ktor-serialization-kotlinx-json/io.ktor.serialization.kotlinx.json/json

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fun Configuration.json(json: Json = DefaultJson, contentType: ContentType = ContentType.Application.Json)

Registers the application/json (or another specified contentType) content type to the ContentNegotiation plugin using kotlinx.serialization.

The example below shows how to register the JSON serializer with customized serialization settings provided by JsonBuilder:

install(ContentNegotiation) {
    json(Json {
        prettyPrint = true
        isLenient = true
    })
}
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Parameters

json

a format instance (optional)

contentType

to register with, application/json by default