -n`
+    if [ $? -eq 0 ] ; then
+        if [ "$MAX_FD" = "maximum" -o "$MAX_FD" = "max" ] ; then
+            MAX_FD="$MAX_FD_LIMIT"
+        fi
+        ulimit -n $MAX_FD
+        if [ $? -ne 0 ] ; then
+            warn "Could not set maximum file descriptor limit: $MAX_FD"
+        fi
+    else
+        warn "Could not query maximum file descriptor limit: $MAX_FD_LIMIT"
+    fi
+fi
+
+# For Darwin, add options to specify how the application appears in the dock
+if $darwin; then
+    GRADLE_OPTS="$GRADLE_OPTS \"-Xdock:name=$APP_NAME\" \"-Xdock:icon=$APP_HOME/media/gradle.icns\""
+fi
+
+# For Cygwin or MSYS, switch paths to Windows format before running java
+if [ "$cygwin" = "true" -o "$msys" = "true" ] ; then
+    APP_HOME=`cygpath --path --mixed "$APP_HOME"`
+    CLASSPATH=`cygpath --path --mixed "$CLASSPATH"`
+    JAVACMD=`cygpath --unix "$JAVACMD"`
+
+    # We build the pattern for arguments to be converted via cygpath
+    ROOTDIRSRAW=`find -L / -maxdepth 1 -mindepth 1 -type d 2>/dev/null`
+    SEP=""
+    for dir in $ROOTDIRSRAW ; do
+        ROOTDIRS="$ROOTDIRS$SEP$dir"
+        SEP="|"
+    done
+    OURCYGPATTERN="(^($ROOTDIRS))"
+    # Add a user-defined pattern to the cygpath arguments
+    if [ "$GRADLE_CYGPATTERN" != "" ] ; then
+        OURCYGPATTERN="$OURCYGPATTERN|($GRADLE_CYGPATTERN)"
+    fi
+    # Now convert the arguments - kludge to limit ourselves to /bin/sh
+    i=0
+    for arg in "$@" ; do
+        CHECK=`echo "$arg"|egrep -c "$OURCYGPATTERN" -`
+        CHECK2=`echo "$arg"|egrep -c "^-"`                                 ### Determine if an option
+
+        if [ $CHECK -ne 0 ] && [ $CHECK2 -eq 0 ] ; then                    ### Added a condition
+            eval `echo args$i`=`cygpath --path --ignore --mixed "$arg"`
+        else
+            eval `echo args$i`="\"$arg\""
+        fi
+        i=`expr $i + 1`
+    done
+    case $i in
+        0) set -- ;;
+        1) set -- "$args0" ;;
+        2) set -- "$args0" "$args1" ;;
+        3) set -- "$args0" "$args1" "$args2" ;;
+        4) set -- "$args0" "$args1" "$args2" "$args3" ;;
+        5) set -- "$args0" "$args1" "$args2" "$args3" "$args4" ;;
+        6) set -- "$args0" "$args1" "$args2" "$args3" "$args4" "$args5" ;;
+        7) set -- "$args0" "$args1" "$args2" "$args3" "$args4" "$args5" "$args6" ;;
+        8) set -- "$args0" "$args1" "$args2" "$args3" "$args4" "$args5" "$args6" "$args7" ;;
+        9) set -- "$args0" "$args1" "$args2" "$args3" "$args4" "$args5" "$args6" "$args7" "$args8" ;;
+    esac
+fi
+
+# Escape application args
+save () {
+    for i do printf %s\\n "$i" | sed "s/'/'\\\\''/g;1s/^/'/;\$s/\$/' \\\\/" ; done
+    echo " "
+}
+APP_ARGS=`save "$@"`
+
+# Collect all arguments for the java command, following the shell quoting and substitution rules
+eval set -- $DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS $JAVA_OPTS $GRADLE_OPTS "\"-Dorg.gradle.appname=$APP_BASE_NAME\"" -classpath "\"$CLASSPATH\"" org.gradle.wrapper.GradleWrapperMain "$APP_ARGS"
+
+exec "$JAVACMD" "$@"
diff --git a/gradlew.bat b/gradlew.bat
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..24467a1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gradlew.bat
@@ -0,0 +1,100 @@
+@rem
+@rem Copyright 2015 the original author or authors.
