I'm very new to C# and playing around with Visual Studio and Xamarin.
I have a web service where I get a JSON result from looking like this:
{"Vorname": "MYNAME", "AusweisNr": "894", "MitgliedsNr": "33203", "returnstr": "None", "returncode": "0"}
What I'm trying to do is to use the data I get to fill some text fields with, but I don't understand how to get it converted. I've already played around a bit with JsonConvert but couldn't get it working.
Create a class with those properties:
public class SomeMeaningfulName
{
public string Vorname { get; set; }
public string AusweisNr { get; set; }
public string MitgliedsNr { get; set; }
public string returnstr { get; set; }
public string returncode { get; set; }
}
Then you can deserialize the string into that class:
var myObj = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<SomeMeaningfulName>(yourJsonString);
You can create a simple class like this:
public class Person
{
public string Vorname { get; set; }
public string AusweisNr { get; set; }
public string MitgliedsNr { get; set; }
public string returnstr { get; set; }
public string returncode { get; set; }
}
And to deserialize it:
string json = "{'Vorname': 'MYNAME', 'AusweisNr': '894', 'MitgliedsNr': '33203', 'returnstr': 'None', 'returncode': '0'}"
Person person = new JavaScriptSerializer().Deserialize<Person>(json);
In this case I use JavascriptSerializer because it very simple to use but you can also use JSONConverter if you realy need it
In order to convert using JsonConvert, you need to have a class with fields that share the names of your JSON object and they all need to be public. Try this
class MyJsonObject
{
public string Vorname;
public int AusweisNr;
public int MitgliedsNr;
public string returnstr;
public int returncode;
}
If you want, you could also make it a public property rather than a variable. To convert, you need to do something like this.
MyJsonObject obj= JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<MyJsonObject>(jsonData);
Where jsonData is a string containing your JSON code. You can then copy all the data to a text field.
Get your JSON string and set in this WebSite, this website will create a class object for you, take this object and put in your project.
example:
public class RootObject // object name
{
//atributtes names
public string Vorname { get; set; }
public string AusweisNr { get; set; }
public string MitgliedsNr { get; set; }
public string returnstr { get; set; }
public string returncode { get; set; }
}
So you will dowloand this JSON and put in a String var
example:
var Apiurl = "http://youAPI.com/something/something/";
var JSONString= new System.Net.WebClient().DownloadString(Apiurl);//this will download all text what the Apiurl return
After that, you will put convert/Deserialize your JsonString in a object.
RootObject objectJSON = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<RootObject>(JSONString);
whats happen in this last code?
yourJsonObject nameForThisObject = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<yourObjectJsonClass>(yourJsonString);
note: your ObjectJsonClass(my RootObject) must have the sames Json's attributes.
Related
I have an object like this. How can I parse the Name Surname from this object?
Object
{
"HasError":false,
"AlertType":"success",
"AlertMessage":"Operation has completed successfully",
"ModelErrors":[],
"Data":{
"Count":1,
"Objects":
[{
"Id":291031530,
"FirstName":"Alp",
"LastName":"Uzan",
"MiddleName":"",
"Login":"alp"
}]
}
}
I'm getting this data to an external api using HttpClient but I can't parse it by values. Can you help with this, the type of data is System.String
You have a couple of options. The most type-safe way would be to define C# classes which represent the schema of your JSON content and then deserialise into an instance of those like so:
public class Data
{
public int Count { get; set; }
public List<DataObject> Objects { get; set; }
}
public class DataObject
{
public int Id { get; set; }
public string FirstName { get; set; }
public string LastName { get; set; }
public string MiddleName { get; set; }
public string Login { get; set; }
}
public class MyJSONObject
{
public bool HasError { get; set; }
public string AlertType { get; set; }
public string AlertMessage { get; set; }
public Data Data { get; set; }
}
...
//Deserialise
var json = "<snip>";
var deserialised = JsonSerializer.Deserialize<MyJSONObject>(json);
//Extract the info you want
Console.WriteLine(deserialised.Data.Objects[0].LastName);
A second, more quick and dirty way to do it would be to parse the JSON into a JsonObject (this is using System.Text.Json) and then extract out the info you need:
var jsonObj = JsonObject.Parse(Properties.Resources.JSON);
var objectsArray = ((JsonArray)y["Data"]["Objects"]);
Console.WriteLine(objectsArray[0]["LastName"]);
A similar method would work with Newtonsoft.Json as well, although you'd need to use JObject instead of JsonObject and JArray rather than JsonArray in that case.
