A JSONObject text must begin with '{' at 1 [character 2 line 1] with '{' error

Question

String JSON = \"http://www.json-generator.com/j/cglqaRcMSW?indent=4\";

JSONObject jsonObject = new JSONObject(JSON);
JSONObject getSth = jsonObject.getJSONObject(\"         


        

Answer 1

I had the same error and struggled to fix it, then answer above by Nagaraja JB helped me to fix it. In my case:

Was before: JSONObject response_json = new JSONObject(response_data);

Changed it to: JSONArray response_json = new JSONArray(response_data);

This fixed it.