# How to read Download response body string?

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**Created:** [May 31, 2024, 6:24am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-read-download-response-body-string/114996 "2024-05-31T06:24:00Z")
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> [@listenmmm](#):
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> ` @show readchomp(response_bpdy_io)`

The `position` of the buffer will be at the end so you are just reading the empty string. You can `seekstart` to the beginning before reading:  
`readchomp(seekstart(response_body_io))`.

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