I am trying to grab a url value from a json using JSON.net and jtoken SelectTokens method, I'm able to get the label for the url from the json but not able to get the url value.
This is a part of the json from which I'm trying to grab the url. I'm trying to get the label "Law Library " and its corresponding "href"
"anchorEndControls": [
{
"State": {
"clickAction": 19,
"image": "$$USERDATA$$Toolbars\\images\\Comm.png",
"showLabel": true,
"label": "Commissary ",
"href": "https://deposits.com",
"favicon": false
},
"type": 2,
"mergeStyles": []
},
{
"State": {
"clickAction": 19,
"image": "$$USERDATA$$Toolbars\\images\\Law.png",
"showLabel": true,
"label": "Law Library",
"href": "https://apps.com",
"favicon": false
},
"type": 2,
"mergeStyles": []
},
public class Program
{
public static void Main(string[] args)
{
var list1 = jObj.SelectTokens("$.....State.*")
.Where(t => t.Value<string>() == labeltofind).ToList()
foreach (var item in list1)
{
Console.WriteLine(item);
}
As you can see I am able to get the label "Law Library " but not able to get the corresponding href
This method gets you the information of each of the lists based on your input.
string labelToFind = "Commissary ";
var list1 = jObj.SelectTokens($"anchorEndControls[?(#.State.label == '{labelToFind}')]").ToList();
Alternate Suggestion
Linq is another solution i can suggest since you can use queries to get specific items from your json and get corresponding values. You can get the classes for the json you are using from any of the websites such as www.json2csharp.com.
public class State
{
public int clickAction { get; set; }
public string image { get; set; }
public bool showLabel { get; set; }
public string label { get; set; }
public string href { get; set; }
public bool favicon { get; set; }
}
public class AnchorEndControl
{
public State State { get; set; }
public int type { get; set; }
public List<object> mergeStyles { get; set; }
}
public class RootObject
{
public List<AnchorEndControl> anchorEndControls { get; set; }
}
Usage
Deserialize the object to the root class (based on the root element of your json)
Find the element that has the Label you are looking for
Use that element to look up corresponding href value.
var jsonObj = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<RootObject>(json);
var element = jsonObj.anchorEndControls.Where(x => x.State.label.Equals("Law Library")).First();
Console.WriteLine(element.State.href);
Output
https://apps.com
You are diving in too deep with that .Where() clause, it will filter out all the properties except Label. Here's a way to do it:
foreach (JToken state in jObj.SelectTokens("$.....State"))
{
if (state["label"].ToString() == labeltofind)
{
Console.WriteLine(state["href"]);
}
}
Related
I receive a bill of materials in JSON format via a WebApi, which has a corresponding hierarchy.
The hierarchy or the nesting can be any depth.
An example bill of materials is shown below:
{
"Quantity":0,
"QuantityUnit":"pcs",
"PartNumber":"12345",
"Parent":"",
"Children":[
{
"Quantity":1,
"QuantityUnit":"pcs",
"PartNumber":"88774",
"Parent":"12345",
"Children":[
{
"Quantity":1,
"QuantityUnit":"pcs",
"PartNumber":"42447",
"Parent":"88774"
},
{
"Quantity":0.420,
"QuantityUnit":"kg",
"PartNumber":"12387",
"Parent":"88774"
}
]
}
]
}
How can I resolve this nested structure into a simple structure using JSON.NET in C#?
