JSON Class with spaces in name

Question

I have been given a JSON definition something along the lines of..

{
    "the.data" : {
        "first.name": "Joe",
        "last.name": "Smith"
    }
}

and i've made a class in c# to add my data too, such as

public class TheData
{
    public string FirstName { get; set; }
    public string LastName { get; set; }
}

public class RootObject
{
    public TheData TheData { get; set; }
}

Now the web service that i have to send this payload to, is expecting The.Data, and First.Name, as well as Last.Name

How can i 'change' the name definitions? Before transmitting?

Can i somehow override the name?

Which JSON API are you using? (I suspect you just want `[JsonProperty("first.name")`] etc.) — Jon Skeet, Oct 02 '15 at 09:46
if yuo are using Json.Net you cas use `[JsonProperty(PropertyName = "name")]` attribute. — xZ6a33YaYEfmv, Oct 02 '15 at 09:46
Possible duplicate of [How can I change property names when serializing with Json.net?](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/8796618/how-can-i-change-property-names-when-serializing-with-json-net) — NibblyPig, Oct 02 '15 at 09:48

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 02 '15 at 09:47

You can try this. you can use JsonPropertyAttribute to tell Json.Net what the property's corresponding json field is.

public class TheData
{
    [JsonProperty("first.name")]
    public string FirstName { get; set; }
    [JsonProperty("last.name")]
    public string LastName { get; set; }
}

public class RootObject
{
    [JsonProperty("the.data")]
    public TheData TheData { get; set; }
}

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Oct 02 '15 at 09:47

0

You can decorate the values, it will depend on which framework you're using but it'll be something like this:

[JsonProperty(PropertyName = "Person.Name")]
public string PersonName { get; set; }

answered Oct 02 '15 at 09:47

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