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How to use MessagePack-CSharp with string JSON? Not is CLI, is neuecc/MessagePack-CSharp

using MessagePack;
[MessagePackObject]
public class CPegar_ids
{
[Key(0)]
public string operationName { get; set; }
[Key(1)]
public Variables variables { get; set; }
[Key(2)]
public string query { get; set; }
}
[MessagePackObject]
public class Variables
{
[Key(0)]
public object activeType { get; set; }
[Key(1)]
public string[] instruments { get; set; }
[Key(2)]
public string leverageInstrument { get; set; }
[Key(3)]
public int userGroupID { get; set; }
[Key(4)]
public string sortField { get; set; }
[Key(5)]
public string sortDirection { get; set; }
[Key(6)]
public int limit { get; set; }
[Key(7)]
public int offset { get; set; }
}
string json_data = #"
{
""operationName"": ""GetAssets"",
""variables"": {
""activeType"": null,
""instruments"": [
""BinaryOption"",
""DigitalOption"",
""FxOption"",
""TurboOption""
],
""leverageInstrument"": ""BinaryOption"",
""userGroupID"": 193,
""sortField"": ""Name"",
""sortDirection"": ""Ascending"",
""limit"": 20,
""offset"": 0
},
""query"": """"
}
";
var ob_ids = MessagePackSerializer.Deserialize<CPegar_ids>(Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(json_data ));
Console.WriteLine($" IDS OB: {ob_ids.GetType()}");
https://github.com/neuecc/MessagePack-CSharp
I'm downloading JSON with HttpWebRequest, which returns a var string. I want to use this string to Deserialize with MessagePackSerializer. I've tried several different ways, with Utf8Json I can do it, but with this MessagePack I can't. I want to use MessagePack because it is much faster.

It looks like MessageBack have their own notation which is not JSON. But you're trying to deserialize Json into their custom notation which fails for obvious reasons. They seem to keep it small an compact by using more unicode in place of standard characters like JSON.
see https://msgpack.org/index.html
This is why you're not going to make it work putting in a JSON string and trying to deserialize it. If you're looking for faster JSON options there are a few other common alternatives to Newtonsoft Json.NET such as fastJSON https://github.com/mgholam/fastJSON
Reversing your sample code we can get an example of what the serialized values look like:
var myObject = new CPegar_ids {
operationName = "GetAssets",
variables = new Variables {
activeType = null,
instruments = new string[] {
"BinaryOption",
"DigitalOption",
"TurboOption"
},
leverageInstrument = "BinaryOption",
userGroupID = 193,
sortField = "Name",
sortDirection = "Ascending",
limit = 20,
offset = 0
},
query = ""
};
var bytes = MessagePackSerializer.Serialize(myObject);
Console.WriteLine(Encoding.UTF8.GetString(bytes));
the output of which is:
��operationName�GetAssets�variables��activeType��instruments��BinaryOption�DigitalOption�TurboOption�leverageInstrument�BinaryOption�userGroupID���sortField�Name�sortDirection�Ascending�limit14�offset00�query�

I couldn't find a good explanation on why it is not working. But there is a way to make it work instead of using Key(int index) attribute we will use Key(string propertyName) attribute.
Should you use an indexed (int) key or a string key? We recommend
using indexed keys for faster serialization and a more compact binary
representation than string keys. Reference.
OBJECTS
[MessagePackObject]
public class CPegar_ids
{
[Key("operationName")]
public string operationName { get; set; }
[Key("variables")]
public Variables variables { get; set; }
[Key("query")]
public string query { get; set; }
}
[MessagePackObject]
public class Variables
{
[Key("activeType")]
public object activeType { get; set; }
[Key("instruments")]
public string[] instruments { get; set; }
[Key("leverageInstrument")]
public string leverageInstrument { get; set; }
[Key("userGroupID")]
public int userGroupID { get; set; }
[Key("sortField")]
public string sortField { get; set; }
[Key("sortDirection")]
public string sortDirection { get; set; }
[Key("limit")]
public int limit { get; set; }
[Key("offset")]
public int offset { get; set; }
}
SERIALIZATION
var jsonByteArray = MessagePackSerializer.ConvertFromJson(File.ReadAllText("json1.json"));
CPegar_ids ob_ids = MessagePackSerializer.Deserialize<CPegar_ids>(jsonByteArray);