I want to transform it to:
[
{
"Quantity":0,
"QuantityUnit":"pcs",
"PartNumber":"12345",
"Parent":""
},
{
"Quantity":1,
"QuantityUnit":"pcs",
"PartNumber":"88774",
"Parent":"12345"
},
{
"Quantity":1,
"QuantityUnit":"pcs",
"PartNumber":"42447",
"Parent":"88774"
},
{
"Quantity":0.420,
"QuantityUnit":"kg",
"PartNumber":"12387",
"Parent":"88774"
}
]
For the deserialization I use the following class:
public class Bom
{
public class TopLevel
{
public double Quantity { get; set; }
public string QuantityUnit { get; set; }
public string PartNumber { get; set; }
public string Parent { get; set; }
public List<Item> Children { get; set; }
}
public class Item
{
public double Quantity { get; set; }
public string QuantityUnit { get; set; }
public string PartNumber { get; set; }
public string Parent { get; set; }
}
public double Quantity { get; set; }
public string QuantityUnit { get; set; }
public string PartNumber { get; set; }
public string Parent { get; set; }
public IList<TopLevel> Children { get; set; }
}
Furthermore, I use this code to deserialize the JSON to an object:
Bom bom = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<Bom>(File.ReadAllText(jsonPath));
First let's define a mapper
JObject Map(JObject source)
{
var result = (JObject)source.DeepClone();
result.Remove("Children");
return result;
}
It simply clones the object and removes the Children property
Next let's define a recursive function to accumulate the JObjects
void Flatten(JArray children, JArray accumulator)
{
if (children == null) return;
foreach (JObject child in children)
{
accumulator.Add(Map(child));
Flatten((JArray)child["Children"], accumulator);
}
}
And finally let's make use of them
var semiParsed = JObject.Parse(json);
var accumulator = new JArray();
accumulator.Add(Map(semiParsed));
Flatten((JArray)semiParsed["Children"], accumulator);
The ToString call on the accumulator will return this
[
{
"Quantity": 0,
"QuantityUnit": "pcs",
"PartNumber": "12345",
"Parent": ""
},
{
"Quantity": 1,
"QuantityUnit": "pcs",
"PartNumber": "88774",
"Parent": "12345"
},
{
"Quantity": 1,
"QuantityUnit": "pcs",
"PartNumber": "42447",
"Parent": "88774"
},
{
"Quantity": 0.42,
"QuantityUnit": "kg",
"PartNumber": "12387",
"Parent": "88774"
}
]
UPDATE #1
If your source json contains a deep hierarchy (lets say more than 5 levels) then the DeepClone is not really efficient, since you are copying the whole subtree.
To fix this problem you just need to rewrite the Map function
JObject Map(JObject source)
=> JObject.FromObject(new
{
Quantity = (double)source["Quantity"],
QuantityUnit = (string)source["QuantityUnit"],
PartNumber = (string)source["PartNumber"],
Parent = (string)source["Parent"]
});
Deserialize the original list, flatten it with Enumerable.SelectMany, and serialize the resulting sequence.
I want to get data from json file correctly. The json data file I modeled for this is as follows:
{
"Free title 1":[
{
"Subject": "a1",
"Relation": "a2"
},
{
"Subject": "b1",
"Relation": "b2"
}
],
"Another free title":[
{
"Subject": "z1",
"Relation": "z2"
},
{
"Subject": "y1",
"Relation": "y2"
}
],
"Unordered title":[
{
"Subject": "x1",
"Relation": "x2"
},
{
"Subject": "w1",
"Relation": "w2"
}
]
}
This is how I create an object class:
public class _Infos_
{
public List<_Info_> Infos { get; set; }
}
public class _Info_
{
public string Subject { get; set; }
public string Relation { get; set; }
}
And finally I'm trying to get the data in a method like this:
var js = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<_Infos_>(File.ReadAllText("__FILE_PATH__"));
foreach (var j in js.Infos)
{
MessageBox.Show(j.Subject);
}
I get the error that js is empty. Here I want to get Free title 1, Another free title and Unordered title in a list. Of course, these titles will be constantly changing. Afterwards, I want to get the Subject and Relation data under these titles. But I have no idea how to get it.
This data structure is a dictionary of collections of _Info_s. You need to deserialize it to Dictionary<string, List<_Info_>>.
Here are System.Text.Json and Json.net examples:
var d = System.Text.Json.JsonSerializer.Deserialize<Dictionary<string, List<_Info_>>>(json);
var d2 = Newtonsoft.Json.JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<Dictionary<string, List<_Info_>>>(json);
Your class definition is a little wrong.
