I am using the SharePoint REST API to do a search. I am pulling back the JSON results and reading them as follows:
HttpWebRequest endpointRequest = (HttpWebRequest)HttpWebRequest.Create(querystring);
endpointRequest.Method = "GET";
endpointRequest.Accept = "application/json; odata=verbose";
endpointRequest.UseDefaultCredentials = true;
HttpWebResponse endpointResponse =(HttpWebResponse)endpointRequest.GetResponse();
Stream webStream = endpointResponse.GetResponseStream();
StreamReader responseReader = new StreamReader(webStream);
var results = responseReader.ReadToEnd();
This works fine, I can see the results in JSON format. So I created a class from the JSON in VS 2017 and here is the classes created from the JSON (this was done automatically with File=>Paste Special=>Paste JSON As Classes:
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
namespace ConsoleApplication1
{
class SharePointRESTResults
{
public class Rootobject
{
public D d { get; set; }
}
public class D
{
public Query query { get; set; }
}
public class Query
{
public __Metadata __metadata { get; set; }
public int ElapsedTime { get; set; }
public Primaryqueryresult PrimaryQueryResult { get; set; }
public Properties1 Properties { get; set; }
public Secondaryqueryresults SecondaryQueryResults { get; set; }
public string SpellingSuggestion { get; set; }
public Triggeredrules TriggeredRules { get; set; }
}
public class __Metadata
{
public string type { get; set; }
}
public class Primaryqueryresult
{
public __Metadata1 __metadata { get; set; }
public Customresults CustomResults { get; set; }
public string QueryId { get; set; }
public string QueryRuleId { get; set; }
public object RefinementResults { get; set; }
public Relevantresults RelevantResults { get; set; }
public object SpecialTermResults { get; set; }
}
public class __Metadata1
{
public string type { get; set; }
}
public class Customresults
{
public __Metadata2 __metadata { get; set; }
public object[] results { get; set; }
}
public class __Metadata2
{
public string type { get; set; }
}
public class Relevantresults
{
public __Metadata3 __metadata { get; set; }
public object GroupTemplateId { get; set; }
public object ItemTemplateId { get; set; }
public Properties Properties { get; set; }
public object ResultTitle { get; set; }
public object ResultTitleUrl { get; set; }
public int RowCount { get; set; }
public Table Table { get; set; }
public int TotalRows { get; set; }
public int TotalRowsIncludingDuplicates { get; set; }
}
public class __Metadata3
{
public string type { get; set; }
}
public class Properties
{
public Result[] results { get; set; }
}
public class Result
{
public __Metadata4 __metadata { get; set; }
public string Key { get; set; }
public string Value { get; set; }
public string ValueType { get; set; }
}
public class __Metadata4
{
public string type { get; set; }
}
public class Table
{
public __Metadata5 __metadata { get; set; }
public Rows Rows { get; set; }
}
public class __Metadata5
{
public string type { get; set; }
}
public class Rows
{
public Result1[] results { get; set; }
}
public class Result1
{
public __Metadata6 __metadata { get; set; }
public Cells Cells { get; set; }
}
public class __Metadata6
{
public string type { get; set; }
}
public class Cells
{
public Result2[] results { get; set; }
}
public class Result2
{
public __Metadata7 __metadata { get; set; }
public string Key { get; set; }
public object Value { get; set; }
public string ValueType { get; set; }
}
public class __Metadata7
{
public string type { get; set; }
}
public class Properties1
{
public Result3[] results { get; set; }
}
public class Result3
{
public __Metadata8 __metadata { get; set; }
public string Key { get; set; }
public string Value { get; set; }
public string ValueType { get; set; }
}
public class __Metadata8
{
public string type { get; set; }
}
public class Secondaryqueryresults
{
public __Metadata9 __metadata { get; set; }
public object[] results { get; set; }
}
public class __Metadata9
{
public string type { get; set; }
}
public class Triggeredrules
{
public __Metadata10 __metadata { get; set; }
public object[] results { get; set; }
}
public class __Metadata10
{
public string type { get; set; }
}
}
}
So I now am trying to deserialize the results as follows:
SharePointRESTResults resultX = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<SharePointRESTResults>(results());
The results I need should be in the Result2 Class. The problem I have is that this line is setting resultX = to "ConsoleApplication1.SharePointRESTResults" and nothing more. I looked in the JSON Serializing and Deserializing here: JSON Documentation but still cannot get the results into the class so I can pull out the data. I appreciate any help.
