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I need to rearrange a JSON but I cant find a solution

This is the JSON im receiving, already filtered. (its coming from the google places autocomplete API)
{
"predictions": [
{
"description": "Frankfurt am Main, Deutschland",
"place_id": "ChIJxZZwR28JvUcRAMawKVBDIgQ",
},
{
"description": "Frankfurt (Oder), Deutschland",
"place_id": "ChIJb_u1AiqYB0cRwDteW0YgIQQ",
},
{
"description": "Frankfurt Hahn Flughafen (HHN), Lautzenhausen, Deutschland",
"place_id": "ChIJX3W0JgQYvkcRWBxGlm6csj0",
}
],
"status": "OK"
}
And I need to get this JSON into this format:
{
"success":true,
"message":"OK",
"data":[
{
"description":"Frankfurt Hahn Flughafen (HHN), Lautzenhausen, Deutschland",
"id":"ChIJX3W0JgQYvkcRWBxGlm6csj0"
},
{
"description":"Frankfurt Airport (FRA), Frankfurt am Main, Deutschland",
"id":"ChIJeflCVHQLvUcRMfP4IU3YdIo"
},
{
"description":"Frankfurt Marriott Hotel, Hamburger Allee, Frankfurt am Main, Deutschland",
"id":"ChIJdag3xFsJvUcRZtfKqZkzBAM"
}
]
}
I would be very g
So predictions is just renamed to "data", we change rename status to message, move it up and add a success if the http-request that happened earlier was a success or not. This does not seem so hard on the first catch, but I can't seem to find resources to transform or rearrange JSON in C#.
I would be very grateful for any tips or resources, so I can get unstuck on this probably not so difficult task. I should mention I'm fairly new to all of this.
Thank you all in advance!

First create classes thats represent your jsons
public class Prediction
{
public string description { get; set; }
public string place_id { get; set; }
}
public class InputJsonObj
{
public Prediction[] predictions { get; set; }
public string status { get; set; }
}
public class Datum
{
public string description { get; set; }
public string id { get; set; }
}
public class OutPutJsoObj
{
public bool success { get; set; }
public string message { get; set; }
public List<Datum> data { get; set; }
public OutPutJsoObj(){
data = new List<Datum>();
}
}
Then mapped objects (manually or using any of mapping libraries like AutoMapper) and create final json.
using Newtonsoft.Json;
InputJsonObj inputObj = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<InputJsonObj >(inputJson);
OutPutJsoObj outObj = new OutPutJsoObj ();
foreach(var p in inputObj)
{
outObj.Data.Add(new Datum() { descriptions = p.descriptions , id= p.place_id }
}
string outJson = = JsonConvert.SerializeObject(outObj);

Just parse the origional json and move the data to the new json object
var origJsonObj = JObject.Parse(json);
var fixedJsonObj = new JObject {
new JProperty("success",true),
new JProperty("message",origJsonObj["status"]),
new JProperty("data",origJsonObj["predictions"])
};
it is not clear from your question what should be a success value, but I guess maybe you need this line too
if (fixedJsonObj["message"].ToString() != "OK") fixedJsonObj["success"] = false;
if you just need a fixed json
json = fixedJsonObj.ToString();
or you can create c# class (Data for example) and deserilize
Data result= fixedJsonObj.ToObject<Data>();

I like the answer from #Serge but if you're looking for a strongly typed approach we can model the input and output structure as the same set of classes and the output structure is similar, with the same relationships but only different or additional names this try this:
The process used here is described in this post but effectively we create write-only properties that will receive the data during the deserialization process and will format it into the properties that are expected in the output.
public class ResponseWrapper
{
[JsonProperty("success")]
public bool Success { get;set; }
[JsonProperty("message")]
public string Message { get;set; }
[Obsolete("This field should not be used anymore, please use Message instead")]
public string Status
{
get { return null; }
set
{
Message = value;
Success = value.Equals("OK", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase);
}
}
[JsonProperty("data")]
public Prediction[] Data { get;set; }
[Obsolete("This field should not be used anymore, please use Data instead")]
public Prediction[] Predictions
{
get { return null; }
set { Data = value; }
}
}
public class Prediction
{
public string description { get; set; }
public string place_id { get; set; }
}
Then you can deserialize and re-serialize with this code:
using Newtonsoft.Json;
...
var input = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<ResponseWrapper>(input);
var output = JsonConvert.SerializeObject(objs, new JsonSerializerSettings
{
Formatting = Newtonsoft.Json.Formatting.Indented,
NullValueHandling = Newtonsoft.Json.NullValueHandling.Ignore
});
This is a fiddle you can test with: https://dotnetfiddle.net/DsI5Yc
And the output:
{
"success": true,
"message": "OK",
"data": [
{
"description": "Frankfurt am Main, Deutschland",
"place_id": "ChIJxZZwR28JvUcRAMawKVBDIgQ"
},
{
"description": "Frankfurt (Oder), Deutschland",
"place_id": "ChIJb_u1AiqYB0cRwDteW0YgIQQ"
},
{
"description": "Frankfurt Hahn Flughafen (HHN), Lautzenhausen, Deutschland",
"place_id": "ChIJX3W0JgQYvkcRWBxGlm6csj0"
}
]
}
If you were going to go to the trouble of writing a converter for the deserialization then I find this solution is a bit simpler. I tend to use this type of solution when exposing additional properties to allow legacy data to map into a the current code base.
keeps the mapping and logic contained within the class
tells developers still writing code against the deprecated structures about the change
You can also augment this and implement a global converter to omit obsolete properties which would give you full backwards compatibility until you update the source to stop sending the legacy structure. This is a fiddle of such a solution: https://dotnetfiddle.net/MYXtGT
Inspired by these posts:
JSON.Net Ignore Property during deserialization
Is there a way to make JavaScriptSerializer ignore properties of a certain generic type?
Exclude property from serialization via custom attribute (json.net)
Json.NET: Conditional Property Serialization