You can use online tools "json to c#" to generate the correct classes.
like this one: https://json2csharp.com
Your "root" of your json for example does not contain an array in your json. The property "Free title 1":[..] is an array, so your root needs a property with the name FreeTitle1 and it has to be an array/list.
public class Root
{
[JsonProperty("Free title 1")]
public List<TitleInfo> FreeTitle1 { get; set; }
[JsonProperty("Another free title")]
public List<TitleInfo> AnotherFreeTitle { get; set; }
[JsonProperty("Unordered title")]
public List<TitleInfo> UnorderedTitle { get; set; }
}
public class TitleInfo
{
public string Subject { get; set; }
public string Relation { get; set; }
}
If your object members have dynamic names, you can also manually deserialize the object, e.g. using the general type JObject. E.g.
JObject obj = JObject.Parse(File.ReadAllText("__FILE_PATH__"));
JObject implements IEnumerable<KeyValuePair<string, JToken>> over which you can iterate.
Each member will then have JToken Value, which is a JArray in this case, which you can cast to a List of your type.
foreach (var groups in obj)
{
var infos = groups.Value.ToObject<List<_Info_>>();
// .. loop over infos
}
Finding the right title for this problem was kinda hard so I'll try to explain the problem a bit better below.
I am making a call to an API which returns the following JSON object:
{{
"id": "jsonrpc",
"jsonrpc": "2.0",
"result": {
"result": [
{
"AccountId": 285929,
"Flags": [
"Managed_Obsolete"
],
"PartnerId": 73560,
"Settings": [
{
"AN": "company_1"
},
{
"CD": "1435323320"
},
{
"ED": "2147483647"
},
{
"OS": "Windows Server 2012 R2 Standard Edition (9600), 64-bit"
},
{
"OT": "2"
},
{
"T3": "1085792125772"
},
{
"US": "958222150780"
},
{
"YS": "100"
}
]
},
{
"AccountId": 610474,
"Flags": null,
"PartnerId": 249262,
"Settings": [
{
"AN": "company_2"
},
{
"CD": "1522143635"
},
{
"ED": "2147483647"
},
{
"OS": "Windows 7 Professional Service Pack 1 (7601), 64-bit"
},
{
"OT": "2"
},
{
"T3": "598346102236"
},
{
"US": "758149148249"
},
{
"YS": "100"
}
]
},
],
"totalStatistics": null
},
}}
In above result I listed only the first 2 accounts (total of 80+ accounts normally).
Deserializing the object works fine, I am putting the JSON object fields inside my C# model (list).
The problem however is that I can't get the (inner) Settings array properly in my model. The settings array keys are unknown, I define these keys when I call the API:
JObject requestObject = new JObject();
requestObject.Add(new JProperty("id", "jsonrpc"));
requestObject.Add(new JProperty("jsonrpc", "2.0"));
requestObject.Add(new JProperty("method", "myMethod"));
requestObject.Add(new JProperty("visa", someID));
requestObject.Add(new JProperty("params",
new JObject(
new JProperty("query", new JObject(
new JProperty("PartnerId", partnerId),
new JProperty("StartRecordNumber", 0),
new JProperty("RecordsCount", 9999999),
new JProperty("Columns", new JArray("AR", "AN", "US", "T3", "OT", "OS", "YS"))
)),
new JProperty("timeslice", unixDate),
new JProperty("totalStatistics", "*")
))
);
In above call I define the keys for the Settings array, this could however also be just one key or more. For this reason I want to make my Settings property in my C# model generic (I don't want to list all the possible key names because this are over 100 keys).
What I had so far:
List<EnumerateAccountHistoryStatisticsResult> resultList = new List<EnumerateAccountHistoryStatisticsResult>();
var result = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<JObject>(streamreader.ReadToEnd());
dynamic innerResult = result["result"]["result"];
foreach (var obj in innerResult)
{
resultList.Add(
new EnumerateAccountHistoryStatisticsResult
{
AccountId = obj.AccountId,
Flags = obj.Flags.ToObject<IEnumerable<string>>(),
PartnerId = obj.PartnerId,
Settings = obj.Settings.ToObject<List<ColumnSettingsResult>>(),
});
}
The EnumerateAccountHistoryStatisticsResult Model:
public class EnumerateAccountHistoryStatisticsResult
{
public int AccountId { get; set; }
public IEnumerable<string> Flags { get; set; }
public int PartnerId { get; set; }
public List<ColumnSettingsResult> Settings { get; set; }
}
The ColumnSettingsResult model:
public class ColumnSettingsResult
{
public string AR { get; set; }
public string AN { get; set; }
public string US { get; set; }
public string T3 { get; set; }
public string OT { get; set; }
public string OS { get; set; }
public string YS { get; set; }
// and list all other columns...
