i’m trying a simple echo handler basically that just returns the request it received as JSON in the body. I assume I need

.body

, not

.with

, but how can I convert the request to JSON? I could use a Jackson mapper manually, but I assume HTTP4k has a built-in way to do it

fun getRequestAsJson(): HttpHandler {
    return {
        Response(OK).body(it)
    }
}

What do you mean by "covert the request to JSON"? Can you provide an example on how you'd like the response to look like?

The method, uri, all the headers, all the query params, etc. Which are encapsulated in the object. In javalin for example, you can just do

jacksonMapper.readValue(request)

and put it in the response body

If you just want to print the request in the response, you can do

Response(OK).body(request.toString())

. The string versions of request and response are similar to what is sent over the wire

fun health(): HttpHandler {
    return {
        Response(OK).body("I'm healthy!")
    }
}

the header here defaults to

octet-stream

every time.

The

octet-stream

is not our default. It's probably the backend you're using or what the browser or client assumes if the server sends none.

hmmmm, i’ll investigate. i’m using KtorCIO