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Deserialize shodan data

I'm having problems deserializing the data I'm getting from Shodan. Below are the classes I got from json2csharp and I'm trying to create an array of the matches and loop through them. It seems like I have tried with everything except a working array by now. The data itself is matches as root with objects of them that contain location (with its own data etc). An except below that I cut out a bit.
This is my error:
Cannot deserialize the current JSON object (e.g. {"name":"value"}) into type 'Shodan.Match[]' because the type requ
ires a JSON array (e.g. [1,2,3]) to deserialize correctly.
var data = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<Match[]>(allData);
{"matches": [{"product": "product", "hash": 0, "ip": 123123, "isp": "Verizon Internet Services"}], "total": 1}
public class Location
{
public string city { get; set; }
public string region_code { get; set; }
public object area_code { get; set; }
public double longitude { get; set; }
public string country_code3 { get; set; }
public double latitude { get; set; }
public string postal_code { get; set; }
public object dma_code { get; set; }
public string country_code { get; set; }
public string country_name { get; set; }
}
public class Options
{
}
public class Shodan
{
public string crawler { get; set; }
public string id { get; set; }
public string module { get; set; }
public Options options { get; set; }
}
public class Match
{
public int hash { get; set; }
public int ip { get; set; }
public string isp { get; set; }
public string transport { get; set; }
public string data { get; set; }
public string asn { get; set; }
public int port { get; set; }
public List<string> hostnames { get; set; }
public Location location { get; set; }
public DateTime timestamp { get; set; }
public List<string> domains { get; set; }
public string org { get; set; }
public object os { get; set; }
public Shodan _shodan { get; set; }
public string ip_str { get; set; }
public string product { get; set; }
}
public class RootObject
{
public List<Match> matches { get; set; }
public int total { get; set; }
}

You could create another class like
var allData =
{"matches": [{"product": "product", "hash": 0, "ip": 123123, "isp": "Verizon Internet Services"}], "total": 1}
public class MyMatches {
public Match[] matches {get; set;}
}
and then use that in the deserializer.
var data = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<MyMatches>(allData);
This is if the JSON code sample you gave us is correct.
CORRECTION
Just saw the RootObject class.
Just use that.

Invalid type when generate the json?

I've this json:
{
"page": "36",
"bookmaker_urls": {
"13": [{
"link": "http://www.bet365.com/home/?affiliate=365_179024",
"name": "Bet 365"
}]
},
"block_service_id": "competition_summary_block_competitionmatchessummary",
"round_id": "36003",
"outgroup": "",
"view": "1",
"competition_id": "13"
}
I've inserted this on this tool: http://json2csharp.com/
this will return:
public class __invalid_type__13
{
public string link { get; set; }
public string name { get; set; }
}
public class BookmakerUrls
{
public List<__invalid_type__13> __invalid_name__13 { get; set; }
}
public class RootObject
{
public int page { get; set; }
public BookmakerUrls bookmaker_urls { get; set; }
public string block_service_id { get; set; }
public int round_id { get; set; }
public bool outgroup { get; set; }
public int view { get; set; }
public int competition_id { get; set; }
}
why there is an invalid type?

13 is not a valid property name in .NET, and the tool you're using seems to try to map each JSON property to .NET Class property.
What you probably want is bookmaker_urls to be a dictionary:
public class BookmakerUrl
{
public string link { get; set; }
public string name { get; set; }
}
public class RootObject
{
public int page { get; set; }
public Dictionary<string, List<BookmakerUrl>> bookmaker_urls { get; set; }
public string block_service_id { get; set; }
public int round_id { get; set; }
public bool outgroup { get; set; }
public int view { get; set; }
public int competition_id { get; set; }
}

The generator generates the name of properties and types from the name of properties in the Json.
There is a property "13" in the Json. A name starting with a digit would not be a valid name in c#.
So, the generator just adds the prefix "invalid_name" or "invalid_type" to the generated names. This does not mean that there was any problem or that you cannot use the generated code.

