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Json Deserialization | Cannot Deserialize Current Json

I have below Json -
{"property_id":"53863730","name":"Hayat Elhamra","address":{"line_1":"Jeddah","city":"Jeddah","state_province_name":"Jeddah","postal_code":"23212","country_code":"SA","obfuscation_required":false,"localized":{"links":{"ar-SA":{"method":"GET","href":"https://api.ean.com/2.4/properties/content?language=ar-SA&property_id=53863730&include=address"}}}},"location":{"coordinates":{"latitude":21.520902,"longitude":39.158265}},"phone":"20-01145772035","category":{"id":"16","name":"Apartment"},"rank":99999999,"business_model":{"expedia_collect":true,"property_collect":true},"dates":{"added":"2020-06-10T23:03:21.345Z","updated":"2020-06-10T23:03:23.701Z"},"chain":{"id":"0","name":"Independent"},"brand":{"id":"0","name":"Independent"}}
{"property_id":"53183065","name":"Carefully Furnished Bungalow With 2 Bathrooms, 7km From Pula","address":{"line_1":"1 x M 90,3","line_2":"PRIVATE_VACATION_HOME 3","city":"Fazana","state_province_name":"Istria (county)","postal_code":"52212","country_code":"HR","obfuscation_required":true,"localized":{"links":{"hr-HR":{"method":"GET","href":"https://api.ean.com/2.4/properties/content?language=hr-HR&property_id=53183065&include=address"}}}},"ratings":{"property":{"rating":"3.0","type":"Star"}},"location":{"coordinates":{"latitude":44.93,"longitude":13.8}},"phone":"410442743080","category":{"id":"17","name":"Private vacation home"},"rank":99999999,"business_model":{"expedia_collect":true,"property_collect":false},"dates":{"added":"2020-05-13T21:06:42.861Z","updated":"2020-05-18T21:57:39.242Z"},"statistics":{"1073743378":{"id":"1073743378","name":"Number of bedrooms - 2","value":"2"},"1073743380":{"id":"1073743380","name":"Max occupancy - 4","value":"4"},"1073743379":{"id":"1073743379","name":"Number of bathrooms - 2","value":"2"}},"chain":{"id":"7278","name":"Belvilla"},"brand":{"id":"7353","name":"Belvilla"}}
{"property_id":"53182898","name":"Snug Cottage in Pašman With Roofed Terrace","address":{"line_1":"Pasman","city":"Pasman","state_province_name":"Zadar","postal_code":"23260","country_code":"HR","obfuscation_required":true,"localized":{"links":{"hr-HR":{"method":"GET","href":"https://api.ean.com/2.4/properties/content?language=hr-HR&property_id=53182898&include=address"}}}},"ratings":{"property":{"rating":"1.0","type":"Star"}},"location":{"coordinates":{"latitude":43.891571,"longitude":15.423619}},"phone":"410442743080","category":{"id":"11","name":"Cottage"},"rank":99999999,"business_model":{"expedia_collect":true,"property_collect":false},"dates":{"added":"2020-05-13T21:13:49.155Z","updated":"2020-05-27T21:02:31.808Z"},"statistics":{"1073743378":{"id":"1073743378","name":"Number of bedrooms - 2","value":"2"},"1073743380":{"id":"1073743380","name":"Max occupancy - 5","value":"5"},"1073743379":{"id":"1073743379","name":"Number of bathrooms - 1","value":"1"}},"chain":{"id":"7278","name":"Belvilla"},"brand":{"id":"7353","name":"Belvilla"}}
For this I have created below class structure -
public class Property
{
public string property_id { get; set; }
public string name { get; set; }
public Address address { get; set; }
public Location location { get; set; }
public string phone { get; set; }
public Category category { get; set; }
public int rank { get; set; }
public Business_Model business_model { get; set; }
public Dates dates { get; set; }
public Chain chain { get; set; }
public Brand brand { get; set; }
}
public class Address
{
public string line_1 { get; set; }
public string city { get; set; }
public string state_province_name { get; set; }
public string postal_code { get; set; }
public string country_code { get; set; }
public bool obfuscation_required { get; set; }
public Localized localized { get; set; }
}
public class Localized
{
public Links links { get; set; }
}
public class Links
{
public ArSA arSA { get; set; }
}
public class ArSA
{
public string method { get; set; }
public string href { get; set; }
}
public class Location
{
public Coordinates coordinates { get; set; }
}
public class Coordinates
{
public float latitude { get; set; }
public float longitude { get; set; }
}
public class Category
{
public string id { get; set; }
public string name { get; set; }
}
public class Business_Model
{
public bool expedia_collect { get; set; }
public bool property_collect { get; set; }
}
public class Dates
{
public DateTime added { get; set; }
public DateTime updated { get; set; }
}
public class Chain
{
public string id { get; set; }
public string name { get; set; }
}
public class Brand
{
public string id { get; set; }
public string name { get; set; }
}
I have below code where I am getting error -
using (StreamReader streamReader = new StreamReader("d://propertycontent.expediacollect.en-US.json"))
{
using (var json = new JsonTextReader(streamReader))
{
JsonSerializer serializer = new JsonSerializer();
var properties= (List<Property>)serializer.Deserialize(json, typeof(List<Property>));
}
}
Error -
Newtonsoft.Json.JsonSerializationException: 'Cannot deserialize the current JSON object (e.g. {"name":"value"}) into type 'System.Collections.Generic.List`1[Property]' because the type requires a JSON array (e.g. [1,2,3]) to deserialize correctly.
To fix this error either change the JSON to a JSON array (e.g. [1,2,3]) or change the deserialized type so that it is a normal .NET type (e.g. not a primitive type like integer, not a collection type like an array or List<T>) that can be deserialized from a JSON object. JsonObjectAttribute can also be added to the type to force it to deserialize from a JSON object.
Path 'property_id', line 1, position 15.'

