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Consuming web API into Blazor

I'm trying to consume a web API into Blazor but am struggling to extract certain information from the API
using System.Text.Json;
namespace CA3.Song
{
public class SongService : ISongService
{
private readonly HttpClient _httpClient;
const string _baseUrl = "https://genius-song-lyrics1.p.rapidapi.com/";
const string _songEndpoint = "songs/chart?time_period=day&chart_genre=all&per_page=10&page=1";
const string _host = "genius-song-lyrics1.p.rapidapi.com";
const string _key = "{key}";
public SongService(HttpClient httpClient)
{
_httpClient = httpClient;
}
public async Task<List<SongItem>> GetSong()
{
Configure();
var response = await _httpClient.GetAsync(_songEndpoint);
var response_outcome = response.EnsureSuccessStatusCode;
using var stream = await response.Content.ReadAsStreamAsync();
var dto = await JsonSerializer.DeserializeAsync<SongDto>(stream);
return dto.response.chart_items.Select(n => new SongItem { Artist = n.item.primary_artist, Title = n.item.primary_title, ReleaseDate = n.primary_release_date }).ToList().T ;
}
private void Configure()
{
_httpClient.BaseAddress = new Uri(_baseUrl);
_httpClient.DefaultRequestHeaders.Add("X-RapidAPI-Host", _host);
_httpClient.DefaultRequestHeaders.Add("X-Rapid-Key", _key);
}
}
}
The issue is on the return statement using LINQ.
namespace CA3.Song
{
public class SongDto
{
public Meta meta { get; set; }
public Response response { get; set; }
}
public class Meta
{
public int status { get; set; }
}
public class Response
{
public Chart_Items[] chart_items { get; set; }
public int next_page { get; set; }
}
public class Chart_Items
{
public string _type { get; set; }
public string type { get; set; }
public Item item { get; set; }
}
public class Item
{
public string _type { get; set; }
public int annotation_count { get; set; }
public string api_path { get; set; }
public string artist_names { get; set; }
public string full_title { get; set; }
public string header_image_thumbnail_url { get; set; }
public string header_image_url { get; set; }
public int id { get; set; }
public bool instrumental { get; set; }
public int lyrics_owner_id { get; set; }
public string lyrics_state { get; set; }
public int lyrics_updated_at { get; set; }
public string path { get; set; }
public int pyongs_count { get; set; }
public string relationships_index_url { get; set; }
public Release_Date_Components release_date_components { get; set; }
public string release_date_for_display { get; set; }
public string song_art_image_thumbnail_url { get; set; }
public string song_art_image_url { get; set; }
public Stats stats { get; set; }
public string title { get; set; }
public string title_with_featured { get; set; }
public int updated_by_human_at { get; set; }
public string url { get; set; }
public Featured_Artists[] featured_artists { get; set; }
public Primary_Artist primary_artist { get; set; }
}
public class Release_Date_Components
{
public int year { get; set; }
public int month { get; set; }
public int day { get; set; }
}
public class Stats
{
public int unreviewed_annotations { get; set; }
public int concurrents { get; set; }
public bool hot { get; set; }
public int pageviews { get; set; }
}
public class Primary_Artist
{
public string _type { get; set; }
public string api_path { get; set; }
public string header_image_url { get; set; }
public int id { get; set; }
public string image_url { get; set; }
public string index_character { get; set; }
public bool is_meme_verified { get; set; }
public bool is_verified { get; set; }
public string name { get; set; }
public string slug { get; set; }
public string url { get; set; }
public int iq { get; set; }
}
public class Featured_Artists
{
public string _type { get; set; }
public string api_path { get; set; }
public string header_image_url { get; set; }
public int id { get; set; }
public string image_url { get; set; }
public string index_character { get; set; }
public bool is_meme_verified { get; set; }
public bool is_verified { get; set; }
public string name { get; set; }
public string slug { get; set; }
public string url { get; set; }
public int iq { get; set; }
}
}
Above is the JSON file and I'm trying to extract the artist name, song title and release date from Item but it isn't in a list so I'm trying to find a way to extract this info using LINQ. Any help would be greatly appreciated !

