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Deserializing json into new objects

I'm reading some Json from an api which I don't own, and therefore, I can't change the response. When I'm deserializing the Json into C# objects using Newtonsoft, I'm running into a problem with the 'ChangedAttributes' field. When creating these classes, Visual Studio wants to create a class for 'Sex', and one for 'MaritalStatus', but they aren't being populated. Furthermore, the list of ChangedAttributes can be any number of hundreds of different possibilities. So, I'd like to deserialize those attributes into a generic type class, say, something like:
public class Attribute
{
public string Name {get;set;}
public string Old {get;set;}
public string New {get;set;}
}
Can someone tell me how I might accomplish that using Newtonsoft? Here's a sample of the Json that I'm trying to parse:
{
"Context" : [ {
"PersonName" : "Smith, Bob",
"PersonNumber" : "001246",
"PrimaryPhoneNumber" : "",
"PersonId" : "300000009560451",
"WorkerType" : "EMP",
"PeriodType" : "E",
"DMLOperation" : "UPDATE",
"EffectiveStartDate" : "2004-08-27",
"EffectiveDate" : "2004-08-27"
} ],
"Changed Attributes" : [ {
"Sex" : {
"old" : null,
"new" : "M"
}
}, {
"MaritalStatus" : {
"old" : null,
"new" : "S"
}
} ]
}
Here are the C# classes that VS generated for me:
public class AtomFeed_Empupdate
{
public AtomFeed_Empupdate_Context[] Context { get; set; }
public AtomFeed_Empupdate_ChangedAttribute[] ChangedAttributes { get; set; }
}
public class AtomFeed_Empupdate_Context
{
public string PersonName { get; set; }
public string PersonNumber { get; set; }
public string WorkEmail { get; set; }
public string PrimaryPhoneNumber { get; set; }
public string PersonId { get; set; }
public string WorkerType { get; set; }
public string PeriodType { get; set; }
public string DMLOperation { get; set; }
public string EffectiveStartDate { get; set; }
public string EffectiveDate { get; set; }
}
public class AtomFeed_Empupdate_ChangedAttribute
{
public AtomFeed_Empupdate_Sex Sex { get; set; }
public AtomFeed_Empupdate_Maritalstatus MaritalStatus { get; set; }
}
public class AtomFeed_Empupdate_Sex
{
public string old { get; set; }
public string _new { get; set; }
}
public class AtomFeed_Empupdate_Maritalstatus
{
public string old { get; set; }
public string _new { get; set; }
}
And here is how I am deserializing the Json:
AtomFeed_Empupdate eu = Newtonsoft.Json.JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<AtomFeed_Empupdate>(json);
Thanks for your help!

You may change Attribute class a little bit and decorate it with JsonProperty attribute with proper names
public class Attribute
{
[JsonProperty("old")]
public string Old { get; set; }
[JsonProperty("new")]
public string New { get; set; }
}
And use Dictionary<string, Attribute>[] (since you have an array of key-value pairs) for Changed Attributes JSON token
public class AtomFeed_Empupdate
{
public AtomFeed_Empupdate_Context[] Context { get; set; }
[JsonProperty("Changed Attributes")]
public Dictionary<string, Attribute>[] ChangedAttributes { get; set; }
}

C# Parsing JSON String

I have tried countless methods to Parse my JSON string (Steam Public Data), yet nothing seems to work. I just want to be able to extract values from the string. For Example, obtaining the value of personaname which would return SlothGod. I have JSON.NET installed in my project.
Here is my JSON:
{
"response": {
"players": [
{
"steamid": "76561198301407459",
"communityvisibilitystate": 3,
"profilestate": 1,
"personaname": "SlothGod",
"lastlogoff": 1508389707,
"commentpermission": 1,
"profileurl": "http://steamcommunity.com/id/sleuthgud/",
"avatar": "https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/avatars/09/09cea52b91136fb3306c57771a746db2823b91ba.jpg",
"avatarmedium": "https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/avatars/09/09cea52b91136fb3306c57771a746db2823b91ba_medium.jpg",
"avatarfull": "https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/avatars/09/09cea52b91136fb3306c57771a746db2823b91ba_full.jpg",
"personastate": 0,
"realname": "Josh",
"primaryclanid": "103582791460168790",
"timecreated": 1462086929,
"personastateflags": 0,
"loccountrycode": "AU",
"locstatecode": "QLD"
}
]
}
}
Main method suggested to me:
public class Details
{
public string personaname { get; set; }
}
private void GetSteamDetails()
{
var data = Newtonsoft.Json.JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<Details>(SteamDetailsJson);
SteamName = data.personaname;
}
This is placed before Page_Load(). I then call GetSteamDetails(); when I want to fetch the name.