It is not deserializing because it is not valid json. To make it valid, and to make it a List<Property> add [ to the beginning of the json and ] to the end of the json. Just enclose the json in [ ... ] to make it valid and it will deserialize assuming the rest of it is valid and is not missing any commas or brackets.

try this, you will have to install NewtonsoftJson. It was tested using Visual Studio and Postman and works properly.
var jsonOrig= ...your json
var json = JsonConvert.SerializeObject(jsonOrig);
var jsonObj = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<DataRoot>(json);
classes
public class DataRoot
{
public string property_id { get; set; }
public string name { get; set; }
public Address address { get; set; }
public Location location { get; set; }
public string phone { get; set; }
public Category category { get; set; }
public int rank { get; set; }
public BusinessModel business_model { get; set; }
public Dates dates { get; set; }
public Chain chain { get; set; }
public Brand brand { get; set; }
}
public class ArSA
{
public string method { get; set; }
public string href { get; set; }
}
public class Links
{
[JsonProperty("ar-SA")]
public ArSA ArSA { get; set; }
}
public class Localized
{
public Links links { get; set; }
}
public class Address
{
public string line_1 { get; set; }
public string city { get; set; }
public string state_province_name { get; set; }
public string postal_code { get; set; }
public string country_code { get; set; }
public bool obfuscation_required { get; set; }
public Localized localized { get; set; }
}
public class Coordinates
{
public double latitude { get; set; }
public double longitude { get; set; }
}
public class Location
{
public Coordinates coordinates { get; set; }
}
public class Category
{
public string id { get; set; }
public string name { get; set; }
}
public class BusinessModel
{
public bool expedia_collect { get; set; }
public bool property_collect { get; set; }
}
public class Dates
{
public DateTime added { get; set; }
public DateTime updated { get; set; }
}
public class Chain
{
public string id { get; set; }
public string name { get; set; }
}
public class Brand
{
public string id { get; set; }
public string name { get; set; }
}
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How to remove $ for json result?

