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JSON DeserializeObject to Model without Key Name

I currently have JSON coming in as follows:
{"36879":[{"min_qty":1,"discount_type":"%","csp_price":10}],"57950":[{"min_qty":1,"discount_type":"flat","csp_price":650}]}
This contains a list of the following records
ProductId
MinQty
DiscountType
Price
I need to deserialize this into the following model:
public class CustomerSpecificPricing
{
string productId { get; set; }
public virtual List<CustomerSpecificPricingDetail> CustomerSpecificPricingDetails { get; set; }
}
public class CustomerSpecificPricingDetail
{
public string min_qty { get; set; }
public string discount_type { get; set; }
public string csp_price { get; set; }
}
The problem is that the "productId" of each record is missing the key name.
If I run my JSON through J2C, I get the following:
public class 36879 {
public int min_qty { get; set; }
public string discount_type { get; set; }
public int csp_price { get; set; }
}
public class 57950 {
public int min_qty { get; set; }
public string discount_type { get; set; }
public int csp_price { get; set; }
}
public class Root {
public List<_36879> _36879 { get; set; }
public List<_57950> _57950 { get; set; }
}
Which is obviously incorrect.
How would I deserialize my object correctly?

You would need to deserialize it into a dictionary first and then map it into the format you require after. Something like this should work:
var dict = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<Dictionary<string, IEnumerable<CustomerSpecificPricingDetail>>>();
var result = dict.Select(kvp => new CustomerSpecificPricing { ProductId = Int32.Parse(kvp.Key), CustomerSpecificPricingDetails = kvp.Value });
Id also recommend you follow the conventional standards of naming. In this case properties in classes should be PascalCase,
e.g. your classes now become:
public class CustomerSpecificPricing
{
[JsonProperty("productId ")]
public string ProductId { get; set; }
public virtual List<CustomerSpecificPricingDetail> CustomerSpecificPricingDetails { get; set; }
}
and
public class CustomerSpecificPricingDetail
{
[JsonProperty("min_qty")]
public string MinQty { get; set; }
[JsonProperty("discount_type ")]
public string DiscountType { get; set; }
[JsonProperty("csp_price ")]
public string CspPrice { get; set; }
}

Deserialize shodan data

I'm having problems deserializing the data I'm getting from Shodan. Below are the classes I got from json2csharp and I'm trying to create an array of the matches and loop through them. It seems like I have tried with everything except a working array by now. The data itself is matches as root with objects of them that contain location (with its own data etc). An except below that I cut out a bit.
This is my error:
Cannot deserialize the current JSON object (e.g. {"name":"value"}) into type 'Shodan.Match[]' because the type requ
ires a JSON array (e.g. [1,2,3]) to deserialize correctly.
var data = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<Match[]>(allData);
{"matches": [{"product": "product", "hash": 0, "ip": 123123, "isp": "Verizon Internet Services"}], "total": 1}
public class Location
{
public string city { get; set; }
public string region_code { get; set; }
public object area_code { get; set; }
public double longitude { get; set; }
public string country_code3 { get; set; }
public double latitude { get; set; }
public string postal_code { get; set; }
public object dma_code { get; set; }
public string country_code { get; set; }
public string country_name { get; set; }
}
public class Options
{
}
public class Shodan
{
public string crawler { get; set; }
public string id { get; set; }
public string module { get; set; }
public Options options { get; set; }
}
public class Match
{
public int hash { get; set; }
public int ip { get; set; }
public string isp { get; set; }
public string transport { get; set; }
public string data { get; set; }
public string asn { get; set; }
public int port { get; set; }
public List<string> hostnames { get; set; }
public Location location { get; set; }
public DateTime timestamp { get; set; }
public List<string> domains { get; set; }
public string org { get; set; }
public object os { get; set; }
public Shodan _shodan { get; set; }
public string ip_str { get; set; }
public string product { get; set; }
}
public class RootObject
{
public List<Match> matches { get; set; }
public int total { get; set; }
}

You could create another class like
var allData =
{"matches": [{"product": "product", "hash": 0, "ip": 123123, "isp": "Verizon Internet Services"}], "total": 1}
public class MyMatches {
public Match[] matches {get; set;}
}
and then use that in the deserializer.
var data = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<MyMatches>(allData);
This is if the JSON code sample you gave us is correct.
CORRECTION
Just saw the RootObject class.
Just use that.

