[fuel-jackson] Add Request.body(any: Any) extension method

[david-wg2]

I'd like to be able to make requests like this:

 val (request, response, result) = Fuel.post(url)
            .body(MyCustomRequestBodyObject(...)) // here
            .responseObject<MyCustomResponseBodyObject>()

Currently I have an extension method in my project which allows this:

fun Request.body(any: Any) = body(mapper...)

Would be nice if this was a part of the fuel-jackson module.

[SleeplessByte]

I don't think I quite understand what you're asking for 😅. I personally think it's great to add project-based extension methods in your project!

[tipsy]

I don't think I quite understand what you're asking for 😅. I personally think it's great to add project-based extension methods in your project!

The kotlin-jackson module adds responseObject() as an extension-function, so you can easily convert a HTTP response body to a Kotlin object.

I'm proposing adding another extension-function, body(), so you can easily convert a Kotlin object to a request body.

[SleeplessByte]

Got it. Can you post the extension method in full that you currently use? I think we can add this to all the libraries, if applicable!

[tipsy]

I can do that tomorrow. It's just the standard serialization call though, nothing out of the ordinary.

It will work fine with all libraries.

[tipsy]

fun Request.body(any: Any) = body(defaultMapper.writeValueAsString(any)) 

[SleeplessByte]

Thanks. We'll probably have to do something like:

fun Request.body(data: Any, mapper = defaultMapper) = body(mapper.writeValueAsString(data)) 

[tipsy]

That'd be great.

[benjefferies]

I'm switching from fuel-gson to fuel-jackson and this is a missing feature where gson has a jsonBody extension

[SleeplessByte]

@benjefferies yes, I feel like adding jsonBody or body everywhere is cewl :)

[kittinunf]

@tipsy are you happy to throw a quick PR? I would love to see it added ❤️

[tipsy]

I tried to clone the project and run it locally, but got an SDK location not found. error. I have some other stuff I have to deal with today, so I can't really spend too much on this.

[iNoles]

I tried to clone the project and run it locally, but got an SDK location not found. error. I have some other stuff I have to deal with today, so I can't really spend too much on this.

Ah it is looking to Android SDK path.

[tipsy]

Ah it is looking to Android SDK path.

Why? How is this project related to Android?

[SleeplessByte]

Ah it is looking to Android SDK path.

Why? How is this project related to Android?

fuel-android is

[tipsy]

fuel-android is

I see. Is Android Studio required to run the project?

[SleeplessByte]

No, @kittinunf and I both run IntelliJ (NO Android Studio).

[panpanini]

I can take a look at this if people are busy 🙋

[lucasqueiroz]

Is there any updates on this issue?
Thanks