I'm very new to parsing JSON. I have looked all over and cannot seem to grasp the idea to my particular problem. I'm having a hard time understanding how to get a JSON object from a JSON array. My example is below
[{"styleId":94,
"status":"verified",
"abv":"4.2",
"name":"Bud Light"}]
Here is my current code
JSONParser parser = new JSONParser();
Object obj = parser.parse(inputLine);
JSONObject jsonObject = (JSONObject) obj;
Long currPage = (Long)jsonObject.get("currentPage");
System.out.println(currPage);
JSONArray jArray = (JSONArray)jsonObject.get("data");
System.out.println(jArray);
inputLine is my orignal JSON. I have pulled a JSONArray out of the original JSONObject that has the "data" tag. Now this is where I'm stuck and given the JSONArray at the top. Not sure how to iterate through the Array to grab JUST the "name" tag.
Thanks for the help in advanced!
To iterate in a JSONArray you need to go through each element in a loop.
int resultSize = jArray.length();
JSONObject result;
for (int i = 0; i < resultSize; i++) {
result = resultsArray.getJSONObject(i);
String name = result.getString("name");
// do whatever you want to do now...
}
just use Gson . it works well out of the box with any object type you supply.
This is an example from the user's guide:
int[] ints2 = gson.fromJson("[1,2,3,4,5]", int[].class);
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Very new to JSON, this is probably very simple but I'm not sure how to access the "coordinates" in this JSON I know how to go from resourceSets to resources but get stuck at "point":
{
"resourceSets":[
{
"estimatedTotal":1,
"resources":[
{
"__type":"Location:http:\/\/schemas.microsoft.com\/search\/local\/ws\/rest\/v1",
"bbox":[
51.3223903,
-0.2634519,
51.3246386,
-0.2598541
],
"name":"name",
"point":{
"type":"Point",
"coordinates":[
51.3235145,
-0.261653
]
}
}
]
}
]
}
My code so far:
JSONParser parser = new JSONParser();
JSONObject jObj = (JSONObject)parser.parse(result);
JSONArray jsonArray = (JSONArray)jObj.get("resourceSets");
for (int i = 0; i < jsonArray.size(); i ++) {
JSONObject jObjResourceSets = (JSONObject)jsonArray.get(i);
JSONArray jsonArray2 = (JSONArray)jObjResourceSets.get("resources");
System.out.println("Coords" + jObjResourceSets.get("point"));
}
Lets analyse what you're doing (and need to be doing), step by step, in order to get the "coordinates".
First of all, JSON is a great language to transfer static data. It works like a dictionary, where you have a key and the respective value. The key should always be a String, but the value can be a String, an int/double or even an array of other JSON objects. That's what you have.
For instance, "estimatedTotal" is an element (JSONObject) from the "resourceSet" array (JSONArray).
JSONArray jsonArray = (JSONArray)jObj.get("resourceSets");
What you're saying here is straight forward: from your overall JSONObject - jObj - you want to extract the array with key "resourceSets".
Now you have direct access to "resourceSets" array elements: "estimatedTotal", "resources", etc. So, by applying the same logic, in order to access "coordinates" we need to access the "resources" array. And by that I mean to create a JSONArray object like we did before.
JSONArray jsonResourcesArray = (JSONArray)jObjResourceSets.get("resources");
I hope it's clear what's the content of jsonResourcesArray here. It's the JSON array of "__type", "bbox", "name", "point", (...). The Coordinates howevere are inside "point" JSON object. How do we access it?
JSONObject jsonPointObject = (JSONObject) jsonResourcesArray.get("point");
And you know by know that "jsonPointObject" has as its values the following JSON objects: "type" and "coordinates". Coordinates is an array of values, so do we have to use JSONArray or JSONObject?
JSONArray jsonCoordinatesArray = (JSONArray) jsonPointObject.get("coordinates");
From which we mean: from the jsonPointObject we want to extract the array that has key "coordinates". Now your array is a JSONArray with values of jsonCoordinatesArray.get(0) and jsonCoordinatesArray.get(0).
Now you have, not only the code to get those values, but the understanding of how JSON works and how Java interacts with it so you can solve any Json problem from now on.
