I have a control that expects JSON in a particular format. I have a service that spits out JSON in a different format. What's the best way to convert the JSON to the expected format? C#, jQuery? I think I'd prefer to do it server-side.
With C# you can use System.Web.Script.Serialization.JavaScriptSerializer to parse your JSON string to an object or IDictionary.
MSDN: JavaScriptSerializer Class (System.Web.Script.Serialization)
With that object you could do anything you like, change values or maybe just parse it back to something like XML.
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so I have a json string within my model data that is sent to the view for display in a table.
I am wanting to be sure it is displayed in a formatted fashion instead of one line string.
My research has led me to find this to be the cleanest method...
string json = JsonConvert.SerializeObject(account, Formatting.Indented);
however, within the view, once my value is extracted to #item.requestExample (the json string to be formatted), can I can call this c# to return the formatted string to the html?
btw, I've tried a few other methods just js, but every time the #item.requestExample is used within the , the inspect/console complains of the invalid tokens of the string since the string it an html representation that is using "e; instead of "'s.
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Maybe you could parse the json (if it is json, I'm not sure I understood well) string into a dynamic object. Then you can iterate over the properties and visualize them at your will.
You can see how to do that here.
Deserialize JSON into C# dynamic object
I'm somehow having troubles deserializing a json string into a simple List or string[] (I don't care which).
As of what I know, this is how to do this job:
JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<List<string>>(jsonString);
Here I am getting a RuntimeBinderException. It complains about the parameter, although my json string is valid and simple: a:1:{i:0;s:10:"Sahibinden";}
What you have isn't JSON is a serialized PHP object. There have been some tools that work well with this in C# but there isn't native support. If you own the PHP, then convert the object/array to JSON first. If not try the information on this question: https://stackoverflow.com/a/1923626/474702
Your JSON is invalid. Problems:
a:1 should be inside an object bracket of {}
The : before the { is invalid, you need a , there
The ; just after i:0 is invalid, you need a comma there
You repeat the mistake described in 1. and 2. inside your {} brackets as well
Solution: You need to read about JSON and make sure you understand its syntax.
I have a bunch of JSON strings, and would like to identify the schema of each one. This will allow me to keep a count of the different types of JSON objects in my collection of JSON strings.
I do not know the structure of these JSON strings ahead of time, and thus do not have a PONO to try to deserialize to.
I am currently using json.net, but am open to other options.
You could also use NJsonSchema for that,
see https://github.com/RSuter/NJsonSchema/wiki/SampleJsonSchemaGenerator
Previously JSchema was in JSON.NET Library but now its deprecated and they moved it to another library .. You Can Use Json.NET Schema ..It will easily Give You Schema of Any JSON String..even You Can Parse any JSON Using this Lib. ..like Suppose You Have JSON String ie _strJSON
JSchema schema = JSchema.Parse(_strJSON);
I want to embed an xml string in a json string. I am returning this json from a web method and at client side I have to extract the xml string from this json data.
I tried this:
var data= $.parseJSON(jsonResponse);
But as the jsonResponse contains XML data it is becoming an invalid json and becomes unable to parse.
Is there any way to successfully embed xml string in json and extract it ?
EDIT:
Tried encoding xml string :
System.Security.SecurityElement.Escape(xmlString)
and then added it to json string.
Still at client side the json couldn't be parsed
EDIT
tried Ted Johnson's solution and the problem is partially fixed.
Now I could parse the json and extract the other attributes. But on accessing the xml attribute, it says undefined. Also couldn't decode it.
You will need to do the following.
Ensure the XML is encoded to project quote escaping. As the XML will need to be parsed as a string. In c# there is a standard way, URL Encoding using C#
ParseJSON
Access JSON attribute which has the xml encoded as a string and decode it. http://www.w3schools.com/jsref/jsref_decodeuri.asp
Parse the XML ... http://api.jquery.com/jQuery.parseXML/ and save result for use.
I am using the following code to convert JSON string to XML for processing in C#:
XmlDictionaryReader xdr = JsonReaderWriterFactory.CreateJsonReader(System.Text.Encoding.Unicode.GetBytes(jsonStr), new XmlDictionaryReaderQuotas()); // ### QUOTA MAX WILL FIX THE MISSING CLOSING TAGS?
XElement root = XElement.Load(xdr); // Here I get the exception: The token '"' was expected but found '
I have used it with no problem until I tried to parse JSON with strings not enclosed by double quotes (which by the way, I think is perfectly fine with JSON format)
For example:
{string:"value"}
Can any body tell me how can I serialize JSON in C# so that this kind of simple format particulary wont break the code or generate exceptions?
EDIT:
I think what I am reading is not a JSON object but a javascript object like the following:
What's the difference between Javascript Object and JSON object
So question would be: How to deserialize javascript objects to XML (not JSON) in C#?