C# Getting individual data from JSON text downloaded from a site

I've been searching around for a long while for this, I haven't found any solutions to my issue which is:
I've been trying get a json data individually from a whole source seen here:
{"TargetId":0,"ProductType":null,"AssetId":1239281845,"ProductId":0,"Name":"❤️🍀𝐒𝐀𝐋𝐄❗️🍀❤️ Red&Black Flannel + Backpack","Description":"Shirt Image","AssetTypeId":1,"Creator":{"Id":124026176,"Name":"TheDestroyerPeter","CreatorType":"User","CreatorTargetId":124026176},"IconImageAssetId":0,"Created":"2017-12-12T19:48:24.693Z","Updated":"2017-12-12T19:48:24.693Z","PriceInRobux":null,"PriceInTickets":null,"Sales":0,"IsNew":false,"IsForSale":false,"IsPublicDomain":false,"IsLimited":false,"IsLimitedUnique":false,"Remaining":null,"MinimumMembershipLevel":0,"ContentRatingTypeId":0}
now what I've been trying to do with it is get the Product Name using C# and the product name is "❤️🍀𝐒𝐀𝐋𝐄❗️🍀❤️ Red&Black Flannel + Backpack", my issue is that I haven't found a way to extract the data, and when I have I haven't been able to get the right data, because instead if gives me "TheDestroyerPeter"
I've written up code, and deleted it, it was really sloppy and it would take awhile to rewrite, I appreciate any solutions
-whoever I am

You can use JavaScriptSerializer class, which is part of the System.Web.Script namespace.
For example :
var jsonString = #"{""name"":""John Doe"",""age"":20}";
var JSONObj = new JavaScriptSerializer().Deserialize<Dictionary<string, string>>(jsonString );
and then JSONObj["name"]; gives you "John Doe"
in this case you can use it :
public class Creator
{
public int Id { get; set; }
public string Name { get; set; }
public string CreatorType { get; set; }
public int CreatorTargetId { get; set; }
}
public class RootObject
{
public int TargetId { get; set; }
public object ProductType { get; set; }
public int AssetId { get; set; }
public int ProductId { get; set; }
public string Name { get; set; }
public string Description { get; set; }
public int AssetTypeId { get; set; }
public Creator Creator { get; set; }
public int IconImageAssetId { get; set; }
public DateTime Created { get; set; }
public DateTime Updated { get; set; }
public object PriceInRobux { get; set; }
public object PriceInTickets { get; set; }
public int Sales { get; set; }
public bool IsNew { get; set; }
public bool IsForSale { get; set; }
public bool IsPublicDomain { get; set; }
public bool IsLimited { get; set; }
public bool IsLimitedUnique { get; set; }
public object Remaining { get; set; }
public int MinimumMembershipLevel { get; set; }
public int ContentRatingTypeId { get; set; }
}
use Newtonsoft.Json
var jsonString = #"{""TargetId"":0,""ProductType"":null,""AssetId"":1239281845,""ProductId"":0,""Name"":""❤️🍀𝐒𝐀𝐋𝐄❗️🍀❤️ Red&Black Flannel + Backpack"",""Description"":""Shirt Image"",""AssetTypeId"":1,""Creator"":{""Id"":124026176,""Name"":""TheDestroyerPeter"",""CreatorType"":""User"",""CreatorTargetId"":124026176},""IconImageAssetId"":0,""Created"":""2017-12-12T19:48:24.693Z"",""Updated"":""2017-12-12T19:48:24.693Z"",""PriceInRobux"":null,""PriceInTickets"":null,""Sales"":0,""IsNew"":false,""IsForSale"":false,""IsPublicDomain"":false,""IsLimited"":false,""IsLimitedUnique"":false,""Remaining"":null,""MinimumMembershipLevel"":0,""ContentRatingTypeId"":0}";
var obj = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<RootObject>(jsonString);
Console.WriteLine(obj.Creator.Name); //"TheDestroyerPeter"

