We can parse the JSON now!

src/main/java/com/calebfontenot/Common.java

@@ -9,11 +9,8 @@ import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.List;
 
 public class Common {
-    public static List<String> parse(String fetchURL, String keyToFetch) throws Exception {
-        //System.out.println("CURLing API...");
-        URL url = new URL(fetchURL);
-        try (BufferedReader reader = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(url.openStream(), "UTF-8"))) {
-            for (String line; (line = reader.readLine()) != null; ) {
+    public static List<String> parseKey(String fetchURL, String keyToFetch) throws Exception {
+                String line = rawFetch(fetchURL);
                 JSONObject json = new JSONObject(line);
                 //System.out.println(line);
                 JSONArray key = json.getJSONArray(keyToFetch);
@@ -25,12 +22,6 @@ public class Common {
                 return returnList;
             }
 
-        } catch (Exception IllegalArgumentException) {
-            return null;
-        }
-    return null;
-    }
-
     public static String rawFetch(String fetchURL) throws Exception {
         //System.out.println("CURLing API...");
         URL url = new URL(fetchURL);
@@ -48,4 +39,15 @@ public class Common {
         }
         return null;
     }
+    public static String regex(String fetchURL) throws Exception{ // Regexes off the start and end square braces returned by certain APIs?
+        String raw = rawFetch(fetchURL);
+        raw = raw.substring(1, raw.length() - 1);
+        return raw;
+    }
+    public static String parse(String fetchURL, String keyToFetch) throws Exception{
+        String raw = regex(fetchURL);
+        JSONTokener tokener = new JSONTokener(raw);
+        JSONObject object = new JSONObject(tokener);
+        return object.getString(keyToFetch);
+    }
 }

src/main/java/com/calebfontenot/Main.java

@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ public class Main {
                 userInput = input.nextInt();
                 if (userInput == 1) { // user has selected PaperMC
                     System.out.println("Available Projects: ");
-                    List<String> projects = Common.parse(PAPER_API_URL + "/projects", "projects");
+                    List<String> projects = Common.parseKey(PAPER_API_URL + "/projects", "projects");
                     int i = 1;
                     for (String projectNames : projects) {
                         System.out.println(i + ". " + projectNames);

src/main/java/com/calebfontenot/parsers/Velocity.java

@@ -5,6 +5,6 @@ import com.calebfontenot.Common;
 public class Velocity {
     public static final String MODRINTH_API_URL = "https://api.modrinth.com/v2";
     public static void fetchVersions(String modID) throws Exception { // Fetch information about mod versions from the API.
-        System.out.println(Common.rawFetch(MODRINTH_API_URL + "/project/" + modID + "/version"));
+        System.out.println(Common.parse(MODRINTH_API_URL + "/project/" + modID + "/version", "id"));
     }
 }