I am trying to read a cell value from a simple google sheet
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1opP1t_E9xfuLXBkhuyzo5j9k_xBNDx0XKb31JwLP1MM/edit?usp=sharing
then I published it and I get an API link that return JSON, check the following
https://spreadsheets.google.com/feeds/list/1opP1t_E9xfuLXBkhuyzo5j9k_xBNDx0XKb31JwLP1MM/1/public/values?alt=json
when I tried to generate C# classes from JSON using http://json2csharp.com/, I get
invalid_name and $ (which is not fine for csharp compiler)
public class Id
{
public string __invalid_name__$t { get; set; }
}
public class Updated
{
public DateTime __invalid_name__$t { get; set; }
}
public class Category
{
public string scheme { get; set; }
public string term { get; set; }
}
public class Title
{
public string type { get; set; }
public string __invalid_name__$t { get; set; }
}
public class Link
{
public string rel { get; set; }
public string type { get; set; }
public string href { get; set; }
}
public class Name
{
public string __invalid_name__$t { get; set; }
}
public class Email
{
public string __invalid_name__$t { get; set; }
}
public class Author
{
public Name name { get; set; }
public Email email { get; set; }
}
public class OpenSearchTotalResults
{
public string __invalid_name__$t { get; set; }
}
public class OpenSearchStartIndex
{
public string __invalid_name__$t { get; set; }
}
public class Id2
{
public string __invalid_name__$t { get; set; }
}
public class Updated2
{
public DateTime __invalid_name__$t { get; set; }
}
public class Category2
{
public string scheme { get; set; }
public string term { get; set; }
}
public class Title2
{
public string type { get; set; }
public string __invalid_name__$t { get; set; }
}
public class Content
{
public string type { get; set; }
public string __invalid_name__$t { get; set; }
}
public class Link2
{
public string rel { get; set; }
public string type { get; set; }
public string href { get; set; }
}
public class GsxName
{
public string __invalid_name__$t { get; set; }
}
public class GsxPhonenumber
{
public string __invalid_name__$t { get; set; }
}
public class Entry
{
public Id2 id { get; set; }
public Updated2 updated { get; set; }
public List<Category2> category { get; set; }
public Title2 title { get; set; }
public Content content { get; set; }
public List<Link2> link { get; set; }
public GsxName __invalid_name__gsx$name { get; set; }
public GsxPhonenumber __invalid_name__gsx$phonenumber { get; set; }
}
public class Feed
{
public string xmlns { get; set; }
public string __invalid_name__xmlns$openSearch { get; set; }
public string __invalid_name__xmlns$gsx { get; set; }
public Id id { get; set; }
public Updated updated { get; set; }
public List<Category> category { get; set; }
public Title title { get; set; }
public List<Link> link { get; set; }
public List<Author> author { get; set; }
public OpenSearchTotalResults __invalid_name__openSearch$totalResults { get; set; }
public OpenSearchStartIndex __invalid_name__openSearch$startIndex { get; set; }
public List<Entry> entry { get; set; }
}
public class RootObject
{
public string version { get; set; }
public string encoding { get; set; }
public Feed feed { get; set; }
}
I want to serialize and deserialize this class, also i want to remove $,what i need to do?

Obviously json2csharp converts each json object into a class and converts the key names into variable names literally. So whenever it finds a key name starting with $ it can't create a c# variable with this character and it precedes the variable name with a _invalid_name_. There is nothing wrong here.
You should tell why do you want to remove this invalid_name phrase from variable name? do you want to serialize and deserialize this class? If so you could use NewtonSoft Json library and define those fields with $ sign like this:
[JsonProperty(PropertyName = "$t")]
public string t { get; set; }
this will allow you to serialize/deserialize the json doc
same for gsx$name:
[JsonProperty(PropertyName = "gsx$name")]
public string gsxname { get; set; }

