When I send a POST request with String typed body,...

# ktor

[lenqnr]

When I send a POST request with String typed body,

<http://client.post|client.post><String>("/path", "hello")

I get double-quoted data on both sides.

println(call.receiveText())
// Result: "hello"

What is the proper way to handle this?

[cy]

It looks like you are using json serializer for sending plain text data

[cy]

// cc @e5l

[lenqnr]

Yes, I sent a serialized object using installed json feature and it worked fine. I just wonder whether I should not send primitive type values.

[e5l]

Hi @lenqnr, I can't reproduce it with simple echo server and installed client Json feature. Could you provide the server handler?

[lenqnr]

@e5l Thanks for the reply. It was my mistake. Here's a reproducible client code.

fun main() = runBlocking {
    val httpClient = HttpClient(CIO) {
        install(JsonFeature) {
            serializer = GsonSerializer()
        }
    }

    <http://httpClient.post|httpClient.post><Unit> {
        url("<http://localhost:8080>")
        contentType(ContentType.Application.Json)
        body = "hello"
    }
}

I made a function for the post with a parameter for the body values and sent a String value with "Content-Type: application/json". I gotta add a parameter contentType or make another function for primitive types.