Java Requires Chilkat v11.0.0+

Load JSON Object from HTTP Response Body

Demonstrates how to load the HTTP response body directly into a JSON object. Chilkat2 Java

import com.chilkatsoft.chilkat2.ChilkatException;
import com.chilkatsoft.chilkat2.Http;
import com.chilkatsoft.chilkat2.HttpResponse;
import com.chilkatsoft.chilkat2.JsonObject;

public class ChilkatExample {

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        Http http = new Http();

        HttpResponse resp = new HttpResponse();
        try {
            http.httpStr("GET", "https://www.chilkatsoft.com/exampledata/sample.json", "", "", "", resp);
        } catch (ChilkatException e) {
            System.out.println(e.getLastErrorText());
            return;
        }

        // A JSON object is JSON that begins with "{" and ends with "}"
        JsonObject json = new JsonObject();

        // If we wish to transfer (instead of copy) the JSON from the HttpResponse to the JsonObject, then add the keyword "TakeResponseBody" to UncommonOptions
        // This could save memory for extremely large JSON responses.
        resp.setUncommonOptions("TakeResponseBody");

        resp.getBodyJson(json);

        json.setEmitCompact(false);
        System.out.println(json.emit());

        // Note: If UncommonOptions contained "TakeResponseBody", then the response BodyStr will now be empty:
        System.out.println("----");
        System.out.println(resp.getBodyStr());
    }
}