If you use c#, save output in string and serialize, usa this library
using Newtonsoft.Json;
JObject json = JObject.Parse(str);
string Name= json.Data.Objects[0].FirstName
string Surname = json.Data.Objects[0].Lastname
If you are using System.Text.Json:
var jsonObject= JsonSerializer.Deserialize<JsonObject>(jsonString);
Then you can use jsonObject["Data"]["Objects"][0]["FirstName"] to get the data.
I am trying to set a class for a token using DeserializeObject from the json object i get back from my api. However when i run the below code it sets all the values to null or 0, not the result i am getting from the api.
cs code
var resultString = await result.Content.ReadAsStringAsync();
var post = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<Token>(resultString);
class
public class Token : ContentPage
{
public int StaffID { get; set; }
public string TokenApi { get; set; }
public string StaffForename { get; set; }
public string StaffSurname { get; set; }
public string StaffEmail { get; set; }
public int PrimaryStaffRoleID { get; set; }
}
JSON response
"{\"code\":201,\"status\":\"Success\",\"message\":\"Object found\",\"data\":{\"StaffID\":14,\"StaffSurname\":\"Test\",\"StaffForename\":\"Test\",\"StaffEmail\":\"test#test.com\",\"PrimaryStaffRoleID\":5,\"TokenApi\":\"testToken\"}}"
Firstly the data which you are trying to map is inside another property in your json called Data and secondly your json does not have a property with name Token
The problem actually is you are not using the correct type that reflects your json, means you don't have correct c# type which would get mapped to json, you can generate correct types using json2charp.com , the correct classes for it are :
public class Data
{
public int StaffID { get; set; }
public string StaffSurname { get; set; }
public string StaffForename { get; set; }
public string StaffEmail { get; set; }
public int PrimaryStaffRoleID { get; set; }
public string TokenApi { get; set; }
}
public class RootObject
{
public int code { get; set; }
public string status { get; set; }
public string message { get; set; }
public Data data { get; set; }
}
Now deserializing using RootObject as type parameter would work perfectly fine like:
var resultString = await result.Content.ReadAsStringAsync();
var post = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<RootObject>(resultString);
A more good option is to use QuickType.IO which would even generate code for you in c# or any other language that they are supporting.
If you analyze the JSON that you posted, the object that you're trying to Deserialize is inside the "data" property of your json.
I suggest you creating a class to represent the JsonResponse with a Data property. This will be your Token
You are retrieved a string that match this object
public string code {get;set;}
public string Success {get;set;} ...
And Token is matching data in json, so
var post = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<Token>(resultString.data);
would be better.
[
{
"receiver_tax_id":"1002",
"total":"6949,15",
"receiver_company_name":"Das Company",
"receiver_email":"info#another.com",
"status":0
},
{
"receiver_tax_id":"1001",
"total":"39222,49",
"receiver_company_name":"SAD company",
"receiver_email":"info#mail.com",
"status":1
}
]
Hi, this is my Json data, but I can't deserialize it.
I want to check only "status" value. (first object "status" 0, second object "status" 1).
Example definition:
public class Example
{
[JsonProperty("receiver_tax_id")]
public string receiver_tax_id { get; set; }
[JsonProperty("total")]
public string total { get; set; }
[JsonProperty("receiver_company_name")]
public string receiver_company_name { get; set; }
[JsonProperty("receiver_email")]
public string receiver_email { get; set; }
[JsonProperty("status")]
public int status { get; set; }
}
Deserialization code:
var des = (Example)JsonConvert.DeserializeObject(responseString, typeof(Example));
Console.WriteLine(des.status[0].ToString());
Try this code:
public class Receiver
{
public string receiver_tax_id { get; set;}
public string total { get; set;}
public string receiver_company_name { get; set;}
public int status { get; set;}
}
And deserialize looks like follows:
var result = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<List<Receiver>>(responseString);
var status = result[0].status;
If you only care about checking status you can use the dynamic type of .NET (https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd264741.aspx)
dynamic deserialized = JObject.Parse(responseString);
int status1 = deserialized[0].status;
int status2 = deserialized[1].status;
//
// do whatever
This way you don't even need the Example class.