+@rem
+@rem Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+@rem you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+@rem You may obtain a copy of the License at
+@rem
+@rem      https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+@rem
+@rem Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+@rem distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+@rem WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+@rem See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+@rem limitations under the License.
+@rem
+
+@if "%DEBUG%" == "" @echo off
+@rem ##########################################################################
+@rem
+@rem  Gradle startup script for Windows
+@rem
+@rem ##########################################################################
+
+@rem Set local scope for the variables with windows NT shell
+if "%OS%"=="Windows_NT" setlocal
+
+set DIRNAME=%~dp0
+if "%DIRNAME%" == "" set DIRNAME=.
+set APP_BASE_NAME=%~n0
+set APP_HOME=%DIRNAME%
+
+@rem Add default JVM options here. You can also use JAVA_OPTS and GRADLE_OPTS to pass JVM options to this script.
+set DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS="-Xmx64m" "-Xms64m"
+
+@rem Find java.exe
+if defined JAVA_HOME goto findJavaFromJavaHome
+
+set JAVA_EXE=java.exe
+%JAVA_EXE% -version >NUL 2>&1
+if "%ERRORLEVEL%" == "0" goto init
+
+echo.
+echo ERROR: JAVA_HOME is not set and no 'java' command could be found in your PATH.
+echo.
+echo Please set the JAVA_HOME variable in your environment to match the
+echo location of your Java installation.
+
+goto fail
+
+:findJavaFromJavaHome
+set JAVA_HOME=%JAVA_HOME:"=%
+set JAVA_EXE=%JAVA_HOME%/bin/java.exe
+
+if exist "%JAVA_EXE%" goto init
+
+echo.
+echo ERROR: JAVA_HOME is set to an invalid directory: %JAVA_HOME%
+echo.
+echo Please set the JAVA_HOME variable in your environment to match the
+echo location of your Java installation.
+
+goto fail
+
+:init
+@rem Get command-line arguments, handling Windows variants
+
+if not "%OS%" == "Windows_NT" goto win9xME_args
+
+:win9xME_args
+@rem Slurp the command line arguments.
+set CMD_LINE_ARGS=
+set _SKIP=2
+
+:win9xME_args_slurp
+if "x%~1" == "x" goto execute
+
+set CMD_LINE_ARGS=%*
+
+:execute
+@rem Setup the command line
+
+set CLASSPATH=%APP_HOME%\gradle\wrapper\gradle-wrapper.jar
+
+@rem Execute Gradle
+"%JAVA_EXE%" %DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS% %JAVA_OPTS% %GRADLE_OPTS% "-Dorg.gradle.appname=%APP_BASE_NAME%" -classpath "%CLASSPATH%" org.gradle.wrapper.GradleWrapperMain %CMD_LINE_ARGS%
+
+:end
+@rem End local scope for the variables with windows NT shell
+if "%ERRORLEVEL%"=="0" goto mainEnd
+
+:fail
+rem Set variable GRADLE_EXIT_CONSOLE if you need the _script_ return code instead of
+rem the _cmd.exe /c_ return code!
