Gson: Expected begin_array but was STRING

Question

I am facing the following error in parsing JSON data:

Expected begin_array but was STRING at line 1 column 34

I cannot find a solution. My JSON is the follow

Answer 1

the error is in the json you receive: you class expects an array because

 List<Person> records;

but then in your json you have

"records":"[

it has to be :

"records": [

and at the end ]"}, has to be

]}