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Is it possible to obtain a parameter's value from JSON response

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I am trying to integrate Shippo to our application and wish to obtain a specific value out of a Json response.
I am getting the following Json response:
{
"count": 3,
"next": null,
"previous": null,
"results": [
{
"object_created": "2019-08-28T12:58:57.064Z",
"object_id": "16b602e0ajdsk87c4313920bc5e3174XYZ",
"object_owner": "some#email.com",
"shipment": "bd62234e151244dab2b2152fdcd15e76",
"attributes": [
"FASTEST"
],
"amount": "31.30",
"currency": "USD",
"amount_local": "31.30",
"currency_local": "USD",
"provider": "USPS",
"provider_image_75": "https://shippo-static.s3.amazonaws.com/providers/75/USPS.png",
"provider_image_200": "https://shippo-static.s3.amazonaws.com/providers/200/USPS.png",
"servicelevel": {
"name": "Priority Mail Express",
"token": "usps_priority_express",
"terms": ""
},
"estimated_days": 1,
"arrives_by": null,
"duration_terms": "Overnight delivery to most U.S. locations.",
"messages": [],
"carrier_account": "4e1506b8b7f7449e90620967e45aa1e9",
"test": false,
"zone": "4"
},
{
"object_created": "2019-08-28T12:58:57.063Z",
"object_id": "ebdee42047aa49a3b7e08b1903ea02ea",
"object_owner": "some#email.com",
"shipment": "bd62234e151244dab2b2152fdcd15e76",
"attributes": [
"BESTVALUE",
"CHEAPEST"
],
"amount": "7.49",
"currency": "USD",
"amount_local": "7.49",
"currency_local": "USD",
"provider": "USPS",
"provider_image_75": "https://shippo-static.s3.amazonaws.com/providers/75/USPS.png",
"provider_image_200": "https://shippo-static.s3.amazonaws.com/providers/200/USPS.png",
"servicelevel": {
"name": "Priority Mail",
"token": "usps_priority",
"terms": ""
},
"estimated_days": 2,
"arrives_by": null,
"duration_terms": "Delivery within 1, 2, or 3 days based on where your package started and where it’s being sent.",
"messages": [],
"carrier_account": "4e1506b8b7f7449e90620967e45aa1e9",
"test": false,
"zone": "4"
},
{
"object_created": "2019-08-28T12:58:57.062Z",
"object_id": "ad410a41c84940ee80eb30c41c507613",
"object_owner": "some#email.com",
"shipment": "bd62234e151244dab2b2152fdcd15e76",
"attributes": [],
"amount": "7.78",
"currency": "USD",
"amount_local": "7.78",
"currency_local": "USD",
"provider": "USPS",
"provider_image_75": "https://shippo-static.s3.amazonaws.com/providers/75/USPS.png",
"provider_image_200": "https://shippo-static.s3.amazonaws.com/providers/200/USPS.png",
"servicelevel": {
"name": "Parcel Select",
"token": "usps_parcel_select",
"terms": ""
},
"estimated_days": 7,
"arrives_by": null,
"duration_terms": "Delivery in 2 to 8 days.",
"messages": [],
"carrier_account": "4e1506b8b7f7449e90620967e45aa1e9",
"test": false,
"zone": "4"
}
]
}
I am using this call:
WebClient webClient = new WebClient();
webClient.Headers.Add("Authorization: ShippoToken " + authToken);
var result = JsonValue.Parse(webClient.DownloadString("https://api.goshippo.com/shipments/"+ theObject.ObjectId + "/rates/USD"));
My question is how could I get just the "amount" value from the response?
Thank you for any help!

Instead of recreating the json layout as a class model you can work with Newtonsofts JToken. Which will leave you with less boilerplate code to create:
var json = "your json data";
// Parse the whole json string
var obj = JObject.Parse(json);
// Extract the results data as JArray
var results = (JArray)obj["results"];
// Iterate over all array entries and get the amount property
foreach(var result in results)
{
var amount = result["amount"].ToString();
// Do something with the amount
}

You could create some classes based on json then deserialize using JsonConvert
e.g https://www.newtonsoft.com/json/help/html/DeserializeObject.htm
tip:
Copy the json and put in json viewer like https://jsonformatter.curiousconcept.com/

Use https://www.newtonsoft.com/json to deserialize the json response. If you didn't want that you could use a series of string.Split()'s to get the amount. But using newtonsoft (via the nuget package manager) would be the easiest.

