How to put JSON array in request body for Retrofit?

Question

The server API takes a JSON array in the request body. Like this:

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

I know how to put a JSON object as the body, but how can I put a JSON array in a retrofit request?

I already have a POJO:

public class Sample {
    @SerializedName("key1")
    @Expose
    private String key1;
    @SerializedName("key2")
    @Expose
    private String key2;
    @SerializedName("key3")
    @Expose
    private String key3;
}

Here's my API class:

  @PATCH("//some url")
    Observable<ResponseBody> patchRequest(
            // ... other params
            @Body Sample sampleBody;
    );

When I make a request, the body looks like this:

  {
    "key1" : "value1",
    "key2" : "value2",
    "key3" : "value3"
  }

Except I need it to be inside an array as show in the first JSON.

Possible duplicate of [How to POST raw whole JSON in the body of a Retrofit request?](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/21398598/how-to-post-raw-whole-json-in-the-body-of-a-retrofit-request) — Code-Apprentice, Nov 16 '17 at 19:38
Please show a code example that illustrates what you tried so far. — Code-Apprentice, Nov 16 '17 at 19:51
@Code-Apprentice is there a more elegant way instead of posting a raw JSON body? — kyrax, Nov 16 '17 at 21:22

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Nov 16 '17 at 19:49

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Use list of that objects

@POST("url")
Call<Object> doStuff(@Body List<Map<String, String>> body)

answered Nov 16 '17 at 19:49

Mihail

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score 0 · Answer 2 · edited Jan 18 '18 at 21:29

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Return a list of Samples. It will then wrapped into a JSON array.

@PATCH("//some url")
Observable<ResponseBody> patchRequest(
        // ... other params
        @Body List<Sample> sampleBody;
);

edited Jan 18 '18 at 21:29

meistermeier

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answered Jan 18 '18 at 20:40

Anjul khanal

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How to put JSON array in request body for Retrofit?

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