JSONObject - How to get a value?

I'm using a java class on http://json.org/javadoc/org/json/JSONObject.html.

The following is my code snippet:

String jsonResult = UtilMethods.getJSON(this.jsonURL, null);
json = new JSONObject(jsonResult);

getJSON returns the following string

{"LabelData":{"slogan":"AWAKEN YOUR SENSES","jobsearch":"JOB SEARCH","contact":"CONTACT","video":"ENCHANTING BEACHSCAPES","createprofile":"CREATE PROFILE"}}

How do I get the value of 'slogan'?

I tried all the methods listed on the page, but none of them worked.


String loudScreaming = json.getJSONObject("LabelData").getString("slogan");

If it's a deeper key/value you're after and you're not dealing with arrays of keys/values at each level, you could recursively search the tree:

public static String recurseKeys(JSONObject jObj, String findKey) throws JSONException {
    String finalValue = "";
    if (jObj == null) {
        return "";
    }

    Iterator<String> keyItr = jObj.keys();
    Map<String, String> map = new HashMap<>();

    while(keyItr.hasNext()) {
        String key = keyItr.next();
        map.put(key, jObj.getString(key));
    }

    for (Map.Entry<String, String> e : (map).entrySet()) {
        String key = e.getKey();
        if (key.equalsIgnoreCase(findKey)) {
            return jObj.getString(key);
        }

        // read value
        Object value = jObj.get(key);

        if (value instanceof JSONObject) {
            finalValue = recurseKeys((JSONObject)value, findKey);
        }
    }

    // key is not found
    return finalValue;
}

Usage:

JSONObject jObj = new JSONObject(jsonString);
String extract = recurseKeys(jObj, "extract");

Using Map code from https://stackoverflow.com/a/4149555/2301224