.. _-extractDataBytes-:

extractDataBytes
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Signature
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.. includecode2:: /../../akka-http/src/main/scala/akka/http/scaladsl/server/directives/BasicDirectives.scala
   :snippet: extractDataBytes

Description
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Extracts the entities data bytes as ``Source[ByteString, Any]`` from the :class:`RequestContext`.

The directive returns a stream containing the request data bytes.


Example
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.. includecode2:: ../../../../code/docs/http/scaladsl/server/directives/BasicDirectivesExamplesSpec.scala
   :snippet: extractDataBytes-example