I think you misinterpreted the declaration of the JSON. They are stored in an array Chart_Items[] chart_items thus you may use linq.
There are many ways to do this, I took advantage of named tuples in modern C# paired with linq.
Response r = new Response();//some resonse from api
var results = r.chart_items.Select(i => (i.item.artist_names, i.item.title, i.item.release_date_components)).ToList();
foreach(var result in results)
{
string artist_names = result.artist_names;
string title = result.title;
Release_Date_Components release_date_components = result.release_date_components;
}

C# Deserialize json api response

hey i want to Deserialize this json API response to get values including profile state etc for processing in the program.
i tried multiple ways from different questions in here but i get response as null.
here is the code, correct me what i am doing wrong please
{
"response": {
"players": [{
"steamid": "xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx",
"communityvisibilitystate": 3,
"profilestate": 1,
"personaname": "xxxx xxxx",
"lastlogoff": 1529478555,
"commentpermission": 1,
"profileurl": "xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx",
"avatar": "xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx",
"avatarmedium": "xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx",
"avatarfull": "xxxxxxxxxxx",
"personastate": 1,
"realname": "xxxx",
"primaryclanid": "xxxxxxxxxx",
"timecreated": 1097464215,
"personastateflags": 0
}]
}
}
The code i tried
public class AccountInfo
{
public string steamid { get; set; }
public int communityvisibilitystate { get; set; }
public int profilestate { get; set; }
public string personaname { get; set; }
public ulong lastlogoff { get; set; }
public int commentpermission { get; set; }
public string profileurl { get; set; }
public string avatar { get; set; }
public string avatarmedium { get; set; }
public string avatarfull { get; set; }
public int personastate { get; set; }
public string realname { get; set; }
public string primaryclanid { get; set; }
public ulong timecreated { get; set; }
public int personastateflags { get; set; }
}
public class Response
{
public AccountInfo response { get; set; }
}
public class Response1
{
public Response players { get; set; }
}
static void Main(string[] args)
{
DeserilizeJson();
}
internal static void DeserilizeJson()
{
string json = GetUrlToString("http://api.steampowered.com/ISteamUser/GetPlayerSummaries/v0002/?key=xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx&steamids=xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx");
Console.WriteLine(json);
Response1 info = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<Response1>(json);
using (StreamWriter file = File.CreateText(#"c:\test.json"))
{
JsonSerializer serializer = new JsonSerializer();
serializer.Serialize(file, info);
}
}
internal static string GetUrlToString(string url)
{
String Response = null;
try
{
using (WebClient client = new WebClient())
{
Response = client.DownloadString(url);
}
}
catch (Exception)
{
return null;
}
return Response;
}

Use this as a Model Class
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Globalization;
using Newtonsoft.Json;
using Newtonsoft.Json.Converters;
public partial class JsonModel
{
[JsonProperty("response")]
public Response Response { get; set; }
}
public partial class Response
{
[JsonProperty("players")]
public List<Player> Players { get; set; }
}
public partial class Player
{
[JsonProperty("steamid")]
public string Steamid { get; set; }
[JsonProperty("communityvisibilitystate")]
public long Communityvisibilitystate { get; set; }
[JsonProperty("profilestate")]
public long Profilestate { get; set; }
[JsonProperty("personaname")]
public string Personaname { get; set; }
[JsonProperty("lastlogoff")]
public long Lastlogoff { get; set; }
[JsonProperty("commentpermission")]
public long Commentpermission { get; set; }
[JsonProperty("profileurl")]
public string Profileurl { get; set; }
[JsonProperty("avatar")]
public string Avatar { get; set; }
[JsonProperty("avatarmedium")]
public string Avatarmedium { get; set; }
[JsonProperty("avatarfull")]
public string Avatarfull { get; set; }
[JsonProperty("personastate")]
public long Personastate { get; set; }
[JsonProperty("realname")]
public string Realname { get; set; }
[JsonProperty("primaryclanid")]
public string Primaryclanid { get; set; }
[JsonProperty("timecreated")]
public long Timecreated { get; set; }
[JsonProperty("personastateflags")]
public long Personastateflags { get; set; }
}
Then do this in your Main Class
var info = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<JsonModel>(json);
var Response = info.Response