Normally this code works for the given JSON object. However I'll put the tested formatted JSON value below the java code so you can test it as well.
Note that this code will get you all the coordinates of all the elements in your object.
public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
String result = getJsonString();
// Getting root object
JSONParser parser = new JSONParser();
JSONObject jObj = (JSONObject)parser.parse(result);
// Getting resourceSets Array
JSONArray jsonArray = (JSONArray)jObj.get("resourceSets");
for (int i = 0; i < jsonArray.size(); i++) {
// Getting the i object of resourceSet
JSONObject jObjResourceSets = (JSONObject) jsonArray.get(i);
// Getting resources list of the current element
JSONArray jsonArray2 = (JSONArray) jObjResourceSets.get("resources");
for (int j = 0; j < jsonArray2.size(); j++) {
// Getting the j resource of the resources array
JSONObject resource = (JSONObject) jsonArray2.get(j);
// Getting the point object of the current resource
JSONObject point = (JSONObject) resource.get("point");
// Getting the coordinates list of the point
JSONArray coordinates = (JSONArray) point.get("coordinates");
for (int k = 0; k < coordinates.size(); k++) {
System.out.println("Coordinates[" + k + "]: " + coordinates.get(k));
}
// Printing an empty line between each object's coordinates
System.out.println();
}
}
}
The tested JSON Object:
{
"resourceSets":[
{
"estimatedTotal":1,
"resources":[
{
"__type":"Location:http:\/\/schemas.microsoft.com\/search\/local\/ws\/rest\/v1",
"bbox":[
51.3223903,
-0.2634519,
51.3246386,
-0.2598541
],
"name":"name",
"point":{
"type":"Point",
"coordinates":[
51.3235145,
-0.261653
]
}
}
]
}
]
}
If it worked please mark it as the answer.
Good luck ^^
B.
You need the following piece of code to get the data.
JSONArray jsonArray2 = (JSONArray)jObjResourceSets.get("resources");
/**
* here we should note that the "resources" is only having one JSON object hence we can take it as below
* from 0th index using ((JSONObject)jsonArray2.get(0)) these piece of code and the next part is to take the point JSONObject
* from the object.
*/
JSONObject temp = (JSONObject)((JSONObject)jsonArray2.get(0)).get("point");
System.out.println("Coords"+temp.get("coordinates")); //this will give you the coordinates array
//now if you want to do further processing, traverse in the jsonArray like below
JSONArray arr= (JSONArray)temp.get("coordinates");
System.out.println("X coordinate:"+arr.get(0));
System.out.println("Y coordinate:"+arr.get(1));
For more information and further details on JSONObject and JSONArray you can go through this linkparsing-jsonarray-and-jsonobject-in-java-using-json-simple-jar
json-simple-example-read-and-write-json
I have this json file that I'm trying to parse in my program.
{
"items": [{
"0": {
"item_name":"Test Item",
"item_rarity":2,
"item_material":"STICK",
"required_level":1,
"min_damage":100.0,
"max_damage":200.0,
"item_set":"The cool kids",
"attributes":[{"name":"lifesteal","modifier":20}]
},
"1": {
"item_name":"Test Item",
"item_rarity":2,
"item_material":"STICK",
"required_level":1,
"min_damage":100.0,
"max_damage":200.0,
"item_set":"The cool kids",
"attributes":[{"name":"lifesteal","modifier":20}]
}
}]
}
I am printing the JSON string, but instead of getting the individual objects (0, then 1, then 2, etc...) it only gets the whole array every time I print it out.
Object obj = jsonParser.parse(new FileReader(new File(ValaCraft.getInstance().getDataFolder() + "/test.json")));
JSONObject jsonObject = (JSONObject) obj;
JSONArray items = (JSONArray) jsonObject.get("items");
for (int i = 0; i < items.size(); i++) {
JSONObject item = (JSONObject) items.get(i);
System.out.print(item.toString());
}
Anybody have an idea on how to parse this file (without GSON, attributes is a custom class and I found it complicated to use the auto parse that gson comes with).
What did you find troubling with GSON?
If you pass it to the gson.fromJSON as a JSONObject class, it should work, and you'll be able to get data from the JSON object.