The main points are -
The Account Declaration.
JsonProperty attribute.
NOTE : If you have an object Which keys can change, Then you need to use a
Dictionary<string, T>
. A regular class won't work for that; neither will a
List<T>
.
Related
I am bit new to the serialization/deserialization of JSON's strings. I have tried to use Newtonsoft.Json. The thing is I got JSON string received from
url : http://epguides.frecar.no/show/gameofthrones/ and I would like to create and class objects from it. So later I could print it out...
I found out how to generate classes from your JSON string, by copying the string and Edit>Paste_Special>Paste_JSON_as_Classes so that should be alright.
Generated classes:
namespace TvSeries
{
public class Show
{
public string title { get; set; }
public string imdb_id { get; set; }
public string epguide_name { get; set; }
}
public class __invalid_type__1
{
public Show show { get; set; }
public string title { get; set; }
public int number { get; set; }
public int season { get; set; }
public string release_date { get; set; }
}
public class Show2
{
public string title { get; set; }
public string imdb_id { get; set; }
public string epguide_name { get; set; }
}
public class __invalid_type__2
{
public Show2 show { get; set; }
public string title { get; set; }
public int number { get; set; }
public int season { get; set; }
public string release_date { get; set; }
}
public class Show3
{
public string title { get; set; }
public string imdb_id { get; set; }
public string epguide_name { get; set; }
}
public class __invalid_type__3
{
public Show3 show { get; set; }
public string title { get; set; }
public int number { get; set; }
public int season { get; set; }
public string release_date { get; set; }
}
public class Show4
{
public string title { get; set; }
public string imdb_id { get; set; }
public string epguide_name { get; set; }
}
public class __invalid_type__4
{
public Show4 show { get; set; }
public string title { get; set; }
public int number { get; set; }
public int season { get; set; }
public string release_date { get; set; }
}
public class Show5
{
public string title { get; set; }
public string imdb_id { get; set; }
public string epguide_name { get; set; }
}
public class __invalid_type__5
{
public Show5 show { get; set; }
public string title { get; set; }
public int number { get; set; }
public int season { get; set; }
public string release_date { get; set; }
}
public class Show6
{
public string title { get; set; }
public string imdb_id { get; set; }
public string epguide_name { get; set; }
}
public class __invalid_type__6
{
public Show6 show { get; set; }
public string title { get; set; }
public int number { get; set; }
public int season { get; set; }
public string release_date { get; set; }
}
public class Show7
{
public string title { get; set; }
public string imdb_id { get; set; }
public string epguide_name { get; set; }
}
public class __invalid_type__7
{
public Show7 show { get; set; }
public string title { get; set; }
public int number { get; set; }
public int season { get; set; }
public string release_date { get; set; }
}
public class RootObject
{
public List<__invalid_type__1> __invalid_name__1 { get; set; }
public List<__invalid_type__2> __invalid_name__2 { get; set; }
public List<__invalid_type__3> __invalid_name__3 { get; set; }
public List<__invalid_type__4> __invalid_name__4 { get; set; }
public List<__invalid_type__5> __invalid_name__5 { get; set; }
public List<__invalid_type__6> __invalid_name__6 { get; set; }
public List<__invalid_type__7> __invalid_name__7 { get; set; }
}
}
Here is simple main class to print it out to the console:
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Net;
using System.Text;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
using System.Web;
using System.Web.Script.Serialization;
using Newtonsoft.Json;
namespace TvSeries
{
class Program
{
static void Main(string[] args)
{
using (WebClient wc = new WebClient())
{
var json = wc.DownloadString("http://epguides.frecar.no/show/gameofthrones/");
//Console.WriteLine(json);
RootObject obj = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<RootObject>(json);
foreach (var item in obj.__invalid_name__1)
{
Console.WriteLine("Show: {0}, release date: {1}", item.show.title, item.release_date);
}
Console.ReadKey();
}
}
}
}
So the actual question is why is not deserializing or working properly, because the objects are still null? I am missing something important? I have also tried JavaScriptSerializer() but it doesn't fix my problem.
