deserializing JSON to .net object using NewtonSoft - array

Question

{
  "albums": [
    {
      "name": "Muse",
      "permalink": "Muse",
      "cover_image_url": "http://image.kazaa.com/images/69/01672812 1569/Yaron_Herman_Trio/Muse/Yaron_Herman_Trio-Muse_1.jpg",
      "id": 93098,
      "artist_nam e": "Yaron Herman Trio"
    },

}

How do i get the value of 'name' contained in 'album'? Please help! Are there any specific ways to do it? Looked through the api and tried but stuck at retrieving the value!

Sachin · Answer 1 · 2013-03-03T12:30:22.923

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Just Deserialized your json into your object.

using JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<objectType>(jsonString);

e.g; you have a class

Public class Album
{
public string name {get;set;}
public string permalink {get;set;},
public string cover_image_url {get;set;}
public int id {get;set;}
public string artist_name{get;set}
}

another class

public class Albums
{
List<Album> albums{get;set;}
}

Then just use

 var albums=JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<Albums>(jsonString);

Now albums contains the list of album objects so now you can get any value from there.

edited Mar 03 '13 at 12:30

answered Mar 03 '13 at 12:20

Sachin

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Small tip: You can use http://json2csharp.com/ to create c# classes based on a json string – Tearsdontfalls Mar 03 '13 at 12:36
what about using Jtoken under the Json.NET api? – user1781830 Mar 03 '13 at 12:40
@user1781830 If you just want to get a few items from the JSON object then you can use it – Sachin Mar 03 '13 at 12:43
I tried JToken token = JObject.Parse(json); string album = (string)token.SelectToken("albums"); but it don't seem to be working – user1781830 Mar 03 '13 at 12:48
@user1781830 have a look here it shows how to do that http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4749639/deserializing-json-to-net-object-using-newtonsoft-or-linq-to-json-maybe – Sachin Mar 03 '13 at 12:49
but how do i get the name from this piece of code? please help! thanks! – user1781830 Mar 03 '13 at 12:50
you can get it like this `string name = (string)token.SelectToken("name");` – Sachin Mar 03 '13 at 12:59
@user1781830 Hey, Why didn't you mark it as answer? I think you have got your answer here..? :) – Sachin Mar 04 '13 at 16:28

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered May 16 '14 at 15:53

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Make sure your collection variable is declared public. For example:

public class Albums
{
   public List<Album> albums{get;set;}
}

answered May 16 '14 at 15:53

jimmy

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