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How to loop attributes in a JSON string post converting it into C# object?

I have a below json, I want to loop the items inside the attribute CheckingUrls.
{
"Root": {
"Urls": {
"CheckingUrls": [
{
"API Management": {
"url": ".azure-api.net",
"displayurl": "*.azure-api.net"
},
"Log Analytics": {
"url": "1.ods.opinsights.azure.com",
"displayurl": "*.ods.opinsights.azure.com"
}
}
]
}
}
}
Here are the C# class
public class Root
{
Urls Urls { get; set; }
}
public class Urls
{
public List<CheckingUrls> CheckingUrls { get; set; }
}
public class CheckingUrls
{
[JsonProperty("API Management")]
public UrlDetails APIManagement { get; set; }
[JsonProperty("Log Analytics")]
public UrlDetails LogAnalytics { get; set; }
}
public class UrlDetails
{
[JsonProperty("url")]
public string url { get; set; }
[JsonProperty("displayurl")]
public string displayurl { get; set; }
}
I am trying to convert it into c# object using the below code
var content = File.ReadAllText(jsonstring);
var settings = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<Root>(content);
I am getting APIManagement and LogAnalytics as properties in the result. Is it possible to get these as List, so that I can loop the contents without hardcoding the properties in code.
Why I need solution: We might add new child to CheckingUrls and we do not want to change the c# code everytime when we change JSON.

Use a C# Dictionary when you want to convert a JSON Object to C# when you don't have a concrete type. CheckingUrls is already an array, so you end up with
public List<Dictionary<string, UrlDetails>> CheckingUrls { get; set; }
The key of a Dictionary entry is the property name in the array element (like "API Management"), and the value is the object that contains the url and displayurl properties.
This eliminates the need for the CheckingUrls C# class.

If you want a List, you can create a CheckingUrls class
List<CheckingUrls> checkingUrlsList = JObject.Parse(json)
.SelectToken("Root.Urls.CheckingUrls")
.SelectMany(jo => ((JObject)jo).Properties()
.Select(p => new CheckingUrls
{
UrlName = p.Name,
UrlDetails = new UrlDetails
{
url = (string)p.Value["url"],
displayurl = (string)p.Value["displayurl"]
}
}
)).ToList();
public class CheckingUrls
{
public string UrlName { get; set; }
public UrlDetails UrlDetails { get; set; }
}
public class UrlDetails
{
public string url { get; set; }
public string displayurl { get; set; }
}
output ( in a json format)
[
{
"UrlName": "API Management",
"UrlDetails": {
"url": ".azure-api.net",
"displayurl": "*.azure-api.net"
}
},
{
"UrlName": "Log Analytics",
"UrlDetails": {
"url": "1.ods.opinsights.azure.com",
"displayurl": "*.ods.opinsights.azure.com"
}
}
]
but if you changed your mind to a Dictionary
Dictionary<string, UrlDetails> checkingUrlsDict = JObject.Parse(json)
.SelectToken("Root.Urls.CheckingUrls")
.Select(jo => jo.ToObject<Dictionary<string, UrlDetails>>())
.FirstOrDefault();

Create correct JSON class

I created a class for a json object (not automatically).
However, I don't quite understand how to make the button object contain nameless arrays as in the example?
Example JSON (what the server expects to receive):
{
"one_time":false,
"buttons":[
[
{
"action":{
"type":"location",
"payload":"{\"button\": \"1\"}"
}
}
],
[
{
"action":{
"type":"open_app",
"app_id":6232540,
"owner_id":-157525928,
"hash":"123",
"label":"LiveWidget"
}
}
],
[
{
"action":{
"type":"vkpay",
"hash":"action=transfer-to-group&group_id=181108510&aid=10"
}
}
],
[
{
"action":{
"type":"text",
"payload":"{\"button\": \"1\"}",
"label":"Red"
},
"color":"negative"
},
{
"action":{
"type":"text",
"payload":"{\"button\": \"2\"}",
"label":"Green"
},
"color":"positive"
},
{
"action":{
"type":"text",
"payload":"{\"button\": \"2\"}",
"label":"Blue"
},
"color":"primary"
},
{
"action":{
"type":"text",
"payload":"{\"button\": \"2\"}",
"label":"White"
},
"color":"secondary"
}
]
]
}
Keyboard.cs (manually created class)
public class Keyboard
{
public bool one_time { get; set; }
public List<buttons> buttons { get; set; }
}
public class buttons
{
public action action { get; set; }
public string color { get; set; }
}
public class action
{
public string type { get; set; }
public string payload { get; set; }
public string label { get; set; }
}
I create an object like this:
var Keyboard_obj = new Keyboard()
{
one_time = false,
buttons = new List<buttons>()
{
new buttons()
{
action = new action()
{
type = "test1",
label = "class obj",
payload = "{\"button\": \"1\"}"
},
color = "negative"
},
new buttons()
{
action = new action()
{
type = "test2",
label = "class obj",
payload = "{\"button\": \"2\"}"
},
color = "positive"
}
}
};
How can I remake the class so that I get a JSON object like the example above?

