How to parse a JSON Input stream

Question

I am using java to call a url that returns a JSON object:

url = new URL(\"my URl\");
urlInputStream = url.openConnection().getInputStream();

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Answer 1

If you like to use Jackson Databind (which Spring uses by default for its HttpMessageConverters), then you may use the ObjectMapper.readTree(InputStream) API. For example,

ObjectMapper mapper = new ObjectMapper();
JsonNode json = mapper.readTree(myInputStream);