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Trouble getting at values in JSON with json.net in c#

I am trying to use an RESTFUL API for an application we use internally. One call to the API returns the following JSON:
{
"operation": {
"name": "GET RESOURCES",
"result": {
"status": "Success",
"message": "Query was successful"
},
"totalRows": 2,
"Details": [{
"RESOURCE DESCRIPTION": "Windows",
"RESOURCE TYPE": "Windows",
"RESOURCE ID": "101",
"RESOURCE NAME": "WINDOWSPC",
"NOOFACCOUNTS": "1"
}, {
"RESOURCE DESCRIPTION": "Ubuntu",
"RESOURCE TYPE": "Linux",
"RESOURCE ID": "808",
"RESOURCE NAME": "UBUNTUPC",
"NOOFACCOUNTS": "2"
}]
}
}
Using json.net I deseralize the json and check the stats with the following lines:
dynamic json = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject(response);
var status = json.operation.result.status.Value;
Next I want to get each value of each of the "Details" returned, but I cannot figure out how. I first tried getting the Details only with this:
var resourceList = json.operation.Details
Which works, but I cannot iterate over this to get just the "RESOURCE ID" and "RESOURCE NAME" for example.
I cannot use .Children() either, but when I hover over the resourceList there is a ChildrenTokens which seems to be what I want, but I cannot get at that in my code.
I also tried using resourceList as a DataSet as per their example but it throws an exception.
Can someone see what I am doing wrong..... I am not familiar with parsing JSON in C#

You can use Json.Linq for that and parse a response into JObject, then iterate it foreach loop. It's possible, since Details is an array and JObject implements IDictionary<string, JToken> and IEnumerable<KeyValuePair<string, JToken>>
var jObject = JObject.Parse(response);
foreach (var detail in jObject["operation"]["Details"])
{
var description = detail["RESOURCE DESCRIPTION"].Value<string>();
//other properties
}

Here's an example using the JObject class instead of dynamic
JObject json = JObject.Parse(response);
string status = json["operation"]["result"]["status"].Value<string>();
foreach (JToken resource in json["operation"]["Details"])
{
string id = resource["RESOURCE ID"].Value<string>();
string name = resource["RESOURCE NAME"].Value<string>();
}

It is as simple as this:
Your Model classes would look like:
public class Result
{
public string status { get; set; }
public string message { get; set; }
}
public class Detail
{
[JsonProperty("RESOURCE DESCRIPTION")]
public string ResourceDescription { get; set; }
[JsonProperty("RESOURCE TYPE")]
public string ResourceType { get; set; }
[JsonProperty("RESOURCE ID")]
public string ResourceId { get; set; }
[JsonProperty("RESOURCE NAME")]
public string ResourceName { get; set; }
[JsonProperty("NOOFACCOUNTS")]
public string NoOfAccounts { get; set; }
}
public class Operation
{
public string name { get; set; }
public Result result { get; set; }
public int totalRows { get; set; }
public List<Detail> Details { get; set; }
}
public class RootObject
{
public Operation operation { get; set; }
}
To de-serialize:
var json = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<RootObject>(response);
To access a property:
var name=json.operation.name
To access your Details:
foreach(var item in json.operation.Details)
{
var myresourcename=item.ResourceName;
//So on
}

Deserialize JSON array with unknown keys inside JSON object to a generic property - C#

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);