Deserialize JSON having keys with CamelCase and snake_case naming in C#

I am receiving a json file via api, that json file will be converted into a class that I cant touch and has around 400 properties. the json is using for the key names CamelCase and in the same json some keys are in the format of snake_case.
I am currently using System.Text.Json but open to change to Newtonsoft.json is needed.
I tried to create a JsonSnakeCaseNamingPolicy class (only converting the property names to snake_case) and used in the JsonSerializerOptions like this:
var deserializeOptions = new JsonSerializerOptions()
{
PropertyNameCaseInsensitive = true,
PropertyNamingPolicy = new JsonSnakeCaseNamingPolicy()
};
var flexImport = JsonSerializer.Deserialize<List<FlexImport>>(input.MappedObjectJson, deserializeOptions);
But then the properties in CamelCase don't get populated. Any idea on how to achieve this situation?
This the json sample:
[{\"BatchId\":123,\"Title_Id\":123,\"CurrentNumber\":\"aa705128\",\"address\":\"122 BLACKSGATE EN\",\"curr_interest_rate\":4},{\"BatchId\":2,\"Title_Id\":1,\"CurrentNumber\":\"27705128\",\"address\":\"90 ARMA DR\",\"curr_interest_rate\":5},{\"BatchId\":2,\"Title_Id\":2,\"CurrentNumber\":\"30877674\",\"address\":\"6485 N SIN CIR\",\"curr_interest_rate\":4}]"
And here is part of the destination class:
public class FlexImport
{
public long BatchId { get; set; }
public long TitleId { get; set; }
public string CurrentNumber { get; set; }
public string Address { get; set; }
public decimal? CurrInterestRate { get; set; }
}

Use JSON attributes
public class FlexImport
{
public long BatchId { get; set; }
[JsonPropertyName("Title_Id")]
public long TitleId { get; set; }
public string CurrentNumber { get; set; }
[JsonPropertyName("address")]
public string Address { get; set; }
[JsonPropertyName("curr_interest_rate")]
public decimal? CurrInterestRate { get; set; }
}
Etc. Adjust as needed.

How can I convert a json string to a json array using Newtonsoft?

I am using this code to read a json file firstSession.json and display it on a label.
var assembly = typeof(ScenarioPage).GetTypeInfo().Assembly;
string jsonFileName = "firstSession.json";
Stream stream = assembly.GetManifestResourceStream($"{assembly.GetName().Name}.{jsonFileName}");
using (var reader = new StreamReader(stream))
{
var json = reader.ReadToEnd(); //json string
var data = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<SessionModel>(json);
foreach (SessionModel scenario in data)
{
scenarioName.Text = scenario.title;
break;
}
scenarioName.Text = data.title; // scenarioName is the name of the label
}
SessionModel.cs looks like:
public class SessionModel : IEnumerable
{
public int block { get; set; }
public string name { get; set; }
public string title { get; set; }
public int numberMissing { get; set; }
public string word1 { get; set; }
public string word2 { get; set; }
public string statement1 { get; set; }
public string statement2 { get; set; }
public string question { get; set; }
public string positive { get; set; } // positive answer (yes or no)
public string negative { get; set; } // negative answer (yes or no)
public string answer { get; set; } // positive or negative
public string type { get; set; }
public string format { get; set; }
public string immersion { get; set; }
public IEnumerator GetEnumerator()
{
throw new NotImplementedException();
}
}
The beginning of my json is:
{
"firstSession": [
{
"block": 1,
"name": "mark",
"title": "mark's house",
"numberMissing": 1,
"word1": "distracted",
"word2": "None",
"statement1": "string 1",
"statement2": "None",
"question": "question",
"positive": "No",
"negative": "Yes",
"answer": "Positive",
"type": "Social",
"format": "Visual",
"immersion": "picture"
},
I am getting a Newtonsoft.Json.JsonSerializationException: Cannot deserialize the current JSON object into type "MyProject.SessionModel" because the type requires a JSON array to deserialize correctly. To fix this error either change the JSON to a JSON array or change the deserialized type so that it is a normal .NET type that can be deserialized from a JSON object. JsonObjectAttribute can also be added to the type to force it to deserialize from a JSON object. JsonObjectAttribute can also be added to the type to force it to deserialize from a JSON object. Path 'firstSession', line 2, position 17.
How can I convert the json string to a json array? Or make one of the other modifications the debugger suggests?