+if  not "" == "%GRADLE_EXIT_CONSOLE%" exit 1
+exit /b 1
+
+:mainEnd
+if "%OS%"=="Windows_NT" endlocal
+
+:omega
diff --git a/settings.gradle.kts b/settings.gradle.kts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..626792f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/settings.gradle.kts
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+rootProject.name = "springdoc-openapi-gradle-plugin"
+
diff --git a/src/main/kotlin/org/springdoc/openapi/gradle/plugin/Constants.kt b/src/main/kotlin/org/springdoc/openapi/gradle/plugin/Constants.kt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..922c99b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/kotlin/org/springdoc/openapi/gradle/plugin/Constants.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+package org.springdoc.openapi.gradle.plugin
+
+const val TASK_NAME = "generateOpenApiFile"
+const val EXTENSION_NAME = "openApi"
+const val GROUP_NAME = "OpenApi"
+const val OPENAPI_TASK_DESCRIPTION = "Generates the spring doc openapi file"
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diff --git a/src/main/kotlin/org/springdoc/openapi/gradle/plugin/OpenApiExtension.kt b/src/main/kotlin/org/springdoc/openapi/gradle/plugin/OpenApiExtension.kt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..87b207d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/kotlin/org/springdoc/openapi/gradle/plugin/OpenApiExtension.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+package org.springdoc.openapi.gradle.plugin
+
+import org.gradle.api.Project
+import org.gradle.api.file.DirectoryProperty
+import org.gradle.api.provider.Property
+import javax.inject.Inject
+
+open class OpenApiExtension @Inject constructor(project: Project) {
+    val apiDocsUrl: Property<String> = project.objects.property(String::class.java)
+    val outputFileName: Property<String> = project.objects.property(String::class.java)
+    val outputDir: DirectoryProperty = project.objects.directoryProperty()
+}
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diff --git a/src/main/kotlin/org/springdoc/openapi/gradle/plugin/OpenApiGeneratorTask.kt b/src/main/kotlin/org/springdoc/openapi/gradle/plugin/OpenApiGeneratorTask.kt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..25fe421
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/kotlin/org/springdoc/openapi/gradle/plugin/OpenApiGeneratorTask.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+package org.springdoc.openapi.gradle.plugin
+
+import com.google.gson.GsonBuilder
+import com.google.gson.JsonObject
+import org.gradle.api.DefaultTask
+import org.gradle.api.GradleException
+import org.gradle.api.file.DirectoryProperty
+import org.gradle.api.provider.Property
+import org.gradle.api.tasks.Input
+import org.gradle.api.tasks.OutputDirectory
+import org.gradle.api.tasks.TaskAction
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory
+
+open class OpenApiGeneratorTask: DefaultTask() {
+    private val LOGGER = LoggerFactory.getLogger(OpenApiGeneratorTask::class.java)
+    @get:Input
+    val apiDocsUrl: Property<String> = project.objects.property(String::class.java)
+    @get:Input
+    val outputFileName: Property<String> = project.objects.property(String::class.java)
+    @get:OutputDirectory
+    val outputDir: DirectoryProperty = project.objects.directoryProperty()
+
+    init {
+        description = OPENAPI_TASK_DESCRIPTION
+        group = GROUP_NAME
+
+        val defaultOutputDir = project.objects.directoryProperty()
+        defaultOutputDir.set(project.buildDir)
+        val extension: OpenApiExtension = project.extensions.run {
+            getByName(EXTENSION_NAME) as OpenApiExtension
+        }
+
+        apiDocsUrl.set(extension.apiDocsUrl.getOrElse("http://localhost:8080/v3/api-docs"))
+        outputFileName.set(extension.outputFileName.getOrElse("openapi.json"))
+        outputDir.set(extension.outputDir.getOrElse(defaultOutputDir.get()))
+    }
+
+    @TaskAction
+    fun execute() {
+        val response = khttp.get(apiDocsUrl.get())
+        if (response.statusCode > 299) {
+            LOGGER.error("Invalid response code {} while connecting to {}", response.statusCode, apiDocsUrl.get())
+            throw GradleException("Unable to connect to apiDocsUrl ${apiDocsUrl.get()}")
+        }
+        val gson = GsonBuilder().setPrettyPrinting().create();
+        val googleJsonObject = gson.fromJson(response.jsonObject.toString(), JsonObject::class.java)
+
+        val outputFile = outputDir.file(outputFileName.get()).get().asFile
+        outputFile.writeText(gson.toJson(googleJsonObject))
+    }
+
+}
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diff --git a/src/main/kotlin/org/springdoc/openapi/gradle/plugin/OpenApiGradlePlugin.kt b/src/main/kotlin/org/springdoc/openapi/gradle/plugin/OpenApiGradlePlugin.kt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9de66a8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/kotlin/org/springdoc/openapi/gradle/plugin/OpenApiGradlePlugin.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+package org.springdoc.openapi.gradle.plugin
+
+import org.gradle.api.Plugin
+import org.gradle.api.Project
+
+open class OpenApiGradlePlugin: Plugin<Project> {
+    override fun apply(project: Project) {
+        project.extensions.create(EXTENSION_NAME, OpenApiExtension::class.java, project)
+        project.tasks.register(TASK_NAME, OpenApiGeneratorTask::class.java)
+    }
+}
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