When using Ktor client for consuimg REST API as far as I understand ```val status = HttpClient use client gt ``` should be preferred to ```client get <https ktor io > ``` So there is no need to call the ` close ` function

When using Ktor client for consuimg REST API as far as I und kotlinlang #ktor

Viktor Petrovski

09/08/2021, 8:16 AM

When using Ktor client for consuimg REST API as far as I understand

val status = HttpClient().use { client ->
    // ...
}

should be preferred to

client.get("<https://ktor.io/>")

So there is no need to call the

.close()

Aleksei Tirman [JB]

09/08/2021, 10:21 AM

Although it will be resource consuming if you create an HTTP client for each request.

Viktor Petrovski

09/08/2021, 10:45 AM

Oh yeah of course not, the client will be passed to the constructor of the API, this was just an example

This doesn’t work tho, after the first request I get Parent job is Completed;

Aleksei Tirman [JB]

09/08/2021, 4:34 PM

Please share a code snippet.

Viktor Petrovski

09/09/2021, 8:46 AM

Aleksei Tirman [JB]

09/09/2021, 10:39 AM

Could you please share a complete code snippet as text to reproduce your problem?

09/10/2021, 1:53 PM

https://ktor.io/docs/client.html#close-client with this code, you need to recreate the HttpClient for each request

after close execution and completion of all requests (which started before calling close) - threads are stopped, closed coroutines scopes etc.

Viktor Petrovski

09/10/2021, 1:58 PM

Yeah makes sense, I assume it’s not a good idea to create a new client for each request, but use the same one application wide