haven't tried it or looked too much in depth yet, but do the ktor client libraries support talking t...

# ktor

[mkobit]

haven't tried it or looked too much in depth yet, but do the ktor client libraries support talking to unix sockets?

[Deactivated User]

I think they don’t, since it is not supported by JDK directly. (Though I think Netty supports them)
What’s your use-case?

[mkobit]

was looking to experiment with writing a docker plugin (https://docs.docker.com/engine/extend/plugin_api/#plugin-discovery) from the server side that listens on a unix socket
and communicating with the docker engine from the client side (defaults to unix socket https://docs.docker.com/engine/reference/commandline/dockerd/#description)

[mkobit]

it's super nice being able to do something like curl --unix-socket /var/run/docker.sock http:/images/json , and not many (if any) java client libraries allow you to do anything like that

[mkobit]

want me to open an issue for client/server support for unix sockets? or would it be better if i tried to see if i can make it work first?

[Deactivated User]

I think you can open a feature request issue

[mkobit]

thanks @Deactivated User, i filed https://github.com/ktorio/ktor/issues/412 and ill hopefulyl have some time to experiment this weekend