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Thomas Roest
13,641 Pointsstuck at blog reader project, getting json data from http request code challenge 5/5
I can't get past this challenge were you are supposed to set the responseData string variable. What is wrong with this code?
String responseData = "";
try {
URL treehouseUrl = new URL("http://blog.teamtreehouse.com/api/get_recent_summary/?count=20");
HttpURLConnection connection = (HttpURLConnection) treehouseUrl.openConnection();
connection.connect();
int responseCode = connection.getResponseCode();
if (responseCode == HttpURLConnection.HTTP_OK) {
InputStream inputStream = connection.getInputStream();
Reader reader = new InputStreamReader(inputStream);
char[] charArray = new char[connection.getContentLength()];
reader.read(charArray);
String responseData = new String(charArray);
}
}
catch (MalformedURLException e) {
Log.e(TAG, "MalformedURLException caught!", e);
}
catch (IOException e) {
Log.e(TAG, "IOException caught!", e);
}
1 Answer

Hubert Maraszek
4,084 PointsString responseData = new String(charArray);
Look at the top of your block. responseData is already declared there, you don't need the String part again.
Timothy Boland
18,237 PointsTimothy Boland
18,237 PointsThanks Hubert....You have "Eagle Eyes"