You should use JsonSerializer
this code will give you a Json object like the example above:
var output = JsonConvert.SerializeObject(Keyboard_obj );
you can also create an object from Json:
Keyboard keyboard = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<Keyboard>(output );

I can suggest you to try using dynamic objects
dynamic myObject = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<dynamic>(input);
decimal Amount = Convert.ToDecimal(myObject.Amount);
string Message = myObject.Message;

If you take your JSON and use Visual studio (use paste as special option) or online tool to generate classes from the provided JSON then following classes will be generated.
Note - RootBoject.buttons Is an array or array instead of single collection.
public class Rootobject
{
public bool one_time { get; set; }
public Button[][] buttons { get; set; }
}
public class Button
{
public Action action { get; set; }
public string color { get; set; }
}
public class Action
{
public string type { get; set; }
public string payload { get; set; }
public int app_id { get; set; }
public int owner_id { get; set; }
public string hash { get; set; }
public string label { get; set; }
}
So with the provided class schema if you use JsonConvert to searialize the RootObject then you will get the required JSON.

how to get value from json response in xamarin android?(user login purpose in android app)

c# code:-
var handler = new HttpClientHandler();
HttpClient client = new HttpClient(handler);
string result = await client.GetStringAsync(url);
Console.WriteLine(result);
json respose(result):-
{
"accountstab": [
{
"LoginType": "r",
"RepId": 3368,
"RepName": "Aachi's M",
"RepUName": "aachis",
"RepPwd": "aachis123",
"WhlId": null,
"RepLocalId": null,
"WhoName": "Aachi's M",
"WhoTin": "32661034",
"WhoEmail": "hanee#gmail.com"
},
{
"LoginType": "r",
"RepId": 3335,
"RepName": "AL-NAJA M",
"RepUName": "alnaja",
"RepPwd": "chemmad",
"WhlId": null,
"RepLocalId": null,
"WhoName": "AL-NAJA",
"WhoTin": "7222075",
"WhoEmail": "abbas#gmail.com"
}
]
}
model class:
public class RootObject
{
public List<Accountstab> accountstab { get; set; }
}
public class Accountstab
{
public string LoginType { get; set; }
public int RepId { get; set; }
public string RepName { get; set; }
public string RepUName { get; set; }
public string RepPwd { get; set; }
public int? WhlId { get; set; }
public int? RepLocalId { get; set; }
public string WhoName { get; set; }
public string WhoTin { get; set; }
public string WhoEmail { get; set; }
}

I can be done with Newtonsoft.Json dll from NuGet:
using Newtonsoft.Json;
// ...
RootObject json = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<RootObject>(result);
Usage example:
foreach (var item in json.accountstab)
Console.WriteLine(item.RepUName);
Output:
aachis
alnaja

if there is any problem with string value="null" in json , public string WhoTin { get; set; } this field are null is some records
The error of you json string is not caused by the null, it caused by the ' in the json below.
"RepName": "Aachi's M",
"WhoName": "Aachi's M",
The way you used to deserliaze the json data in Xamarin.forms is correct.
var jsondata = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<Rootobject>(json);
When you change the ' in json data, it would be okay.
"RepName": "Aachi s M"
"WhoName": "Aachi s M",

