How to check whether the given object is object or Array in JSON string

Question

I am getting JSON string from website. I have data which looks like this (JSON Array)

 myconf= {URL:[blah,blah]}

but some times this data c

Answer 1

I was also having the same problem. Though, I've fixed in an easy way.

My json was like below:

[{"id":5,"excerpt":"excerpt here"}, {"id":6,"excerpt":"another excerpt"}]

Sometimes, I got response like:

{"id":7, "excerpt":"excerpt here"}

I was also getting error like you. First I had to be sure if it's JSONObject or JSONArray.

JSON arrays are covered by [] and objects are with {}

So, I've added this code

if (response.startsWith("[")) {
  //JSON Array
} else {
  //JSON Object 
}

That worked for me and I wish it'll be also helpful for you because it's just an easy method

See more about String.startsWith here - https://www.w3schools.com/java/ref_string_startswith.asp