After my question being down voted, I decided to not give up on this problem. After extensive research, trial and error, and YouTube tutorials which are the most helpful IMO. I found that the data was containing a JSON array, and yes I will admit, I was confused with this, but the answer was to simply treat it like a C# array and add [1] to the end of players.
Details details = new Details();
public class Details
{
public string avatar { get; set; }
public string avatarmedium { get; set; }
public string avatarfull { get; set; }
public string realname { get; set; }
public string personaname { get; set; }
public string steamid { get; set; }
}
private void GetSteamDetails()
{
var SteamDetails= JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<dynamic>(SteamDetailsJson);
avatar = SteamDetails.response.players[1].avatar.ToString();
personaname = SteamDetails.response.players[1].personaname.ToString();
}

Based on the JSON string you provided, you should have the following C# classes to support it, or to deserialize the JSON object values into: I used this link to generate the classes.
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 string loccountrycode { get; set; }
public string locstatecode { get; set; }
}
public class Response
{
public List<Player> players { get; set; }
}
public class RootObject
{
public Response response { get; set; }
}
Then, using Newtonsoft.Json, you can deserialize the JSON object into your C# classes as follow:
JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<RootObject>("yourJsonString");

You mention that Newtonsoft.Json already referenced in the project.
Use class to represent json data structure, then you can easy deserialize it.
You can use only properties you need in the class.
public class Player
{
public string personaname { get; set; }
}
var player = Newtonsoft.Json.JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<Player>(jsonString);
// use player.personaname
For updates question create classes which represent your data structure
public class Team
{
public List<Player> players { get; set; }
}
public class Response
{
public Team response { get; set; }
}

You can use http://json2csharp.com/ to generate a class automatically from a JSON string.

Invalid type when generate the json?

I've this json:
{
"page": "36",
"bookmaker_urls": {
"13": [{
"link": "http://www.bet365.com/home/?affiliate=365_179024",
"name": "Bet 365"
}]
},
"block_service_id": "competition_summary_block_competitionmatchessummary",
"round_id": "36003",
"outgroup": "",
"view": "1",
"competition_id": "13"
}
I've inserted this on this tool: http://json2csharp.com/
this will return:
public class __invalid_type__13
{
public string link { get; set; }
public string name { get; set; }
}
public class BookmakerUrls
{
public List<__invalid_type__13> __invalid_name__13 { get; set; }
}
public class RootObject
{
public int page { get; set; }
public BookmakerUrls bookmaker_urls { get; set; }
public string block_service_id { get; set; }
public int round_id { get; set; }
public bool outgroup { get; set; }
public int view { get; set; }
public int competition_id { get; set; }
}
why there is an invalid type?

13 is not a valid property name in .NET, and the tool you're using seems to try to map each JSON property to .NET Class property.
What you probably want is bookmaker_urls to be a dictionary:
public class BookmakerUrl
{
public string link { get; set; }
public string name { get; set; }
}
public class RootObject
{
public int page { get; set; }
public Dictionary<string, List<BookmakerUrl>> bookmaker_urls { get; set; }
public string block_service_id { get; set; }
public int round_id { get; set; }
public bool outgroup { get; set; }
public int view { get; set; }
public int competition_id { get; set; }
}

The generator generates the name of properties and types from the name of properties in the Json.
There is a property "13" in the Json. A name starting with a digit would not be a valid name in c#.
So, the generator just adds the prefix "invalid_name" or "invalid_type" to the generated names. This does not mean that there was any problem or that you cannot use the generated code.