I am getting error while converting json to object

i am trying to convert JSON to object following is my json
{"entity":"event","account_id":"acc_8yTsyb2WJOlcka","event":"payment.captured","contains":["payment"],"payload":{"payment":{"entity":{"id":"pay_AKR45WLH0g1ANu","entity":"payment","amount":100,"currency":"INR","status":"captured","order_id":"order_AKR41LsWIgOAB1","invoice_id":null,"international":false,"method":"netbanking","amount_refunded":0,"refund_status":null,"captured":true,"description":"Admission Fees","card_id":null,"bank":"SBIN","wallet":null,"vpa":null,"email":"xxxxx.xxxx#xxx.xxx","contact":"xxxxx","notes":{"address":"NA","merchant_order_id":"2516"},"fee":2,"tax":0,"error_code":null,"error_description":null,"created_at":1528367383}}},"created_at":1528367384}
and the code I am trying to convert to object is
jsonString = JsonConvert.SerializeObject(documentContents);
RazorPayPayload desJsonString = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<RazorPayPayload>(jsonString);
and the classes where I want to deserialized
public class RazorPayPayload
{
public string entity { get; set; }
public string account_id { get; set; }
public string events { get; set; }
public List<string> contains { get; set; }
public payments payload { get; set; }
public string created_at { get; set; }
}
public class payments
{
public Entities payment { get; set; }
}
public class notes
{
public string address { get; set; }
public string merchant_order_id { get; set; }
public string source { get; set; }
}
public class Entities
{
public Entity entity { get; set; }
}
public class Entity
{
public string id { get; set; }
public string entity { get; set; }
public string amount { get; set; }
public string currency { get; set; }
public string order_id { get; set; }
public string invoice_id { get; set; }
public string international { get; set; }
public string method { get; set; }
public string amount_refunded { get; set; }
public string refund_status { get; set; }
public string captured { get; set; }
public string description { get; set; }
public string card_id { get; set; }
public string bank { get; set; }
public string wallet { get; set; }
public string vpa { get; set; }
public string email { get; set; }
public string contact { get; set; }
public notes notes { get; set; }
public string fee { get; set; }
public string tax { get; set; }
public string error_code { get; set; }
public string error_description { get; set; }
}
I am getting the error "Error converting value to type 'FeePayr_Razor_Webhook.RazorPayPayload'"

Have you tried changing:
{"entity":"event","account_id":"acc_8yTsyb2WJOlcka","event":
to
{"entity":"event","account_id":"acc_8yTsyb2WJOlcka","events":
That would better match your class definition. Or rename your class field to event.

There is a useful visual studio function for converting a json object to c# classes.
Copy the JSON into the clipboard. (helps if the JSON object properties holds data, to determine the data type)
Go to visual studio and place cursor where you'd like to paste in the c# classes.
click edit => paste special => paste json as classes

REST Api returning different object names for the same object, how to handle with RestSharp?