C# Newtonsoft deserialize JSON array

I'm trying to deserialize an array using Newtonsoft so i can display files from a cloud based server in a listbox but i always end up getting this error no matter what i try:
Newtonsoft.Json.JsonReaderException: 'Unexpected character encountered while parsing value: [. Path '[0].priv', line 4, position 15.'
Thisis an example try to deserialize:
[
{
"code": 200,
"priv": [
{
"file": "file.txt",
"ext": "txt",
"size": "104.86"
},
{
"file": "file2.exe",
"ext": "exe",
"size": "173.74"
},
],
"pub": [
{
"file": "file.txt",
"ext": "txt",
"size": "104.86"
},
{
"file": "file2.exe",
"ext": "exe",
"size": "173.74"
}
]
}
]
I tried using a C# Class like this:
public class ListJson
{
[JsonProperty("pub")]
public List List { get; set; }
}
public class List
{
[JsonProperty("file")]
public string File { get; set; }
[JsonProperty("ext")]
public string Ext { get; set; }
[JsonProperty("size")]
public string Size { get; set; }
}
[JsonProperty("priv")]
public List List { get; set; }
}
public class List
{
[JsonProperty("file")]
public string File { get; set; }
[JsonProperty("ext")]
public string Ext { get; set; }
[JsonProperty("size")]
public string Size { get; set; }
}
And deserialize with:
List<list> fetch = Newtonsoft.Json.JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<List<list>>(json);

The correct C# class structure for your JSON is the following:
public class FileEntry
{
public string file { get; set; }
public string ext { get; set; }
public string size { get; set; }
}
public class FileList
{
public int code { get; set; }
public List<FileEntry> priv { get; set; }
public List<FileEntry> pub { get; set; }
}
Deserializing it in this way:
var fetch = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<FileList[]>(json);
var fileList = fetch.First(); // here we have a single FileList object
As said in the other answer, creating a class called List doesn't automagically turn it into a collection of objects. You need to declare the types to be deserialized from an array a collection type (e.g. List<T>, T[], etc.).
Small tip: when in doubt, use json2csharp.com to generate strongly typed classes from a json string.

At the moment List has a single List instance called priv, which despite the name: doesn't make it a list. To deserialize a JSON array ("priv": [...]), it needs to an array or list-like type, for example List<T> for some T. Presumably a List<FileThing>, if we assume that FileThing is actually the second type called List (you have 2).

Retrieve data from JSON using JObject

I am attempting to get a value for a game from JSON, but there are multiple fields with the same name, so I was wondering whether there was a way in which I could just retrieve that individual value, here is the basic JSON structure:
"response": {
"game_count": 119,
"games": [
{
"appid": 3920,
"playtime_forever": 0
},
{
"appid": 4000,
"playtime_forever": 278
},
...
I need to somehow get a property by using an appID and then retrieving the playtime_forever key.

You can convert your JSON to class and then query:
class ResponseJSON
{
[JsonProperty("response")]
public Result Response { get; set; }
}
class Result
{
[JsonProperty("game_count")]
public string Count { get; set; }
[JsonProperty("games")]
public List<Game> Gmaes { get; set; }
}
class Game
{
[JsonProperty("appid")]
public string Id { get; set; }
[JsonProperty("playtime_forever")]
public string PlayTime { get; set; }
}
var resp = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<ResponseJSON>(jsonstr);
And then you can iterate through your object with a for loop:
foreach(game in resp.Respone.Games) {
var playtime = game.PlayTime;
// do stuff here
}
Or you can use linq to query your games:
var selectiveGames = resp.Response.Games.Where(x=> x.PlayTime == 220).ToList();
You need to add newtonsoft dll from here to your project if you don't have it;
UPDATE: With original JSON the code above is working perfect.

