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convert from xml to list c# in .net core

C#:
XElement Xml = null;
var apiResponse = response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync().Result;
Xml = Newtonsoft.Json.JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<XElement>(apiResponse);
XML response from above code:
I'm having errors with Images xml part, while converting it to List,
I tried so many options, Please provide suggestion from below
<root>
<Column1>
<ID>2702</ID>
<Desc>Failed</Desc>
<Address>Florida</Address>
<Date>2019-04-30T23:10:36.79</Date>
<**Images**>
<Image>
<File>1-RRamos.PNG</File>
</Image>
<Image>
<File>RRamos.PNG</File>
</Image>
<Image>
<File>3-RRamos.PNG</File>
</Image>
</**Images**>
</Column1>
</root>
Trying to convert from xml to List from below
public class objClass
{
public string ID{ get; set; }
public string Desc{ get; set; }
public string Address { get; set; }
public DateTime? Date{ get; set; }
//public string[] ImageFileNames { get; set; }
public List<Images> FileName { get; set; }
}
public class FileName
{
public string File{ get; set; }
}
List<objClass> list = Xml.Elements("ID").Select(sv => new objClass()
{
ID= (string)sv.Element("ID"),
Desc= (string)sv.Element("Desc"),
Address = (string)sv.Element("Address"),
Date= (DateTime?)sv.Element("Date"),
//**,Images = (List)sv.Element("Images")**
}).ToList();
From XML response, trying to convert it to List.

You can't use the Newtonsoft.Json library to deserialize from an XML.
Solution 1: Convert XML to list via XPath
Parse XML string to XDocument.
With XPath: "//root/Column1", select the <Column1> element.
using System.Xml;
using System.Xml.Linq;
using System.Xml.Serialization;
using System.Xml.XPath;
var apiResponse = await response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync();
XDocument #Xml = XDocument.Parse(apiResponse);
List<ObjClass> list = #Xml.XPathSelectElements("//root/Column1")
.Select(sv => new ObjClass()
{
ID = (string)sv.Element("ID"),
Desc = (string)sv.Element("Desc"),
Address = (string)sv.Element("Address"),
Date = (DateTime?)sv.Element("Date"),
Images = sv.Element("Images")
.Elements("Image")
.Select(x => new Image
{
File = (string)x.Element("File")
})
.ToList()
})
.ToList();
Solution 2: Deserialize XML
This answer will be a bit complex but work the same as Solution 1.
Write the apiResponse value into MemoryStream.
Deserialize the MemoryStream via XmlSerializer as Root.
Extract root.Column and add into list.
[XmlRoot(ElementName = "root")]
public class Root
{
[XmlElement("Column 1")]
public ObjClass Column { get; set; }
}
public class ObjClass
{
public string ID { get; set; }
public string Desc { get; set; }
public string Address { get; set; }
public DateTime? Date { get; set; }
[XmlArray]
[XmlArrayItem(typeof(Image), ElementName = "Image")]
public List<Image> Images { get; set; }
}
public class Image
{
public string File { get; set; }
}
using System.Xml;
using System.Xml.Serialization;
using System.IO;
var apiResponse = await response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync();
using var stream = new MemoryStream();
using var writer = new StreamWriter(stream);
writer.Write(apiResponse);
writer.Flush();
stream.Position = 0;
XmlSerializer xmlSerializer = new XmlSerializer(typeof(Root));
Root root = (Root)xmlSerializer.Deserialize(stream);
List<ObjClass> list = new List<ObjClass>();
list.Add(root.Column);
Concern:
Use await instead of Task<T>.Result as Task<T>.Result will block the calling thread until it (the task) is completed. With await, the task is waited to be completed asynchronously. Reference: What is the difference between await Task and Task.Result?

public class objClass
{
public string ID { get; set; }
public string Desc { get; set; }
public string Address { get; set; }
public DateTime? Date { get; set; }
public string[] ImageFileNames { get; set; }
}
var list = Xml.Elements("root").Elements("Column1")
.Select(sv => new objClass()
{
ID = (string)sv.Element("ID"),
Desc = (string)sv.Element("Desc"),
Address = (string)sv.Element("Address"),
Date = (DateTime?)sv.Element("Date"),
ImageFileNames = sv.Element("Images")
.Elements("Image")
.Select(i => (string)i.Element("File"))
.ToArray(),
})
.ToList();

How to create JSON array from SQL rows in C# (Azure Function)

I am building an API pulling data from Azure SQL would like to create a JSON array.
Currently I have an Azure Function written in C#.
Sample data looks like this:
I would like the output to look like this
My Azure Function is working fine, I just need to create an array. (I think)
await connection.OpenAsync();
SqlDataReader dataReader = await command.ExecuteReaderAsync();
var r = Serialize(dataReader);
json = JsonConvert.SerializeObject(r, Formatting.Indented);
I'm new to .NET and not sure quite where to begin. Thanks!

