Code Sample

gistfile1.txt

import com.google.gson.Gson;
import com.google.gson.JsonArray;
import com.google.gson.JsonObject;

import java.util.*;
import java.io.*;
import java.net.*;

class Main {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        System.setProperty("http.agent", "Chrome");
        try {
            URL url = new URL("https://coderbyte.com/api/challenges/json/rest-get-simple");
            try {
                URLConnection connection = url.openConnection();
                String line = "";
                InputStream inputStream = connection.getInputStream();
                BufferedReader bufferedReader = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(inputStream));
                StringBuilder response = new StringBuilder();
                while ((line = bufferedReader.readLine()) != null) {
                    response.append(line);
                }
                bufferedReader.close();
                System.out.println("Response: " + response);
                Gson gson = new Gson();
                JsonObject jsonObject = gson.fromJson(response.toString(), JsonObject.class);
                JsonArray jsonArray = jsonObject.getAsJsonArray("hobbies");
                StringBuilder hobbiesBuilder = new StringBuilder();
                for (int i = 0; i < jsonArray.size(); i++) {
                    String item = jsonArray.get(i).getAsString();
                    hobbiesBuilder.append(item);
                    if (i != jsonArray.size() - 1) {
                        hobbiesBuilder.append(", ");
                    }
                }
                System.out.println("hobbies: " + hobbiesBuilder);
            } catch (IOException ioEx) {
                System.out.println(ioEx);
            }
        } catch (MalformedURLException malEx) {
            System.out.println(malEx);
        }
    }
}