Open nuget, search newtonsoft.json and install.
Deserialize:
var deserialized = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject(jsonstring);

Try this:
public class Player
{
public string steamid { get; set; }
public int communityvisibilitystate { get; set; }
public int profilestate { get; set; }
public string personaname { get; set; }
public ulong lastlogoff { get; set; }
public int commentpermission { get; set; }
public string profileurl { get; set; }
public string avatar { get; set; }
public string avatarmedium { get; set; }
public string avatarfull { get; set; }
public int personastate { get; set; }
public string realname { get; set; }
public string primaryclanid { get; set; }
public ulong timecreated { get; set; }
public int personastateflags { get; set; }
}
public class Response
{
public Player[] players { get; set; }
}
public class EncapsulatedResponse
{
public Response response {get;set;}
}
internal static void DeserilizeJson()
{
string json = GetUrlToString("http://api.steampowered.com/ISteamUser/GetPlayerSummaries/v0002/?key=xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx&steamids=xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx");
Console.WriteLine(json);
EncapsulatedResponse info = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<EncapsulatedResponse>(json);
using (StreamWriter file = File.CreateText(#"c:\test.json"))
{
JsonSerializer serializer = new JsonSerializer();
serializer.Serialize(file, info);
}
}

The players property should be a list of players as it is an array . Below is the Correct Model
public class Player
{
public string steamid { get; set; }
public int communityvisibilitystate { get; set; }
public int profilestate { get; set; }
public string personaname { get; set; }
public int lastlogoff { get; set; }
public int commentpermission { get; set; }
public string profileurl { get; set; }
public string avatar { get; set; }
public string avatarmedium { get; set; }
public string avatarfull { get; set; }
public int personastate { get; set; }
public string realname { get; set; }
public string primaryclanid { get; set; }
public int timecreated { get; set; }
public int personastateflags { get; set; }
}
public class Response
{
public List<Player> players { get; set; }
}

You need to change the object structure:
public class Response
{
public AccountInfo[] players { get; set; }
}
public class Response1
{
public Response response { get; set; }
}
then deserialize Response1 (like u do currently)

Just to provide a different approach, you can use JObject (Newtonsoft.Json.Linq) so that you only need the AccountInfo class:
var accounts = JObject.Parse(json).Root
.SelectToken("response.players")
.ToObject(typeof(AccountInfo[]));
Or in some cases, it is even easier just navigating the properties:
var accounts = JObject.Parse(json)["response"]["players"]
.ToObject((typeof(AccountInfo[])));

Unable To Parse JSON Response in C#

I am trying to parse a whois json response but when I try parse it I get null values.
string html;
string whoisUrl = "https://whois.apitruck.com/:google.com";
HttpWebRequest request = (HttpWebRequest)WebRequest.Create(whoisUrl);
using (HttpWebResponse response = (HttpWebResponse)request.GetResponse())
{
using (StreamReader reader = new StreamReader(response.GetResponseStream(), Encoding.ASCII))
{
html = reader.ReadToEnd();
}
}
Class1 m = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<Class1>(html);
MessageBox.Show(m.created);
Object
class Class1
{
public string created { get; set; }
}
can anyone please point what I am doing wrong here ?

Your Class1 doesn't get the value since "created" is part of the "response" and not the root level of the JSON reponse.
You'll either need to use dynamic or create a hierarchy for the classes for a simple fix.
class Class1
{
public Response Response { get; set; }
}
class Response
{
public string created { get; set; }
}
Then you can use this:
Class1 m = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<Class1>(html);
MessageBox.Show(m.Response.created);
UPDATE
Also, here's an example of how to use the dynamic:
var m = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<dynamic>(html);
DateTime created = (DateTime)m.response.created;