Restsharp error on deserialzation when nested value is null

I'm running into an error when a nested value is null. If the value is not null everything works as expected. This does not happen if the value is not nested.
The error is:
InvalidCastException: Unable to cast object of type 'System.String' to type 'System.Collections.Generic.IDictionary`2[System.String,System.Object]'.
The error happens when I'm checking response.ErrorException != null on the List Contract
Json returned: Contract administrator is nested and blank error: ends is not nested blank and no error:
"result": [
{
"sys_id": "06dc3133db1747808c47499e0b96192e",
"number": "CNTR001234",
"short_description": "Contract 123",
"u_internal_contact": {
"link": "https://website",
"value": "5b4080490a0a3c9e016cb2a9f4eb57b1"
},
"vendor": {
"link": "https://website",
"value": "b7e7c073c0a801690143e7b7d29eb408"
},
"ends": "",
"payment_amount": "60000",
"u_status": "Active",
"starts": "2018-01-01",
"contract_administrator": ""
}
]
}
Code
public class Results
{
public List<Contract> items { get; set; }
}
public class Contract
{
public string sys_id { get; set; }
public string number { get; set; }
public string short_description { get; set; }
public string ends { get; set; }
public string payment_amount { get; set; }
public string u_status { get; set; }
public string starts { get; set; }
public Vendor vendor { get; set; }
public ContractAdmin contract_administrator { get; set; }
public InternalContact u_internal_contact { get; set; }
}
public class Vendor
{
public string link { get; set; }
public string value { get; set; }
}
public class ContractAdmin
{
public string link { get; set; }
public string value { get; set; }
}
public class InternalContact
{
public string link { get; set; }
public string value { get; set; }
}
public class refResults
{
public List<refName> itemName { get; set; }
}
public class refName
{
public string name { get; set; }
}
class ImportContracts
{
public static void ProcessImport()
{
RestClient contractsRequest = new RestClient(Properties.Settings.Default.RestURL);
contractsRequest.Authenticator = new HttpBasicAuthenticator(Properties.Settings.Default.userName, Properties.Settings.Default.password);
contractsRequest.AddHandler("application/json", new RestSharp.Deserializers.JsonDeserializer());
RestRequest request = new RestRequest();
request.RootElement = "result";
request.OnBeforeDeserialization = resp => { resp.ContentType = "application/json"; };
IRestResponse<List<Contract>> response = contractsRequest.Execute<List<Contract>>(request);
Console.WriteLine(response.Content);
if (response.ErrorException != null)
{
const string message = "Error retrieving response. Check inner details for more info.";
var ex = new ApplicationException(message, response.ErrorException);
throw ex;
}
foreach (Contract contract in response.Data)
{
//Console.WriteLine(contract.sys_id);
string strVendor = GetName(contract.vendor.link.ToString());
string strInternalContact = GetName(contract.u_internal_contact.link.ToString());
string strContractAdmin = GetName(contract.contract_administrator.ToString());
}
}
static public string GetName (string link)
{
RestClient nameRequest = new RestClient(link);
nameRequest.Authenticator = new HttpBasicAuthenticator(Properties.Settings.Default.userName, Properties.Settings.Default.password);
nameRequest.AddHandler("application/json", new RestSharp.Deserializers.JsonDeserializer());
RestRequest requestedName = new RestRequest();
requestedName.RootElement = "result";
requestedName.OnBeforeDeserialization = resp => { resp.ContentType = "application/json"; };
IRestResponse<List<refName>> response = nameRequest.Execute<List<refName>>(requestedName);
if (response.ErrorException != null)
{
const string message = "Error retrieving response. Check inner details for more info.";
var ex = new ApplicationException(message, response.ErrorException);
throw ex;
}
foreach (refName refname in response.Data)
{
return refname.name;
}
return "name not found";
}
}
Any help would be appreciated!

Looking at your JSON, "contract_administrator" is not null, it's an empty string. Your contract requires a ContractAdmin object, so what it's likely doing is attempting to cast an empty string to a ContractAdmin.
If you change "contract_administrator" to be null instead of an empty string, I'm willing to bet that it will parse correctly.

Deserialize JSON C# Json.net [duplicate]

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How can I parse a JSON string that would cause illegal C# identifiers?
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I am trying to deserialize a Json response from an API.
The data looks like this
{
"response": {
"6112": {
"ID": 6112,
"Title": "AdditionalPhotos"
},
"5982": {
"ID": 5982,
"Title": "BikeRide"
},
"total_records": "20",
"returned_count": 10,
"returned_records": "1-10"
}
}
C# class:
public class Products
{
public class Product
{
public string Id { get; set; }
public string Title { get; set; }
}
public Product product { get; set; }
}
public class ss
{
public Dictionary<string, Products.Product> Response { get; set; }
public string total_records { get; set; }
}
Serialization code
ss res = Newtonsoft.Json.JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<ss>(jsonData());
I can get it to work without the total_records entry and below by deserializng to a Dictionary <string , Product>. But I cannot figure out how to get it to work. This is the error I get
Error converting value "20" to type 'Products+Product'. Path 'response.total_records'
I know why I get the error, but I'm unsure how I can proceed without going in and substringing from total_records down. I have no control over the API data.
Edit: you guys are fast, I was still getting to putting the classes up

