Java convert JSONObject to URL parameter

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What is the elegant way to convert JSONObject to URL parameters. For example, JSONObject:

{stat: {123456: {x: 1, y: 2}, 123457: {z: 5, y: 2}}}}

this should be like:

stat[123456][x]=1&stat[123456][y]=2&stat[123457][z]=5&stat[123457][y]=2

of course with escaped symbols, and of course JSON object could be more complicated.. Maybe there already exist some mechanisms for that?

Thanks,

I think Marcelo is suggesting that you send the actual JSON as your POST data. When using POST, it's not mandatory to use the `application/x-www-form-urlencoded` format (i.e. `key=value`) — Felix, Dec 23 '10 at 12:24

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Dec 30 '10 at 11:32

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Looks like, the only way I found it to make it manually.

answered Dec 30 '10 at 11:32

Alex Ivasyuv

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score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Dec 23 '10 at 11:49

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If readability isn't a big concern, you could base64-encode the JSON string in the url, and then base64-decode inside the web server before decoding the JSON itself.

answered Dec 23 '10 at 11:49

Marcelo Cantos

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That looks like a custom format that is very unlikely to be supported by any general purpose library. You'll probably have to write an algorithm yourself. – Marcelo Cantos Dec 24 '10 at 09:27

Java convert JSONObject to URL parameter

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