There is nice app to convert json to .net class:
public class Registrar
{
public string id { get; set; }
public string name { get; set; }
public object email { get; set; }
public string url { get; set; }
}
public class Response
{
public string name { get; set; }
public string idnName { get; set; }
public List<string> status { get; set; }
public List<string> nameserver { get; set; }
public object ips { get; set; }
public string created { get; set; }
public string changed { get; set; }
public string expires { get; set; }
public bool registered { get; set; }
public bool dnssec { get; set; }
public string whoisserver { get; set; }
public List<object> contacts { get; set; }
public Registrar registrar { get; set; }
public List<string> rawdata { get; set; }
public object network { get; set; }
public object exception { get; set; }
public bool parsedContacts { get; set; }
}
public class RootObject
{
public int error { get; set; }
public Response response { get; set; }
}
...
RootObject result = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<RootObject>(html);
var created = result.response.created;

Trying to receive JSON with JSON.net

I've started building an app to get tide info, weather info, mapping capabilities, etc from World Weather Online, but it can't get the JSON response.
I've installed JSON.net via NuGet, am running Windows 8.1. I've only been able to even view the data by pasting my JSON URL into an actual browser. Then using its output at json2sharp to create the bottom part of my code below.
Tried http://www.codeproject.com/Tips/397574/Use-Csharp-to-get-JSON-Data-from-the-Web-and-Map-i and How to get a json string from url?.
using System;
using System.Net;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.ComponentModel;
using System.Data;
using System.Drawing;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
using System.Windows.Forms;
using GMap.NET.WindowsForms;
using GMap.NET;
using GMap.NET.MapProviders;
using System.Xml.Linq;
using System.Xml;
using System.IO;
using System.Web;
using Newtonsoft.Json.Linq;
using Newtonsoft.Json;
using RestSharp;
using Newtonsoft.Json.Utilities;
namespace EOD_Assistant
{
public partial class Form1 : Form
{
public Form1()
{
InitializeComponent();
}
private void myMap_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
myMap.MapProvider = BingHybridMapProvider.Instance;
myMap.SetPositionByKeywords("Comox, Canada");
myMap.MinZoom = 1;
myMap.MaxZoom = 17;
myMap.Zoom = 10;
myMap.CanDragMap = true;
myMap.MapScaleInfoEnabled = true;
}
private void Form1_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
string url = "http://api.worldweatheronline.com/free/v2/weather.ashx?q=Campbell%20River&format=json&num_of_days=5&callback=rrr&key=1ccf49ff57a386e570286ae9294b9";
}
private void GetWeather()
{
}
private void weatherBtn_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
}
public class WeatherDesc
{
public string value { get; set; }
}
public class WeatherIconUrl
{
public string value { get; set; }
}
public class CurrentCondition
{
public string cloudcover { get; set; }
public string FeelsLikeC { get; set; }
public string FeelsLikeF { get; set; }
public string humidity { get; set; }
public string observation_time { get; set; }
public string precipMM { get; set; }
public string pressure { get; set; }
public string temp_C { get; set; }
public string temp_F { get; set; }
public string visibility { get; set; }
public string weatherCode { get; set; }
public List<WeatherDesc> weatherDesc { get; set; }
public List<WeatherIconUrl> weatherIconUrl { get; set; }
public string winddir16Point { get; set; }
public string winddirDegree { get; set; }
public string windspeedKmph { get; set; }
public string windspeedMiles { get; set; }
}
public class Request
{
public string query { get; set; }
public string type { get; set; }
}
public class Astronomy
{
public string moonrise { get; set; }
public string moonset { get; set; }
public string sunrise { get; set; }
public string sunset { get; set; }
}
public class WeatherDesc2
{
public string value { get; set; }
}
public class WeatherIconUrl2
{
public string value { get; set; }
}
public class Hourly
{
public string chanceoffog { get; set; }
public string chanceoffrost { get; set; }
public string chanceofhightemp { get; set; }
public string chanceofovercast { get; set; }
public string chanceofrain { get; set; }
public string chanceofremdry { get; set; }
public string chanceofsnow { get; set; }
public string chanceofsunshine { get; set; }
public string chanceofthunder { get; set; }
public string chanceofwindy { get; set; }
public string cloudcover { get; set; }
public string DewPointC { get; set; }
public string DewPointF { get; set; }
public string FeelsLikeC { get; set; }
public string FeelsLikeF { get; set; }
public string HeatIndexC { get; set; }
public string HeatIndexF { get; set; }
public string humidity { get; set; }
public string precipMM { get; set; }
public string pressure { get; set; }
public string tempC { get; set; }
public string tempF { get; set; }
public string time { get; set; }
public string visibility { get; set; }
public string weatherCode { get; set; }
public List<WeatherDesc2> weatherDesc { get; set; }
public List<WeatherIconUrl2> weatherIconUrl { get; set; }
public string WindChillC { get; set; }
public string WindChillF { get; set; }
public string winddir16Point { get; set; }
public string winddirDegree { get; set; }
public string WindGustKmph { get; set; }
public string WindGustMiles { get; set; }
public string windspeedKmph { get; set; }
public string windspeedMiles { get; set; }
}
public class Weather
{
public List<Astronomy> astronomy { get; set; }
public string date { get; set; }
public List<Hourly> hourly { get; set; }
public string maxtempC { get; set; }
public string maxtempF { get; set; }
public string mintempC { get; set; }
public string mintempF { get; set; }
public string uvIndex { get; set; }
}
public class Data
{
public List<CurrentCondition> current_condition { get; set; }
public List<Request> request { get; set; }
public List<Weather> weather { get; set; }
}
public class RootObject
{
public Data data { get; set; }
}
public class PleaseWORK
{
private static T _download_serialized_json_data<T>(string url) where T : new()
{
using (var w = new WebClient())
{
var json_data = string.Empty;
// attempt to download JSON data as a string
try
{
json_data = w.DownloadString(url);
}
catch (Exception) { }
// if string with JSON data is not empty, deserialize it to class and return its instance
return !string.IsNullOrEmpty(json_data) ? JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<T>(json_data) : new T();
}
}
}
}
}

