Iterate through JSON array with Play framework 2.2 (java)

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Hi and thank you for reading.

I have to call a restful service via the Play framework and parse the json result to an object list. My problem is there are thousands of resources for creating a restful service with play but not much about the other direction.

My next problem is I'm only able to find examples of service calls in controllers. Is it a bad idea to call the service from a model? How would I call this service (without the need for a result)? This is what I have found so far.

return async(
    WS.url("http://localhost:3021/Dashboard.svc/Conversation").get().map(
        new Function<WS.Response, Result>() {
            public Result apply(WS.Response response) {
                return ok(response.asJson());
            }
        }
    )
);

I'm new to Play, so forgive me if I ask stupid questions. I feel better with c# at the moment.

Thanks in advance! Ben

Ben · Accepted Answer · 2014-01-08 00:15:14Z

Found it. Or - found how to do it. Not if it is a good idea to do how I did.

import play.libs.WS;
import play.*;
import play.mvc.*;
import play.mvc.Result.*;
import play.libs.F.Promise;
import play.libs.F.Function;

import java.util.*;

import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JsonNode;
import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.node.ArrayNode;

public class Order {

...

    public static List<Order> getOrders() {
        String hostUri = Helper.getWsHostUri();

        Promise<WS.Response> promise = WS.url(hostUri + "Orders").get();
        Promise<List<Order>> promisedResult = promise.map(
            new Function<WS.Response, List<Order>>() {
                public List<Order> apply(WS.Response response) {
                    JsonNode json = response.asJson();
                    ArrayNode results = (ArrayNode)json;

                    List<Order> orders = new ArrayList<Order>();
                    Iterator<JsonNode> it = results.iterator();

                    while (it.hasNext()) {
                        JsonNode node  = it.next();
                        Order order = new Order();

                        order.from = node.get("From").asText();
                        order.contact = node.get("Contact").asText();
                        order.amount = node.get("Amount").asDouble();
                        order.status = node.get("Status").asInt();

                        orders.add(order);
                    }

                    return orders;
                }
            }
        );

        return promisedResult.get();
    }
}

I would still be glad to see how to do it if you are not guessing like myself ...

Thanks and have a nice day!

Ben

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