WebClient retrieving NULL as response body

Question

I am invoking to a service with the following code:

WebClient.create().get()
                .uri("http://www.somehost.es/api/products/1319/?ws_key=DC63ZTBVVQLN9MHQPQ9UMTL2DSW55C63")
                .retrieve()
                .bodyToMono(String.class)
                .doOnSuccess(System.out::println)
                .block();

And NULL is printed. But when I copy that URL and paste it directly int Chrome, or into Postman, the body (which is XML) is correctly returned.

Why would WebClient return null instead?

Same problem, any takers on this? Spring Boot 2.3.4.RELEASE – Mikael Andersson Wigander Nov 16 '20 at 18:36 — Mikael Andersson Wigander, Nov 16 '20 at 18:36

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Nov 17 '20 at 12:08

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I found a reason and that the URI is encoded by default:

https://www.baeldung.com/webflux-webclient-parameters#encoding-mode

this worked for me

answered Nov 17 '20 at 12:08

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did not woked for me, any other solution? – Mahmudul Hasan Shafin Jan 04 '23 at 19:41

WebClient retrieving NULL as response body

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