I'm programming a C# implementation for the Qualtrics API (v 2.5) using RestSharp. When calling the method getUserIds, it returns a list of users in JSON format (see the example output below).
The problem/question I face is that for each user object (the list of objects under Result) it generates a different id, starting with URH_. When using json2csharp it assumes ofcourse that it's always a different class, while in fact it's absolutely the same one as you can see in the output, and as is stated in the documentation of the api. How can I best resolve this - so that I can make a class UserData that I can reuse? Because now I obviously always see these random URH_ prefixed classes in each response.
NOTE: I was thinking I could try to massage the response first, and when I get the response replace each URH_ prefixed object under the root Result object with a "UserData" string - but I feel this is breaking the rules a bit, and thought the community would have a better solution?
Below is the raw JSON output (note that I removed sensitive information):
{"Meta":{"Status":"Success","Debug":""},"Result":{"URH_3wpA9pxGbE0c7Xu":{"DivisionID":null,"UserName":"user.name#domain.com","UserFirstName":"x","UserLastName":"x","UserAccountType":"UT_4SjjZmbPphZGKDq","UserEmail":"x.x#x.x","UserAccountStatus":"Active"},"URH_57vQr8MVXgpcPUo":{"DivisionID":"DV_XXXXXXXX","UserName":"jxxxx#xx.xxx","UserFirstName":"X","UserLastName":"X","UserAccountType":"UT_BRANDADMIN","UserEmail":"xxxx#xxg.xxx","UserAccountStatus":"Active"},"URH_6ujW1EP0QJOUaoI":{"DivisionID":"DV_XXXXXXXYZ","UserName":"x.xckx#xxx.xyz","UserFirstName":"x","UserLastName":"x","UserAccountType":"UT_XXXXXABCD","UserEmail":"c.c#cc.com","UserAccountStatus":"Active"}}}
This is what I get when generating a model using json2csharp:
public class Meta
{
public string Status { get; set; }
public string Debug { get; set; }
}
public class URH3wpA9pxGbE0c7Xu
{
public object DivisionID { get; set; }
public string UserName { get; set; }
public string UserFirstName { get; set; }
public string UserLastName { get; set; }
public string UserAccountType { get; set; }
public string UserEmail { get; set; }
public string UserAccountStatus { get; set; }
}
public class URH57vQr8MVXgpcPUo
{
public string DivisionID { get; set; }
public string UserName { get; set; }
public string UserFirstName { get; set; }
public string UserLastName { get; set; }
public string UserAccountType { get; set; }
public string UserEmail { get; set; }
public string UserAccountStatus { get; set; }
}
public class URH6ujW1EP0QJOUaoI
{
public string DivisionID { get; set; }
public string UserName { get; set; }
public string UserFirstName { get; set; }
public string UserLastName { get; set; }
public string UserAccountType { get; set; }
public string UserEmail { get; set; }
public string UserAccountStatus { get; set; }
}
public class Result
{
public URH3wpA9pxGbE0c7Xu URH_3wpA9pxGbE0c7Xu { get; set; }
public URH57vQr8MVXgpcPUo URH_57vQr8MVXgpcPUo { get; set; }
public URH6ujW1EP0QJOUaoI URH_6ujW1EP0QJOUaoI { get; set; }
}
public class RootObject
{
public Meta Meta { get; set; }
public Result Result { get; set; }
}

It's simple - just use Dictionary<string, UserData> generic type for Result field:
public class Response
{
public Meta Meta { get; set; }
public Dictionary<string, UserData> Result { get; set; }
}
public class Meta
{
public string Status { get; set; }
public string Debug { get; set; }
}
public class UserData
{
public string DivisionID { get; set; }
public string UserName { get; set; }
public string UserFirstName { get; set; }
public string UserLastName { get; set; }
public string UserAccountType { get; set; }
public string UserEmail { get; set; }
public string UserAccountStatus { get; set; }
}

