Simple ESPN Video API Parser. GSON. No POJO

simple-espn-parser.java

package com.espn.data;

import com.google.gson.JsonArray;
import com.google.gson.JsonElement;
import com.google.gson.JsonObject;
import com.google.gson.JsonParser;

import java.io.BufferedReader;
import java.io.InputStreamReader;
import java.net.URL;

public class EspnParser {

    public static final String APIKEY = "GET YER OWN :)";
    public static final String APIURL = "http://api.espn.com/v1/video/clips/";

    public static String getUrl(String clipId) {
        return APIURL + clipId + "?apikey=" + APIKEY;
    }

    public static JsonObject getVideosJsonObject(String clipId) throws Exception {
        final String json = readUrl(getUrl(clipId));
        final JsonArray videos = getVideosJsonArray(json);
        final JsonElement video = videos.get(0);
        return video.getAsJsonObject();
    }

    public static JsonArray getVideosJsonArray(final String json) {
        final JsonArray videos = new JsonParser().parse(json).getAsJsonObject().get("videos").getAsJsonArray();
        return videos;
    }

    public static String readUrl(final String urlString) throws Exception {
        BufferedReader reader = null;
        try {
            final URL url = new URL(urlString);
            reader = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(url.openStream()));
            final StringBuffer buffer = new StringBuffer();
            int read;
            final char[] chars = new char[1024];
            while ((read = reader.read(chars)) != -1) {
                buffer.append(chars, 0, read);
            }
            return buffer.toString();
        } finally {
            if (reader != null) {
                reader.close();
            }
        }
    }
    
    /** Simple Test **/
    public static void main(final String[] args) {
        try {
            //EspnParser ep = new EspnParser();
            //JsonObject video = ep.getVideosJsonObject("14418150");
            JsonObject video = getVideosJsonObject("14418150");
            System.out.println(video.getAsJsonObject()
                    .get("links").getAsJsonObject()
                    .get("source").getAsJsonObject()
                    .get("HLS").getAsJsonObject()
                    .get("HD").getAsJsonObject()
                    .get("href"));
            Thread.sleep(100);
        } catch (Exception e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
    }
    
}