simple http error when transfer encoding is chunked

[RCasatta]

When trying to decode a big json from a json rpc server returns the fllowing error:

    0: JSON decode error: invalid type: integer `2000`, expected struct Response at line 1 column 5

while curl opens the url correctly and the body parse to a json.

By looking at headers with curl I noted the transfer encoding is chunked and that may be the cause of the issue

[apoelstra]

I wonder if we should just add a libcurl backend and forget about Rust.

[dpc]

Does simple http even attempt to deal with http's chunked encoding?

Unless Bitcoin Core uses it, I think it would be fair to say that it is not supported and different backend should be used in that case.

I wonder if we should just add a libcurl backend and forget about Rust.

🙄

[apoelstra]

Does simple http even attempt to deal with http's chunked encoding?

It does not, no.

Fine by me to just say "unsupported".

[RCasatta]

Ideally should give an appropriate error when the chunked header is found, easier to find out than reading the docs