how to parse json from a url using volly

Question

With below code i tried to parse json text from a url using Volly. but instead of giving the result it giving the some exception

2019-03-21 09:47:29.138 8603-8603/? W/System.err: java.lang.NullPointerException: Attempt to invoke virtual method 'java.lang.Class java.lang.Object.getClass()' on a null object reference
2019-03-21 09:57:20.919 8603-8603/? W/System.err: java.lang.NullPointerException: Attempt to invoke virtual method 'java.lang.Class java.lang.Object.getClass()' on a null object reference
2019-03-21 09:57:21.522 8603-8603/? W/System.err: java.lang.NullPointerException: Attempt to invoke virtual method 'java.lang.Class java.lang.Object.getClass()' on a null object reference
2019-03-21 09:57:25.578 21642-21642/? W/System.err: java.lang.NullPointerException: Attempt to invoke virtual method 'android.graphics.drawable.Drawable android.widget.ImageView.getDrawable()' on a null object reference
2019-03-21 09:57:32.832 21642-21642/? W/System.err: java.lang.NullPointerException: Attempt to invoke virtual method 'android.graphics.Bitmap android.graphics.drawable.BitmapDrawable.getBitmap()' on a null object reference
2019-03-21 09:57:32.879 21642-21642/? W/System.err: java.lang.NullPointerException: Attempt to invoke virtual method 'android.graphics.drawable.Drawable android.widget.ImageView.getDrawable()' on a null object reference
2019-03-21 09:58:09.997 21642-21642/? W/System.err: java.lang.NullPointerException: Attempt to invoke virtual method 'android.graphics.Bitmap android.graphics.drawable.BitmapDrawable.getBitmap()' on a null object reference
2019-03-21 09:58:10.084 21642-21642/? W/System.err: java.lang.NullPointerException: Attempt to invoke virtual method 'android.graphics.drawable.Drawable android.widget.ImageView.getDrawable()' on a null object reference
2019-03-21 09:58:12.130 21642-21642/? W/System.err: java.lang.NullPointerException: Attempt to invoke virtual method 'android.graphics.Bitmap android.graphics.drawable.BitmapDrawable.getBitmap()' on a null object reference
2019-03-21 09:58:12.156 21642-21642/? W/System.err: java.lang.NullPointerException: Attempt to invoke virtual method 'android.graphics.drawable.Drawable android.widget.ImageView.getDrawable()' on a null object reference
2019-03-21 09:58:13.473 21642-21642/? W/System.err: java.lang.NullPointerException: Attempt to invoke virtual method 'android.graphics.Bitmap android.graphics.drawable.BitmapDrawable.getBitmap()' on a null object reference
2019-03-21 09:58:13.508 21642-21642/? W/System.err: java.lang.NullPointerException: Attempt to invoke virtual method 'android.graphics.drawable.Drawable android.widget.ImageView.getDrawable()' on a null object reference
2019-03-21 09:58:16.968 21642-21642/? W/System.err: java.lang.NullPointerException: Attempt to invoke virtual method 'android.graphics.Bitmap android.graphics.drawable.BitmapDrawable.getBitmap()' on a null object reference
2019-03-21 09:58:16.993 21642-21642/? W/System.err: java.lang.NullPointerException: Attempt to invoke virtual method 'android.graphics.drawable.Drawable android.widget.ImageView.getDrawable()' on a null object reference
2019-03-21 09:58:33.128 8603-8603/? W/System.err: java.lang.NullPointerException: Attempt to invoke virtual method 'java.lang.Class java.lang.Object.getClass()' on a null object reference
2019-03-21 10:02:29.501 8603-8603/? W/System.err: java.lang.NullPointerException: Attempt to invoke virtual method 'java.lang.Class java.lang.Object.getClass()' on a null object reference

below is the json structure.

{"ip":"111.125.204.140","type":"ipv4","continent_code":"AS","continent_name":"Asia"}

from above json text i want to fetch type value. below are my code.

 RequestQueue queue = Volley.newRequestQueue(this);
    String url ="http://api.ipstack.com/111.125.204.140?access_key=##########";

    StringRequest stringRequest = new StringRequest(Request.Method.GET, url,
            new Response.Listener<String>() {
                @Override
                public void onResponse(String response) {

                    JSONObject json = null;
                    try {
                        json = new JSONObject(response);
                    } catch (JSONException e) {
                        e.printStackTrace();
                    }

                    String cityName = json.optString("type");// here iam not getting any value.
                    txtJson.setText(cityName);

                }
            }, new Response.ErrorListener() {
        @Override
        public void onErrorResponse(VolleyError error) {
            txtJson.setText("That didn't work!");
        }
    });

    queue.add(stringRequest);

Answer 1

You got NullPointerException because your json variable is null at this line:

String cityName = json.optString("type");

You need to check that is null or not before you use it.

I think you got an exception when you try to parse the response, but you catch it and simply log it, but you don't handle it.