How to deserialize json property to class property?

My JSON file
[
{
"amount":"1000000.0",
"check_number":1,
"payment_number":5,
"attachments":[
{
"id":5324,
"url":"http://www.example.com/",
"filename":"january_receipt_copy.jpg"
}
]
}
]
My Class File
public class Attachment
{
public int id { get; set; }
public string url { get; set; }
public string filename { get; set; }
}
public class AccountDetail
{
public string amount { get; set; }
public int check_number { get; set; }
public int payment_number { get; set; }
}
public class RootObject
{
public AccountDetail accountdetail{ get; set; }
public List<Attachment> attachments { get; set; }
}
Now I want to map JSON file's properties 'check_number','amount' etc
to accountdetail by using newtonsoft JSON deserialization.

You need the following two classes:
public class Attachment
{
[JsonProperty("id")]
public int Id { get; set; }
[JsonProperty("url")]
public string Url { get; set; }
[JsonProperty("filename")]
public string Filename { get; set; }
}
public class AccountDetails
{
[JsonProperty("amount")]
public string Amount { get; set; }
[JsonProperty("check_number")]
public int CheckNumber { get; set; }
[JsonProperty("payment_number")]
public int PaymentNumber { get; set; }
[JsonProperty("attachments")]
public IList<Attachment> Attachments { get; set; }
}
By defining the above classes you can deserialize your json as below:
var accountsDetails = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<IEnumerable<AccountDetails>>(json);

Serializing Json to c# Class throwing error

I have a JSON returning from web like this
{
"data": {
"normal_customer": {
"0": {
"id": 1,
"name": "ALPHY"
}
},
"1": {
"id": 2,
"name": "STEVEN"
}
},
"luxury_customer": {
"3": {
"id": 8,
"name": "DEV"
}
}
}
}
I have created c# classes
public class StandardCustomers
{
public List<CustomersDetails> Customers_Details { get; set; }
}
public class CustomersDetails
{
[JsonProperty("id")]
public int id { get; set; }
[JsonProperty("name")]
public string name { get; set; }
public class LuxuryCustomers
{
public List<CustomersDetails> Customers_Details { get; set; }
}
public class Data
{
public StandardCustomers standard_Customers { get; set; }
public LuxuryCustomers luxury_Customers { get; set; }
}
public class RootObject
{
public Data data { get; set; }
}
}
When I use deserialize the response from the website using below c# code
var result1 = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<Data>(response);
but result1.luxury_customers contains customerdetails which is null.
As suggested by #hellostone, I have modified to rootdata, then also
result1.luxury_customers contains customerdetails is null.
Any idea how to deserialize to c# class
When we pasted Json to visual studio, it generated classes as below
public class Rootobject
{
public Data data { get; set; }
}
public class Data
{
public Standard_Customers standard_Customers { get; set; }
public Luxury_Customers luxury_Customers { get; set; }
}
public class Standard_Customers
{
public _0 _0 { get; set; }
public _1 _1 { get; set; }
public _2 _2 { get; set; }
public _4 _4 { get; set; }
public _5 _5 { get; set; }
}
public class _0
{
public int id { get; set; }
public string name { get; set; }
}
individual classes are generated in standard customers , can we use list for this

I guess the problem is that index in luxury_customers starting not from zero. Try to use Dictionary<string,CustomersDetails> in LuxuryCustomers instead List<CustomersDetails>.
I've managed to deserialize Json with this classes:
public class CustomersDetails
{
[JsonProperty("id")]
public int id { get; set; }
[JsonProperty("name")]
public string name { get; set; }
}
public class Data
{
public Dictionary<string, CustomersDetails> normal_customer { get; set; }
public Dictionary<string,CustomersDetails> luxury_customer { get; set; }
}
public class RootObject
{
public Data data { get; set; }
}
Deserialization code:
var result = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<RootObject>(text);
P.S. I've remove one closing bracket after "ALPHY" element, to make Json valid, I hope it was typo and you're getting valid Json.

