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Create corresponding Model for JSON string to get specific value in C#

I have an API that returns a JSON string and I want to parse that JSON string into an object. I tried creating the object but with no luck. Below is the sample JSON string that I want to get the value from. Any idea as to what the class looks like in order to parse that JSON object into an object? My main concern is to get the code which is "platinum" under currentCard.
{
"status" : {
"currentCard" : {
"code" : "platinum"
},
"status" : {
"index" : 0,
"value" : "This is a sample text."
}
}
}

You need to use a website such as https://json2csharp.com/ or use the inbuilt tools in VS Studio (Edit->Paste Special->Paste JSON as classes) which will automatically create classes from JSON.
The above mentioned website suggests the following:
public class CurrentCard
{
public string code { get; set; }
}
public class Status2
{
public int index { get; set; }
public string value { get; set; }
public CurrentCard currentCard { get; set; }
public Status status { get; set; }
}
public class Root
{
public Status status { get; set; }
}
Which you can then deserialise like this:
Root myDeserializedClass = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<Root>(myJsonResponse);

Modify a JSON string

I have a string in JSON format as follows
string jsonStr = "{"Type":1, "Id":1000,"Date":null,"Group": "Admin","Country":"India","Type":1}";
I want to modify this string so that Id attribute should always be the first. The order of attributes matters.
Is there any way I can modify this string.
I tried searching google but did not find appropriate solution.
Any help would be appreciated.
EDIT:
I also tried to deserialize object using
object yourOjbect = new JavaScriptSerializer().DeserializeObject(jsonStr);
But here also the "type" attribute comes first. I dont find any way to move the attributes within this deserialized object

It's possible. Use the JsonProperty attribute, property Order.
http://www.newtonsoft.com/json/help/html/JsonPropertyOrder.htm.
Let me know if it works.

Instead of attempting to manipulate the order of the outputted JSON and comparing strings, I would transform both JSON strings that you want to compare, into objects and then perform your comparison. You could then compare individual properties or entire objects with something like the following:
void CompareJSON()
{
string json = #"{""Type"":1, ""Id"":1000,""Date"":null,""Group"": ""Admin"",""Country"":""India"",""Type"":1}";
string jsonToCompare = "JSON TO COMPARE";
MyObject myJsonObject = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<MyObject>(json);
MyObject myJsonObjectToCompare = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<MyObject>(jsonToCompare);
if (myJsonObject.Id == myJsonObjectToCompare.Id)
{
// Do something
}
}
class MyObject
{
public int Id { get; set; }
public int Type { get; set; }
public DateTime? Date { get; set; }
public string Group { get; set; }
public string Country { get; set; }
}
Please note that this example is carried out using the Newtonsoft.JSON library. More information on the library can be found here.

Just make your JSON into a c# class with Id first and then serialize it again if that is what you need. You do know that you have "Type" twice in the JSON string? In this solution it will get "fixed" so you only have it once as it should be. But if your string really is with two Type this wont work since the strings will be incorrect. If they really are like that you need to do some ugly string manipulation to fix the order but i hope the first string is incorrect only here and not in your code.
private void Test() {
string json = #"{""Type"":1, ""Id"":1000,""Date"":null,""Group"": ""Admin"",""Country"":""India"",""Type"":1}";
JavaScriptSerializer jsonSerializer = new JavaScriptSerializer();
MyJsonObject myJsonObject = jsonSerializer.Deserialize<MyJsonObject>(json);
string s = jsonSerializer.Serialize(myJsonObject);
//Returns: {"Id":1000,"Type":1,"Date":null,"Group":"Admin","Country":"India"}
}
class MyJsonObject {
public int Id { get; set; }
public int Type { get; set; }
public DateTime? Date { get; set; }
public string Group { get; set; }
public string Country { get; set; }
}

Parse the fetched data in C#

I am new to C# and trying to write some code to fetch the webpage and parse it into readable format.
I have fetched the data from webpage using uri
var uri2 = new Uri("explame.com")
I see the response in format below like this:
{"name":"abc" "country":"xyz" "citizenship":"A" [{"pincode":"111", "Dis":"no"] Lot's of data follows something like that
There are multiple with attribute "name" and "country" in response. My question is how to fetch the data something like below
name:abc
country:xyz
citizenshih:A
pincode 111
dis:no
For all attributes in response code.

