Unhandled Exception: InternalLinkedHashMap' is not a subtype of type 'List

Question

I am trying to get the JSON response from the server and output it to the console.

Future login() async {
    var response = await http.get(
            


        

Answer 1

Here are 2 common ways this could go wrong:

1. If your response is a json object like

   [
       {
         key1: value1,
         key2: value2,
         key3: value3,
       },
       {
         key1: value1,
         key2: value2,
         key3: value3,
       },
   
       .....
   ] 
   

   Then, we use data[0]["name"], not data[0].name Unless we cast to an object that has the name property, we cannot use data[0].name

   We cast like this data = json.decode(response.body).cast();

   ObjectName can be whatever object you want (Inbuilt or Custom). But make sure it has the name property

2. If your response is a JSON object like

   {
       dataKey: [
         {
           key1: value1,
           key2: value2,
           key3: value3,
         } 
       ] 
   }
   

   Then json.decode will return a Map, not a List

   Map map = json.decode(response.body);
   List data = map["dataKey"];
   print(data[0]["name"]);