First you json is not valid one, it should look like this
{
"response":{
"6112":{
"ID":"6112",
"Title":"Additional Photos",
},
"5982":{
"ID":"5982",
"Title":"Bike Ride",
},
"total_records": "20",
"returned_count": "10",
"returned_records": "1-10",
}
}
If you mean the response to contain list it should look like this
{
"response":{
"myArray": [
{
"ID":"6112",
"Title":"Additional Photos",
},
{
"ID":"5982",
"Title":"Bike Ride",
}
],
"total_records": "20",
"returned_count": "10",
"returned_records": "1-10",
}
}
So your code look like this
public class MyArray
{
public string ID { get; set; }
public string Title { get; set; }
}
public class Response
{
public List<MyArray> myArray { get; set; }
public string total_records { get; set; }
public string returned_count { get; set; }
public string returned_records { get; set; }
}
public class RootObject
{
public Response response { get; set; }
}

If you have control over API response then please refer to Mzf's answer.
If you don't have control over API then it may not be possible to do this particular deserialization on one go. You might have to loop.
Here's my take.
Update
Modified my approach:
Created a class Response which inherits from Dictionary<string, Product>, and added the metadata parts like total_records, records_count to it's public properties. And created a JsonConverter that can deserialize JObject to Response class.
The logic used for deserialization is quite simple:
Extract the metadata parts like total_records, records_count to variables.
Then remove those metadata from the JObject, so that the key values becomes homogeneous.
Now Json.net will be easily able to serialize JObject to Response object, as key values are homogenous.
Assign the metadata extracted previously to the properties of Response object
public void Deserialize()
{
var json = #"{
'response':{
'6112':{
'ID':6112,
'Title':'Additional Photos',
},
'5982':{
'ID':5982,
'Title':'Bike Ride',
},
'total_records': '20',
'returned_count': 10,
'returned_records': '1-10',
}
}";
var responseObj = Newtonsoft.Json.JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<ss>(json, new ResponseConverter());
}
public class Response : Dictionary<string, Product>
{
public int total_records { get; set; }
public int returned_count { get; set; }
public string returned_records { get; set; }
}
public class Product
{
public string Id { get; set; }
public string Title { get; set; }
}
public class ss
{
public Response Response { get; set; }
}
public class ResponseConverter : Newtonsoft.Json.JsonConverter
{
private Response CreateResponse(Newtonsoft.Json.Linq.JObject jObject)
{
//preserve metadata values into variables
int total_records = jObject["total_records"].ToObject<int>();
var returned_records = jObject["returned_records"].ToObject<string>();
var returned_count = jObject["returned_count"].ToObject<int>();
//remove the unwanted keys
jObject.Remove("total_records");
jObject.Remove("returned_records");
jObject.Remove("returned_count");
//once, the metadata keys are removed, json.net will be able to deserialize without problem
var response = jObject.ToObject<Response>();
//Assign back the metadata to response object
response.total_records = total_records;
response.returned_count = returned_count;
response.returned_records = returned_records;
//.. now person can be accessed like response['6112'], and
// metadata can be accessed like response.total_records
return response;
}
public override bool CanConvert(Type objectType)
{
return objectType == typeof(Response);
}
public override object ReadJson(Newtonsoft.Json.JsonReader reader, Type objectType, object existingValue, Newtonsoft.Json.JsonSerializer serializer)
{
var jObject = Newtonsoft.Json.Linq.JObject.Load(reader);
Response target = CreateResponse(jObject);
serializer.Populate(jObject.CreateReader(), target);
return target;
}
public override void WriteJson(Newtonsoft.Json.JsonWriter writer, object value, Newtonsoft.Json.JsonSerializer serializer)
{
throw new NotImplementedException();
}
}

In my opinion this is how the JSON file should look like:
{
"response": {
"5982": {
"ID": 5982,
"Title": "BikeRide"
},
"6112": {
"ID": 6112,
"Title": "AdditionalPhotos"
},
"total_records": "20",
"returned_count": 10,
"returned_records": "1-10"
}
}
and this is how the class should look like
public class __invalid_type__5982
{
public int ID { get; set; }
public string Title { get; set; }
}
public class __invalid_type__6112
{
public int ID { get; set; }
public string Title { get; set; }
}
public class Response
{
public __invalid_type__5982 __invalid_name__5982 { get; set; }
public __invalid_type__6112 __invalid_name__6112 { get; set; }
public string total_records { get; set; }
public int returned_count { get; set; }
public string returned_records { get; set; }
}
public class RootObject
{
public Response response { get; set; }
}