As a plugin developer you can use this plugin as dependency of your plugin by adding a dependency tag to your POM.
To add the latest version of this plugin as a maven dependency, use the following:
<dependency> <groupId>io.jenkins.plugins</groupId> <artifactId>artifactory-client-api</artifactId> <version>2.17.0-7.ve5ccd925a_234</version> </dependency>