You could do it this way. Read the data into a Type that you can then use LINQ on to group into the desired shape, then serialize to JSON.
//Start with a list of the raw data by reading the rows into CardData list
List<CardData> cards = new List<CardData>();
while (dataReader.Read())
{
//You should check for DBNull, this example not doing that
cards.Add(new CardData
{
card_key = dataReader.GetString(0),
card_name = dataReader.GetString(1),
card_network = dataReader.GetString(2),
annual_fee = dataReader.GetDecimal(3),
speed_bonus_category = dataReader.GetString(4),
speed_bonus_amount = dataReader.GetInt32(5)
});
}
//Now transform the data into an object graph that will serialize
//to json the way you want. (flattens the redundant data)
var grp = cards.GroupBy(x => new { x.card_key, x.card_name, x.card_network, x.annual_fee });
var groupedData = new List<CardsModel>();
groupedData = grp.Select(g => new CardsModel
{
card_key = g.Key.card_key,
card_name = g.Key.card_name,
card_network = g.Key.card_network,
annual_fee = g.Key.annual_fee,
Bonuses = g.Select(b => new SpeedBonus
{
SpeedBonusCategory = b.speed_bonus_category,
SpeedBonusAmount = b.speed_bonus_amount
}).ToList()
}).ToList();
//Finally you can serialize
var json = JsonConvert.SerializeObject(groupedData, Formatting.Indented);
Here are the supporting classes you could use:
//represents the non-redundant object graph
public class CardsModel
{
public string card_key { get; set; }
public string card_name { get; set; }
public string card_network { get; set; }
public decimal annual_fee { get; set; }
public List<SpeedBonus> Bonuses { get; set; }
}
public class SpeedBonus
{
public string SpeedBonusCategory { get; set; }
public int SpeedBonusAmount { get; set; }
}
//represents raw data, has redundant cc info
public class CardData
{
public string card_key { get; set; }
public string card_name { get; set; }
public string card_network { get; set; }
public decimal annual_fee { get; set; }
public string speed_bonus_category { get; set; }
public int speed_bonus_amount { get; set; }
}

Read CSV files without Header using CSVHelper

I have a lot of CSV files without header and need to read it in C#. I manually added header to one of these files and with the following code using CSVHelper I can read the files and show them in a GridView.
Now my question is, how can I read these files without a header? Or how can I add a header (a new record) using CSVHelper in the first line?
public Form1()
{
InitializeComponent();
List<Festival> records;
var config = new CsvConfiguration(CultureInfo.InvariantCulture) { Delimiter = ";" };
using (var reader = new StreamReader(#"File8.csv"))
using(var csv = new CsvReader(reader, config))
{
records = csv.GetRecords<Festival>().ToList();
}
dataGridView1.DataSource = records;
}
Class
public class Festival
{
public string Day { get; set; }
public string Start { get; set; }
public int Lenght { get; set; }
public string FilmName { get; set; }
public float Rating { get; set; }
}
csv sample
Mi;22:15;110;A;8
Mi;19:00;106;B;8
Mi;19:15;97;C;8.2

Add column-index mapping attributes to the target members:
public class Festival
{
[Index(0)]
public string Day { get; set; }
[Index(1)]
public string Start { get; set; }
[Index(2)]
public int Lenght { get; set; }
[Index(3)]
public string FilmName { get; set; }
[Index(4)]
public float Rating { get; set; }
}
And specify HasHeaderRecord = false in the config:
var config = new CsvConfiguration(CultureInfo.InvariantCulture) { Delimiter = ";", HasHeaderRecord = false };
If modifying the target model isn't desirable, implement a ClassMap instead:
public sealed class FestivalMap : ClassMap<Festival>
{
public FestivalMap()
{
Map(f => f.Day).Index(0);
Map(f => f.Start).Index(1);
Map(f => f.Lenght).Index(2);
Map(f => f.FilmName).Index(3);
Map(f => f.Rating).Index(4);
}
}
And register it like this before fetching the records (you still need to specify HasHeaderRecord = false in the config):
csv.Context.RegisterClassMap<FestivalMap>();
records = csv.GetRecords<Festival>().ToList();

Read Json data from text file C#

I have a text file with below format data
[
{
"SponsorID": 1,
"FirstBAID": 7395836
},
{
"SponsorID": 2,
"FirstBAID": 3509279,
"SecondBAID": 2947210
},
{
"SponsorID": 3,
"FirstBAID": 1776294,
"SecondBAID": 6503843
},
{
"SponsorID": 4,
"FirstBAID": 8014528,
"SecondBAID": 6203155
},
{
"SponsorID": 5,
"FirstBAID": 5968769,
"SecondBAID": 7410195,
"ThirdBAID":8950170,
}
]
I want to read this data as a List & then i need to query by SponsorID.
I have created a class like this
public class SponsorInfo
{
public decimal SponsorID { get; set; }
public decimal FirstBAID { get; set; }
public decimal SecondBAID { get; set; }
public decimal ThirdBAID { get; set; }
}
Now how can i read text file data & bind SponsorInfo class ?

