org.json.JSONException: Value <!DOCTYPE of type java.lang.String cannot be converted to JSONObject

Question

Here I want to display the JSON content using API key. But I am unable to get the authentication.

I am getting the error in JsonObject:

org.json.JSONException: Value Authorization of type java.lang.String cannot be converted to JSONObject

In my android application, I just pass the API key and URL id to get the JSON response in the following URL. I display the JSON content using JSON array.

But if I:

public class AndroidAPiActivity extends Activity {

/*
 * FlickrQuery = FlickrQuery_url
 * + FlickrQuery_per_page
 * + FlickrQuery_nojsoncallback
 * + FlickrQuery_format
 * + FlickrQuery_tag + q
 * + FlickrQuery_key + FlickrApiKey
 */

String FlickrQuery_url = "http://192.138.11.9/api/interests/";
String FlickrQuery_per_page = "&per_page=1";
String FlickrQuery_nojsoncallback = "&nojsoncallback=1";
String FlickrQuery_format = "&format=json";
String FlickrQuery_tag = "&tags=";
String FlickrQuery_key = "&api_key=";

// Apply your Flickr API:
// www.flickr.com/services/apps/create/apply/?
   String FlickrApiKey = "f65215602df8f8af";

   EditText searchText;
   Button searchButton;
   TextView textQueryResult, textJsonResult;
   ImageView imageFlickrPhoto;
   Bitmap bmFlickr;

   /** Called when the activity is first created. */
   @Override
   public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
       super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
       setContentView(R.layout.main);

       searchText = (EditText)findViewById(R.id.searchtext);
       searchButton = (Button)findViewById(R.id.searchbutton);
       textQueryResult = (TextView)findViewById(R.id.queryresult);
       textJsonResult = (TextView)findViewById(R.id.jsonresult);
       imageFlickrPhoto = (ImageView)findViewById(R.id.flickrPhoto);
       searchButton.setOnClickListener(searchButtonOnClickListener);
   }

   private Button.OnClickListener searchButtonOnClickListener
   = new Button.OnClickListener(){

 public void onClick(View arg0) {
  // TODO Auto-generated method stub
  String searchQ = searchText.getText().toString();
  String searchResult = QueryFlickr(searchQ);
  textQueryResult.setText(searchResult);
  String jsonResult = ParseJSON(searchResult);
  textJsonResult.setText(jsonResult);

  if (bmFlickr != null){
   imageFlickrPhoto.setImageBitmap(bmFlickr);
  }
 }};

   private String QueryFlickr(String q){

    String qResult = null;

    String qString =
      FlickrQuery_url
      + FlickrQuery_per_page
      + FlickrQuery_nojsoncallback
      + FlickrQuery_format
      + FlickrQuery_tag + q 
      + FlickrQuery_key + FlickrApiKey;

    HttpClient httpClient = new DefaultHttpClient();
       HttpGet httpGet = new HttpGet(qString);

       try {
  HttpEntity httpEntity = httpClient.execute(httpGet).getEntity();

  if (httpEntity != null){
   InputStream inputStream = httpEntity.getContent();
   Reader in = new InputStreamReader(inputStream);
   BufferedReader bufferedreader = new BufferedReader(in);
   StringBuilder stringBuilder = new StringBuilder();

   String stringReadLine = null;

   while ((stringReadLine = bufferedreader.readLine()) != null) {
    stringBuilder.append(stringReadLine + "\n");
    }

   qResult = stringBuilder.toString();

  }

 } catch (ClientProtocolException e) {
  // TODO Auto-generated catch block
  e.printStackTrace();
 } catch (IOException e) {  
  // TODO Auto-generated catch block
  e.printStackTrace();
 }

       return qResult;
   }

   private String ParseJSON(String json){

    String jResult = null;
    bmFlickr = null;
    String key_id;
    String category;
    String subcategory;
    String title;
    String icon_image;

    try
     {
  JSONObject JsonObject = new JSONObject(json);
  JSONObject Json_photos = JsonObject.getJSONObject("interests");
  JSONArray JsonArray_photo = Json_photos.getJSONArray("interest");

  //We have only one photo in this exercise
  JSONObject FlickrPhoto = JsonArray_photo.getJSONObject(0);

  key_id = FlickrPhoto.getString("row_key");
  category = FlickrPhoto.getString("category");
  subcategory = FlickrPhoto.getString("subcategory");
   title = FlickrPhoto.getString("title");

  jResult = "\n key_id: " + key_id + "\n"
    + "category: " + category + "\n"
    + "subcategory: " + subcategory + "\n"
    + "title: " + title + "\n";

  bmFlickr = LoadPhotoFromFlickr(key_id, category, subcategory,title);

 } catch (JSONException e) {
  // TODO Auto-generated catch block
  e.printStackTrace();
 }

    return jResult;
   }

   private Bitmap LoadPhotoFromFlickr(
     String key_id, String category, String subcategory,
     String title){
    Bitmap bm= null;

    String icon_image = null;
 //   String FlickrPhotoPath ="";
   String FlickrPhotoPath ="http://182.72.180.34/media/"+icon_image+".jpg";

    URL FlickrPhotoUrl = null;

    try {

  FlickrPhotoUrl = new URL(FlickrPhotoPath);

  HttpURLConnection httpConnection = (HttpURLConnection) FlickrPhotoUrl.openConnection();
  httpConnection.setDoInput(true);
  httpConnection.connect();
  InputStream inputStream = httpConnection.getInputStream();
  bm = BitmapFactory.decodeStream(inputStream);

 } catch (MalformedURLException e) {
  // TODO Auto-generated catch block
  e.printStackTrace();
 } catch (IOException e) {
  // TODO Auto-generated catch block
  e.printStackTrace();
 }

    return bm;
   }
}

Answer 1

Update:

Based on the HTML response, I can tell you that this is not JSON. The response tells me that you have the incorrect URL for your web service.

You need to check your URL.

Extra Info / Previous Answer:

It looks like the simple answer is the right one - your result is not a valid JSON string. See JSON.org website for details on what JSON should look like.

Check out JSON Parser Online - I find its very useful when working with JSON.

It is strange that you are requesting JSON, and it is not returning it properly - perhaps I have missed something.

Answer 2

Yes, we get such kind of warning when the given URL is not valid.

Just check the URL once.