How to fix org.codehaus.jettison.json.JSONException: A JSONObject text must begin with '{' at charac

[Emilia Traczyk]

When I try to create an issue

 issueClient.createIssue(newIssue.build()).claim().getKey();

I get 

org.codehaus.jettison.json.JSONException: A JSONObject text must begin with '{' at character

How can I deal with that?

[Prince Nyeche · Accepted solution]

The error seems to be clear. You are sending a wrong data object to that API. The JSON object isn't formatted properly. You need to get that checked.

[Emilia Traczyk]

I send via postaman: 

{

    "fields": {

       "project":

       {

          "key": "TEST"

       },

       "summary": "REST ye merry gentlemen.",

       "description": {

           "type" : "doc",

           "version" : 1,

           "content" : [

               {

                   "type" : "paragraph",

                   "content" : [

                       {

                           "type" : "text",

                           "text" : "description"

                       }

                   ]

               }

           ]

       },

       "issuetype": {

          "issuetype": 1

       }

   }

}

 and as IssueInput I get:

IssueInput{fields={summary=FieldInput{id=summary, value=REST ye merry gentlemen.}, issuetype=FieldInput{id=issuetype, value=ComplexIssueInputFieldValue{valuesMap={id=1}}}, project=FieldInput{id=project, value=ComplexIssueInputFieldValue{valuesMap={key=TEST}}}}}

when I execute 

issueClient.createIssue(input).claim().getKey();

I get:

org.codehaus.jettison.json.JSONException: A JSONObject text must begin with '{' at character 1 of <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?><status><status-code>404</status-code><message>null for uri: https://ocadotech.atlassian.net/rest/api/3/rest/api/latest/issue</message></status>

I do think I have correct json, but if I'm wrong please correct me.

[Prince Nyeche]

Your JSON data seems valid, I'm not sure what might be wrong here. If you're sending via postman probably you want to confirm that the URL you're sending to is actually the right one and also if there's any additional data that is being passed along with your request via the postman.

[Emilia Traczyk]

I solved the issue using the feign client.

[Megha Banihall]

Hi @Emilia Traczyk , I am also facing same issue...could you please share the solution?
How did you get it working?

Thanks!