You use an attribute like this:
[JsonProperty("show")]
public Show2 Show2 { get; set; }
As user3791372 said, you should tidy up the generated classes. However these classes where generated because the response looks like this
{ "1":[{...}...], "2":[{...}...],...}. So you first need to get rid of "1", "2" and define your own types for clean code. the result will look like this
class Show
{
public string title { get; set; }
public string imdb_id { get; set; }
public string epguide_name { get; set; }
}
class Episode
{
public Show show { get; set; }
public string title { get; set; }
public int number { get; set; }
public int season { get; set; }
public DateTime release_date { get; set; }
}
class Program
{
static void Main(string[] args)
{
using (WebClient wc = new WebClient())
{
//download json string
var json = wc.DownloadString("http://epguides.frecar.no/show/gameofthrones/");
//convert json to dynamic object
JObject obj = JObject.Parse(json);
//create an array that have as many elements as the children of obj => {"1", "2", "3", ...}
JArray[] results = new JArray[obj.Children().Count()];
//fill the array with the children of obj => results[6] = "[{"show": {"title": "Game of Thrones", "imdb_id": "tt0944947", "epguide_name": "gameofthrones"}, "title": "TBA", "number": 1, "season": 7, "release_date": "2017-06-25"}]"
for (int i = 0; i < results.Length; i++)
{
results[i] = (JArray)obj[(i + 1).ToString()];
}
//deserialize each item in results to List<Episode> if you checked the response it returns arrays of episodes
List<List<Episode>> seasons = new List<List<Episode>>(results.Length);
foreach (var item in results)
{
seasons.Add(JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<List<Episode>>(item.ToString()));
}
//output the result
foreach (var season in seasons)
{
foreach (var episod in season)
{
Console.WriteLine("Show: {0}, release date: {1}", episod.show.title, episod.release_date);
}
}
Console.ReadKey();
}
}
}
I want to create a class that have a class but this second class may be different each time the first class is called. For example:
public class ServerResponseObject
{
public string statusCode { get; set; }
public string errorCode { get; set; }
public string errorDescription { get; set; }
public Object obj { get; set; }
public ServerResponseObject(Object obje)
{
obj = obje;
}
}
public class TVChannelObject
{
public string number { get; set; }
public string title { get; set; }
public string FavoriteChannel { get; set; }
public string description { get; set; }
public string packageid { get; set; }
public string format { get; set; }
}
public class ChannelCategoryObject
{
public string id { get; set; }
public string name { get; set; }
}
How can I do it to call the ServerResponseObject with different objects each time, once with TVChannelObject and once with ChannelCategoryObject?
What you're looking for is a generic type parameter:
public class ServerResponseObject<T>
{
public ServerResponseObject(T obj)
{
Obj = obj;
}
public T Obj { get; set; }
}
I'm using the Petfinder API and trying to return a root object in my C# code. I used the Json class generator to generate the classes, but the Deserialize function is returning nulls.
