I used okhttp3 in a previous project for http requ...

# getting-started

[Travis Griggs]

I used okhttp3 in a previous project for http requests. My needs are pretty simple (I think). Infrequent gets and posts with json bodies. Need to build/deconstruct URIs. Ok is a Java library, I'm curious if there are any recommendations for something current, lightweight, in Kotlin. I don't need caching either (in fact, I often have to go out of my way to disable it)

[hho]

There has been a thread about okhttp 5.0 going multiplatform: https://kotlinlang.slack.com/archives/C5HT9AL7Q/p1699103553510069 (check out #squarelibraries for more info)
Until that's ready, the ktor http client is probably the multiplatform way to go.

[ephemient]

I don't think there are any java sources left (aside from tests and samples)

[ephemient]

nothing wrong with that anyway, as long as you'e on the JVM or something similar

[Casey Brooks]

ktor by JB is the typical recommendation for a basic KMP HTTP client. There’s also Ktorfit which is a 3rd-party library that works similar to Retrofit, wrapping the Ktor client and providing a more type-safe API on top of it