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Get values out of JSON (Map<String, Object>) with JSONObject

Is it possible to get all the values (linkID,text,options) out of JSON example below (as a String result let's say) using JSONObject, JSONArray, getString() (org.json) library in Java? If yes, can someone please give an example.
"items": [
{
"linkID": "my/link1",
"text": "Some text 1.",
"options": [
"yes",
"no",
"maybe",
"always"
]
},
{
"linkID": "my/link2",
"text": "Some text 2.",
"options": [
"yes",
"no",
"maybe",
"always"
]
}
]
UPDATE:
I found a solution for example above. If there is a better one please tell.
JSONArray items = json.getJSONArray("items");
for (int i = 0; i < items.length(); ++i) {
JSONObject rec = items.getJSONObject(i);
String linkID = rec.getString("linkID");
System.out.println(linkID);
String text = rec.getString("text");
System.out.println(text);
JSONArray options = rec.getJSONArray("options");
System.out.println(options);
}
And can I get inner code that has value 61377 in example below if I have 2 keys with the same names code in JSON payload?
"code": {
"code": "61377",
"result": "ok"
"info": "Some text"
},

Yes, You can get the value of the inner field code by doing this,
jsonObject.optJSONObject("code").optString("code")
Where jsonObject is,
"code": {
"code": "61377",
"result": "ok"
"info": "Some text"
},

Parsing nested json array in java

I have json file in below format.
{
"data":[
{
"prjId": 1,
"name" : "Forj1",
"issue": [
{
"id": 00001,
"status" : "Closed"
},
{
"id": 00002,
"status" : "Open"
}
]
},
{
"prjId": 2,
"name" : "Forj2",
"issue": [
{
"id": 00003,
"status" : "Closed"
},
{
"id": 00004,
"status" : "Open"
}
]
}],
"issueCounter": 7,
"success": true
}
Here "data" is array of projects, and within project attribute there is array of "issue".
So far if I remove "issue" array, I am able to traverse the json to one level down in "data" attribute, If this json has "issue" array I get an error saying missing comma.
javax.json.stream.JsonParsingException: Invalid token=NUMBER at (line no=15, column no=14, offset=242) Expected tokens are: [COMMA]
Below is the code that I have right now. I have two problems with this, one is the error while reading if I place the "issue" attribute, and secondly a way to read the "issue" array and traverse all attributes within.
InputStream fis = new FileInputStream(pathToFile+"data3.json");
JsonReader jsonReader = Json.createReader(fis);
//the error is thrown on below line while reading the above json.
JsonObject jsonObject = jsonReader.readObject();
jsonReader.close();
fis.close();
System.out.println(jsonObject.getInt("issueCounter"));
//reading arrays from json
JsonArray jsonArrayData = jsonObject.getJsonArray("data");
Project [] prj = new Project[jsonArrayData.size()];
int index = 0;
for(JsonValue value : jsonArrayData){
JSONObject jsonObj = new JSONObject(value.toString());
System.out.println(jsonObj.getString("name"));
System.out.println(jsonObj.getInt("prjId"));
//this is also the place where I am stuck, I know I need to construct an array out of it by obtaining issue attribute. Below is very very wrong.
/*
JsonArray jsonArrayIssue = jsonObj.getJsonArray("issue");
for(JsonValue issue : jsonArrayIssue){
JSONObject jsonIssueObj = new JSONObject(issue.toString());
System.out.println(jsonIssueObj.getString("status"));
System.out.println(jsonIssueObj.getInt("id"));
}
*/
}
Any help or pointers is deeply appreciated. I can tweak the json if its required ultimately I need to maintain an array of issues.

The problem as others said is the JSON.
"id": 00001 <-- this is a number, numbers cannot start with a leading zero as per JSON stadard.
If you control the JSON you should tweak it.
Alternatively ff you don't, you can use a less strict parser like org.json.simple https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/com.googlecode.json-simple/json-simple
The code will be the same as yours, just adjusted to org.json.simple
try { ...
JSONObject rootJSON = (JSONObject) new JSONParser().parse(jsonString);
JSONArray dataList = (JSONArray) rootJSON.get("data");
for(Object projectObj: dataList.toArray()){
JSONObject project = (JSONObject)projectObj;
JSONArray issueList = (JSONArray) project.get("issue");
for(Object issueObj: issueList.toArray()){
JSONObject issue = (JSONObject) issueObj;
//do something with the issue
}
}
} catch (ParseException e) {
//do smth
e.printStackTrace();
}

Your json data is invalid.You can check here.
http://jsonlint.com
...issue": [{ "id": 00001,
"status": ----------------------^
Your id must be string number,string,boolean.Send 1,2,3,.... as return values and check if it works.

