I would like to GET an XML document from a HTTP server where the content type is set erroneously to ...

# ktor

[Norbi]

I would like to GET an XML document from a HTTP server where the content type is set erroneously to 'xml'. HttpClient throws BadContentTypeFormatException, is there any way to work around it?

[Aleksei Tirman [JB]]

You can receive a response body as ByteArray and then convert it to a String if you need:

[Aleksei Tirman [JB]]

val client = HttpClient(CIO)
val response = client.get("<http://localhost:5555/>")
val bytes = response.body<ByteArray>()
println(String(bytes))

[Norbi]

@Aleksei Tirman [JB], thanks, it works.