Serializing Json to c# Class throwing error

I have a JSON returning from web like this
{
"data": {
"normal_customer": {
"0": {
"id": 1,
"name": "ALPHY"
}
},
"1": {
"id": 2,
"name": "STEVEN"
}
},
"luxury_customer": {
"3": {
"id": 8,
"name": "DEV"
}
}
}
}
I have created c# classes
public class StandardCustomers
{
public List<CustomersDetails> Customers_Details { get; set; }
}
public class CustomersDetails
{
[JsonProperty("id")]
public int id { get; set; }
[JsonProperty("name")]
public string name { get; set; }
public class LuxuryCustomers
{
public List<CustomersDetails> Customers_Details { get; set; }
}
public class Data
{
public StandardCustomers standard_Customers { get; set; }
public LuxuryCustomers luxury_Customers { get; set; }
}
public class RootObject
{
public Data data { get; set; }
}
}
When I use deserialize the response from the website using below c# code
var result1 = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<Data>(response);
but result1.luxury_customers contains customerdetails which is null.
As suggested by #hellostone, I have modified to rootdata, then also
result1.luxury_customers contains customerdetails is null.
Any idea how to deserialize to c# class
When we pasted Json to visual studio, it generated classes as below
public class Rootobject
{
public Data data { get; set; }
}
public class Data
{
public Standard_Customers standard_Customers { get; set; }
public Luxury_Customers luxury_Customers { get; set; }
}
public class Standard_Customers
{
public _0 _0 { get; set; }
public _1 _1 { get; set; }
public _2 _2 { get; set; }
public _4 _4 { get; set; }
public _5 _5 { get; set; }
}
public class _0
{
public int id { get; set; }
public string name { get; set; }
}
individual classes are generated in standard customers , can we use list for this

I guess the problem is that index in luxury_customers starting not from zero. Try to use Dictionary<string,CustomersDetails> in LuxuryCustomers instead List<CustomersDetails>.
I've managed to deserialize Json with this classes:
public class CustomersDetails
{
[JsonProperty("id")]
public int id { get; set; }
[JsonProperty("name")]
public string name { get; set; }
}
public class Data
{
public Dictionary<string, CustomersDetails> normal_customer { get; set; }
public Dictionary<string,CustomersDetails> luxury_customer { get; set; }
}
public class RootObject
{
public Data data { get; set; }
}
Deserialization code:
var result = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<RootObject>(text);
P.S. I've remove one closing bracket after "ALPHY" element, to make Json valid, I hope it was typo and you're getting valid Json.

Your json string doesn't match with your defined classes. Your Json string should look like this if you want to preserve your class structure:
{
"data":{
"standard_Customers":{
"Customers_Details":[
{
"id":1,
"name":"ALPHY"
},
{
"id":2,
"name":"STEVEN"
}
]
},
"luxury_Customers":{
"Customers_Details":[
{
"id":8,
"name":"DEV"
}
]
}
}
}
Pay attention to the square brackets at the "Customers_Details" attribute.
Then the:
var result1 = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<RootObject>(response);
call, will give you the right object back and it shouldn't be null, when using your class structure:
public class StandardCustomers
{
public List<CustomersDetails> Customers_Details { get; set; }
}
public class CustomersDetails
{
[JsonProperty("id")]
public int id { get; set; }
[JsonProperty("name")]
public string name { get; set; }
}
public class LuxuryCustomers
{
public List<CustomersDetails> Customers_Details { get; set; }
}
public class Data
{
public StandardCustomers standard_Customers { get; set; }
public LuxuryCustomers luxury_Customers { get; set; }
}
public class RootObject
{
public Data data { get; set; }
}

