Good evening,
I'm downloading a .JSON file from a CDN which gives me a 12kb file. I've opened this file (export.json) and verified that all looks correct from an encoding standpoint and is standard JSON syntax.
I use the following code to download it to my server so I can parse it:
//webclient downloads the JSON file
var webClient = new WebClient ();
webClient.Encoding = System.Text.Encoding.UTF8;
string result = string.Empty;
try
{
result = webClient.DownloadString("somewebsite/export.json");
File.WriteAllText(@"C:\Users\WebDev\Documents\Visual Studio 2015\WebSites\test\json.json", result);
}
catch (Exception ex) {
System.Diagnostics.Debug.Write(ex);
}
//parses downloaded file
Newtonsoft.Json.Linq.JObject o = Newtonsoft.Json.Linq.JObject.Parse(File.ReadAllText(@"C:\Users\WebDev\Documents\Visual Studio 2015\WebSites\test\json.json"));
//creates a dictionary at the outer object level (key=id and value=inner object
var dict = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<Dictionary<string, object>>(o.ToString());
I've also tried using the DownloadFile method. Each time, I get something like this in the .JSON file I generate "�b��X export.json.tmp �\�R�H�~���:��)u�b���@"
Any ideas what I'm missing? Thanks.