Unable to deserialize the JSON string to object

Guyz
I am trying to parse a JSON string into object. I have the below entity in which I am parsing the JSON string
public class Room : BaseEntity
{
public string Name { get; set; }
public string EmailAddress { get; set; }
public string RoomListEmailAddress { get; set; }
public string MinimumXCoordinateInMap { get; set; }
public string MinimumYCoordinateInMap { get; set; }
public string MaximumXCoordinateInMap { get; set; }
public string MaximumYCoordinateInMap { get; set; }
public string RoomCapacity { get; set; }
public List<RoomImage> RoomImage { get; set; }
public string FloorName { get; set; }
public string CreatedDate { get; set; }
public string CreatedId { get; set; }
public string LastUpdatedDate { get; set; }
public string LastUpdatedId { get; set; }
public InternalOnly InternalOnly { get; set; }
//public List<Equipment> Equipment { get; set; }
public override string ToString()
{
return this.Name;
}
}
public class RoomImage : BaseEntity
{
public string ImagePath { get; set; }
public string ImageType { get; set; }
public string CreatedDate { get; set; }
public string CreatedId { get; set; }
public string LastUpdatedDate { get; set; }
public string LastUpdatedId { get; set; }
public InternalOnly InternalOnly { get; set; }
}
public class InternalOnly : BaseEntity
{
public string RoomId { get; set; }
public string FloorId { get; set; }
}
public class BaseEntity
{
}
I am using below method to parse the string into object
public static T ParseObjectToJSON<T>(string responseText)
{
DataContractJsonSerializer serializer = new DataContractJsonSerializer(typeof(T));
using (MemoryStream stream = new MemoryStream(Encoding.Unicode.GetBytes(responseText)))
{
var rootObject = serializer.ReadObject(stream);
//return Convert.ChangeType(rootObject,typeof(T),System.Globalization.CultureInfo.CurrentCulture.TextInfo);
return (T)rootObject;
}
}
Below is the JSON string which I am trying to parse
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1k81M_UxIrXpHUPQNDUCHDfNw1wY7LM4mAaXjwpYMshk/edit?usp=sharing
The below json string is working
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1uQNwMmSyEZSolyxUVJl6gXzZPr6aRAf_WAogmUvVqt4/edit?usp=sharing
While parsing I get below error
The data contract type 'GAP.Entities.Room' cannot be deserialized because the member 'RoomImage' is not public. Making the member public will fix this error. Alternatively, you can make it internal, and use the InternalsVisibleToAttribute attribute on your assembly in order to enable serialization of internal members - see documentation for more details. Be aware that doing so has certain security implications.
Note- RoomImage is marked public in the entity class. I get this error only when JSON string contains RoomImage array string otherwise no erro.
Any help is highly appreciated.
Thanks
Vinod

You can download and deserialize an JSON using Newtonsoft.
You have to reference the following DLL, and after that you can try this:
List<Room> deserializedObj = (List<Room>)Newtonsoft.Json.JsonConvert.DeserializeObject(responseText, typeof(List<Room>));

The problem with your json is that if RoomImage has a single element, your service returns it as an object {} not as an array of objects [{}].
So If you want to use type-safe classes in your code(since dynamically accessing is also possible) you should pre-process your json before deserializing. Below code works (of course, as everybody says, using Json.Net)
string json = your__json__string
//PreProcess
var jobj = JObject.Parse(json);
foreach (var j in jobj["ObjectList"])
{
if (!(j["RoomImage"] is JArray))
{
j["RoomImage"] = new JArray(j["RoomImage"]);
}
}
var obj = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<RootObject>(jobj.ToString());
public class InternalOnly
{
public string RoomId { get; set; }
public string FloorId { get; set; }
}
public class RoomImage
{
public string ImagePath { get; set; }
public string ImageType { get; set; }
public string CreatedDate { get; set; }
public string CreatedId { get; set; }
public string LastUpdateDate { get; set; }
public string LastUpdateId { get; set; }
}
public class ObjectList
{
public string Name { get; set; }
public string EmailAddress { get; set; }
public string RoomListEmailAddress { get; set; }
public string MinimumXCoordinateInMap { get; set; }
public string MinimumYCoordinateInMap { get; set; }
public string MaximumXCoordinateInMap { get; set; }
public string MaximumYCoordinateInMap { get; set; }
public string RoomCapacity { get; set; }
public RoomImage[] RoomImage { get; set; }
public string FloorName { get; set; }
public string CreatedDate { get; set; }
public string CreatedId { get; set; }
public string LastUpdatedDate { get; set; }
public string LastUpdatedId { get; set; }
public string IsRestrictedRoom { get; set; }
public InternalOnly InternalOnly { get; set; }
public object Equipment { get; set; }
}
public class RootObject
{
public List<ObjectList> ObjectList { get; set; }
}

The property RoomImage is public but your class probably isn't.
Make sure the RoomImage class is also marked public. That should solve the problem.
Alternatively use a library like JSON.NET that can do this deserialization without the need for public classes.