Access elements in JSON Array in Java

Question

Here i have results of json response, I need to get correct code to get access to the forecast array, How do i achieve this?

{
 "query": {
  "count": 1,
  "created": "2016-10-23T02:37:21Z",
  "lang": "en-US",
  "results": {
   "channel": {
    "units": {
     "distance": "mi",
     "pressure": "in",
     "speed": "mph",
     "temperature": "F"
    },
    "title": "Yahoo! Weather - Kingston, Saint Andrew, JM",
    "link": "http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/weather/Country__Country/*https://weather.yahoo.com/country/state/city-109251/",
    "description": "Yahoo! Weather for Kingston, Saint Andrew, JM",
    "language": "en-us",
    "lastBuildDate": "Sat, 22 Oct 2016 09:37 PM EST",
    "ttl": "60",
    "location": {
     "city": "Kingston",
     "country": "Jamaica",
     "region": " Saint Andrew"
    },
    "wind": {
     "chill": "77",
     "direction": "0",
     "speed": "0"
    },
    "atmosphere": {
     "humidity": "90",
     "pressure": "988.0",
     "rising": "0",
     "visibility": "15.3"
    },
    "astronomy": {
     "sunrise": "6:3 am",
     "sunset": "5:40 pm"
    },
    "image": {
     "title": "Yahoo! Weather",
     "width": "142",
     "height": "18",
     "link": "http://weather.yahoo.com",
     "url": "http://l.yimg.com/a/i/brand/purplelogo//uh/us/news-wea.gif"
    },
    "item": {
     "title": "Conditions for Kingston, Saint Andrew, JM at 09:00 PM EST",
     "lat": "18.015711",
     "long": "-76.79731",
     "link": "http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/weather/Country__Country/*https://weather.yahoo.com/country/state/city-109251/",
     "pubDate": "Sat, 22 Oct 2016 09:00 PM EST",
     "condition": {
      "code": "27",
      "date": "Sat, 22 Oct 2016 09:00 PM EST",
      "temp": "77",
      "text": "Mostly Cloudy"
     },
     "forecast": [
      {
       "code": "4",
       "date": "22 Oct 2016",
       "day": "Sat",
       "high": "80",
       "low": "75",
       "text": "Thunderstorms"
      },
      {
       "code": "4",
       "date": "23 Oct 2016",
       "day": "Sun",
       "high": "80",
       "low": "75",
       "text": "Thunderstorms"
      },
      {
       "code": "4",
       "date": "24 Oct 2016",
       "day": "Mon",
       "high": "80",
       "low": "76",
       "text": "Thunderstorms"
      },
      {
       "code": "4",
       "date": "25 Oct 2016",
       "day": "Tue",
       "high": "80",
       "low": "74",
       "text": "Thunderstorms"
      },
      {
       "code": "4",
       "date": "26 Oct 2016",
       "day": "Wed",
       "high": "80",
       "low": "75",
       "text": "Thunderstorms"
      },
      {
       "code": "4",
       "date": "27 Oct 2016",
       "day": "Thu",
       "high": "80",
       "low": "75",
       "text": "Thunderstorms"
      },
      {
       "code": "4",
       "date": "28 Oct 2016",
       "day": "Fri",
       "high": "78",
       "low": "74",
       "text": "Thunderstorms"
      }
     ],

     "guid": {
      "isPermaLink": "false"
     }
    }
   }
  }
 }
}

This is what i was trying but it did not work. I just need to get correct access to the forecast JSONArray, whats the correct notation?

public void populate(JSONObject data) throws JSONException {

JSONArray jArr = data.getJSONObject("item").getJSONObject("condition").getJSONArray("forecast");


for(int i=0;i<jArr.length();i++){
    JSONObject jDayForecast = jArr.getJSONObject(i);
    String date =  jDayForecast.getString("date");
    String text =  jDayForecast.getString("text");
}

}

This line always return null as it is not getting reference to forecast array?

JSONArray jArr = data.getJSONArray("forecast");

what are you passing to populate function ?! see my answer as i make it more clear — Omid Heshmatinia
– Omid Heshmatinia, Commented Oct 23, 2016 at 6:22

Omid Heshmatinia · Accepted Answer · 2016-10-23 06:21:34Z

1

You get wrong object

JSONArray jArr = data.getJSONObject("query")
.getJSONObject("results")
.getJSONObject("channel")
.getJSONObject("item")
.getJSONArray("forecast");

If you are passing channel object to populate function :

JSONArray jArr = data.JSONObject("item")
.getJSONArray("forecast");

edited Oct 23, 2016 at 6:21

answered Oct 23, 2016 at 4:31

Omid Heshmatinia

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Jai · Accepted Answer · 2016-10-23 04:39:02Z

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You could try this way :

try{
        /*Your response Object*/
        JSONObject responseObj = new JSONObject(mResponse);

        /*Getting query Object*/
        JSONObject queryObj = responseObj.getJSONObject("query");

        /*Getting result Object*/
        JSONObject resultObj = queryObj.getJSONObject("results");

        /*Getting channel Object*/
        JSONObject channelObj = resultObj.getJSONObject("channel");

        /*Getting item Object*/
        JSONObject itemObj = channelObj.getJSONObject("item");

        /*Getting forecast Array*/
        JSONArray forecastArray = itemObj.getJSONArray("forecast");

        /*Now you could iterate your array*/
        for(int i = 0 ; i < forecastArray.length(); i++){

            JSONObject forecastObj = forecastArray.getJSONObject(i);
            String code = forecastObj.getString("code");
            // As same as other parameters 
        }


    }catch (Exception e){

    }

answered Oct 23, 2016 at 4:39

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Jai Over a year ago

@Kira : What type of error are you getting now? Check your input string. Are you passing right response string or not?

Jai Over a year ago

@Kira : Copy the full try catch block inside your populate function and pass basic response string as input parameter instead of JSONobject

Kira Over a year ago

Thanks guys, you both helped alot. I managed to fix the problem from understanding how hierachy of json elements work.

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