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

The file that I was using was saved through Powershell in UTF-8 format. I changed it to ANSI and it fixed the problem.