Install Newtonsoft.Json nuget package from NuGet package manager console:
PM> Install-Package Newtonsoft.Json
Then:
var jsonText = File.ReadAllText("filepath");
var sponsors = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<IList<SponsorInfo>>(jsonText);
To query on SponsorID you can use LINQ:
var sponsor5 = sponsors.FirstOrDefault(x => x.SponsorID == 5);
If you often need a lookup by SponsorID, you could convert the result to a dictionary where the key is the SponsorID. This will improve performance as it doesn't need to enumerate through the entire list for each lookup. I also suggest you change the type of SponsorID to an int instead of a decimal.
var sponsorsById = sponsors.ToDictionary(x => x.SponsorID);
Then you can easily access it like:
if (sponsorsById.ContainsKey(5))
var sponsor5 = sponsorsById[5];

You need to install Newtonsoft.Json and then you need use it:
using Newtonsoft.Json;
class Program
{
public void LoadJson()
{
using (StreamReader r = new StreamReader("file.json"))
{
string json = r.ReadToEnd();
List<SponsorInfo> items = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<List<SponsorInfo>>(json);
}
}
public class SponsorInfo
{
public decimal SponsorID { get; set; }
public decimal FirstBAID { get; set; }
public decimal SecondBAID { get; set; }
public decimal ThirdBAID { get; set; }
}
static void Main(string[] args)
{
dynamic array = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject(json);
foreach (var item in array)
{
Console.WriteLine("{0} {1}", item.temp, item.vcc);
}
}
}

Extend the class by creating a list object
public class SponsorInfo
{
public decimal SponsorID { get; set; }
public decimal FirstBAID { get; set; }
public decimal SecondBAID { get; set; }
public decimal ThirdBAID { get; set; }
}
public class SponsorInfoList
{
public Dictionary<string, SponsorInfo> SIList { set; get; }
}
Deserialize the file as,
var obj = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<SIList >(File.ReadAllText(FileName));
Then you can read it,
foreach(var listItem in res.SIList )
{
Console.WriteLine("SponsorID ={0}, FirstBAID ={1}, SecondBAID ={2}, ThirdBAID ={3}", listItem.SponsorID, listItem.FirstBAID, listItem.SecondBAID, listItem.ThirdBAID );
}
There may be syntactical errors but the approach remains same.
Feel free to leave a message!

You need to deserialize into your object like:
Sponsor spon = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<Sponsor>(json);

How to return a specified Json format in c#

Hi all I am trying to build a quiz application using angular JS, I am having two tables Questions and Answers and the code is as follows
public class Question
{
public int QuestionID { get; set; }
public string QuestionName { get; set; }
public List<Options> Options = new List<Options>();
}
public class Options
{
public int AnswerId { get; set; }
public int QuestionID { get; set; }
public string Answer { get; set; }
public bool isAnswer { get; set; }
}
public static class QuizDetails
{
public static string GetQuiz()
{
Dictionary<int, List<Question>> displayQuestion = new Dictionary<int, List<Question>>();
//List<Quiz> quiz = new List<Quiz>();
//Options op1 = new Options();
dbDataContext db = new dbDataContext();
var v = (from op in db.QUESTIONs
join pg in db.ANSWERs on op.QUESTION_ID equals pg.QUESTION_ID
select new { Id = op.QUESTION_ID, Name = op.QUESTION_NAME, pg.ANSWER_ID, pg.QUESTION_ID, pg.ANSWER_DESCRIPTION, pg.CORRECT_ANSWER }).ToList();
return JsonConvert.SerializeObject(v);
}
}
This is my reference code for building the application
http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/860024/Quiz-Application-in-AngularJs, how can I return the JSON format as per the code written in the JS files can some one help me

Right now GetQuiz returns a string that represents an object. Your client doesn't really know what the string contains, it just handles it as a normal string.
You can either return it in another way, for example:
return new HttpResponseMessage
{
Content = new StringContent(
JsonConvert.SerializeObject(v),
System.Text.Encoding.UTF8,
"application/json")
};
If you want to keep returning it as a string you will have to manually deserialize it in the client:
var object = angular.fromJson(returnedData);