Noob C# Class Declaration Issue

So I created a class using json2csharp
public class ResponseType
{
public class Query
{
public string q { get; set; }
public object sku { get; set; }
public int limit { get; set; }
public object reference { get; set; }
public object mpn_or_sku { get; set; }
public string mpn { get; set; }
public object brand { get; set; }
public string __class__ { get; set; }
public int start { get; set; }
public object seller { get; set; }
}
public class Request
{
public bool exact_only { get; set; }
public string __class__ { get; set; }
public List<Query> queries { get; set; }
}
public class Seller
{
public string display_flag { get; set; }
public bool has_ecommerce { get; set; }
public string name { get; set; }
public string __class__ { get; set; }
public string homepage_url { get; set; }
public string id { get; set; }
public string uid { get; set; }
}
public class Prices
{
public List<List<object>> USD { get; set; }
public List<List<object>> JPY { get; set; }
public List<List<object>> CNY { get; set; }
}
public class Offer
{
public string sku { get; set; }
public string packaging { get; set; }
public string on_order_eta { get; set; }
public string last_updated { get; set; }
public int? order_multiple { get; set; }
public int in_stock_quantity { get; set; }
public string eligible_region { get; set; }
public int? moq { get; set; }
public int? on_order_quantity { get; set; }
public object octopart_rfq_url { get; set; }
public string __class__ { get; set; }
public Seller seller { get; set; }
public string product_url { get; set; }
public object factory_order_multiple { get; set; }
public string _naive_id { get; set; }
public int? factory_lead_days { get; set; }
public Prices prices { get; set; }
public bool is_authorized { get; set; }
public bool is_realtime { get; set; }
}
public class Brand
{
public string homepage_url { get; set; }
public string __class__ { get; set; }
public string name { get; set; }
public string uid { get; set; }
}
public class Manufacturer
{
public string homepage_url { get; set; }
public string __class__ { get; set; }
public string name { get; set; }
public string uid { get; set; }
}
public class Item
{
public List<Offer> offers { get; set; }
public string uid { get; set; }
public string mpn { get; set; }
public List<object> redirected_uids { get; set; }
public Brand brand { get; set; }
public string octopart_url { get; set; }
public string __class__ { get; set; }
public Manufacturer manufacturer { get; set; }
}
public class Result
{
public List<Item> items { get; set; }
public int hits { get; set; }
public string __class__ { get; set; }
public object reference { get; set; }
public object error { get; set; }
}
public class RootObject
{
public int msec { get; set; }
public Request request { get; set; }
public string __class__ { get; set; }
public List<Result> results { get; set; }
}
}
The problem is at design-time, when I declare a variable with the type of my class:
ResponseType Response = new ResponseType();
Intellisense does not allow me to access the subclasses RootObject.results list. It only shows Equals, GetHashCode, GetType and ToString. I am assuming I did something wrong in my class declaration.
Thank you in advance!
Edit -- I am fairly new to C Sharp. I am trying to parse a response from a REST API. I took the JSON provided by the Rest API and converted it using json2csharp into a class. My intent was to do something like this
Within a function return:
public ResponseType ExecuteSearch(String PartNumber)
{
~ ALL CODE FOR GENERATING req
// Perform the search and obtain results
var data = client.Execute(req).Content;
JSON = data;
return JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<ResponseType>(data);
}
Then being able to access the response as an object outside of the function
Edit 2:
I figured out what I did. Instead of nesting everything within the ResponseType I should have simply renamed RootObject to ResponseType.

Intellisense does not allow me to access the subclasses RootObject.results list
it is because the property results is not static and you try to acces it this way. A static property is accessed via ClassName.PropertyName. For more information on static variables check the link.
It only shows Equals, GetHashCode, GetType and ToString
This is the basic set of methods that every object in C# inherits from the class object. This is why you can see it.
Intellisense will allow you to do this:
ResponseType.RootObject ro = new ResponseType.RootObject();
ro.results.First();
because you will need an Instance of that class to acces the property results.
I am assuming I did something wrong in my class declaration.
It depends. Basically if the compiler does not complain then you declared your classes as supposed to be. But the declaration of the properties commands you to access them in a specific way. So if you still want to access results with RootObject.results you need to make it static:
public class RootObject
{
public static List<Result> results { get; set; }
}
But note that this list will exist only once! and is not individual to each instance of RootObject! Since you have embedded classes you need to call it like this:
ResponseType.RootObject.results.WhatEver();
EDIT
I guess you would like to get the Object of type RootObject inside the Object of type ResponseType. If I am right then it is not necessary to declare the classes inside ResponseType but you have to declare variables of each type inside it like:
public class ResponseType
{
public RootObject MyRootObject{ get; set; }
}
public class RootObject
{
public int msec { get; set; }
public Request request { get; set; }
public string __class__ { get; set; }
public List<Result> results { get; set; }
}
Now you will be able to access the results variable inside the ResponseType object:
ResponseType rt = new ResponseType();
rt.MyRootObject.results.WhatEver();
For more information on how to deserialize JSON to classes please read the Deserialize JSON to C# Classes post