Insert JSON text into SQL using C#

I have following JSON String and i want to insert the values in SQL database using C#.
{
"request": {
"Target": "Affiliate",
"Format": "jsonp",
"Service": "Offers",
"Version": "2",
"NetworkId": "dotcominfoway",
"Method": "findAll",
"api_key": "4bf7ba7b1904716179c9284cbd",
"callback": "angular.callbacks._2",
"_ga": "GA1.2.894200611.1458193988"
},
"response": {
"status": 1,
"httpStatus": 200,
"data": {
"2204": {
"Offer": {
"id": "2204",
"name": "App Of the Day Android IN Incent",
"description": "STEP 1 : You can place your own logo/creative in the offer wall as you like or you can place our creative.\r\n\r\nSTEP 2: If user clicks it will redirect to the play store to any application which he/she haven’t downloaded before in their device.\r\n\r\nSTEP 3 : User have to install the application and open it.",
"require_approval": "1",
"require_terms_and_conditions": 0,
"terms_and_conditions": null,
"preview_url": "http://appfly.mobi/red/02b4ef54-144b-11e5-a076-0cc47a44dbaa/?alg=2",
"currency": null,
"default_payout": "0.20000",
"status": "active",
"expiration_date": "2016-06-17 03:59:59",
"payout_type": "cpa_flat",
"percent_payout": "100.00",
"featured": null,
"conversion_cap": "0",
"monthly_conversion_cap": "0",
"payout_cap": "0.00",
"monthly_payout_cap": "0.00",
"allow_website_links": "0",
"allow_direct_links": "0",
"show_custom_variables": "0",
"show_mail_list": "0",
"dne_list_id": "0",
"email_instructions": "0",
"email_instructions_from": "",
"email_instructions_subject": "",
"has_goals_enabled": "0",
"default_goal_name": "",
"use_target_rules": "0",
"is_expired": "0",
"dne_download_url": null,
"dne_unsubscribe_url": null,
"dne_third_party_list": false
}
},
"3669": {
"Offer": {
"id": "3669",
"name": "Cash On IN Incent CPR",
"description": "Automatic OTP",
"require_approval": "1",
"require_terms_and_conditions": 0,
"terms_and_conditions": null,
"preview_url": "https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.softn",
"currency": "INR",
"default_payout": "12.00000",
"status": "active",
"expiration_date": "2016-09-29 03:59:59",
"payout_type": "cpa_flat",
"percent_payout": null,
"featured": null,
"conversion_cap": "1000",
"monthly_conversion_cap": "0",
"payout_cap": "0.00",
"monthly_payout_cap": "0.00",
"allow_website_links": "0",
"allow_direct_links": "0",
"show_custom_variables": "0",
"show_mail_list": "0",
"dne_list_id": "0",
"email_instructions": "0",
"email_instructions_from": "",
"email_instructions_subject": "",
"has_goals_enabled": "0",
"default_goal_name": "",
"use_target_rules": "0",
"is_expired": "0",
"dne_download_url": null,
"dne_unsubscribe_url": null,
"dne_third_party_list": false
}
}
....... and so on
I have written following code to insert into Dataset but it is giving error.
string url = "http:api.offers.com/Apiv3/json?NetworkId=inf&Target=Affiliate_Offer&Method=findAll&api_key=4bf7ba7b1904716179c9284cbd7db17018b8a5f";
string JsonString = new WebClient().DownloadString(url);
DataSet dataSet = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<DataSet>(JsonString);
DataTable dataTable = dataSet.Tables["request"];
Console.WriteLine(dataTable.Rows.Count);
foreach (DataRow row in dataTable.Rows)
{
Console.WriteLine(row["Target"] + " - " + row["Format"]);
}
Error Getting:
information: Unexpected JSON token when reading DataTable. Expected
StartArray, got StartObject. Path 'request', line 1, position 12.
So, please help me to convert the Json into Dataset and then insert into SQL database or direct to SQL database.
I'm currently using newtonsoft.json.
Other easy options are also welcome for my purpose.

The deserializer does not know what to do with the type DataSet.
Look at this answer: https://stackoverflow.com/a/11982180/1235106

How to get all values from JSON in c# 3.5 framework?