C#, JSON.net Loop through and store Jobject objects

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);
}

Use Linq or C# to parse Json

I am getting familiar with C# and Linq and appreciate any help. It should be easy for someone who works with it. I have a Json object that returns contact information. I also have a list of ids. I need to compare the list to the Json object and wherever the value in the list matches the userclientcode in the Json object, I need to extract the following information (only for the matches):
clienttaxonomy (if not empty)
fullname (if not empty)
[0]contactdata ( -> email if not null or empty)
[1]contactdata (-> address if not null or empty)
[2]contactdata (-> phone number if not null or empty)
First List
var fileContactIds = new List<string> { "5678765", "2135123", "12341234", "341234123", "12341234123", "2341234123", "341234123", "123412341", "13342354",
"12342341", "123412322", "163341234", "2345234115", "8967896", "75626234 };
JSON object returned with:
return JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<RelatedContacts>(json)?.list;
This is the Json object:
[![Json object][1]][1]
This is the Json string (unescaped):
{
"type": "com.kurtosys.api.userprofile.domain.RelatedContactList",
"list": [{
"objectlistid": 5678765,
"objectlisttypeid": 4567876,
"objectlistname": "ALL.National",
"clienttaxonomyid": 765677,
"clienttaxonomy": "National Wholesaler",
"order": 1,
"contacts": [{
"personid": 7654345678,
"fullname": "Person Jallo",
"userid": 876567,
"userclientcode": "341234123",
"contactdetails": [{
"contactid": 8765567,
"contacttypeid": 4565,
"contactdata": "person.contact#site.com"
}, {
"contactid": 876545678,
"contacttypeid": 4565,
"contactdata": "Baltimore,MD,21209,United States"
}, {
"contactid": 87654567,
"contacttypeid": 4584,
"contactdata": "410-413-2640"
}]
}]
}, {
"objectlistid": 765678,
"objectlisttypeid": 40400461,
"objectlistname": "RM.Internal",
"clienttaxonomyid": 7567898,
"clienttaxonomy": "Internal Regional Wholesaler",
"order": 2,
"contacts": [{
"personid": 56789876,
"fullname": "Jackson Man",
"userid": 876567,
"userclientcode": "1012275",
"contactdetails": [{
"contactid": 309598309,
"contacttypeid": 76546,
"contactdata": "mister.jackson##site.com.com"
}, {
"contactid": 876567,
"contacttypeid": 4581,
"contactdata": "Baltimore,MD,21209,United States"
}, {
"contactid": 876567,
"contacttypeid": 2342,
"contactdata": "123-413-2604"
}]
}]
}, {
"objectlistid": 309571364,
"objectlisttypeid": 40400461,
"objectlistname": "RM.External",
"clienttaxonomyid": 309580710,
"clienttaxonomy": "External Regional Wholesaler",
"order": 3,
"contacts": [{
"personid": 302736188,
"fullname": "Phal Sumi",
"userid": 303826019,
"userclientcode": "163341234",
"contactdetails": [{
"contactid": 309598253,
"contacttypeid": 2342,
"contactdata": "misters.emailas#site.com"
}, {
"contactid": 309611930,
"contacttypeid": 2342,
"contactdata": "Baltimore,MD,21209,United States"
}, {
"contactid": 34234132,
"contacttypeid": 3422,
"contactdata": "342-803-1793"
}]
}]
}]
}
How do I
1] Select using Linq and Lambdas and put in a list fullname, email, address etc from the deserialized object ?
2]compare with first list and only transfer those items where the userclientcode == the number in list A.
I have tried:
var query5 = relatedContact.Where(s => s.objectlistid == Convert.ToInt64(contacts.Select(t => t.id)))
var selected = relatedContact.Where(p => p.contacts
.Any(a => fileContactIds.Contains(p.contacts))
.ToList();
var query2 = relatedContact.Where(s => s.objectlistid == Convert.ToInt64(contacts.Select(t => t.id)))
.Select(s => new
{
Description = s.clienttaxonomy,
Fullname = s.contacts[0].fullname,
Email = s.contacts[0].contactdetails[0].contactdata,
Address = s.contacts[0].contactdetails[1].contactdata,
PhoneNumber = s.contacts[0].contactdetails[2].contactdata
});
But don't really know what I'm doing it seems. Any suggestions on how to get the required sections ? I think part of the reason is that the contactdata is a list.
Thanks all

