Client

In addition to HTTP serving, Ktor also includes a flexible asynchronous HTTP client. This client supports several , and has its own set of features.

The main functionality is available through the artifact. And each engine, is provided in .

You can check how to make requests, and in their respective sections.

suspend fun parallelRequests() = coroutineScope<Unit> {
    val client = HttpClient()
    // Start two requests asynchronously.
    val firstRequest = async { client.get<ByteArray>("https://127.0.0.1:8080/a") }
    // requests are done.
    val bytes1 = firstRequest.await() // Suspension point.
    val bytes2 = secondRequest.await() // Suspension point.
}

For more information, check the examples page with some examples.

For more information, check the with all the available features.