you need to create a wrapper class (json2csharp.com will help you do this)
public class Root {
public List<SessionModel> firstSession { get; set; }
}
then
var data = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<Root>(json);
data.firstSession will be a List<SessionModel>

Create a new Class and have firstSession as List of SessionModel.
public class Sessions
{
public List<SessionModel> firstSession { get; set; }
}
Remove IEnumerable from the SessionModel
public class SessionModel
{
public int block { get; set; }
public string name { get; set; }
public string title { get; set; }
}
Change thedeserialization part as follows
var data = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject(line);
foreach (SessionModel scenario in data.firstSession)
{
//Here you can get each sessionModel object
Console.WriteLine(scenario.answer);
}

Deserialize nested JSON Response with RestSharp Client

I'd like to consume a REST Api and deserialize the nested JSON Response. For that purpose I tried to create some POCO classes which represent the JSON Response [1].
The response looks like this:
{
"success": true,
"message": "OK",
"types":
[
{
"name": "A5EF3-ASR",
"title": "ITIL Foundation Plus Cloud Introduction",
"classroomDeliveryMethod": "Self-paced Virtual Class",
"descriptions": {
"EN": {
"description": "some Text null",
"overview": null,
"abstract": "Some other text",
"prerequisits": null,
"objective": null,
"topic": null
}
},
"lastModified": "2014-10-08T08:37:43Z",
"created": "2014-04-28T11:23:12Z"
},
{
"name": "A4DT3-ASR",
"title": "ITIL Foundation eLearning Course + Exam",
"classroomDeliveryMethod": "Self-paced Virtual Class",
"descriptions": {
"EN": {
"description": "some Text"
(...)
So I created the following POCO classes:
public class Course
{
public bool success { get; set; }
public string Message { get; set; }
public List<CourseTypeContainer> Type { get; set; }
}
/* each Course has n CourseTypes */
public class CourseType
{
public string Name { get; set; }
public string Title { get; set; }
public List<CourseTypeDescriptionContainer> Descriptions { get; set; }
public DateTime LastModified { get; set; }
public DateTime Created { get; set; }
}
public class CourseTypeContainer
{
public CourseType CourseType { get; set; }
}
/* each CourseType has n CourseTypeDescriptions */
public class CourseTypeDescription
{
public string Description { get; set; }
public string Overview { get; set; }
public string Abstract { get; set; }
public string Prerequisits { get; set; }
public string Objective { get; set; }
public string Topic { get; set; }
}
public class CourseTypeDescriptionContainer
{
public CourseTypeDescription CourseTypeDescription { get; set; }
}
And this is the API Code:
var client = new RestClient("https://www.someurl.com");
client.Authenticator = new HttpBasicAuthenticator("user", "password");
var request = new RestRequest();
request.Resource = "api/v1.0/types";
request.Method = Method.GET;
request.RequestFormat = DataFormat.Json;
var response = client.Execute<Course>(request);
EDIT 1: I found a Typo, the Type property in AvnetCourse should be named Types:
public List<AvnetCourseTypeContainer> Type { get; set; } // wrong
public List<AvnetCourseTypeContainer> Types { get; set; } // correct
Now the return values look like:
response.Data.success = true // CORRECT
repsonse.Data.Message = "OK" // CORRECT
response.Data.Types = (Count: 1234); // CORRECT
response.Data.Types[0].AvnetCourseType = null; // NOT CORRECT
EDIT 2: I implemented the Course.Types Property using a List<CourseType> instead of a List<CourseTypeContainer>, as proposed by Jaanus. The same goes for the CourseTypeDescriptionContainer:
public List<CourseTypeContainer> Type { get; set; } // OLD
public List<CourseTypeDescriptionContainer> Descriptions { get; set; } // OLD
public List<CourseType> Type { get; set; } // NEW
public List<CourseTypeDescription> Descriptions { get; set; } // NEW
Now the response.Data.Types finally are properly filled. However, the response.Data.Types.Descriptions are still not properly filled, since there is an additional language layer (e.g. "EN"). How can I solve this, without creating a PACO for each language?
EDIT 3: I had to add an additional CourseTypeDescriptionDetails class, where I would store the descriptive Data. In my CourseTypeDescription I added a property of the Type List for each language. Code Snippet:
public class AvnetCourseType
{
public List<CourseTypeDescription> Descriptions { get; set; }
// other properties
}
public class CourseTypeDescription
{
public List<CourseTypeDescriptionDetails> EN { get; set; } // English
public List<CourseTypeDescriptionDetails> NL { get; set; } // Dutch
}
public class CourseTypeDescriptionDetails
{
public string Description { get; set; }
public string Overview { get; set; }
public string Abstract { get; set; }
public string Prerequisits { get; set; }
public string Objective { get; set; }
public string Topic { get; set; }
}
It works now, but I need to add another property to CourseTypeDescription for each language.
OLD: The return values are
response.Data.success = true // CORRECT
repsonse.Data.Message = "OK" // CORRECT
response.Data.Type = null; // WHY?
So why does my response.Type equal null? What am I doing wrong?
Thank you
Resources:
[1] RestSharp Deserialization with JSON Array

