get json data from URL using php

Question

here i try to fetch json data from following url

https://www.flickr.com/services/api/render?method=flickr.places.find&api_key=xxxxx&query=$search_data&format=json&nojsoncallback=1

contain following information which i want to get according above link

{
    "places": {
        "place": [
            {
                "place_id": "Dm5SiT1TULMEIMYN",
                "woeid": "2295402",
                "latitude": 23.03,
                "longitude": 72.591,
                "place_url": "/India/Gujarat/Ahmedabad",
                "place_type": "locality",
                "place_type_id": 7,
                "timezone": "Asia/Kolkata",
                "_content": "Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India",
                "woe_name": "Ahmedabad"
            },
            {
                "place_id": "mz1zSK1YUrJTfvUrOA",
                "woeid": "90883450",
                "latitude": 23.027,
                "longitude": 72.57,
                "place_url": "/India/Gujarat",
                "place_type": "locality",
                "place_type_id": 7,
                "timezone": "Asia/Kolkata",
                "_content": "Ahmedabad, India",
                "woe_name": "Ahmedabad"
            }
        ],
        "query": "Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India",
        "total": 2
    },
    "stat": "ok"
}

but here problem is that this link return null i'm using following code of php

$json_array = file_get_contents("https://www.flickr.com/services/api/render?method=flickr.places.find&api_key=xxxxx&query=Ahmedabad,%20Gujarat,%20India&format=json&nojsoncallback=1");
$json_array = iconv('UTF-16', 'UTF-8', $json_array);
$json_data=json_decode($json_array,true);
print_r($json_data);

So either find a URL that gives you a JSON document, or parse the HTML. — Quentin
– Quentin, Commented Feb 9, 2015 at 8:45
I added a $ symbol to print_r($json_data); not sure if that was an issue in your actual code or not though. — mylesthe.dev
– mylesthe.dev, Commented May 9, 2016 at 23:11

Markus Müller · Accepted Answer · 2015-02-09 08:48:34Z

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Your call is wrong. The correct one would be

https://api.flickr.com/services/rest/?method=flickr.places.find&.....

answered Feb 9, 2015 at 8:48

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Roman Losev Over a year ago

I have checked too. But how it explains why json_decode doesn't decodes json? I have checked json with validator and it's correct.

Markus Müller Over a year ago

@RomanLosev The OP didn't use the rest endpoint of the flicker API. He used the rendering endpoint, which syntax highlights the JSON via HTML. json_decode can not decode HTML. Thus it failed.

Hitesh Tank Over a year ago

yes but doesn't get information how to get perticular information like i want to fetch place_id how?

Markus Müller Over a year ago

See this SO question: stackoverflow.com/questions/263392/…

Markus Müller Over a year ago

You're welcome. You might want to mark this answer as correct, so it is easier for other people to find that face a similiar problem

Saqueib · Accepted Answer · 2015-02-09 09:31:12Z

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I found it, its because you are calling /api/render method of API so it will give pretty printed json

just use this url instead

//https://www.flickr.com/services/rest?method=flickr.places.find&api_key=c5336c8cc248142bbda940c1f771bfd5&query=Ahmedabad,%20Gujarat,%20India&format=json&nojsoncallback=1

$json_array = file_get_contents("https://www.flickr.com/services/rest?method=flickr.places.find&api_key=c5336c8cc248142bbda940c1f771bfd5&query=Ahmedabad,%20Gujarat,%20India&format=json&nojsoncallback=1");

$json_data=json_decode($json_array,true);
print_r($json_data);

edited Feb 9, 2015 at 9:31

answered Feb 9, 2015 at 9:25

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nyumerics · Accepted Answer · 2015-02-09 08:52:54Z

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I tried a sample request from the Flickr API.

https://www.flickr.com/services/rest/?method=flickr.test.echo&format=json&foo=bar&api_key=cddc3ae537ed443aafa20cf2c30086df

You need to add the following parameter format=json in your request URI. Also, the endpoint must be /services/rest.

answered Feb 9, 2015 at 8:52

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Hitesh Tank Over a year ago

yes that's fine but i can't scrap code of particular id information such as place_id how?

nyumerics Over a year ago

If you have received the JSON now (use whatever URL you were using), you could just use json_decode($response, true). This will convert the respone into the PHP array object. Then you can iterate over all the responses.

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