HttpResponse response String has extra `"` and doesn't recognize `\n`

Question

I have a class that implements Route interface (package spark) that is supposed to return a String in the handle function. When I convert the response to String I have two extra " in the beginning and the end of my String and the \n is not recognized as 1 char in my String but rather as 2. Does anyone know the fix?

This is the code and response is an instance of HttpResponse:

Assert.assertEquals(200, response.getStatusLine().getStatusCode());
String output = EntityUtils.toString(response.getEntity())

The next Assertion fails

Assert.assertEquals(10, output.length());

Java.lang.AssertionError: 
Expected :10
Actual   :13

And according to System.out output is

"123456789\n"

While it should be 123456789 and a \n at the end of it but I don't believe \n should be shown in System.out.print()

Have you looked at what's in the HTTP response on the wire with something like Wireshark or Fiddler? — Jon Skeet, May 21 '19 at 18:27

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered May 21 '19 at 18:16

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This may help,

HttpEntity entity = response.getEntity();
String responseString = EntityUtils.toString(entity, "UTF-8");
System.out.println(responseString);

Reference from - How can I get an http response body as a string in Java?

answered May 21 '19 at 18:16

suketup

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score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 04 '19 at 19:42

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So this is what solved it for me at the end, if anyone else has the same problem:

String output = EntityUtils.toString(response.getEntity())
String content = new Gson().fromJson(output, String.class);

answered Jun 04 '19 at 19:42

Peggy

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HttpResponse response String has extra `"` and doesn't recognize `\n`

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