Your code looks okay the problem is the JSON formatting. Specifically the following lines:
"id": 00001,
"id": 00002,
"id": 00003,
"id": 00004,
Basically if you want it in that format you will need to set them as strings by wrapping the values in quotations i.e. "id": "00001" or you can use a valid number i.e. "id": 1

Accessing json string in java and creating hashmap Android

I have a JSON string and I am trying to retrieve information from it. Json String looks like this.
JSON STRING :
{
"information": {
"device": {
"id": 0
},
"user": {
"id": 0
},
"data": [
{
"datum": {
"id": "00GF001",
"history_id": "9992BH",
"name": "abc",
"marks": 57,
"class": "B",
"type": "Student"
}
},
{
"datum": {
"id": "72BA9585",
"history_id": "78NAH2",
"name": "ndnmanet",
"marks": 70,
"class": "B",
"type": "Student"
}
},
{
"datum": {
"id": "69AHH85",
"history_id": "NN00E3006",
"name": "kit",
"department": "EF003",
"class": "A",
"type": "Employee"
}
},
{
"datum": {
"id": "09HL543",
"history_id": "34QWFTA",
"name": "jeff",
"department": "BH004",
"class": "A1",
"type": "Employee_HR"
}
}
]
}
}
I am trying to access data JSONArray and respective Datum from it. I differentiated each datum as per type such as student, employee etc and push information in hashmap.
I successfully did it in javascript but in Java I am struggle abit.
When I am trying to access JSONArray it throws exception
try {
JSONObject data = new JSONObject(dataInfo);
// Log.d(TAG, "CHECK"+data.toString());
JSONObject info = data.optJSONObject("information");
if(info.getJSONArray("data").getString(0).equals("Student") > 0) //exception here
Log.d(TAG, "Data"+ data.getJSONArray("data").length()); //exception here too
for(int m = 0; m < data.length(); m++){
// for(int s = 0; s < data[m].ge)
}
} catch (JSONException j){
j.printStackTrace();
}
Any pointers to create hashmap respective type I have. Appreciated

If you're trying to access the type field of a datum object, you'll want something like this:
JSONObject data = new JSONObject(dataInfo); // get the entire JSON into an object
JSONObject info = data.getJSONObject("information"); // get the 'information' object
JSONArray dataArray = info.getJSONArray("data"); // get the 'data' array
for (int i = 0; i < dataArray.length(); i++) {
// foreach element in the 'data' array
JSONObject dataObj = dataArray.getJSONObject(i); // get the object from the array
JSONObject datum = dataObj.getJSONObject("datum"); // get the 'datum' object
String type = datum.getString("type"); // get the 'type' string
if ("Student".equals(type)) {
// do your processing for 'Student' here
}
}
Note that you'll have to deal with exception handling, bad data, etc. This code just shows you the basics of how to get at the data that you're looking for. I separated each individual step into its own line of code so that I could clearly comment what is happening at each step, but you could combine some of the steps into a single line of code if that is easier for you.

if dataInfo is the json you posted, then you have to access information and from information, you can access data:
JSONObject data = new JSONObject(dataInfo);
JSONObject info = data.optJSONObject("information");
if (info != null) {
JSONArray dataArray = info.optJSONArray("data")
}

JSON different objects in an array

At the moment i'm trying to understand json and how it works.
But i have a problem with an array of objects.
all objects in the array have a key called "value" (i know it's weird, it's not my code) what also is an object.
And now to the problem: This object called "value" has always different key-values.
So i dont now how i can parse the json code to java object code, when it differ, every time.
Here some examples:
First object of the array:
"value":
{
"local":
[
"English", "Deutsch", Espanol"
],
"english":
[
"English", "Deutsch", Espanol"
],
},
Second object(now a string, not object) of the array:
"value" : "",
Third object of the array:
"value" : {},
...
Maybe I'm doing the parsing wrong.
First I have created the beans classes in java for the json code and then I'm using the automatic parser of google. (gson)
It works when only one of the examples above is inside the json code. (it should not differ, like changing from string to object...)
Gson gson = new Gson();
Output output = gson.fromJson(json, Output.class);
Output is the main class for the json stuff.
I have found out that maybe while parsing I could check a value called "id" first, and from that I could create another beans class with the right variables ...
Thats the code i need to parse to java objects and how do you do that??
The problem is the key called "value", because its always different.
With my method of using the google parser "gson" it wont work, because i'm getting exception that its an string but i was waiting for an object...
{
"status":"success",
"data":{
"panel":{
"title":{
"label":{ "local":"Tote Selection", "english":"Tote Selection" },
"image":"public/img/pick.jpg", "type":"default"
},
"isFirst":false, // currently not used
"isLast":false, // currently not used
"ownCount":0, // currently not used
"panelsCount":0, // currently not used
"elements":[
{
"type":"text",
"id":"1", "value":{ "local":"Scan next order tote",
"english":"Scan next order tote" },
"label":{ "local":"", "english":"" }, "color":"000000",
"fontsize":18, "fontstyle":"flat", "alignment":"left",
"rows":"undefined", "bgcolor":"", "isFocus":false
},
{
"type":"text",
"id":"4", "value":{ "local":"Scan tote: ", "english":"Scan tote: " },
"label":{ "local":"", "english":"" }, "color":"000000", "fontsize":20,
"fontstyle":"strong", "alignment":"left", "rows":"undefined",
"bgcolor":"", "isFocus":false
},
{
"type":"input",
"id":"6", "value":"", "label":{ "local":"", "english":"" },
"color":"000000", "fontsize":24, "fontstyle":"flat", "alignment":"left",
"rows":"undefined", "isFocus":true
},
{
"type":"button",
"id":"1", "value":{ "local":"", "english":"" },
"label":{ "local":"Menu", "english":"Menu" }, "color":"000000",
"fontsize":14, "fontstyle":"strong", "alignment":"left",
"rows":"undefined", "isFocus":false
},
{
"type":"button",
"id":"4", "value":{ "local":"", "english":"" },
"label":{ "local":"Enter", "english":"Enter" }, "color":"000000",
"fontsize":14, "fontstyle":"strong", "alignment":"right",18
"rows":"undefined", "isFocus":false
}
]
},
"authToken":"0fdd440a-619f-4936-ab74-d189accb5bd9",
"routing":{
"controller":"panel",
"action":"process",
"workflowId":"singlepicking",
"taskId":"orderSelection"
}
}
}
Thank you for your help!

