Another helpful resource when using Retrofit is JSON to POJO or JSON Schema 2 Pojo Tool.
In your maven pom.xml.
<dependency>
<groupId>com.squareup.retrofit</groupId>
<artifactId>retrofit</artifactId>
<version>(insert latest version)</version>
</dependency>
package com.agilemobiledeveloper.dataradiator.dao; import retrofit.http.GET; import retrofit.http.Path; import retrofit.RestAdapter; /** * * @author spannt * */ public class TestGitHub { static final String API_URL = "https://api.github.com"; static class GithubUserData{ String avatar_url; String bio; String blog; String company; String created_at; String email; String events_url; Number followers; String followers_url; Number following; String following_url; String gists_url; String gravatar_id; boolean hireable; String html_url; Number id; String location; String login; String name; String organizations_url; Number public_gists; Number public_repos; String received_events_url; String repos_url; String starred_url; String subscriptions_url; String type; String updated_at; String url; } interface GithubUser { @GET("/users/{username}") GithubUserData user(@Path("username") String username); } /** * * @param args */ public static void main(String... args) { // Create a very simple REST adapter which points the GitHub API endpoint. RestAdapter restAdapter = new RestAdapter.Builder() .setServer(API_URL) .build(); // Create an instance of our GitHub API interface. GithubUser githubUser = restAdapter.create(GithubUser.class); GithubUserData userdata = githubUser.user("nxbdi"); System.out.println("UserData=" + userdata.bio + "," + userdata.email + "," + userdata.name + userdata.location + "," + userdata.public_repos + "," + userdata.followers); } }
The library is really simple to use especially if you create your POJO class with the JSONGen.
Console Output:
UserData=Java, Android, NoSQL, SQL. 20 years experience. MS/BS in Com Sci.,tim@agilemobiledeveloper.com,Tim SpannNew Jersey,205,22