gofiber/fiber · error · ErrBodyType

the body type should be []byte

Error message

the body type should be []byte

What it means

Error "the body type should be []byte" thrown in gofiber/fiber.

Source

Thrown at client/core.go:296

// releaseErrChan returns the error channel to the pool.
// It's caller's responsibility to ensure that:
// - the channel is not closed
// - the channel is drained before returning it
// - the channel is not reused after returning it
func releaseErrChan(ch chan error) {
	errChanPool.Put(ch)
}

// newCore returns a new core object.
func newCore() *core {
	return &core{}
}

var (
	ErrTimeoutOrCancel      = errors.New("timeout or cancel")
	ErrURLFormat            = errors.New("the URL is incorrect")
	ErrNotSupportSchema     = errors.New("protocol not supported; only http or https are allowed")
	ErrFileNoName           = errors.New("the file should have a name")
	ErrBodyType             = errors.New("the body type should be []byte")
	ErrNotSupportSaveMethod = errors.New("only file paths and io.Writer are supported")
	ErrBodyTypeNotSupported = errors.New("the body type is not supported")
)

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When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at client/core.go:296 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

AI-assisted analysis of gofiber/fiber@9a4c7e57fe (2026-08-04). Data as JSON: /data/errors/227be73e696c0dc8.json. Report an issue: GitHub.