How to convert a string json to a dictionary in C#

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I have a simple WinForm program that does a WebRequest to a server, the response is a string looking like:

{"a":"foo","b":"bar"}

How do convert this string to a dictionary? (Dictionary<string, string>). Is there a built-in function I can use?

possible duplicate of [Deserialize JSON into C# dynamic object?](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3142495/deserialize-json-into-c-sharp-dynamic-object) — Rob, Sep 12 '15 at 14:38

score 6 · Accepted Answer · answered Sep 12 '15 at 14:21

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Use a library like JSON.NET:

var dictionary = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<IDictionary<string, string>>(json)

answered Sep 12 '15 at 14:21

Thomas Levesque

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Isn't that only for .net? – Thomas Wagenaar Sep 12 '15 at 14:23
C# and winforms are both .NET concepts @ThomasWagenaar – Christo S. Christov Sep 12 '15 at 14:28
@ThomasWagenaar C# ***is*** .NET – Rob Sep 12 '15 at 14:44

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Sep 12 '15 at 14:22

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var sourve = @"{"a":"foo","b":"bar"}";
Dictionary<string, string> result = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<Dictionary<string, string>>(source);

answered Sep 12 '15 at 14:22

Dmitry

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this is not correct=> var sourve = @"{"a":"foo","b":"bar"}"; – Arash Sep 12 '15 at 14:26
What about that "{\"a\":\"foo\",\"b\":\"bar\"}" ? – Dmitry Sep 12 '15 at 14:28
what do you think ?check it in VS then ask me:) – Arash Sep 12 '15 at 14:31
This won't work out of the box, you need to add a reference to JSON.NET – Thomas Levesque Sep 12 '15 at 15:02

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Sep 12 '15 at 14:36

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If you can add two assemblies:

System.Web
System.Web.Extensions

You can use this code:

string html = "{\"a\":\"foo\",\"b\":\"bar\"}";

JavaScriptSerializer jss = new JavaScriptSerializer();
var dict = jss.Deserialize<Dictionary<string, string>>(html);

answered Sep 12 '15 at 14:36

Andrzej Budzanowski

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