This is my C# code:
using (var client = new WebClient())
{
var json = new WebClient().DownloadString("http://api.petfinder.com/shelter.getPets?format=json&key=<key>&id=<id>");
Petfinder deserializedPet = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<Petfinder>(json);
}
The Petfinder object is defined as:
internal class Petfinder
{
[JsonProperty("#xmlns:xsi")]
public string XmlnsXsi { get; set; }
[JsonProperty("lastOffset")]
public LastOffset LastOffset { get; set; }
[JsonProperty("pets")]
public Pets Pets { get; set; }
[JsonProperty("header")]
public Header Header { get; set; }
[JsonProperty("#xsi:noNamespaceSchemaLocation")]
public string XsiNoNamespaceSchemaLocation { get; set; }
}
The first few lines of the json string is as follows:
{"#encoding":"iso-8859-1","#version":"1.0","petfinder":{"#xmlns:xsi":"http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance","lastOffset":{"$t":"25"},"pets":{"pet":[{"options":{"option":[{"$t":"hasShots"},{"$t":"altered"},{"$t":"housetrained"}]},"breeds":{"breed":{"$t":"Domestic Medium Hair"}},"shelterPetId":{},"status":{"$t":"A"},"name":{"$t":"Jasmine"},...
If that helps at all.
I'm a newbie to json.net. What am I doing wrong?
Your class is wrong, take a look at the output from json2csharp.com for the example json you provided. Obviously the __invalid_name_$t needs to be manually fixed and the mapped using [JsonProperty].
public class LastOffset
{
public string __invalid_name__$t { get; set; }
}
public class Option
{
public string __invalid_name__$t { get; set; }
}
public class Options
{
public List<Option> option { get; set; }
}
public class Breed
{
public string __invalid_name__$t { get; set; }
}
public class Breeds
{
public Breed breed { get; set; }
}
public class ShelterPetId
{
}
public class Status
{
public string __invalid_name__$t { get; set; }
}
public class Name
{
public string __invalid_name__$t { get; set; }
}
public class Pet
{
public Options options { get; set; }
public Breeds breeds { get; set; }
public ShelterPetId shelterPetId { get; set; }
public Status status { get; set; }
public Name name { get; set; }
}
public class Pets
{
public List<Pet> pet { get; set; }
}
public class Petfinder
{
public string __invalid_name__#xmlns:xsi { get; set; }
public LastOffset lastOffset { get; set; }
public Pets pets { get; set; }
}
public class RootObject
{
public string __invalid_name__#encoding { get; set; }
public string __invalid_name__#version { get; set; }
public Petfinder petfinder { get; set; }
}
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.
So I have been able to get JSON objects for a few things, however this object is quite a bit more complex.
I'm trying to get comments from Reddit.
Here is the method I use:
public async Task<List<string>> GetComments(string currentSubreddit, string topicID)
{
string commentUrl = "http://www.reddit.com/r/" + currentSubreddit + "/comments/" + topicID + "/.json";
List<Comments> commentList = new List<Comments>();
string jsonText = await wc.GetJsonText(commentUrl);
Comments.RootObject deserializeObject = Newtonsoft.Json.JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<Comments.RootObject>(jsonText);
List<string> commentListTest = new List<string>();
//List<string> commentListTest = deserializeObject.data.children[0].data.children;
return commentListTest;
}
This is the GetJsonText method:
public async Task<string> GetJsonText(string url)
{
var request = WebRequest.Create(url);
string text;
request.ContentType = "application/json; charset=utf-8";
var response = (HttpWebResponse)await request.GetResponseAsync();
using (var sr = new StreamReader(response.GetResponseStream()))
{
text = sr.ReadToEnd();
}
return text;
}
And here is a link to the Object: http://pastebin.com/WQ8XXGNA
And a link to the jsonText: http://pastebin.com/7Kh6cA9a
The error returned says this:
An exception of type 'Newtonsoft.Json.JsonSerializationException' occurred in mscorlib.dll but was not handled in user code
Additional information: Cannot deserialize the current JSON array (e.g. [1,2,3]) into type 'JuicyReddit.Comments+RootObject' because the type requires a JSON object (e.g. {"name":"value"}) to deserialize correctly.
I'd appreciate if anybody could help me with figuring out whats wrong with this.