Deserialize nested Json data with Newtonsoft in C# and assign into variable

Here is the Json data that I got
{
"Data": {
"namelist": [
{
"name": "Elson Mon",
"Information": {
"Age": 45.0,
"Height": 168.7,
"Weight": 75.4,
"Birthdate": "1992-03-03"
},
"Married Status": "Single"
}
]
}
}
And here are my models
public class Information
{
public double Age { get; set; }
public double Height { get; set; }
public double Weight { get; set; }
public string Birthdate { get; set; }
}
public class Namelist
{
public string name { get; set; }
public Information Information { get; set; }
public string MarriedStatus { get; set; }
}
public class Data
{
public List<Namelist> namelist { get; set; }
}
public class RootObject
{
public Data Data { get; set; }
}
How can I deserialize the Json format string and assign into variable ?
I'm trying to use
dynamic jsonResponse = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<RootObject>(json);
to deserialize the Json data but have totally no idea on how to assign it into different variable.

Am I right in assuming your problem is actually assigning the result to a variable?
If that's the case, you needn't bother figuring out the type (although it's pretty obvious here - you're deserializing a string into RootObject, so if this works, you'll naturally have a RootObject). Just let the compiler do it for you:
var jsonResponse = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<RootObject>(json);
You can then hover over "var" to see the type. It's much more convenient when you really have no idea what you're working with or if the type is something rather ugly like IEnumerable<KeyValuePair<int, List<string>>>.
Avoid the dynamic type in such cases; always prefer putting the actual type or "var". The compiler doesn't know what you've got if you store it in a dynamic, so it won't issue any warnings if you're using your object in an inappropriate way, you'll face the consequences run-time.

You are in the right path.
RootObject obj = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<RootObject>(json);
Example:
public static void Main(string[] args)
{
string json = #"{
'Data': {
'namelist': [
{
'name': 'Elson Mon',
'Information': {
'Age': 45.0,
'Height': 168.7,
'Weight': 75.4,
'Birthdate': '1992-03-03'
},
'Married Status': 'Single'
}
]
}
}";
RootObject obj = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<RootObject>(json);
}

Complex json deserialization

I have to deserialize the following json response (the Result list has variable length):
{
"ResultSet": {
"Query": "volkswagen",
"Result": [
{
"symbol": "VLKAY",
"name": "Volkswagen AG",
"exch": "PNK",
"type": "S",
"exchDisp": "OTC Markets",
"typeDisp": "Equity"
},
{
"symbol": "VOW3.DE",
"name": "Volkswagen AG",
"exch": "GER",
"type": "S",
"exchDisp": "XETRA",
"typeDisp": "Equity"
},
{
"symbol": "VOW.DE",
"name": "Volkswagen AG",
"exch": "GER",
"type": "S",
"exchDisp": "XETRA",
"typeDisp": "Equity"
}
]
}
}
What I got:
JavaScriptSerializer js = new JavaScriptSerializer();
string jsonString = "...String is here...";
SearchObj obj = js.Deserialize<SearchObj>(jsonString);
I understand that I usually have to create a fitting obj. e.g. SearchObj which will get filled but in this case I'm not entirely sure how this object is supposed to look like. I came up with:
class Data
{
public string symbol { get; set; }
public string name { get; set; }
public string exch { get; set; }
public string type { get; set; }
public string exchDisp { get; set; }
public string typeDisp { get; set; }
}
class Container
{
public string Query { get; set; }
public List<Data> Result { get; set; }
}
class SearchObj
{
public Container ResultSet { get; set; }
}
But guess what, it's not working, I only get ResultSet = null.

Try to change your class Container as
class Container
{
public string Query { get; set; }
public Data[] Result { get; set; }
}
I have not tested it, based on my observation

I always feel bad when I answer my own question but here it goes.
Basically my idea was correct, I only made one mistake which is that I don't need the
class SearchObj
{
public Container ResultSet { get; set; }
}
Using
Container obj = js.Deserialize<Container>(jsonString);
instead of
SearchObj obj = js.Deserialize<SearchObj>(jsonString);
made the trick. Both Data[] and List<Data> in Container work btw.
Edit:
From giammins comment it seems that it is working on some machines without that change but I guess that's a case for undefined behavior.

You can use http://www.json2charp.com to create your classes.