Your json string doesn't match with your defined classes. Your Json string should look like this if you want to preserve your class structure:
{
"data":{
"standard_Customers":{
"Customers_Details":[
{
"id":1,
"name":"ALPHY"
},
{
"id":2,
"name":"STEVEN"
}
]
},
"luxury_Customers":{
"Customers_Details":[
{
"id":8,
"name":"DEV"
}
]
}
}
}
Pay attention to the square brackets at the "Customers_Details" attribute.
Then the:
var result1 = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<RootObject>(response);
call, will give you the right object back and it shouldn't be null, when using your class structure:
public class StandardCustomers
{
public List<CustomersDetails> Customers_Details { get; set; }
}
public class CustomersDetails
{
[JsonProperty("id")]
public int id { get; set; }
[JsonProperty("name")]
public string name { get; set; }
}
public class LuxuryCustomers
{
public List<CustomersDetails> Customers_Details { get; set; }
}
public class Data
{
public StandardCustomers standard_Customers { get; set; }
public LuxuryCustomers luxury_Customers { get; set; }
}
public class RootObject
{
public Data data { get; set; }
}

Generate C# object from Json string and parse Json string to generated object

I am trying to generate C# class using the JSON string from here http://json2csharp.com/ this works fine. But I can't parse the JSON to the object generated by the website.
Here is the JSON string
{
"searchParameters":{
"key":"**********",
"system":"urn:oid:.8"
},
"message":" found one Person matching your search criteria.",
"_links":{
"self":{
"href":"https://integration.rest.api.test.com/v1/person?key=123456&system=12.4.34.."
}
},
"_embedded":{
"person":[
{
"details":{
"address":[
{
"line":["5554519 testdr"],
"city":"testland",
"state":"TT",
"zip":"12345",
"period":{
"start":"2003-10-22T00:00:00Z",
"end":"9999-12-31T23:59:59Z"
}
}
],
"name":[
{
"use":"usual",
"family":["BC"],
"given":["TWO"],
"period":{
"start":"9999-10-22T00:00:00Z",
"end":"9999-12-31T23:59:59Z"
}
}
],
"gender":{
"code":"M",
"display":"Male"
},
"birthDate":"9999-02-03T00:00:00Z",
"identifier":[
{
"use":"unspecified",
"system":"urn:oid:2.19.8",
"key":"",
"period":{
"start":"9999-10-22T00:00:00Z",
"end":"9999-12-31T23:59:59Z"
}
}
],
"telecom":[
{
"system":"email",
"value":"test#test.com",
"use":"unspecified",
"period":{
"start":"9999-10-22T00:00:00Z",
"end":"9999-12-31T23:59:59Z"
}
}
],
"photo":[
{
"content":{
"contentType":"image/jpeg",
"language":"",
"data":"",
"size":0,
"hash":"",
"title":"My Picture"
}
}
]
},
"enrolled":true,
"enrollmentSummary":{
"dateEnrolled":"9999-02-07T21:39:11.174Z",
"enroller":"test Support"
},
"_links":{
"self":{
"href":"https://integration.rest.api.test.com/v1/person/-182d-4296-90cc"
},
"unenroll":{
"href":"https://integration.rest.api.test.com/v1/person/1b018dc4-182d-4296-90cc-/unenroll"
},
"personLink":{
"href":"https://integration.rest.api.test.com/v1/person/-182d-4296-90cc-953c/personLink"
},
"personMatch":{
"href":"https://integration.rest.api.commonwellalliance.org/v1/person/-182d-4296-90cc-/personMatch?orgId="
}
}
}
]
}
}
Here is the code I use to convert to the object.
JavaScriptSerializer js = new JavaScriptSerializer();
var xx = (PersonsearchVM)js.Deserialize(jsonstr, typeof(PersonsearchVM));
Is there any other wat to generate the object and parse?

