Simplest way to read json from a URL in java

Question

This might be a dumb question but what is the simplest way to read and parse JSON from URL in Java?

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Answer 1

Use HttpClient to grab the contents of the URL. And then use the library from json.org to parse the JSON. I've used these two libraries on many projects and they have been robust and simple to use.

Other than that you can try using a Facebook API java library. I don't have any experience in this area, but there is a question on stack overflow related to using a Facebook API in java. You may want to look at RestFB as a good choice for a library to use.