it looks a little bit different but your answer helped me! Thx
JsonParser parser = new JsonParser();
JsonObject obj = parser.parse(br).getAsJsonObject();
//now getting all the json values
String status = obj.get("status").getAsString();
JsonObject data = obj.getAsJsonObject("data");
String authToken = data.get("authToken").getAsString();
JsonObject routing = data.getAsJsonObject("routing");
String controller = routing.get("controller").getAsString();
String action = routing.get("action").getAsString();
String workflowId = routing.get("taskId").getAsString();

If I understood ur question properly u can retrieve the values of the JSONArray as below
for (int i = 0; i < JArray.length(); i++) {
print(JArray.getJSONObject(i).tostring())
}
So if i am right u are getting the JSON from a String First?? so please try below first store the String in JSONObject as JSONObject obj = new JSONObject(str);//str is the string that u are getting
to get the valueenglish that are in data-panel-tittle-label is
String englishinLable=obj .getJSONObject("data").getJSONObject("panel").getJSONObject("title").getJSONObject("label").optString("english")

Parsing Json in Android and set it in a ListView

In my android project, I have the string text which got the following data:
[
{
"admin": true,
"created_at": "2012-10-16T07:26:49Z",
"email": "asdf#gmail.com",
"id": 28,
"language": "fr",
"name": "Marc",
"profile_pic_content_type": null,
"profile_pic_file_name": null,
"profile_pic_file_size": null,
"profile_pic_updated_at": null,
"provider": null
},
{
"admin": false,
"created_at": "2013-04-02T18:47:36Z",
"email": "asdf2#gmail.com",
"id": 263,
"language": "en",
"name": "Marcus",
"profile_pic_content_type": null,
"profile_pic_file_name": null,
"profile_pic_file_size": null,
"profile_pic_updated_at": null,
"provider": null
}
]
I converted it into a json object thanks to this:
JSONObject jsonObj = new JSONObject(text);
I want to parse that Json object, and setting it inside a ListView, but even with the official documentation I can't succeed in doing so.
After parsing, I want to keep only the first part of the array, and delete every field excepting the email, language and name, to get this in the end:
[
{
"email": "asdf#gmail.com",
"language": "fr",
"name": "Marc"
}
]

You're dealing with a JSONArray - the [ ] - that contains two separate JSONObject. The way you extract values from this structure is simply to go piece by piece, first getting the nested objects from the array and then extracting their internal values. You can then repackage it as you wish. For example:
int numObject = jsonArray.length();
JSONArray repackArray = new JSONArray();
for(int i = 0; i < numObject; i++){
JSONObject nested = jsonArray.getJsonObject(i);
//get values you need
String email = nested.getString("email");
String language = nested.getString("language");
String name = nested.getString("name");
//add values to new object
JSONObject repack = new JSONObject();
repack.put("email", email);
repack.put("language", language);
repack.name("name", name);
//add to new array
repackArray.put(repack);
}
Alternatively if put doesn't work for you, you can always create your own String in JSON format and then simply create a new JSONObject using that string as an argument in the constructor. I assumed you were working with a JSONArray in the above example. If you're starting with a JSONObject the process is the same. Just get the JSONArray out of the object first before unpacking.