Json PlaceHolder Api

A Fake Online REST API for Testing and Prototyping

JSONPlaceholder comes with a set of 6 common resources:

• /posts 100 posts
• /comments 500 comments
• /albums 100 albums
• /photos 5000 photos
• /todos 200 todos
• /users 10 user

//Add the following to the App dependencies
// build.gradle(Module: app)
dependencies {

    def moshiVersion="1.8.0"
    def retrofit2_version = "2.5.0"
    def okhttp3_version = "3.12.0"
    def kotlinCoroutineVersion = "1.0.1"

     
    //Moshi
    implementation "com.squareup.moshi:moshi-kotlin:$moshiVersion"
    kapt "com.squareup.moshi:moshi-kotlin-codegen:$moshiVersion"

    //Retrofit2
    implementation "com.squareup.retrofit2:retrofit:$retrofit2_version"
    implementation "com.squareup.retrofit2:converter-moshi:$retrofit2_version"
    implementation "com.jakewharton.retrofit:retrofit2-kotlin-coroutines-adapter:0.9.2"

    //Okhttp3
    implementation "com.squareup.okhttp3:okhttp:$okhttp3_version"
    implementation 'com.squareup.okhttp3:logging-interceptor:3.11.0'

    //Kotlin Coroutines
    implementation "org.jetbrains.kotlinx:kotlinx-coroutines-android:$kotlinCoroutineVersion"
    implementation "org.jetbrains.kotlinx:kotlinx-coroutines-core:$kotlinCoroutineVersion"

    //Picasso for Image Loading
    implementation ('com.squareup.picasso:picasso:2.71828'){
        exclude group: "com.android.support"
    }
}

A simple example

//Data Model for Post
data class PlaceholderPosts(
    val id: Int,
    val userId : Int,
    val title: String,
    val body: String
)

//ApiFactory to create jsonPlaceHolder Api
object Apifactory{
    fun retrofit() : Retrofit = Retrofit.Builder()
                .client(OkHttpClient().newBuilder().build())
                .baseUrl("https://jsonplaceholder.typicode.com")
                .addConverterFactory(MoshiConverterFactory.create())
                .addCallAdapterFactory(CoroutineCallAdapterFactory())
                .build()   

    val placeHolderApi : PlaceholderApi = retrofit().create(PlaceholderApi::class.java)
} 

//A retrofit Network Interface for the Api
interface PlaceholderApi{
    @GET("/posts")
    fun getPosts() : Deferred<Response<List<PlaceholderPosts>>>
}

//Finally making the call
GlobalScope.launch(Dispatchers.Main) {
    val postRequest = service.getPosts() // Making Network call
    try {
        val response = postRequest.await()
        val posts = response.body() // This is List<PlaceholderPosts> 
    }catch (e: Exception){

    }
}