Get a JSON item that is inside a JSON item Java

Question

So I have a JSON object that looks like this:

{
    "accessToken" : "<dont need this>",
    "clientToken" : "<nor this>",
    "selectedProfile" : {
        "id" : "<nope>",
        "name" : "<I need this>",
        "legacy" : true
    },
    "availableProfiles" :
    [
        {
            "id" : "<not this>",
            "name" : "<not this>",
            "legacy" : true
        }
    ]
}

So what I need is selectedProfile > name. I am able to extract selected profiles, would I just repeat the process on that? What should I do to retrieve it?

Possible duplicate of [How to parse JSON in Java](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2591098/how-to-parse-json-in-java) — Uma Kanth, Dec 24 '15 at 14:07
Your question is very strange. You claim you are able to access key which doesn't exist in your JSON (unless by `selected profiles` you mean `availableProfiles`) but you can't access key which exist.. Can we see your code at least? Also what library are you using? — Pshemo, Dec 24 '15 at 14:07

score 3 · Answer 1 · answered Dec 24 '15 at 14:08

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Using javax.json

 JsonReader reader = new JsonReader(yourString);
 JsonObject base = reader.readObject();
 JsonObject profile = base.getJsonObject("selectedProfile");
 String name = profile.getJsonString("name");

and then name should be the object you want.

answered Dec 24 '15 at 14:08

William Rosenbloom

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In theory he could also have gone for making similarly looking Java classes, and then parsing his Json via Gson. But I approve of this solution. – MrKickkiller Dec 24 '15 at 15:31
@MrKickkiller thank you. Your approval means a lot to me. – William Rosenbloom Dec 24 '15 at 15:34

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Dec 24 '15 at 14:49

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Try this:

String name = yourJSON.getJSONObject("selectedProfile").getString("name").toString();

answered Dec 24 '15 at 14:49

Alvin

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Get a JSON item that is inside a JSON item Java

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