}
With above models I would need to list all the possible columns which are over 100 properties, besides that the result of the Settings list is not logical because I get all the property values but for each different key I get null values:
The ColumnSettingsResult model should more be something like:
public class ColumnSettingsResult
{
public string ColumnName { get; set; }
public string ColumnValue { get; set; }
}
I cant get the key and value inside these two properties though without defining the key name inside the model..
I already tried several things without result (links below as reference).
Anyone that can get me in the right direction?
C# deserialize Json unknown keys
Convert JObject into Dictionary<string, object>. Is it possible?
Convert Newtonsoft.Json.Linq.JArray to a list of specific object type
Try making Settings of type Dictionary<string,string> (or List<KeyValuePair<string,string>> if Dictionary doesn't give you what you want.
public class MyJsonObject
{
public string id { get; set; }
public string jsonrpc { get; set; }
public Result result { get; set; }
public class Result2
{
public int AccountId { get; set; }
public List<string> Flags { get; set; }
public int PartnerId { get; set; }
public Dictionary<string,string> Settings { get; set; } //or List<KeyValuePair<string,string>>
}
public class Result
{
public List<Result2> result { get; set; }
public object totalStatistics { get; set; }
}
}
Then JsonConvert.DerserializeObject<MyJsonObject>(jsonString);
New to both C# and to using JSON. Trying to make something that works with some JSON from a web API in the following format. Would like to loop through and store the secondUser_id and and the status for later use.
{
"user_list": [
{
"user_id": "12345678910",
"secondUser_id": "5428631729616515697",
"member_since": "1521326679",
"member_since_date": "2018-03-32",
"function": "test",
"rank_int": "1",
"status": "0"
},
{
"user_id": "11345638910",
"secondUser_id": "5428631729616515697",
"member_since": "1521326679",
"member_since_date": "2018-03-32",
"function": "test",
"rank_int": "1",
"status": "0"
},
{
"user_id": "13452578910",
"secondUser_id": "12390478910",
"member_since": "12316578910",
"member_since_date": "2018-03-32",
"function": "test",
"rank_int": "1",
"status": "0"
}
],
"returned": 3
}
string jsonUrl = GetJSON("url");
JObject UsersJObject = JObject.Parse(jsonUrl);
JToken user = UsersJObject["user_list"].First["secondUser_id"];
Console.WriteLine("User ID: " + user);
This will get the first entry but I'm not sure what to use for a enumerator?
try something like this:
foreach (var obj in UsersJObject["user_list"] as JArray)
{
Console.WriteLine(obj["secondUser_id"]);
}
You can iterate over elements of a JArray, and user_list will be of that type, cast it and you can iterate it in a foreach loop.
I will recommend you to use JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<T>.
This can help you to use objects easily
public class UserList
{
public string user_id { get; set; }
public string secondUser_id { get; set; }
public string member_since { get; set; }
public string member_since_date { get; set; }
public string function { get; set; }
public string rank_int { get; set; }
public string status { get; set; }
}
public class JsonData
{
public List<UserList> user_list { get; set; }
public int returned { get; set; }
}
Use like this.
