Android: JSONObject cannot be converted to JSONArray

Question

I want to get data from php file to Android using JSON. This is my code:

....
HttpEntity e = r.getEntity();
String data = EntityUtils.toString(e);
JSONArray timeline = new JSONArray(data);
JSONObject last = timeline.getJSONObject(0);
return last;

When I debug the program there is JSONException on this line:

JSONObject last = timeline.getJSONObject(0);

Data is {"a":1,"b":2,"c":3,"d":4,"e":5} and the Exception is:

org.json.JSONException: Value {"d":4,"e":5,"b":2,"c":3,"a":1} of type org.json.JSONObject cannot be converted to JSONArray

This is JSON Object {"a":1,"b":2,"c":3,"d":4,"e":5}. This [{"a":1,"b":2,"c":3,"d":4,"e":5}] is JSONArray with 1 JSONObject — SERPRO
– SERPRO, Commented Feb 29, 2012 at 13:03

thkala · Accepted Answer · 2012-02-29 14:54:20Z

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The exception message is quite explicit and a look at the JSON syntax diagrams should be illustrative. The JSON string that your code received is:

{"a":1,"b":2,"c":3,"d":4,"e":5}

This string represents an object, not an array. An example of an array would be this:

[1, 2, 3, 4, 5]

or even this:

[{"a":1,"b":2,"c":3,"d":4,"e":5}]

Note that starting and closing brackets.

I think that you will find that the exception location is slightly misleading. I don't know if it is a result of some sort of lazy initialization or something else, but I believe that the cause is actually this line:

JSONArray timeline = new JSONArray(data);

Since the data string represents a JSON object and not an array, this operation is clearly impossible.

answered Feb 29, 2012 at 14:54

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Michael Laffargue · Accepted Answer · 2012-04-25 11:49:06Z

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In Json arrays are described using []. There you define an object with five attributes.

edited Apr 25, 2012 at 11:49

answered Feb 29, 2012 at 13:03

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Rup Over a year ago

Paul Polo comments: I think you're referring to {} instead of the []? please see above

Michael Laffargue Over a year ago

@Rup Well the mistake was that I talked about arrays and not objects. Thanks for pointing it out

lomec · Accepted Answer · 2012-08-15 14:07:11Z

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JSONArray timeline = new JSONArray(data);
// change JSONArray to JSONObject

JSONObject timeline = new JSONObject(data);// Like This

Your JSON data is not an array.

answered Aug 15, 2012 at 14:07

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user1381420RKS · Accepted Answer · 2012-09-20 05:05:41Z

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Your json response is in Object form, not in Array form.So you have to simply parse your json object. Suppose "data" is the JSONObject tag in response. Following is the way of Parsing:

           HttpEntity e = r.getEntity();
           String result = EntityUtils.toString(e);
           JSONObject response=new JSOBObject(result);
           JSONOBject Data=response.getJSONObject("data");
           int a=Data.getInt("a");
           int b=Data.getInt("b");
           int c=Data.getInt("c");
           int d=Data.getInt("d");
           int e=Data.getInt("e");

Thanks.

answered Sep 20, 2012 at 5:05

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