Access Elements in JSON File Using C#

I have an JSON result like this
{
"authenticationResultCode":"ValidCredentials",
"brandLogoUri":"http:\/\/dev.virtualearth.net\/Branding\/logo_powered_by.png",
"copyright":"Copyright © 2011 Microsoft and its suppliers. All rights reserved. This API cannot be accessed and the content and any results may not be used, reproduced or transmitted in any manner without express written permission from Microsoft Corporation.",
"resourceSets":[
{
"estimatedTotal":1,
"resources":[
{
"__type":"Location:http:\/\/schemas.microsoft.com\/search\/local\/ws\/rest\/v1",
"bbox":[
47.636257744012461,
-122.13735364288299,
47.643983179153814,
-122.12206713944467
],
"name":"1 Microsoft Way, Redmond, WA 98052",
"point":{
"type":"Point",
"coordinates":[
47.640120461583138,
-122.12971039116383
]
},
"address":{
"addressLine":"1 Microsoft Way",
"adminDistrict":"WA",
"adminDistrict2":"King Co.",
"countryRegion":"United States",
"formattedAddress":"1 Microsoft Way, Redmond, WA 98052",
"locality":"Redmond",
"postalCode":"98052"
},
"confidence":"High",
"entityType":"Address",
"geocodePoints":[
{
"type":"Point",
"coordinates":[
47.640120461583138,
-122.12971039116383
],
"calculationMethod":"InterpolationOffset",
"usageTypes":[
"Display"
]
},
{
"type":"Point",
"coordinates":[
47.640144601464272,
-122.12976671755314
],
"calculationMethod":"Interpolation",
"usageTypes":[
"Route"
]
}
],
"matchCodes":[
"Good"
]
}
]
}
],
"statusCode":200,
"statusDescription":"OK",
"traceId":"b0b1286504404eafa7e7dad3e749d570"
}
I want to get a list of objects, and every object will contain the value of coordinates
So how can access these element by name?
I am using C# as a code behind.

You can use package like Json.NET for this task.
and easily you can generate classes by giving json string from http://json2csharp.com/
then you can access properties of items as below
RootObject obj = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<RootObject>(jsonText);
below are the classes generated from the json2csharp for given json
public class Point
{
public string type { get; set; }
public List<double> coordinates { get; set; }
}
public class Address
{
public string addressLine { get; set; }
public string adminDistrict { get; set; }
public string adminDistrict2 { get; set; }
public string countryRegion { get; set; }
public string formattedAddress { get; set; }
public string locality { get; set; }
public string postalCode { get; set; }
}
public class GeocodePoint
{
public string type { get; set; }
public List<double> coordinates { get; set; }
public string calculationMethod { get; set; }
public List<string> usageTypes { get; set; }
}
public class Resource
{
public string __type { get; set; }
public List<double> bbox { get; set; }
public string name { get; set; }
public Point point { get; set; }
public Address address { get; set; }
public string confidence { get; set; }
public string entityType { get; set; }
public List<GeocodePoint> geocodePoints { get; set; }
public List<string> matchCodes { get; set; }
}
public class ResourceSet
{
public int estimatedTotal { get; set; }
public List<Resource> resources { get; set; }
}
public class RootObject
{
public string authenticationResultCode { get; set; }
public string brandLogoUri { get; set; }
public string copyright { get; set; }
public List<ResourceSet> resourceSets { get; set; }
public int statusCode { get; set; }
public string statusDescription { get; set; }
public string traceId { get; set; }
}

Since you already appear to be using DataContractJsonSerializer, let's stick with that. The best way to deserialize json is to first define a model which will capture the relevant data e.g.
public class JsonModel
{
public int StatusCode { get; set; }
public string StatusDescription { get; set; }
public string TraceId { get; set; }
...
}
Next, decorate the model so it's fit for deserialization
[DataContract]
public class JsonModel
{
[DataMember(Name = "statusCode")]
public int StatusCode { get; set; }
[DataMember(Name = "statusDescription")]
public string StatusDescription { get; set; }
[DataMember(Name = "traceId")]
public string TraceId { get; set; }
...
}
Then finally, perform the deserialization
using (var memoryStream = new MemoryStream(Encoding.Unicode.GetBytes(jsonData)))
{
var serializer = new DataContractJsonSerializer(typeof(JsonModel));
var model = (JsonModel) serializer.ReadObject(memoryStream);
Console.WriteLine(model.StatusCode);
}
So how can access these element by name?
The other option for deserialization which would give you the ability to reference the properties by name would be to use a dynamic object e.g.
var model = new JavaScriptSerializer().Deserialize<dynamic>(jsonData);
Console.WriteLine(model["statusCode"]);

Add the classes for all Bing Maps REST Services from the URL below to your project:
JSON Data Contracts
Then, make sure that you add the using directive:
using BingMapsRESTService.Common.JSON;
and read the string as follows (where stream is a stream for your json):
var d = new DataContractJsonSerializer(typeof(Response));
var o = d.ReadObject(stream);