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Cannot deserialize the current JSON object (e.g. {"name":"value"}

This line is giving me the error
Cannot deserialize the current JSON object (e.g. {"name":"value"})
From other posts I gather I should not be putting this into a list. However This worked fine for me until I added the avgPx field.
How can I get this information into my List properly?
Does my list of type <OrderRecord> need to include all the fields returned by the JSON?
List<OrderRecord> orderRecord_Single = new List<OrderRecord>();//define and set to null
OrderRecord_Single = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<List<OrderRecord>>(orderString);
This is one case of my jsonstring. It has the brackets on it.
"[{\"orderID\":\"5dcc6560-9672-958d-010b-7d18c9d523ab\",\"account\":1024235,\"symbol\":\"ETHUSD\",\"timestamp\":\"2020-04-26T18:21:05.703Z\",\"clOrdID\":\"\",\"side\":\"Buy\",\"price\":194.95,\"orderQty\":1,\"ordStatus\":\"New\",\"text\":\"ZT\",\"transactTime\":\"2020-04-26T18:21:05.703Z\",\"avgPx\":null}]"
public class OrderRecord
{
[JsonProperty("orderID")]
public string orderID { get; set; }
[JsonProperty("symbol")]
public string symbol { get; set; }
[JsonProperty("side")]
public string side { get; set; }
[JsonProperty("price")]
public string price { get; set; }
[JsonProperty("orderQty")]
public string orderQty { get; set; }
[JsonProperty("ordStatus")]
public string ordStatus { get; set; }
[JsonProperty("transactTime")]
public string transactTime { get; set; }
[JsonProperty("timestamp")]
public string timestamp { get; set; }
[JsonProperty("avgPx")]
public string avgPx { get; set; }
}

The error occurs because you are trying deserializing a JSON object to a JSON array. So you should provide a JSON array as in input. For the given JSON, add brackets [ ] to the first and last of the JSON string for creating valid JSON array:
var jsonString = "[{\"orderID\":\"8d853505-248d-e515-ee17-ddcd24b5fecb\",\"account\":1024235,\"symbol\":\"XBTUSD\",\"timestamp\":\"2020-04-20T18:25:07.601Z\",\"clOrdID\":\"\",\"side\":\"Buy\",\"price\":6885.5,\"orderQty\":8700,\"ordStatus\":\"Filled\",\"text\":\"ZT\",\"transactTime\":\"2020-04-20T18:22:11.135Z\",\"avgPx\":6885.5}]"

Convert JSON string to object C#

I have JSON string results as follows.
In this response Sometimes sizeKey and sizeName properties are returned as a string. But sometimes both properties are returns inside an array as follows
I am using following code to convert it to object
var assets = jObject["assets"].Children().ToList();
foreach (var item in assets)
{
decorationAssets.Add(item.ToObject<AEDecorationAssets>());
}
And my AEDecorationAssets class is as follows.
public class AEDecorationAssets
{
public string Id { get; set; }
public string Url { get; set; }
public string[] Colors { get; set; }
public string FontKey { get; set; }
public string SizeKey { get; set; }
public string ViewKey { get; set; }
public string FontName { get; set; }
public int Rotation { get; set; }
public string SizeName { get; set; }
public string TextValue { get; set; }
public string EntityType { get; set; }
public string LocationCode { get; set; }
public string LocationName { get; set; }
public string TextEffectKey { get; set; }
public string TextEffectName { get; set; }
public string DecorationMethod { get; set; }
public string NumDecorationColors { get; set; }
}
At the time when "sizeKey" is an array, the above code gives an error. How can I resolve this issue? Is there any JSON property we can use to resolve it?

One way you can do it is by making your SizeKey type an object (i.e. public object SizeKey { get; set; }), then you can switch/case on item.ToObject<AEDecorationAssets>().SizeKey.GetType() to figure out how to handle it (i.e. if String do this, if JArray do that), etc.

If a JSON type is sometime an array, and sometimes a string, you can't really map it simply to a .NET type, as there is none that supports this behavior.
So first you need a datatype that can store this, like and string[] or List<string>.
It could be that JsonConvert will solve this automatically, but otherwise you'll need to write a custom ContractResolver or JsonConverter. Here you can detect if the source property is a string or array. If it's an array, you can use the default deserialization. If it is a string, you need to convert it to an array with a single value.

Simply get json result for which you want to create c# object and then you can valid json response from https://jsonlint.com/ and then you can create c# object of any type json response which you want through http://json2csharp.com. And after get c# object of your json response you only need to deserialization of your json response to c# object which you have created. which will return you expected result.

How to Deserialize the json object in windows phone 8.1?

I want to bind json obect to my properties When I deserialize the json object and bind into the properties ,properties shows null values,please some one help me to resolve this.
this is my code
string s = "{\"response\":{\"status\":\"fail\",\"content\":{\"user_id\":\"56\",\"first\":\"kiran\",\"last\":\"kumar\",\"username\":\"kirankumar\"},\"msg\":\"shggh\"}}";
var jsonObj = JObject.Parse(s);
response myDeserializedObj = (response)Newtonsoft.Json.JsonConvert.DeserializeObject(jsonObj.ToString(), typeof(response));
this is properties
public class response
{
public string status { get; set; }
public content content { get; set; }
}
public class content
{
public string user_id { get; set; }
public string first { get; set; }
public string last { get; set; }
public string username { set; get; }
}
Thanks,
karthik