Thanks
There are a few problems with your code actually
public async Task<List<string>> GetComments(string currentSubreddit, string topicID)
You don't need to return a list of string here, u need to return a full object
First rename RootObject in the model to an appropriate name such as "CommentsObject"
So set up your class like so and name it CommentsObject.cs:
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
namespace YOURNAMESPACE.Comments
{
public class MediaEmbed
{
}
public class SecureMediaEmbed
{
}
public class Data4
{
public int count { get; set; }
public string parent_id { get; set; }
public List<string> children { get; set; }
public string name { get; set; }
public string id { get; set; }
public string subreddit_id { get; set; }
public object banned_by { get; set; }
public string subreddit { get; set; }
public object likes { get; set; }
public object replies { get; set; }
public bool? saved { get; set; }
public int? gilded { get; set; }
public string author { get; set; }
public object approved_by { get; set; }
public string body { get; set; }
public object edited { get; set; }
public object author_flair_css_class { get; set; }
public int? downs { get; set; }
public string body_html { get; set; }
public string link_id { get; set; }
public bool? score_hidden { get; set; }
public double? created { get; set; }
public object author_flair_text { get; set; }
public double? created_utc { get; set; }
public object distinguished { get; set; }
public object num_reports { get; set; }
public int? ups { get; set; }
}
public class Child2
{
public string kind { get; set; }
public Data4 data { get; set; }
}
public class Data3
{
public string modhash { get; set; }
public List<Child2> children { get; set; }
public object after { get; set; }
public object before { get; set; }
}
public class Replies
{
public string kind { get; set; }
public Data3 data { get; set; }
}
public class Data2
{
public string domain { get; set; }
public object banned_by { get; set; }
public MediaEmbed media_embed { get; set; }
public string subreddit { get; set; }
public object selftext_html { get; set; }
public string selftext { get; set; }
public object likes { get; set; }
public object secure_media { get; set; }
public object link_flair_text { get; set; }
public string id { get; set; }
public SecureMediaEmbed secure_media_embed { get; set; }
public bool clicked { get; set; }
public bool stickied { get; set; }
public string author { get; set; }
public object media { get; set; }
public int score { get; set; }
public object approved_by { get; set; }
public bool over_18 { get; set; }
public bool hidden { get; set; }
public string thumbnail { get; set; }
public string subreddit_id { get; set; }
public object edited { get; set; }
public object link_flair_css_class { get; set; }
public object author_flair_css_class { get; set; }
public int downs { get; set; }
public bool saved { get; set; }
public bool is_self { get; set; }
public string permalink { get; set; }
public string name { get; set; }
public double created { get; set; }
public string url { get; set; }
public object author_flair_text { get; set; }
public string title { get; set; }
public double created_utc { get; set; }
public int ups { get; set; }
public int num_comments { get; set; }
public bool visited { get; set; }
public object num_reports { get; set; }
public object distinguished { get; set; }
public Replies replies { get; set; }
public int? gilded { get; set; }
public string parent_id { get; set; }
public string body { get; set; }
public string body_html { get; set; }
public string link_id { get; set; }
public bool? score_hidden { get; set; }
public int? count { get; set; }
public List<string> children { get; set; }
}
public class Child
{
public string kind { get; set; }
public Data2 data { get; set; }
}
public class Data
{
public string modhash { get; set; }
public List<Child> children { get; set; }
public object after { get; set; }
public object before { get; set; }
}
public class CommentsObject
{
public string kind { get; set; }
public Data data { get; set; }
}
}
Make your namespace correct!
Then handle the request and deserialise into a list of commentobjects: (u can use the webclient instead of httpclient if you want, this is just an example)
private HttpClient client;
public async Task<List<CommentsObject>> GetComments()
{
client = new HttpClient();
var response = await client.GetAsync("http://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/1ut6xc.json");
if (response.IsSuccessStatusCode)
{
string json = await response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync();
List<CommentsObject> comments = await JsonConvert.DeserializeObjectAsync<List<CommentsObject>>(json);
return comments;
}
else
{
throw new Exception("Errorhandling message");
}
}
It's not ideal (and not completely an answer but more of a work around) but I created models that mock the reddit response json to make deserialization super easy. I use JsonProperty attributes on my model properties to pretty up the models a bit.
Here are the models
And since my models directly mock the json I can just use json.net's generic deserialize method.