Convert String to JSON in Java

Question

I am trying to convert a String to a JSON in Java. I tried Gson and JSONObject.toJson but they are not helping me .

 String str = "{"rahul":"reddy"}";

This is my string , I want this to be converted into a JSON.Can anyone please help me .

An example of what you tried and how it failed would be helpful. — crownjewel82, Oct 31 '13 at 18:08
possible duplicate of [How to convert String to JSONObject in Java](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5245840/how-to-convert-string-to-jsonobject-in-java) — msangel, Oct 31 '13 at 18:09
You should try escaping the `"`s... `String str = "{\"rahul\":\"reddy\"}";` — jonhopkins, Oct 31 '13 at 18:09
What do mean *converter into a JSON*? A valid JSON string? A JSON object (like `org.json.JSONObject`)? — rzymek, Oct 31 '13 at 18:10
Do you want to see an answer without GSON? I can show you with org.json which is the built in library — meda, Oct 31 '13 at 18:11
Looks like this is similar to the question posted in below link: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5245840/how-to-convert-string-to-jsonobject-in-java — Gayathri, Oct 31 '13 at 18:15

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 31 '13 at 18:11

If you're looking to parse JSON from a string to an object, firstly you'll need to choose a library. An easy choice is json-simple

// note that I have escaped the inner "
String string = "{\"rahul\":\"reddy\"}";
JSONObject json = (JSONObject)new JSONParser().parse(string);

To get values back:

json.get("rahul"); // --> "reddy"

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