string jsonUrl = GetJSON("url");
JsonData UsersJObject = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<JsonData>(jsonUrl);
foreach (var obj in UsersJObject.user_list)
{
Console.WriteLine(obj.secondUser_id);
}
I am familiar with JSON.net a bit and can Deserialize the JSON with basic structure (upto one child). I am currently in process of Deserializing the JSON that is returned from Netatmo API. The structure of JSON is complicated for me. Following is the basic structure of the JSON,
_id
place
location
Dynamic Value 1
Dynamic Value2
altitude
timezone
mark
measures
Dynamic Value 1
res
Dynamic Value 1
Dynamic Value 1
Dynamic Value 2
type
Dynamic Value 1
Dynamic Value 2
modules
Dynamic Value 1
Dynamic Value 1 and Dynamic Value 2 represents the values that is changed for each id. The complete JSON is given below,
{
"body": [{
"_id": "70:ee:50:02:b4:8c",
"place": {
"location": [-35.174779762001, -5.8918476117544],
"altitude": 52,
"timezone": "America\/Fortaleza"
},
"mark": 0,
"measures": {
"02:00:00:02:ba:2c": {
"res": {
"1464014579": [16.7, 77]
},
"type": ["temperature", "humidity"]
},
"70:ee:50:02:b4:8c": {
"res": {
"1464014622": [1018.1]
},
"type": ["pressure"]
}
},
"modules": ["02:00:00:02:ba:2c"]
}, {
"_id": "70:ee:50:12:40:cc",
"place": {
"location": [-16.074257294385, 11.135715243973],
"altitude": 14,
"timezone": "Africa\/Bissau"
},
"mark": 14,
"measures": {
"02:00:00:06:7b:c8": {
"res": {
"1464015073": [26.6, 78]
},
"type": ["temperature", "humidity"]
},
"70:ee:50:12:40:cc": {
"res": {
"1464015117": [997]
},
"type": ["pressure"]
}
},
"modules": ["02:00:00:06:7b:c8"]
}],
"status": "ok",
"time_exec": 0.010364055633545,
"time_server": 1464015560
}
I am confused by looking at the complex structure of this JSON. For single level of JSON I have used this code in the past,
IList<lstJsonAttributes> lstSearchResults = new List<lstJsonAttributes>();
foreach (JToken objResult in objResults) {
lstJsonAttributes objSearchResult = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<lstJsonAttributes>(objResult.ToString());
lstSearchResults.Add(objSearchResult);
}
But for so many child I have yet to understand how the object class will be created. Any guidance will highly appreciated.
Update:
This is what I have achieved so far.
I have created a main class as below,
public class PublicDataClass
{
public string _id { get; set; }
public PublicData_Place place { get; set; }
public string mark { get; set; }
public List<string> modules { get; set; }
}
and "Place" class is as follow,
public class PublicData_Place
{
public List<string> location { get; set; }
public string altitude { get; set; }
public string timezone { get; set; }
}
Then I have Deserialized the object in the following code line,
var obj = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<List<PublicDataClass>>(jsonString);
I can now successfully get all the data except the "measures" which is little bit more complicated.
Using json.net, JSON objects that have arbitrary property names but fixed schemas for their values can be deserialized as a Dictionary<string, T> for an appropriate type T. See Deserialize a Dictionary for details. Thus your "measures" and "res" objects can be modeled as dictionaries.
You also need a root object to encapsulate your List<PublicDataClass>, since your root JSON container is an object like so: { "body": [{ ... }] }.
Thus you can define your classes as follows:
public class RootObject
{
public List<PublicDataClass> body { get; set; }
public string status { get; set; }
public double time_exec { get; set; }
public int time_server { get; set; }
}
public class PublicDataClass
{
public string _id { get; set; }
public PublicData_Place place { get; set; }
public int mark { get; set; }
public List<string> modules { get; set; }
public Dictionary<string, Measure> measures { get; set; }
}
public class PublicData_Place
{
public List<double> location { get; set; } // Changed from string to double
public double altitude { get; set; } // Changed from string to double
public string timezone { get; set; }
}
public class Measure
{
public Measure()
{
this.Results = new Dictionary<string, List<double>>();
this.Types = new List<string>();
}
[JsonProperty("res")]
public Dictionary<string, List<double>> Results { get; set; }
[JsonProperty("type")]
public List<string> Types { get; set; }
}
Then do
var root = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<RootObject>(jsonString);
var obj = root.body;
I've worked with XML for a few years and my change to JSON structure I've got a little confused too, always that I want to see how an object look like I use this web site jsoneditoronline Just copy and paste your JSON and click on arrow to parse to an object, I hope it helps until you get used to JSON structure.