1) Object with ResponseType class isn't contain any fields(event static one).
2) You declare ResponseType object, but results is field of RootObject object.
So if you want to work with results you should do something like this:
ResponseType.RootObject rootObject = new ResponseType.RootObject();
rootObject.results.DoWork();

Below is what I think you are trying to do. I would only use it in this form if this is some kind of Data Transfer Object (DTO) because otherwise it is pretty bad practice for a class that would be used in code (mostly because of the public getters and setters on all of the fields and the field names matching the class name), but it does show your main mistake and that is that classes need to be defined outside of your main class and if you need that type of class in your top level class you need to define a public field to access it.
public class ResponseType
{
public Query Query { get; set; }
public Request Request { get; set; }
public Seller Seller { get; set; }
public Prices Prices { get; set; }
public Offer Offer { get; set; }
public Brand Brand { get; set; }
public Manufacturer Manufacturer { get; set; }
public Item Item { get; set; }
public Result Result { get; set; }
public RootObject RootObject { get; set; }
}
public class Query
{
public string q { get; set; }
public object sku { get; set; }
public int limit { get; set; }
public object reference { get; set; }
public object mpn_or_sku { get; set; }
public string mpn { get; set; }
public object brand { get; set; }
public string __class__ { get; set; }
public int start { get; set; }
public object seller { get; set; }
}
public class Request
{
public bool exact_only { get; set; }
public string __class__ { get; set; }
public List<Query> queries { get; set; }
}
public class Seller
{
public string display_flag { get; set; }
public bool has_ecommerce { get; set; }
public string name { get; set; }
public string __class__ { get; set; }
public string homepage_url { get; set; }
public string id { get; set; }
public string uid { get; set; }
}
public class Prices
{
public List<List<object>> USD { get; set; }
public List<List<object>> JPY { get; set; }
public List<List<object>> CNY { get; set; }
}
public class Offer
{
public string sku { get; set; }
public string packaging { get; set; }
public string on_order_eta { get; set; }
public string last_updated { get; set; }
public int? order_multiple { get; set; }
public int in_stock_quantity { get; set; }
public string eligible_region { get; set; }
public int? moq { get; set; }
public int? on_order_quantity { get; set; }
public object octopart_rfq_url { get; set; }
public string __class__ { get; set; }
public Seller seller { get; set; }
public string product_url { get; set; }
public object factory_order_multiple { get; set; }
public string _naive_id { get; set; }
public int? factory_lead_days { get; set; }
public Prices prices { get; set; }
public bool is_authorized { get; set; }
public bool is_realtime { get; set; }
}
public class Brand
{
public string homepage_url { get; set; }
public string __class__ { get; set; }
public string name { get; set; }
public string uid { get; set; }
}
public class Manufacturer
{
public string homepage_url { get; set; }
public string __class__ { get; set; }
public string name { get; set; }
public string uid { get; set; }
}
public class Item
{
public List<Offer> offers { get; set; }
public string uid { get; set; }
public string mpn { get; set; }
public List<object> redirected_uids { get; set; }
public Brand brand { get; set; }
public string octopart_url { get; set; }
public string __class__ { get; set; }
public Manufacturer manufacturer { get; set; }
}
public class Result
{
public List<Item> items { get; set; }
public int hits { get; set; }
public string __class__ { get; set; }
public object reference { get; set; }
public object error { get; set; }
}
public class RootObject
{
public int msec { get; set; }
public Request request { get; set; }
public string __class__ { get; set; }
public List<Result> results { get; set; }
}

