let's say I am using HttpClient w/ serialization, ...

# ktor

[Kris Wong]

let's say I am using HttpClient w/ serialization, and I want to handle the case of invalid JSON by getting the response text. is that possible, or do I need to receive the response as text and deserialize manually?

[Dico]

Just catch JsonProcessingException assuming you're using jackson

[Kris Wong]

i am using kotlinx.serialization

[Dico]

then catch the corresponding error for json deserialization - they are not caught by ktor when calling receive<T>()

[Dico]

Well, they are caught by some early phase and printed to the console

[Kris Wong]

yes, that's quite easy, but how do I get the response text?

[Dico]

with jackson the error has the full response available I think. Perhaps kotlinx.serialization has some info about it as well? What do you want to do with it?

[Kris Wong]

the exception has a character position and what the specific error was, but it does not include the json text

[Kris Wong]

I want to rethrow including the json text