From 55d119ddbbf723ace6f3b4436ca91346ce9309fd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: dheerajitbhu <73860752+dheerajitbhu@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 9 Nov 2026 11:08:31 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] fix: return non-JSON-document `application/json*` records as
 text in `get_record()`

---
 .../_resource_clients/key_value_store.py      | 10 +++--
 tests/unit/test_key_value_store.py            | 37 +++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 44 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/apify_client/_resource_clients/key_value_store.py b/src/apify_client/_resource_clients/key_value_store.py
index 23f7e521..3970b068 100644
--- a/src/apify_client/_resource_clients/key_value_store.py
+++ b/src/apify_client/_resource_clients/key_value_store.py
@@ -50,10 +50,14 @@ def _parse_get_record_response(response: HttpResponse) -> Any:
         content_type = response.headers['content-type'].split(';')[0].strip()
 
     try:
-        if re.search(r'^application/json', content_type, flags=re.IGNORECASE):
+        if re.search(r'^application/json(?:$|.*\+json$)', content_type, flags=re.IGNORECASE):
             response_data = response.json()
-        elif re.search(r'^application/.*xml$', content_type, flags=re.IGNORECASE) or re.search(
-            r'^text/', content_type, flags=re.IGNORECASE
+        elif (
+            # Other `application/json*` types, such as `application/jsonl` or `application/json-seq`, are not
+            # a single JSON document, so they are returned as text rather than failing to parse.
+            re.search(r'^application/json', content_type, flags=re.IGNORECASE)
+            or re.search(r'^application/.*xml$', content_type, flags=re.IGNORECASE)
+            or re.search(r'^text/', content_type, flags=re.IGNORECASE)
         ):
             response_data = response.text
         else:
diff --git a/tests/unit/test_key_value_store.py b/tests/unit/test_key_value_store.py
index 3abfe9bb..d4d7c709 100644
--- a/tests/unit/test_key_value_store.py
+++ b/tests/unit/test_key_value_store.py
@@ -524,3 +524,40 @@ async def test_set_record_streams_pre_encoded_file_like_value_async(
 
     assert captured_records[0].headers['content-encoding'] == 'gzip'
     assert captured_records[0].get_data() == compressed
+
+
+_GET_RECORD_CASES = [
+    pytest.param('application/json', b'{"a": 1}', {'a': 1}, id='json is parsed'),
+    pytest.param('application/json; charset=utf-8', b'[1, 2]', [1, 2], id='json with parameters is parsed'),
+    pytest.param('application/json-patch+json', b'[{"op": "remove"}]', [{'op': 'remove'}], id='+json is parsed'),
+    pytest.param('application/jsonl', b'{"a":1}\n{"a":2}', '{"a":1}\n{"a":2}', id='jsonl is returned as text'),
+    pytest.param('application/json-seq', b'\x1e{"a":1}\n', '\x1e{"a":1}\n', id='json-seq is returned as text'),
+]
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(('content_type', 'body', 'expected_value'), _GET_RECORD_CASES)
+def test_get_record_decodes_value_by_content_type_sync(
+    *, httpserver: HTTPServer, api_url: str, content_type: str, body: bytes, expected_value: Any
+) -> None:
+    """`application/json*` records that are not a single JSON document come back as text instead of failing."""
+    httpserver.expect_request(_RECORD_PATH, method='GET').respond_with_data(body, content_type=content_type)
+    client = ApifyClient(token='test_token', api_url=api_url)
+
+    record = client.key_value_store(_MOCKED_KVS_ID).get_record('f')
+
+    assert record is not None
+    assert record['value'] == expected_value
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(('content_type', 'body', 'expected_value'), _GET_RECORD_CASES)
+async def test_get_record_decodes_value_by_content_type_async(
+    *, httpserver: HTTPServer, api_url: str, content_type: str, body: bytes, expected_value: Any
+) -> None:
+    """`application/json*` records that are not a single JSON document come back as text instead of failing."""
+    httpserver.expect_request(_RECORD_PATH, method='GET').respond_with_data(body, content_type=content_type)
+    client = ApifyClientAsync(token='test_token', api_url=api_url)
+
+    record = await client.key_value_store(_MOCKED_KVS_ID).get_record('f')
+
+    assert record is not None
+    assert record['value'] == expected_value