Flutter dart json Unhandled Exception: InternalLinkedHashMap<String, dynamic>' is not a subtype of type 'List<dynamic>

Question

I have this code from my other question (thanks to chunhunghan). I need to make a log in screen and im trying to validate user credentials against a response the server sends back to me but every time i try to run the code it gives me the "Unhandled Exception: InternalLinkedHashMap' is not a subtype of type 'List" error and im not sure how to fix it.

thats the model:

import 'dart:convert';
Payload payloadFromJson(String str) => Payload.fromJson(json.decode(str));

String payloadToJson(Payload data) => json.encode(data.toJson());

class Payload {
  Payload({
    this.version,
    this.encoding,
    this.subsonicResponse,
  });

  String version;
  String encoding;
  SubsonicResponse subsonicResponse;

  factory Payload.fromJson(Map<String, dynamic> json) => Payload(
        version: json["version"],
        encoding: json["encoding"],
        subsonicResponse: SubsonicResponse.fromJson(json["subsonic-response"]),
      );

  Map<String, dynamic> toJson() => {
        "version": version,
        "encoding": encoding,
        "subsonic-response": subsonicResponse.toJson(),
      };
}

class SubsonicResponse {
  SubsonicResponse({
    this.status,
    this.version,
    this.xmlns,
    this.albumList,
  });

  String status;
  String version;
  String xmlns;
  AlbumList albumList;

  factory SubsonicResponse.fromJson(Map<String, dynamic> json) =>
      SubsonicResponse(
        status: json["status"],
        version: json["version"],
        albumList: AlbumList.fromJson(json["albumList"]),
      );

  Map<String, dynamic> toJson() => {
        "status": status,
        "version": version,
        "albumList": albumList.toJson(),
      };
}

class AlbumList {
  AlbumList({
    this.album,
  });

  List<AlbumsList> album;

  factory AlbumList.fromJson(Map<String, dynamic> json) => AlbumList(
        album: json["album"] == null ? null: List<AlbumsList>.from(json["album"].map((x) => AlbumsList.fromJson(x))),);

  Map<String, dynamic> toJson() => {
        "album": album == null ? null: List<dynamic>.from(album.map((x) => x.toJson())),
      };
}

class AlbumsList {
  AlbumsList({
    this.id,
    this.parent,
    this.isDir,
    this.title,
    this.album,
    this.artist,
    this.genre,
    this.coverArt,
    this.playCount,
    this.created,
    this.year,
  });

  String id;
  String parent;
  String isDir;
  String title;
  String album;
  String artist;
  String genre;
  String coverArt;
  String playCount;
  DateTime created;
  String year;

  factory AlbumsList.fromJson(Map<String, dynamic> json) => AlbumsList(
        id: json["id"],
        parent: json["parent"],
        isDir: json["isDir"],
        title: json["title"],
        album: json["album"],
        artist: json["artist"],
        genre: json["genre"],
        coverArt: json["coverArt"],
        playCount: json["playCount"],
        created: DateTime.parse(json["created"]),
        year: json["year"] == null ? null : json["year"],
      );

  Map<String, dynamic> toJson() => {
        "id": id,
        "parent": parent,
        "isDir": isDir,
        "title": title,
        "album": album,
        "artist": artist,
        "genre": genre,
        "coverArt": coverArt,
        "playCount": playCount,
        "created": created.toIso8601String(),
        "year": year == null ? null : year,
      };
}

here is the request:

Future <Payload>fetchResponse() async{
final authresponse = await http.get(authURL);
if (authresponse.statusCode == 200){
final jsondata = jsonDecode(authresponse.body);
return payloadFromJson(jsondata);
}else
throw Exception("Unable to connect to server, try again");
}

it gives me the error on the return line. EDIT: i forgot to add the api response.

{
   "subsonic-response": {
      "status": "ok",
      "version": "1.15.0"
   }
}

this is the api response

Answer 1

change payloadFromJson to

Payload payloadFromJson (Map<String, dynamic>str) => Payload.fromJson(str);

fetch value from json if the json contains the key

 factory SubsonicResponse.fromJson(Map<String, dynamic> json) =>
      SubsonicResponse(
        status: json["status"],
        version: json["version"],
        albumList: json.containsKey("albumList")? AlbumList.fromJson(json["albumList"]):null,
      );