sorry, but why all the HttpResponse methods to get...
# ktore
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06/14/2024, 8:16 AMsorry, but why all the HttpResponse methods to get content/body are suspended? Shouldnt the content be already there?
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Aleksei Tirman [JB]
06/14/2024, 8:27 AMOne reason is that the body could potentially be huge, so loading it into memory might not be the best option.
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Johann Pardanaud
06/14/2024, 8:35 AMAlso, I guess Ktor probably starts routing the request even before the body is entirely received?
Imagine you receive a 50 MiB payload, you might want to be able to drop the request before receiving the whole payload (e.g. if the API key is invalid)
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06/14/2024, 11:19 AMyeah, in those situation it makes sense
sorry, my case is usually less than 100 lines, I'll go with
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