You can create a classes for the desearlization of JSON Object like this
public class Rootobject
{
public string type { get; set; }
public List[] list { get; set; }
}
public class List
{
public int objectlistid { get; set; }
public int objectlisttypeid { get; set; }
public string objectlistname { get; set; }
public int clienttaxonomyid { get; set; }
public string clienttaxonomy { get; set; }
public int order { get; set; }
public Contact[] contacts { get; set; }
}
public class Contact
{
public long personid { get; set; }
public string fullname { get; set; }
public int userid { get; set; }
public string userclientcode { get; set; }
public Contactdetail[] contactdetails { get; set; }
}
public class Contactdetail
{
public int contactid { get; set; }
public int contacttypeid { get; set; }
public string contactdata { get; set; }
}
And then to extract the selected information we can also create a another class like
public class ExtractedInfo
{
public string ocClientTaxonomy { get; set; }
public string ocFullName { get; set; }
public CTDetails ocContactDetails { get; set; }
}
public class CTDetails
{
public string ocCTAddress { get; set; }
public string ocCTEmail { get; set; }
public string ocCTPhoneNumber { get; set; }
}
Now we have to find all the data from JSON
var fileContactIds = new List<string> { "5678765", "2135123", "12341234", "341234123", "12341234123", "2341234123", "341234123", "123412341", "13342354", "12342341", "123412322", "163341234", "2345234115", "8967896", "75626234" };
//Read JSON from txt file. You can do it by your way
string myjson = File.ReadAllText("Some.txt");
string ctphno, ctadd, ctemail, cltax, ctfullname;
List<ExtractedInfo> ei = new List<ExtractedInfo>();
CTDetails ctdtl = new CTDetails();
ExtractedInfo eiex = new ExtractedInfo();
//Deserialize the JSON string to Object.
Rootobject AllData = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<Rootobject>(myjson);
//Finding all data in List Class
foreach(List lst in AllData.list)
{
cltax = lst.clienttaxonomy; // you can directly put eiex.ocClientTaxonomy = lst.clienttaxonomy;
foreach(Contact ct in lst.contacts)
{
//To check if value in the list matches the objectlistid in the Json object
if(fileContactIds.Contains(lst.objectlistid.ToString()))
{
ctfullname = ct.fullname; // you can directly put eiex.ocFullName = ct.fullname;
foreach(Contactdetail ctd in ct.contactdetails)
{
//Here we are trying to find the Match for Email.
if(Regex.IsMatch(ctd.contactdata, #"\A(?:[a-z0-9!#$%&'*+/=?^_`{|}~-]+(?:\.[a-z0-9!#$%&'*+/=?^_`{|}~-]+)*#(?:[a-z0-9](?:[a-z0-9-]*[a-z0-9])?\.)+[a-z0-9](?:[a-z0-9-]*[a-z0-9])?)\Z", RegexOptions.IgnoreCase))
{
ctemail = ctd.contactdata;
ctdtl.ocCTEmail = ctemail;
}
//Here We trying to find the match for Phone Number.
else if(Regex.IsMatch(ctd.contactdata, #"\(?\d{3}\)?-? *\d{3}-? *-?\d{4}", RegexOptions.IgnoreCase))
{
ctphno = ctd.contactdata;
ctdtl.ocCTPhoneNumber = ctphno;
}
//If NOthing matches than it might be address (Assumed)
else
{
ctadd = ctd.contactdata;
ctdtl.ocCTAddress = ctadd;
}
}
eiex.ocFullName = ctfullname;
}
}
eiex.ocClientTaxonomy = cltax;
eiex.ocContactDetails = ctdtl;
ei.Add(eiex);
}
Hope this helps and fit in your requirements.

Convert Json property based on property value

I would like to deserialize a json to object. The json is like below. But one property value maybe string or array, does anyone know how to handle this?
{
"name": "123", //Name
"properties": [
{
"propertyId": "Subject", // property id
"value": [
{
"entityId": "math", //entity id
"entityTypeId": "MATH" //entity type id
}
]
},
{
"propertyId": "Description",
"value": "Hello World."
}
]
}
The class is like below.
//The object
public class Content
{
public Content()
{
//Properties is List.
Properties = new List<Property>();
}
[JsonProperty(PropertyName = "name")]
public string Name { get; set; }
[JsonProperty(PropertyName = "properties")]
public List<Property> Properties { get; set; }
}
public class Property
{
public Property()
{
Value = new List<Value>();
}
[JsonProperty(PropertyName = "propertyId")]
public string PropertyDefId { get; set; }
//Actually this property value can also be string, that's the problem.
[JsonProperty(PropertyName = "value")]
public List<Value> Value { get; set; }
}
//Value object
public class Value
{
//Have to write comments.
[JsonProperty(PropertyName = "entityId")]
public string EntityId { get; set; }
//Have to write comments.
[JsonProperty(PropertyName = "entityTypeId")]
public string EntityTypeId { get; set; }
}

I've done this in Java with Gson liblary and it was like
JsonObject field = parser.parse(json).getElementAsJSONObject();
if (field.isPrimitive()) {
String text = field.asString();
} else if (field.isArray()) {
JSONArray array = field.asArray();
}
I wrote this code from my memory so not 100% reliable. I don't know any solution for C# though.

$.parseJSON will convert your string to the correct object even if the property type is different for two different properties.
http://jsfiddle.net/mdanielc/e0acsyp1/2/
var jsonString = '{"name": "123","properties": [{"propertyId": "Subject","value": [{"entityId":"math","entityTypeId": "MATH" }]},{"propertyId": "Description","value": "Hello World."}]}';
var jsonobj = $.parseJSON(jsonString);
alert(jsonobj.properties[0].value[0].entityId);
alert(jsonobj.properties[1].value);
});