getting jsonarray api but not sure when it return jsonobject and when it return jsonarray

Question

I am confused that one time if single image there then I will get JSON response like this from my API,

{
  "banners": 
{
    "imagepath": "myimg.jpg"
  }
}

And if more than one image there then I get result like this,

   {
  "banners": {
    "imagepath": [
      "myimg.jpg",
      "myimg1.jpg"
    ]
  }
}

How do I handle both result at a same time using JSON parsing?

I personally think the API is designed badly. Did you create it? If so, whenever your API only can return 1 image, make it return a list of 1 image. This way you only need one parser for your endpoint. — Zun
– Zun, Commented Jun 29, 2018 at 11:29
no i havent create this api. I also feel the same but my developer says it is not possible from their side. So its useful if we get it from android side. Thanks anyway @ZUNJAE — Deep Patel
– Deep Patel, Commented Jun 29, 2018 at 11:33
if u use JSONObject, then you get use JSONObject.get("imagepath") and instanceof to check of what type it is. Depending on the type you manually parse this variable. — Zun
– Zun, Commented Jun 29, 2018 at 11:39

Maraj Hussain · Accepted Answer · 2018-06-29 11:43:24Z

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If you can't change the API response then you have to parse the JSON manually like below.

    JSONObject jsonObject = new JSONObject(response); 
    JSONObject jsonObject1 = jsonObject.getJSONObject("banners"); 
    //check the banners is the JSONArray or not
     if (jsonObject1.get("imagepath") instanceof JSONArray) {
    //code for JSON Array
    }else{
    //code for simple one
    }

answered Jun 29, 2018 at 11:43

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