Is that the exact format of the data you're getting? Because that's JSON-ish, but it's not valid JSON and wouldn't be parsed as such. If, however, you are actually getting JSON then you can de-serialize that.
Using something like Newtonsoft's JSON library you can fairly trivially de-serialize JSON into an object. For example, this JSON:
{
"name":"abc",
"country":"xyz",
"citizenship":"A",
"someProperty": [
{
"pincode":"111",
"Dis":"no"
}]
}
Might map to these types:
class MyClass
{
public string Name { get; set; }
public string Country { get; set; }
public string Citizenship { get; set; }
public IEnumerable<MyOtherClass> SomeProperty { get; set; }
}
class MyOtherClass
{
public string Pincode { get; set; }
public string Dis { get; set; }
}
In which case de-serializing might be as simple as this:
var myObject = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<MyClass>(yourJsonString);

you could try
dynamic data = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject(receivedJsonString);
foreach (dynamic o in data)
{
Debug.WriteLine(o.country);
}

How to deserialize JSON date time from MongoDB to C# class

I'm using c# driver to interact with mongoDB.
I have a class that I created and which I populate with the data I get from mongoDB.
One of the properties in that class is DateTime.
The value I get from mongo is /\Date(number)/. Which is ok because this is what I'm suppose to return to the client.
The value that I get from mongo after I retrieve the data is ISODate(some number).
I get an exception: "Invalid JSON primitive: ISODate".
How can I configure mongoDB to save the DateTime like I got it i.e. /\Date(number)/?
Sorry L.B - I didn't noticed your answer but went straight to the answer I was given.
Here's the class I'm trying to deserialize:
public class EventDate
{
public EventDate()
{
}
public int? VenueConfigID { get; set; }
public string Category { get; set; }
public DateTime DateAndTime { get; set; }
public string DisplayDate { get; set; }
public string StartDate { get; set; }
public string EndDate { get; set; }
public string ShortNote { get; set; }
public string Home { get; set; }
public int? ID { get; set; }
public string Name { get; set; }
}
Here's how I deserialize it:
mongo = MongoServer.Create();
mongo.Connect();
db = mongo.GetDatabase("productionDB");
var col = db.GetCollection<BsonDocument>("eventDates");
var query = Query<PerformerDates>.EQ(ev => ev.PerformerID, performerId);
//MongoCursor<BsonDocument> performer = col.Find(query);
MongoCursor<BsonDocument> performer = col.FindAll();
JavaScriptSerializer js = new JavaScriptSerializer();
List<EventDate> finalMatchedDates = new List<EventDate>();
foreach (var p in performer)
{
//System.Threading.Tasks.Task<EventDate[]> obj2 = JsonConvert.DeserializeObjectAsync<EventDate[]>(p.Elements.ToList()[3].Value.ToString());
EventDate[] obj3 = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<EventDate[]>(p.Elements.ToList()[3].Value.ToString());
}
mongo.Disconnect();
Solved!!
Eventually I solved it. I used a string instead of a DateTime. When I get it from the DB, I convert it to a DateTime and when I sent it back to the client I serialize it with the format of: /\Date()/

Just use BsonSerializer.Deserialize method.
MongoDB's serializer has a much higher performance over NewtonSoft's Json.Net or Microsoft's DataContractSerializer.

Very common occurring problem! One solution is to use JSON.NET.
See this answer for more help. Although you might be confused with JSON DateTime object but don't worry. It will work!
string json; // Assign JSON here.
var v = Newtonsoft.Json.JsonConvert.DeserializeObjectAsync<T>(json);

ServiceStack.Text and ISODate("")

Why ServiceStack.Text DeserializeFromString cant convert ISODate formats.
For example, i have json string like
{ "Count" : 4, "Type" : 1, "Date" : ISODate("2013-04-12T00:00:00Z") }
and class
public class TestClass
{
public int Count { get; set; }
public int Type { get; set; }
public DateTime Date { get; set; }
}
and when i try to deserialize from string
JsonSerializer.DeserializeFromString<TestClass>(json);
give me output like

ServiceStack.Text understands ISO8601, too.
You can configure it as the default behaviour with:
JsConfig.DateHandler = JsonDateHandler.ISO8601;
See this answer for more information.

JSON expects the date format like this
"LastRequestTime":"\/Date(928129800000+0530)\/"
So change you date value in Json string and then try. it will deserialized that property properly.