I copied you code and tested it in my machine and I could solve your problem
here is the solution
add the following class
public class ResponseWrapper
{
public response response { get; set; }
}
replace your code with the following
string s = "{\"response\":{\"status\":\"fail\",\"content\":{\"user_id\":\"56\",\"first\":\"kiran\",\"last\":\"kumar\",\"username\":\"kirankumar\"},\"msg\":\"shggh\"}}";
response my = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<ResponseWrapper>(s).response;
I am sure this will work.
UPDATE
Another solution (Which is tested also) and better than the first one
because it is more clean, and in this way you have not to create new wrapper class.
the solution is replace your string with the following string.
and all of your previous code will stay the same
here is the correct JSON string
string s = "{\"status\":\"fail\",\"content\":{\"user_id\":\"56\",\"first\":\"kiran\",\"last\":\"kumar\",\"username\":\"kirankumar\"},\"msg\":\"shggh\"}";
UPDATE 2
in the comments below of this answer you asked a completely a new question.
here is your new question (I copied this from your comments)
public class responseWraper
{
public response response { get; set; }
}
public class response
{
public string status { get; set; }
public content content { get; set; }
}
public class content
{
public Employees Employees { get; set; }
}
public class Employees
{
public string Employee_id { get; set; }
public string Employee_name { get; set; }
public string status { get; set; }
}
and here is how you are trying to deserialize this (also this copied from your comments)
string s = "{\"response\":{\"status\":\"success\",\"content\":{\"Employees\":[{\"Employee_i‌​d\":\"1\",\"Employee_name\":\"Sravan\",\"status\":\"1\"},}]}}}";
response my = Newtonsoft.Json.JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<responseWraper>(s).response;
ANSWER
your code has two problem
the first is you are using the Employees as array in the JSON string, but the type of the Employees property is not an array
the second problem that the JSON string itself is not valid. it has an errors
there is 4 { character but you have 5 } character inside it.
so you have to fix those two problem as the following
public class content
{
public List<Employees> Employees { get; set; }
}
and the string is
string s = "{\"response\":{\"status\":\"success\",\"content\":{\"Employees\":[{\"Employee_id\":\"1\",\"Employee_name\":\"Sravan\",\"status\":\"1\"},]}}}";
and if you have any other question , I will be happy to help you :)

Try your JSON with http://json2csharp.com/.
Your current code would deserialize the following JSON:
{
"status":"fail",
"content":{
"user_id":"56",
"first":"kiran",
"last":"kumar",
"username":"kirankumar"
},
"msg":"shggh"
}
You are missing a root class with a single Property "response" with the type "Response"

Deserialize JSON with variable name arrays

I am getting JSON that is being returned from a REST web service for survey responses. It has arrays for the name portion of some of the name value pairs. Additionally the names will be variable depending on the type of questions asked. I'm using JSON.net and trying to deserialize the returned value into some type of object tree that I can walk but can't figure out what structure to use to have it filled in.
I tested the following snippet in LinqPad and fields is always empty. Is there someway to easily read in the variable data or do I have to parse it in code?
void Main() {
string json = #"{
'result_ok':true,
'total_count':'51',
'data':[{
'id':'1',
'status':'Deleted',
'datesubmitted':'2015-01-12 10:43:47',
'[question(3)]':'Red',
'[question(4)]':'Blue',
'[question(18)]':12,
'[variable(\'STANDARD_IP\')]':'127.0.0.1',
'[variable(\'STANDARD_GEOCOUNTRY\')]':'United States'
}]
}";
var responses = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<RootObject>(json);
responses.Dump();
}
public class RootObject {
public bool result_ok { get; set; }
public string total_count { get; set; }
public List<Response> data { get; set; }
}
public class Response {
public string id { get; set; }
public string status { get; set; }
public string datesubmitted { get; set; }
public List<object> fields = new List<object>();
}

Change the fields property in your Response class to be a Dictionary<string, object>, then mark it with a [JsonExtensionData] attribute like this:
public class Response
{
public string id { get; set; }
public string status { get; set; }
public string datesubmitted { get; set; }
[JsonExtensionData]
public Dictionary<string, object> fields { get; set; }
}
All of the fields with the strange property names will then be placed into the dictionary where you can access them as normal. No extra code is required.
Here is a demo: https://dotnetfiddle.net/1rQUXT

Cannot deserialize JSON object into type 'System.Collections.Generic.List`1[obJson]'

I am trying to Deserialize (using Newtonsoft) JSON and convert to List in c#. It is throwing me error " Cannot deserialize JSON object into type 'System.Collections.Generic.List`1[obJson]'."
Here is my JSON string:
string webContent = "{\"searchResults\": [{\"gefId\":0,\"resultNumber\":1,\"distance\":4.2839,\"sourceName\":\"MQA.MQ_34172_HD\",\"name\":\"USER_DEFINED\"},{\"gefId\":0,\"resultNumber\":1,\"distance\":4.2839,\"sourceName\":\"MQA.MQ_34172_HD\",\"name\":\"USER_DEFINED\"}]}";
Conversion, this line is throwing error:
List<obJson> result = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<List<obJson>>(webContent);
My custom classes:
public class SearchResults
{
public int gefId { get; set; }
public int resultNumber { get; set; }
public decimal distance { get; set; }
public string sourceName { get; set; }
public string name { get; set; }
}
public class obJson
{
public SearchResults SearchResults { get; set; }
}

Since your json is an object whose searchResults member contains an array, change your obJson as below
public class obJson
{
public List<SearchResults> searchResults { get; set; }
}
and deserialize as
obJson result = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<obJson>(webContent);

The problem is with your model or conversely with data you are sending. You are receiving an array and hoping to deserialize it into plain object. You can change your model like
public class obJson
{
public SearchResults[] SearchResults { get; set; }
}
and your result will be deserialized just fine.

your json is not valid.
Parse error on line 1:
{ \"searchResults\": [
-----^
Expecting 'STRING', '}'
http://jsonlint.com/