A JSONArray text must start with '[' at 1 [character 2 line 1]

Question

I have a JSON file and i am trying to deal with but the following error is appears:

Exception in thread \"main\" org.json.JSONException: A JSONObject

Answer 1

The answer is :

instead of JSONArray jsonarray1=new JSONArray(res.toString());

write like this

JSONArray jsonarray1=new JSONArray(res.asString());

Answer 2

You have to read the content of the file first, because the constructor of JSONArray needs the file-content and not the file-path.

new JSONObject(new JSONTokener(new FileInputStream(new File("path"), "UTF-8")));

new JSONObject(new JSONTokener(new FileReader("path")));

update You should use a filereader or specify the charset for the FileInputStream