Accessing JSON response - json

I am storing the response of a REST Get request and trying to access as below,
final JSONObject receivedItem = new JSONObject(response.readEntity(String.class));
This is the sample response,
[
{
"timeStamp": 1511136000000,
"contextKeys": [
{
"tKey": "Test1",
"contextKey": "Location",
"contextValue": "San Jose",
"eCount": 3
},
{
"tKey": "Test1",
"contextKey": "Name",
"contextValue": "User1",
"eCount": 3
}
}
]
And i am getting the below error,
org.json.JSONException: A JSONObject text must begin with '{' at character 1
at org.json.JSONTokener.syntaxError(JSONTokener.java:496)
at org.json.JSONObject.<init>(JSONObject.java:180)
at org.json.JSONObject.<init>(JSONObject.java:403)
Any clues ?
Thanks

As Rajkumar pointed out, in your example there is a missing close bracket - but this may just be a simple typing error.
The actual error message is saying A JSONObject text must begin with '{' which is because JSON objects are exactly that, objects. You need to use a JSONArray to parse your example JSON as follows:
final JSONArray receivedItem = new JSONArray(response.readEntity(String.class));
This may change some of your other code to handle this as an array vs an object.

If your problem is with storing and accessing json response try this response instead;
I am presuming that you are using javascript; Anyways, core idea is the same;
var jsonStorage;
$.getJSON('your url',(json) => {
jsonStorage = json;
});
console.log(jsonStorage) //your jsonresponse is now available here;

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Angular 7 HTTP GET send JSON object as a parameter

Im trying to send a json structure to a rest service from angular doing something like this
let test5var = {
"test5var1": {
"test5var2": "0317",
"test5var3": "9556"
},
"test5var4": "123",
"test5var": "0000046"
}
let dataPrincipalBlnc = {"test": {"test1": {"test2": "0317","test3": {"IDIOMA_ISO": " en","DIALECTO_ISO": "US"},"channel": "INT"},"input": {"test5": test5var}}};
let headers = new HttpHeaders();
headers.append('Content-Type', 'application/json');
let params = new HttpParams().set("requestData", dataPrincipalBlnc.toString()).set("authenticationType", this.authType);
return this.http.get(this.url, {params: params});
The result of the request should look like follows:
https://example.com/test?authenticationType=cookie&requestData=%7B%test%22:%7B%22test1%22:%7B%22test2%22:%220317%22,%22test3%22:%7B%22IDIOMA_ISO%22:%22+en%22,%22DIALECTO_ISO%22:%22US%22%7D,%22channel%22:%22INT%22%7D,%22input%22:%7B%22test5%22:%7B%22test5var1%22:%7B%22test5var2%22:%220317%22,%22test5var3%22:%229556%22%7D,%22test5var4%22:%22123%22,%22test5var5%22:%220000986%22%7D%7D%7D%7D
But it is currently sent as:
https://example.com/test?requestData=%5Bobject%20Object%5D&authenticationType=cookie
Any ideas how can I send the json object to looks as the first request? Do I need to manually convert the json to a valid uri format?
In angularJS is working fine just using the following code:
var data = {
"test1": {
"test2": {
"test3": "0317",
"test4": {
"IDIOMA_ISO": " en",
"DIALECTO_ISO": "US"
},
"channel": "INT"
},
"input": {
"test5": test5var
}
}
};
$http.get(url, {
params: {
authenticationType: authType,
requestData: data
}
}).then(success(deferred), error(deferred));
I have also tried using the following code but the result is adding more characters and the backend is failling because it says the JSON is not in a valid format:
encodeURIComponent(JSON.stringify(dataPrincipalBlnc)
?requestData=%257B%2522test%2522%253A%257B%2522test1%2522%253A%257B%2522test2%2522%253A%25220317%2522%252C%2522test3%2522%253A%257B%2522IDIOMA_ISO%2522%253A%2522%2520en%2522%252C%2522DIALECTO_ISO%2522%253A%2522US%2522%257D%252C%2522channel%2522%253A%2522INT%2522%257D%252C%2522input%2522%253A%257B%2522test5%2522%253A%257B%2522test5var1%2522%253A%257B%2522test5var2%2522%253A%25220317%2522%252C%2522test5var4%2522%253A%25229556%2522%257D%252C%2522test5var4%2522%253A%2522123%2522%252C%2522test5var5%2522%253A%25220003303%2522%257D%257D%257D%257D&authenticationType=cookie
Thanks
Regards
Any JSON object being passed to the service should be sent via response body.
You should add valid string parameters only in the url.
Also there is url size limitation for most browsers, so bigger object may lead you to the long url problem.
You are seeing the requestData=%5Bobject%20Object%5D&authenticationType=cookie because it cannot put a JSON object in url query string.
Some characters cannot be part of a URL (for example, the space) and some other characters have a special meaning in a URL: for example, the character # can be used to further specify a subsection (or fragment) of a document; the character = is used to separate a name from a value. A query string may need to be converted to satisfy these constraints. This can be done using a schema known as URL encoding.
Use JSON.stringify when you have a JavaScript Object and you want to convert it to a string (containing a JSON text). This is called serialization.
Regardless to JSON:
Use encodeURIComponent whenever you want to send "problematic" characters in the URL such as &, % etc. The opposite is decodeURIComponent.
Still i would prefer to send the object in the request body.
So in your case use:
let params = new HttpParams()
.set("requestData", encodeURIComponent(JSON.stringify(dataPrincipalBlnc)))
.set("authenticationType", this.authType);
Adding to #nircraft answer (which is very elaborate and good) this implementation seems to does the trick for you,
let test5var = {
"test5var1": {
"test5var2": "0317",
"test5var3": "9556"
},
"test5var4": "123",
"test5var": "0000046"
}
let dataPrincipalBlnc = '{"test": {"test1": {"test2": "0317","test3": {"IDIOMA_ISO": " en","DIALECTO_ISO": "US"},"channel": "INT"},"input": {"test5": test5var}}}';
let headers = new HttpHeaders();
headers.append('Content-Type', 'application/json');
let params = new HttpParams().set("requestData", encodeURIComponent(dataPrincipalBlnc)).set("authenticationType", this.authType);
return this.http.get(this.url, {params: params});
In Javascript you can basically enclose a string in '' or "".
When you don't enclose the string specifically I believe it is enclosed with "", thus making your JSON response in need of escape characters when you use stringify.
Enclosing the string like this will make sure that the double quotes will make sure that it won't need escape characters.
Let me know if you have any questions.
I just fixed the issue by defining the data as an object and using just the JSON.stringify:
let dataPrincipalBlnc: object;
let dataPrincipalBlnc = {"test": {"test1": {"test2": "0317","test3": {"IDIOMA_ISO": " en","DIALECTO_ISO": "US"},"channel": "INT"},"input": {"test5": test5var}}};
let params = new HttpParams().set("requestData", JSON.stringify(dataPrincipalBlnc)).set("authenticationType", this.authType);
Thanks for your help
Regards