deserializing an object with a generic list

I am trying to deserialize an object, the type is populated but I am getting null for the List<Sport>. Any ideas?
My classes:
class Sports
{
public MsgTypes type { get; set; }
public List<Sport> Sport { get; set; }
}
class Sport
{
public int Id { get; set; }
public int Import_id { get; set; }
public string Name { get; set; }
public int Active { get; set; }
public int Order { get; set; }
public int Min_bet { get; set; }
public int Max_bet { get; set; }
public int Updated { get; set; }
public string Feed_type { get; set; }
public string Locale { get; set; }
}
The command for deserialization:
Sports _sports = (Sports) JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<Sports>(jsonObj);
This is my JSON object:
"{\"code\":0,\"type\":4,\"Sports\":[{\"Sport\":{\"id\":\"1\",\"import_id\":\"1\",\"name\":\"Soccer\",\"active\":true,\"order\":\"1\",\"min_bet\":\"0\",\"max_bet\":\"0\",\"updated\":\"1403194889\",\"feed_type\":\"Betradar\",\"locale\":\"en_us\"}},{\"Sport\":{\"id\":\"2\",\"import_id\":\"5\",\"name\":\"Tennis\",\"active\":true,\"order\":\"3\",\"min_bet\":\"0\",\"max_bet\":\"0\",\"updated\":\"1403194771\",\"feed_type\":\"Betradar\",\"locale\":\"en_us\"}},{\"Sport\":{\"id\":\"3\",\"import_id\":\"6\",\"name\":\"Handball\",\"active\":true,\"order\":\"6\",\"min_bet\":\"0\",\"max_bet\":\"0\",\"updated\":\"1403152901\",\"feed_type\":\"Betradar\",\"locale\":\"en_us\"}},{\"Sport\":{\"id\":\"4\",\"import_id\":\"4\",\"name\":\"Ice Hockey\",\"active\":true,\"order\":\"4\",\"min_bet\":\"0\",\"max_bet\":\"0\",\"updated\":\"1403080245\",\"feed_type\":\"Betradar\",\"locale\":\"en_us\"}},{\"Sport\":{\"id\":\"7\",\"import_id\":\"2\",\"name\":\"Basketball\",\"active\":true,\"order\":\"2\",\"min_bet\":\"0\",\"max_bet\":\"0\",\"updated\":\"1403194830\",\"feed_type\":\"Betradar\",\"locale\":\"en_us\"}},{\"Sport\":{\"id\":\"8\",\"import_id\":\"23\",\"name\":\"Volleyball\",\"active\":true,\"order\":\"5\",\"min_bet\":\"0\",\"max_bet\":\"0\",\"updated\":\"1403194591\",\"feed_type\":\"Betradar\",\"locale\":\"en_us\"}},{\"Sport\":{\"id\":\"9\",\"import_id\":\"12\",\"name\":\"Rugby\",\"active\":true,\"order\":\"7\",\"min_bet\":\"0\",\"max_bet\":\"0\",\"updated\":\"1403194710\",\"feed_type\":\"Betradar\",\"locale\":\"en_us\"}},{\"Sport\":{\"id\":\"12\",\"import_id\":\"11\",\"name\":\"Motorsport\",\"active\":true,\"order\":\"12\",\"min_bet\":\"0\",\"max_bet\":\"0\",\"updated\":\"1403065699\",\"feed_type\":\"Betradar\",\"locale\":\"en_us\"}},{\"Sport\":{\"id\":\"13\",\"import_id\":\"3\",\"name\":\"Baseball\",\"active\":true,\"order\":\"13\",\"min_bet\":\"0\",\"max_bet\":\"0\",\"updated\":\"1403194834\",\"feed_type\":\"Betradar\",\"locale\":\"en_us\"}},{\"Sport\":{\"id\":\"14\",\"import_id\":\"16\",\"name\":\"American Football\",\"active\":true,\"order\":\"14\",\"min_bet\":\"0\",\"max_bet\":\"0\",\"updated\":\"1403143326\",\"feed_type\":\"Betradar\",\"locale\":\"en_us\"}},{\"Sport\":{\"id\":\"16\",\"import_id\":\"34\",\"name\":\"Beach Volley\",\"active\":true,\"order\":\"16\",\"min_bet\":\"0\",\"max_bet\":\"0\",\"updated\":\"1403194417\",\"feed_type\":\"Betradar\",\"locale\":\"en_us\"}}]}"

You need one more level of nesting and different class names. You should be able to deserialize to such structure:
class SportsParent
{
//Code for MsgTypes was not provided so it is commented out
public List<SportGroup> Sports { get; set; }
}
class SportGroup
{
public SportItem Sport { get; set; }
}
class SportItem
{
public int Id { get; set; }
public int Import_id { get; set; }
public string Name { get; set; }
public bool Active { get; set; } //need to be converted to bool instead of int
public int Order { get; set; }
public int Min_bet { get; set; }
public int Max_bet { get; set; }
public int Updated { get; set; }
public string Feed_type { get; set; }
public string Locale { get; set; }
}
You can deserialize using such code:
SportsParent _sports = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<SportsParent>(jsonObj);