I think you have some invalid characters in your JSON string. Run it through a validator and add the necessary escape characters.
http://jsonlint.com/

You aren't casting it to the right object. Cast it to the type RootObject.
Eg
JavaScriptSerializer js = new JavaScriptSerializer();
var xx = (RootObject)js.Deserialize(jsonstr, typeof(RootObject));
The code that json 2 csharp creates is this:
public class SearchParameters
{
public string key { get; set; }
public string system { get; set; }
}
public class Self
{
public string href { get; set; }
}
public class LinKs
{
public Self self { get; set; }
}
public class Period
{
public string start { get; set; }
public string end { get; set; }
}
public class Address
{
public List<string> line { get; set; }
public string city { get; set; }
public string __invalid_name__state { get; set; }
public string zip { get; set; }
public Period period { get; set; }
}
public class PerioD2
{
public string start { get; set; }
public string end { get; set; }
}
public class Name
{
public string use { get; set; }
public List<string> family { get; set; }
public List<string> given { get; set; }
public PerioD2 __invalid_name__perio
d { get; set; }
}
public class Gender
{
public string __invalid_name__co
de { get; set; }
public string display { get; set; }
}
public class Period3
{
public string start { get; set; }
public string __invalid_name__end { get; set; }
}
public class Identifier
{
public string use
{ get; set; }
public string system { get; set; }
public string key { get; set; }
public Period3 period { get; set; }
}
public class Period4
{
public string start { get; set; }
public string end { get; set; }
}
public class Telecom
{
public string system { get; set; }
public string value { get; set; }
public string use { get; set; }
public Period4 period { get; set; }
}
public class Content
{
public string contentType { get; set; }
public string language { get; set; }
public string __invalid_name__dat
a { get; set; }
public int size { get; set; }
public string hash { get; set; }
public string title { get; set; }
}
public class Photo
{
public Content content { get; set; }
}
public class Details
{
public List<Address> address { get; set; }
public List<Name> name { get; set; }
public Gender gender { get; set; }
public string birthDate { get; set; }
public List<Identifier> identifier { get; set; }
public List<Telecom> telecom { get; set; }
public List<Photo> photo { get; set; }
}
public class EnrollmentSummary
{
public string dateEnrolled { get; set; }
public string __invalid_name__en
roller { get; set; }
}
public class Self2
{
public string href { get; set; }
}
public class UnEnroll
{
public string href { get; set; }
}
public class PersonLink
{
public string href { get; set; }
}
public class PersonMatch
{
public string href { get; set; }
}
public class Links2
{
public Self2 self { get; set; }
public UnEnroll __invalid_name__un
enroll { get; set; }
public PersonLink personLink { get; set; }
public PersonMatch personMatch { get; set; }
}
public class Person
{
public Details details { get; set; }
public bool __invalid_name__e
nrolled { get; set; }
public EnrollmentSummary enrollmentSummary { get; set; }
public Links2 _links { get; set; }
}
public class Embedded
{
public List<Person> person { get; set; }
}
public class RootObject
{
public SearchParameters searchParameters { get; set; }
public string message { get; set; }
public LinKs __invalid_name___lin
ks { get; set; }
public Embedded _embedded { get; set; }
}

The following function will convert JSON into a C# class where T is the class type.
public static T Deserialise<T>(string json)
{
T obj = Activator.CreateInstance<T>();
using (MemoryStream ms = new MemoryStream(Encoding.Unicode.GetBytes(json)))
{
DataContractJsonSerializer serializer = new DataContractJsonSerializer(obj.GetType());
obj = (T)serializer.ReadObject(ms); //
return obj;
}
}
You need a reference to the System.Runtime.Serialization.json namespace.
The function is called in the following manner;
calendarList = Deserialise<GoogleCalendarList>(calendarListString);
calendarlist being the C# class and calendarListString the string containing the JSON.