how to find the number of response object in json

I have a JSON response to validate. I am writing a test secario where I want to assert if the response contains the number of objects or not. JSON response:
{
"Result": {
"resultCode": "1000",
},
"ResultClient": {
"responseCode": null,
"statusCode": null
},
"creditCard": {
"number": null
}
}
I want to assert that the response has 3 objects. How to do that? The response obj dosn't have size() or count() so I am unable to understand the path to the solution.I am writting my tests in rest-assured .
TestResponse testResponse = given()
.contentType("application/json; charset=UTF-8")
.body(cTestRequest)
.when()
.post(uri)
.as(TestResponse.class);
now how to assert the json contains the 3 obj and the parameters inside the objs?
You can do something like this:
when().
get("/x").
then().
body("keySet().size()", is(3));
The reason is that the JSON object is treated as Groovy Map so you can invoke functions on it. keySet() returns all keys as a Set and size() returns the size of this Set.

Parsing JSON value with SwiftyJSON (and Alamofire)

I am trying to parse a single value from a REST web service that I am testing.
I understand how to make the call and I see the JSON response in the Output window.
let request = Alamofire.request(.GET, "http://IP:PORT/jsonTest", parameters: ["s": "Ping?"])
.responseJSON{(_,_,data,_) in
var json = JSON(data!)
println(json)
The Console Output shows me:
{"NewDataSet":[
{"Table1":[
{"Column-A":"FirstA",
"Column-B":"FirstB"
},
{"Column-A":"SecondA",
"Column-B":"SecondB"
},
{"Column-A":"ThirdA",
"Column-B":"ThirdB"
}
]}
]}
What I would like to do now, is to display only the first value from Column-A - which in this example would be "FirstA".
I've been trying to use a code like this, but so far I am not getting anywhere...
println(json[0][0]["Column-A"].stringValue)
Any pointers much appreciated!
json["NewDataSet"][0]["Table1"][0]["Column-A"].stringValue
This is what you want. This is because your json starts with a dictionary and is formatted as dictionary>array>dictionary>array>dictionary. Note that json dictionaries are noted by { : , : } while arrays are noted as [ , ].

Can someone provide me an example on how to convert this data format to JSON?

How do i convert json text file to..
var nested_obj = { pic: "jaedongImage", name: "ananth", team: "evil geniuses", server: "NA" };
My text file as below..
{
"data": [
{
"pic": "jaedongImage,"
"name": "ananth",
"team": "evil geniuses",
"server": "N/A"
}
]
}
It's unclear what you're asking, but: The JSON depicts an object with one property, data, which refers to an array. The array has one entry, which is the object you wanted. From your initial code sample, it looks like you're using JavaScript, so: Assuming you're receiving text (a string) in JSON format, you would parse it using JSON.parse, and then get at that object via data[0]:
var obj = JSON.parse(text);
var pic = obj.data[0];

Grails: Parsing through JSON String using JSONArray/JSONObject

I have the below JSON string coming in as a request parameter into my grails controller.
{
"loginName":"user1",
"timesheetList":
[
{
"periodBegin":"2014/10/12",
"periodEnd":"2014/10/18",
"timesheetRows":[
{
"task":"Cleaning",
"description":"cleaning description",
"paycode":"payCode1"
},
{
"task":"painting",
"activityDescription":"painting description",
"paycode":"payCode2"
}
]
}
],
"overallStatus":"SUCCESS"
}
As you can see, the timesheetList might have multiple elements in it. In this ( above ) case, we have only one. So, I expect it to behave like an Array/List.
Then I had the below code to parse through it:
String saveJSON // This holds the above JSON string.
def jsonObject = grails.converters.JSON.parse(saveJSON) // No problem here. Returns a JSONObject. I checked the class type.
def jsonArray = jsonArray.timesheetList // No problem here. Returns a JSONArray. I checked the class type.
println "*** Size of jsonArray1: " + jsonArray1.size() // Returns size 1. It seemed fine as the above JSON string had only one timesheet in timesheetList
def timesheet1 = jsonArray[1] // This throws the JSONException, JSONArray[1] not found. I tried jsonArray.getJSONObject(1) and that throws the same exception.
Basically, I am looking to seamlessly iterate through the JSON string now. Any help?
1st off to simplify your code, use request.JSON. Then request.JSON.list[ 0 ] should be working