Protocol is missing in the url
string url = "http://api.worldweatheronline.com/free/v2/weather.ashx?q=Campbell%20River&format=json&num_of_days=5&callback=rrr&key=xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx";
using (var webClient = new System.Net.WebClient())
{
var json = webClient.DownloadString(url); //THIS GIVES ME AN EXCEPTION ERROR....DUNNO WHY.
}
and the JSON string returnd by the api is not correct, it starts with "rrr" (at the time of writing of course)

string url = "http://api.worldweatheronline.com/free/v2/weather.ashx?q=Campbell%20River&format=json&num_of_days=5&callback=rrr&key=1ccf49ff57a386e570286ae9294b9";
var jsonString = web.DownloadString(url).ToString();
var parseJsonString = jsonString.Split('(', ')')[1];
var obj = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<RootObject>(parseJsonString);
This works, Check it...

You can get JSON string in this way
// httpWebRequest with API URL
HttpWebRequest request = (HttpWebRequest)WebRequest.Create
("http://YourURL.com");
//Method GET
request.Method = "GET";
//HttpWebResponse for result
HttpWebResponse response = (HttpWebResponse)request.GetResponse();
//Mapping of status code
if (response.StatusCode == HttpStatusCode.OK)
{
Stream receiveStream = response.GetResponseStream();
StreamReader readStream = null;
if (response.CharacterSet == "")
readStream = new StreamReader(receiveStream);
else
readStream = new StreamReader(receiveStream, Encoding.GetEncoding(response.CharacterSet));
//Get news data in json string
string data = readStream.ReadToEnd();
}
After that you can convert that string to DataSet also like this.
DataSet ds = new DataSet();
StringReader reader = new StringReader(data);
ds.ReadXml(reader);

The URL you're using is not correct.
To get valid json, you should use :
http://api.worldweatheronline.com/free/v2/weather.ashx?q=Campbell%20River&format=json&num_of_days=5&key=xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
The only difference is that i took out the &callback=rrr

C# JSON Object wont deserialize

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.