From your code and JSON sampels it seems the problem is you're actually deserializing a List<Example> rather than a single Example.
I would do two things:
Make your class follow .NET naming conventions, as you already prefixed them with the proper JsonProperty attributes:
public class Example
{
[JsonProperty("receiver_tax_id")]
public string ReceiverTaxId { get; set; }
[JsonProperty("total")]
public string Total { get; set; }
[JsonProperty("receiver_company_name")]
public string ReceiverCompanyName { get; set; }
[JsonProperty("receiver_email")]
public string ReceiverEmail { get; set; }
[JsonProperty("status")]
public int Status{ get; set; }
}
Deserialize a List<Example> using the generic JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<T> overload instead of the non-generic version you're currently using:
var des = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<List<Example>>(responseString);
Console.WriteLine(des[0].Status);
You're trying to deserialize an array into an Example object. Try doing it to a List instead:
var des = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject(responseString, typeof(List<Example>)) as List<Example>;
I have the following c# model object
public class AddressUserFields
{
public string number { get; set; }
public string street { get; set; }
public string apartment { get; set; }
public string city { get; set; }
public string state { get; set; }
public string zipcode { get; set; }
public string DPV { get; set; }
}
When I am trying to convert it to json string using json serialization method, it will convert like the following,
JSON string: {userFields:[{"number":null,"street":null,"apartment":"","city":null,"state":null,"zipcode":null,"DPV":null}]}
But actually I look for like the below,
Expected JSON result:
{userFields:[{"number":null},{"street":null},{"apartment":""},{"city":null},{"state":null},{"zipcode":null},{"DPV":null}]}
So could any one give the way to design my c# model object and get the expected json result.
You just have to create your poco objects in the structure your want the Json to be in.
If you want this structure:
{userFields:
[
{ "number":null,
"street":null,
"apartment":"",
"city":null,
"state":null,
"zipcode":null,
"DPV":null
}
]
}
This is an object with one property userFields of type AddressUserFields[].
So just add another class
public class SomeContainer
{
public AddressUserFields[] userFields {get;set;}
}
and serialize that one
If you really want an array of different objects which all have different properties, like what you posted:
...[{"number":null},{"street":null},{"apartment":""},...]
you can use an array of Dictionary<TKey,TValue>, like this:
public class Fields
{
public Dictionary<string, string>[] userFields { get; set; }
}
and use it like so?
var fields = new Fields()
{
userFields = new[]{
new Dictionary<string,string>(){{"number", null}},
new Dictionary<string,string>(){{"street", null}}
}
};
var json = JsonConvert.SerializeObject(fields);
How can we parse if json fields contains a colon(:)? Like this:
{
"dc:creator":"Jordan, Micheal",
"element:publicationName":"Applied Ergonomics",
"element:issn":"2839749823"
}
In fact I wonder how to do this with a library like restsharp, for mapping?
Using Json.Net
string json = #"{
""dc:creator"":""Jordan, Micheal"",
""element:publicationName"":""Applied Ergonomics"",
""element:issn"":""2839749823""
}";
var pub = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<Publication>(json);
public class Publication
{
[JsonProperty("dc:creator")]
public string creator { set; get; }
[JsonProperty("element:publicationName")]
public string publicationName { set; get; }
[JsonProperty("element:issn")]
public string issn { set; get; }
}
OR
Console.WriteLine(JObject.Parse(json)["dc:creator"]);
If you use DataContractJsonSerializer, DataMemberAttribute has property Name which can be used to override default name. This means that when you deserialize json value of property dc:creator is assigned to Publication::Creator property and on the contrary when you serialize C# object.
For example:
public class Publication
{
[DataMember(Name="dc:creator")]
public string Creator { set; get; }
[DataMember(Name="element:publicationName")]
public string PublicationName { set; get; }
[DataMember(Name="element:issn")]
public string Issn { set; get; }
}
If you choose to use Json.Net, #L.B's answer is the way to go.