diff --git a/src/milquetoast/client.clj b/src/milquetoast/client.clj
index 3afb1a2..5cd7b22 100644
--- a/src/milquetoast/client.clj
+++ b/src/milquetoast/client.clj
@@ -1 +1,13 @@
-(ns milquetoast.client)
+(ns milquetoast.client
+  (:require [milquetoast.api :as api])
+  (:import [clojure.lang ExceptionInfo]))
+
+(defn- deprecated [f]
+  (fn [& args]
+    (println (str "WARNING: The function '" (name f) "' in the 'milquetoast.client' namespace is deprecated. Please use 'milquetoast.api' instead."))
+    (apply f args)))
+
+(defmacro defdeprecated [name & body]
+  `(def ~name (deprecated (fn ~@body))))
+
+(println "WARNING: The 'milquetoast.client' namespace is deprecated. Please use 'milquetoast.api' instead.")
diff --git a/src/milquetoast/core.clj b/src/milquetoast/core.clj
index 8527fee..7ee4d12 100644
--- a/src/milquetoast/core.clj
+++ b/src/milquetoast/core.clj
@@ -7,22 +7,11 @@
   (:import [org.eclipse.paho.client.mqttv3 MqttClient MqttConnectOptions MqttMessage IMqttMessageListener]
            org.eclipse.paho.client.mqttv3.persist.MemoryPersistence))
 
-(defn create-mqtt-client!
-  "Creates and connects an MQTT client with the provided broker URI, username, and password.
-   Returns the connected MQTT client instance."
+(defdeprecated create-mqtt-client!
   [& {:keys [broker-uri username password]
       :or   {username nil
              password nil}}]
-  (let [client-id (MqttClient/generateClientId)
-        opts (doto (MqttConnectOptions.)
-               (.setCleanSession true)
-               (.setAutomaticReconnect true))]
-    (when username
-      (doto opts
-        (.setUserName username)
-        (.setPassword (char-array password))))
-    (doto (MqttClient. broker-uri client-id (MemoryPersistence.))
-      (.connect opts))))
+  (api/connect! :host broker-uri :username username :password password))
 
 (defn- retry-attempt
   "Attempts to execute function `f`. If `f` throws a RuntimeException, logs the exception and attempts to reconnect before retrying `f`."
@@ -138,20 +127,12 @@
       msg
       nil)))
 
-(defn create-client
-  "Creates a new MilquetoastClient instance with the provided MQTT client and options."
+(defdeprecated create-client
   [broker-uri username password & {:keys [verbose]
                                    :or   {verbose false}}]
-  (let [mqtt-client (create-mqtt-client! :broker-uri broker-uri
-                                         :username   username
-                                         :password   password)]
-    (MilquetoastClient. mqtt-client (atom []) verbose)))
+  (api/connect! :host broker-uri :username username :password password :verbose verbose))
 
-(defn create-json-client
-  "Creates a new MilquetoastJsonClient instance with the provided MQTT client."
+(defdeprecated create-json-client
   [broker-uri username password & {:keys [verbose]
                                    :or   {verbose false}}]
-  (let [mqtt-client (create-mqtt-client! :broker-uri broker-uri
-                                         :username   username
-                                         :password   password)]
-    (MilquetoastJsonClient. mqtt-client (atom []) verbose)))
+  (api/connect-json! :host broker-uri :username username :password password :verbose verbose))