Parsing JSON with C#

Asked Feb 18 '18 at 07:59

Active Feb 18 '18 at 08:13

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Currently I have a JSON body that I would like to deserialize into a list of objects in C#. The JSON looks very similar to this:

{
    "123": {
        "id": "123",
        "description": "Element 1",
        ...
    },
    "456": {
        "id": "456",
        "description": "Element 2",
        ...
    },
    ...
}

My current structure is as follows:

class FooList
{
    public Dictionary<int, Foo> Foos { get; set; }
}

class Foo
{
    public int id { get; set; }
    public string description { get; set; }
}

and utilising NewtonSoft I am attempting the following:

// json = string representation of json data
JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<FooList>(json);

This doesn't work. I have managed to deserialize single instances of Foo with the previous line of code, but I am unsure how I can handle the process when the JSON doesn't have a set root element and comprises a list of objects with dynamic root elements.

Apologies if this question has been answered previously, either I am using incorrect language to describe the issue or the answer doesn't seem to exist.

Edit: "This doesn't work" equates to returning an instance of FooList with Foos as null.

edited Feb 18 '18 at 08:07

asked Feb 18 '18 at 07:59

Manky Fox

1

_This doesn't work_ - your screen blacks out, your mouse starts levitating, the data comes out backward? – Patrick Artner Feb 18 '18 at 08:03
Valid point, that was very vague. I have made an edit. Thank you! – Manky Fox Feb 18 '18 at 08:06
2

Remove `FooList` from your program entirely. Then `JsonConvert.DeserializeObject>(json);` – Aluan Haddad Feb 18 '18 at 08:06
Thank you, that has definitely solved the problem. – Manky Fox Feb 18 '18 at 08:09

Parsing JSON with C#

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