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Hi everyone!
I'm trying to understand how to receive a JSON response *without* parsing it a Kotlin object (e.g. I need a pure JSONObject)
However all I can find is about serialization and de-serializazion to objects.
Any link on documentation that describes how to do what I need?

<@UL1A5BA2X> that means I need
```implementation("io.ktor:ktor-client-serialization:1.6.4")
implementation("org.jetbrains.kotlinx:kotlinx-serialization-json:1.3.0")```
as dependencies too, right?

Yes, you can do that with other json engines too if you want. E.g. gson or jackson

<@UL1A5BA2X> thanks! Tho I think the only multiplatform-capable is the kotlinx one

You can also get plain json string without those deps via call.receive&lt;String&gt;()

<@UL1A5BA2X> and then I can parse them with whatever I want.
Although it adds another processing step instead of reading directly from the HTTP output buffer

Yes. For js you could get the string and use native JSON.parse()

You can also receive http output buffer instead of string

<@UL1A5BA2X> thanks. Last question regarding JsonElement. It seems the API is pretty simple compared to what other frameworks I'm used to offer (e.g. Unirest, Gson). For example, to get a string value, one has to use
```json[key]!!.jsonPrimitive.content```
instead of a simple
```json.getString(key)```
Are there wrappers for this, or do I have to implement my extension functions?

You can play around with <http://girhub.com/mpetuska/kon|KON> which is built on top of simple Map&lt;String, Any?&gt;

kobj(call.receive&lt;KON&gt;()){
  // do stuff
}

Or even call.receive&lt;JsonObject&gt;().toKobj().apply {}