Retrofit 2: Get JSON from Response body

Question

I want to get string json from my api using retrofit 2, I have no problem when using retrofit 1 to get this json but using retrofit 2 returns null for me.

This is what my json looks like

{"id":1,"Username":"admin","Level":"Administrator"}

This is my API

@FormUrlEncoded
@POST("/api/level")
Call<ResponseBody> checkLevel(@Field("id") int id);

This is how my code looks like

Retrofit retrofit = new Retrofit.Builder()
                .baseUrl(Config.BASE_URL)
                .addConverterFactory(GsonConverterFactory.create())
                .build();
        Api api = retrofit.create(Api.class);
        Call<ResponseBody> call = api.checkLevel(1);
        call.enqueue(new Callback<ResponseBody>() {
            @Override
            public void onResponse(Call<ResponseBody> call, Response<ResponseBody> response) {
                JsonObject post = new JsonObject().get(response.body().toString()).getAsJsonObject();
                    if (post.get("Level").getAsString().contains("Administrator")) {

                    }
            }

            @Override
            public void onFailure(Call<ResponseBody> call, Throwable t) {
            }
        });

I'm new to retrofit 2 and using above code, it always make my apps crash because response.body().toString() returns null.

Please guide me on how to get that json string so I can convert it into JsonObject.

Answer 1

Use this link to convert your JSON into POJO with select options as selected in image below

You will get a POJO class for your response like this

public class Result {

    @SerializedName("id")
    @Expose
    private Integer id;
    @SerializedName("Username")
    @Expose
    private String username;
    @SerializedName("Level")
    @Expose
    private String level;

    /**
    * 
    * @return
    * The id
    */
    public Integer getId() {
        return id;
    }

    /**
    * 
    * @param id
    * The id
    */
    public void setId(Integer id) {
        this.id = id;
    }

    /**
    * 
    * @return
    * The username
    */
    public String getUsername() {
        return username;
    }

    /**
    * 
    * @param username
    * The Username
    */
    public void setUsername(String username) {
        this.username = username;
    }

    /**
    * 
    * @return
    * The level
    */
    public String getLevel() {
        return level;
    }

    /**
    * 
    * @param level
    * The Level
    */
    public void setLevel(String level) {
        this.level = level;
    }

}

and use interface like this:

@FormUrlEncoded
@POST("/api/level")
Call<Result> checkLevel(@Field("id") int id);

and call like this:

Call<Result> call = api.checkLevel(1);
call.enqueue(new Callback<Result>() {
    @Override
    public void onResponse(Call<Result> call, Response<Result> response) { 
     if(response.isSuccessful()){
        response.body(); // have your all data
        int id =response.body().getId();
        String userName = response.body().getUsername();
        String level = response.body().getLevel();
        }else   Toast.makeText(context,response.errorBody().string(),Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show(); // this will tell you why your api doesnt work most of time

    }

    @Override
    public void onFailure(Call<Result> call, Throwable t) {
     Toast.makeText(context,t.toString(),Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show(); // ALL NETWORK ERROR HERE

    }
});

and use dependencies in Gradle

compile 'com.squareup.retrofit2:retrofit:2.3.0'
compile 'com.squareup.retrofit2:converter-gson:2.+'

NOTE: The error occurs because you changed your JSON into POJO (by use of addConverterFactory(GsonConverterFactory.create()) in retrofit). If you want response in JSON then remove the addConverterFactory(GsonConverterFactory.create()) from Retrofit. If not then use the above solution