Gson gson = new Gson();
JsonObject jsonFile = gson.fromJson(file.json, JsonObject.class);
Then you can call
JsonArray array = jsonFile.get("items").getAsJsonArray();
Then to grab the attributes from the first element of the array.
array.get(0).getAsJsonObject().get("attributes").getAsJsonArray();
I have a Json Array as string without name and I want to parse it how can i do it in android ?
My array :
{"emp_info":[
{"id":"1","groupe":"1","professeur":"1"},
{"id":"2","groupe":"2","professeur":"1"}
]}
This is how you can parse it
Assuming your json string is data
JSONObject jsonObj = new JSONObject(data);
JSONArray empInfo = jsonObj.getJSONArray("emp_info");
for(int i = 0; i < empInfo.length(); i++){
JSONObject obj = empInfo.getJSONObject(i);
String id = obj.getString("id");
String groupe = obj.getString("groupe");
String professeur = obj.getString("professeur");
}
The example json you gave has a name, but if it doesn't this is how I do it. Using Gson to parse JSON, I use TypeToken to tell the gson builder it's an array.
List<MyObject> jsonObject = new Gson().fromJson(json, new TypeToken<List<MyObject>>().getType());
With the following code you'll have an object representation of your json array.
So I have some code that is able to send this out:
{"id":1,
"method":"addWaypoint",
"jsonrpc":"2.0",
"params":[
{
"lon":2,
"name":"name",
"lat":1,
"ele":3
}
]
}
The server receives this JSON object as a string named "clientstring":
JSONObject obj = new JSONObject(clientstring); //Make string a JSONObject
String method = obj.getString("method"); //Pulls out the corresponding method
Now, I want to be able to get the "params" value of {"lon":2,"name":"name","lat":1,"ele":3} just like how I got the "method".
however both of these have given me exceptions:
String params = obj.getString("params");
and
JSONObject params = obj.getJSONObject("params");
I'm really at a loss how I can store and use {"lon":2,"name":"name","lat":1,"ele":3} without getting an exception, it's legal JSON yet it can't be stored as an JSONObject? I dont understand.
Any help is VERY appreciated, thanks!
params in your case is not a JSONObject, but it is a JSONArray.
So all you need to do is first fetch the JSONArray and then fetch the first element of that array as the JSONObject.
JSONObject obj = new JSONObject(clientstring);
JSONArray params = obj.getJsonArray("params");
JSONObject param1 = params.getJsonObject(0);
How try like that
JSONObject obj = new JSONObject(clientstring);
JSONArray paramsArr = obj.getJSONArray("params");
JSONObject param1 = paramsArr.getJSONObject(0);
//now get required values by key
System.out.println(param1.getInt("lon"));
System.out.println(param1.getString("name"));
System.out.println(param1.getInt("lat"));
System.out.println(param1.getInt("ele"));
Here "params" is not an object but an array. So you have to parse using:
JSONArray jsondata = obj.getJSONArray("params");
for (int j = 0; j < jsondata.length(); j++) {
JSONObject obj1 = jsondata.getJSONObject(j);
String longitude = obj1.getString("lon");
String name = obj1.getString("name");
String latitude = obj1.getString("lat");
String element = obj1.getString("ele");
}
the string I have into "jsonString" is the content of this link: http://85.18.173.82/cineca/wp5/json/events.json
Now I want the value "Day" of the second "Event".
JSONObject o = new JSONObject(jsonString);
String day = o.getString("XXXXXXXXXX");
System.out.println(day);
What does I have to put as argument of o.getString?
Many thanks
JSONObject obj = new JSONObject(json);
JSONArray array = obj.getJSONArray("Events");
for(int i = 0 ; i < array.length() ; i++){
System.out.println(array.getJSONObject(i).getJSONObject("Event").getString("Day"));
}
In this way, you can access, thanks.
The way you're constructing your JSONObject is wrong. By using this constructor you're not reading the json from that URL, you're actually using that string as a json representation (which it is not).
If you want to first read the json from your URL you'll have to do an HTTP GET request and then construct a JSONObject out of the response.
For more info, take a look at JSONObject docs