Cannot deserialize instance of object out of START_ARRAY token in Spring Webservice

Your json contains an array, but you’re trying to parse it as an object.
This error occurs because objects must start with {.

You have 2 options:

1. You can get rid of the ShopContainer class and use Shop[] instead

   ShopContainer response  = restTemplate.getForObject(
       url, ShopContainer.class);
   

   replace with

   Shop[] response  = restTemplate.getForObject(url, Shop[].class);
   

   and then make your desired object from it.

2. You can change your server to return an object instead of a list

   return mapper.writerWithDefaultPrettyPrinter().writeValueAsString(list);
   

   replace with

   return mapper.writerWithDefaultPrettyPrinter().writeValueAsString(
       new ShopContainer(list));