Below is my JSON response. I want to fetch orderid, caseid each filed one by one and their value.
"cases": [
{
"status": "DISMISSED",
"createdAt": "2015-09-18T08:56:04+0000",
"investigationId": 19246020,
"caseId": 19246020,
"score": 794.6295793608853,
"adjustedScore": 794.6295793608853,
"updatedAt": "2015-09-18T08:56:05+0000",
"headline": "Steven Rusk",
"orderId": "116588",
"orderDate": "",
"orderAmount": 425.0,
"associatedTeam": {
"teamName": "B2C Jewels",
"teamId": 4289
},
"reviewDisposition": null,
"uuid": "5821ed91-5f8f-4b51-bd63-a8834f2a95b3"
},
{
"status": "DISMISSED",
"createdAt": "2015-09-16T11:33:28+0000",
"investigationId": 19114061,
"caseId": 19114061,
"score": 241.65405995385285,
"adjustedScore": 241.65405995385285,
"updatedAt": "2015-09-18T19:07:51+0000",
"headline": "221.134.83.50",
"orderId": "101",
"orderDate": "2015-09-16T17:07:30+0000",
"orderAmount": 9.99,
"associatedTeam": {
"teamName": "B2C Jewels",
"teamId": 4289
},
"reviewDisposition": null,
"uuid": "301f2cfc-3b67-4fc0-bf83-19099c2ea4bf"
},
]

You will have to create a class named as cases and then you need to map your json to the List then you can iterate through the list hope it will work for you .
List<cases> = new JavaScriptSerializer().Deserialize<List<cases>>(your json string);

You can install Json.Net package from Nuget and then add this line of code in you project
var myList = Newtonsoft.Json.JsonConvert.DeserializeObject("Your Json String..!!");
this should do it

The underlying connection was closed - webAPI ,WCF

I have a REST Service calling a WCF service. The method in WCf service returns data as expected. Here is the Json format of the c#object.
[
{
"$id": "1",
"children": [],
"id": 1,
"name": "1",
"owner": {
"userId": 1,
"username": "testuser",
"firstName": null,
"lastName": null
},
"parent": null,
"permissions": [],
"type": 0
}
]
When There is a complex object the WCf service is throwing an error "The underlying connection was closed: The connection was closed unexpectedly"
[
{
"$id": "1",
"Children": [
{
"$id": "2",
"Children": [],
"Id": 603268262,
"Name": "testfolder",
"Owner": {
"UserId": 555,
"Username": "testuser",
"FirstName": null,
"LastName": null
},
"Parent": {
"$ref": "1"
},
"Permissions": null,
"Type": 0
}
],
"Id": 1,
"Name": "555",
"Owner": {
"UserId": 555,
"Username": "testuser",
"FirstName": null,
"LastName": null
},
"Parent": null,
"Permissions": null,
"Type": 0
}
]
I have tried most answers on this SO question. Why do I get the error only when a complex object is returned?

you need to check data contracts ,take a look at this : http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa347850.aspx

Found the answer just after posting the question. I did notice that there is a object holding a reference to a object in the Json
"Parent": {
"$ref": "1"
}
This is preventing the object from serialized. I did a deep copy and that fixed the issue

How do i parse json? [duplicate]

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Parsing JSON using Json.net
(5 answers)
Closed 3 years ago.
I am using Newtonsoft Json library to parse json but i don't know how to use it. I parsed the string using JObject. When i output the value of JObject instance in immediate window i get this :-
json
{
"data": [
{
"id": "id",
"from": {
"name": "name",
"id": "someotherid"
},
"name": "pic",
"description": "desc",
"link": "linktosite",
"privacy": "everyone",
"count": 1,
"type": "normal",
"created_time": "2010-10-22T14:54:32+0000",
"updated_time": "2010-10-22T14:55:41+0000"
},
{
"id": "id2",
"from": {
"name": "name",
"id": "someotherid"
},
"name": "Profile Pictures",
"link": "link",
"privacy": "everyone",
"count": 6,
"type": "profile",
"created_time": "2010-10-12T14:27:58+0000",
"updated_time": "2011-01-01T18:38:14+0000"
},
{
"id": "id3",
"from": {
"name": "name",
"id": "829741958"
},
"name": "T",
"link": "link",
"privacy": "everyone",
"count": 5,
"type": "normal",
"created_time": "2010-05-01T03:03:39+0000",
"updated_time": "2010-05-01T03:19:13+0000",
"comments": {
"data": [
{
"id": "id",
"from": null,
"message": "message",
"created_time": "2010-08-28T18:27:10+0000",
"likes": 1
}
]
}
}
],
"paging": {
"previous": "paginglink",
"next": "otherpaginglink"
}
}
Count: 2
Type: Object
What should i do further to have the values from this jobject?

I personally prefer the JavaScriptSerializer for use with JSON in the .NET environment. By default it will return a Dictionary result, but can be used to parse in to a custom object (or you could make use of the dynamic datatype).
Some other posts on SO with JSON & JavaScript Serializer as topic