Unable to extract data from JSON API

I'm trying to pull only the Routes from this JSON API output. This code will pull all the data:

package morgen.craig; import okhttp3.*; import java.io.IOException; public class Main {    OkHttpClient client = new OkHttpClient();    String run(String url) throws IOException {        Request request = new Request.Builder()                .url(url)                .addHeader("content-type", "application/json")                .addHeader("Cache-Control", "no-cache")                .build();        try (Response response = client.newCall(request).execute()) {            return response.body().string();        }    }    public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException {        Main example = new Main();        String response = example.run("http://svc.metrotransit.org/NexTrip/Routes");        System.out.println(response); } }

When I try to convert from JSON and grab only Routes I only get this as my output: @783e6358

import okhttp3.*; import java.io.IOException; import com.google.gson.*; class BusRoute {    public String Route;    @Override    public String toString() {        return Route;    } } public class Main {    OkHttpClient client = new OkHttpClient();    String run(String url) throws IOException {        Request request = new Request.Builder()                .url(url)                .addHeader("content-type", "application/json")                .addHeader("Cache-Control", "no-cache")                .build();        try (Response response = client.newCall(request).execute()) {            return response.body().string();        }    }    public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException {        Main example = new Main();        String response = example.run("http://svc.metrotransit.org/NexTrip/Routes");        Gson gson = new GsonBuilder().create();        BusRoute[] p = gson.fromJson(response, BusRoute[].class);        System.out.println(p);    } }

You are missing an HTTP Accept header specifying the type of content you want, and the site is returning you XML:<ArrayOfNexTripRoute xmlns="http://schemas.datacontract.org/2004/07/MetCouncil.Transit.ScheduleData"        xmlns:i="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">    <NexTripRoute>        <Description>METRO Blue Line</Description>        <ProviderID>8</ProviderID>        <Route>901</Route>    </NexTripRoute>    <NexTripRoute>        <Description>METRO Green Line</Description>        <ProviderID>8</ProviderID>        <Route>902</Route>    </NexTripRoute>    <NexTripRoute>        <Description>METRO Red Line</Description>        <ProviderID>9</ProviderID>        <Route>903</Route>    </NexTripRoute> ...

If you adding Accept: application/json, you will get:[    {        "Description": "METRO Blue Line",        "ProviderID": "8",        "Route": "901"    },    {        "Description": "METRO Green Line",        "ProviderID": "8",        "Route": "902"    },    {        "Description": "METRO Red Line",        "ProviderID": "9",        "Route": "903"    }, ...

Arrays, like your BusRoute[], don't have a toString() of their own, so fall back to the Object toString.
So when you print them they will just print what you see.
The Arrays utility class has a toString method that will handle this.

However, since your BusRoute class has no toString then each entry in the array will appear as the default toString, so you probably want to override toString in your BusRoute as well.