Try using this as POCO:
public class Course
{
public bool success { get; set; }
public string message { get; set; }
public List<CourseTypeContainer> Types { get; set; }
}
Now you have list of CourseTypeContainer.
And CourseTypeContainer is
public class CourseTypeContainer
{
public CourseType CourseType { get; set; }
}
So when you are trying to get response.Data.Types[0].AvnetCourseType , then you need to have field AvnetCourseType inside CourseTypeContainer
Or I think what you want is actually this public List<CourseType> Types { get; set; }, you don't need a container there.

Just in case this helps someone else, I tried everything here and it still didn't work on the current version of RestSharp (106.6.2). RestSharp was completely ignoring the RootElement property as far as I could tell, even though it was at the top level. My workaround was to manually tell it to pull the nested JSON and then convert that. I used JSON.Net to accomplish this.
var response = restClient.Execute<T>(restRequest);
response.Content = JObject.Parse(response.Content)[restRequest.RootElement].ToString();
return new JsonDeserializer().Deserialize<T>(response);

I used http://json2csharp.com/ to create C# classes from JSON.
Then, renamed RootObject to the ClassName of the model file I'm creating
All the data in the nested json was accessible after RestSharp Deserializitaion similar to responseBody.data.Subject.Alias
where data, Subject and Alias are nested nodes inside the response JSON received.

Parsing JSON using Newtonsoft.JSON

I have a JSON string as follows:
[{
"ID":"1",
"title":"New Product Launch",
"fro":"Vitamin D",
"summary":"New Vitamin D prodcut",
"type":"image",
"link":"http:\/\/www.foo.in\/upload\/image\/1.png",
"detail":"13-11-2013",
"fileSize":23763
},
{
"ID":"2",
"title":"New Product Launch",
"fro":"Vitamin D",
"summary":"New Vitamin D prodcut",
"type":"image",
"link":"http:\/\/www.foo.in\/upload\/image\/1.png",
"detail":"13-11-2013",
"fileSize":23763
}]
My code for parsing is as follows:
AnnouncementListObject resultsJSON = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<AnnouncementListObject>(json); //line1
using (AnnouncementDataContext context = new AnnouncementDataContext(Con_String))
{
AnnouncementData alData = new AnnouncementData();
alData.announcementID = int.Parse(resultsJSON.ID);
.
.
.
.
context.AnnouncementData.InsertOnSubmit(alData);
context.SubmitChanges();
}
EDIT:
public class AnnouncementListObject
{
public string ID { get; set; }
public string title { get; set; }
public string fro { get; set; }
public string summary { get; set; }
public string type { get; set; }
public string link { get; set; }
public string detail { get; set; }
public object fileSize { get; set; }
}
But it throws error on line 1 where I deserialize the JSON data. I want to store this multiple data rows in database. I cannot use foreach loop here as JSON data is not enclosed under root node. Any help on how should I go about?

Try deserializing to a list like so
var resultsJSON = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<List<AnnouncementListObject>>(json); //line1
You're dealing with an array of JSON objects, but you're trying to cast it as a single object.