Hey friends! :slightly_smiling_face: I have a question regarding `HttpClient` usage. If I want to ex...

# ktor

[pavlospt]

Hey friends! 🙂 I have a question regarding HttpClient usage. If I want to execute an API call when someone “hits” a specific endpoint, do I just need to call <http://client.post|client.post>(…) inside the route callback, or am I missing something? It is like the call is never executed and cancelled after the specified timeout..! Thanks in advance!

[e5l]

Hi @pavlospt, <http://client.post|client.post>(...) should be enough. To clarify where it stucks you can enable Logging feature

[pavlospt]

Hey @e5l, how do I do that for HttpClients? I am not sure if I missed it in the documentation 😕

[e5l]

https://ktor.io/clients/http-client/features/logging.html

[pavlospt]

Yes totally missed it. Thank you!

[pavlospt]

Do I need to create a new HttpClient for each API call I want to execute?

[pavlospt]

Seems like the call is starting but never finishes

[e5l]

nope

[pavlospt]

Then the usage of .use is still valid if I want to use the same client?

[e5l]

Could you provide the example?

[pavlospt]

Give me a minute to move that to a Gist!

[pavlospt]

It roughly looks like that https://gist.github.com/pavlospt/59282a2036252c280932c9419ce39f2a

[pavlospt]

Also from what I see in the logs, the API request seems to be initiating, but never completing!

[e5l]

Sorry, I can’t reproduce it. Could you replace the client endpoint with your own server?

[pavlospt]

the client endpoint is responding properly, because I also have another CLI app that is using the same client endpoint

[pavlospt]

Apparently it has something to do with the platform that I am hosting the application. It seems that it can complete without timing out in like 1/5 tries! Thank you for your help & time 😄