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Formatted Json Deserialize throws Exception

I was experiencing some to deserilize a json file until I realized the reason was that the file was formatted, prettified, beautified etc.
Using Newtonsoft.Json library and calling
JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<myObject>(mystring);
throws a JsonSerializationException:
{"Unexpected end when reading JSON. Path '', line 1, position 1."}
Then, when I repeated the operation, but with a minified, compacted, etc version of the same file it worked.
Is there a way to use this libray and deserialize data in both scenarios?
Thank you!

Your json is Valid, your model should be like this
public class Step
{
public int StepID { get; set; }
public string Description { get; set; }
public List<int> ShutMoves { get; set; }
public List<int> FeatIDs { get; set; }
public List<int> ExpSettings { get; set; }
}
public class Part
{
public int PartID { get; set; }
public string Description { get; set; }
public bool Moving { get; set; }
public List<int> FeatIDs { get; set; }
}
public class Feat
{
public int FeatID { get; set; }
public int CamID { get; set; }
public int CamFeatID { get; set; }
public int PartID { get; set; }
}
public class RootObject
{
public List<Step> Steps { get; set; }
public List<Part> Parts { get; set; }
public List<Feat> Feats { get; set; }
}

Small Example -
public void JsonDeserializeTesting() {
var testingModal = new TestingModal{Id = 1,Name = "Eminem",};
var serializeObject = JsonConvert.SerializeObject(testingModal);
var deserializeObject = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<TestingModal>
(serializeObject);
Console.WriteLine($"{deserializeObject}");
}
public class TestingModal{
public long Id { get; set; }
public string Name { get; set; }
}
I hope this will give you abstract view of how to use Deserialize.

This was a mistake from my side. The string I was deserializing was obtained by using ReaLine(). So my code was parsing only the first line of the file.
ReadToEnd() from the stream or even File.ReadAllText fixes the issue.
Thank you for the help.

Deserialise a Kraken JSON in C#

I used to be loading data from Cryptocompare's API.
This post got me what I wanted for Cryptocompare.
Parsing Cryptocompare API Json data in C#
However, I notice that this API is not bulletproof, it's not always returning an answer. So I want to use Kraken itself.
Now I am trying to deserialise the new JSON but this is not straightforward as Cryptocompare's JSON.
Here is an example JSON:
https://api.kraken.com/0/public/OHLC?pair=ETHUSD&interval=30
{"error":[],"result":{"XETHZUSD":[[1519236000,"825.94","846.00","825.94","845.00","835.62","858.29381033",708],[1519237800,"846.00","848.84","835.55","836.00","844.31","647.42747317",731],[1519239600,"836.00","841.09","830.76","834.89","835.13","1051.44905097",609],[1520530200,"706.24","710.43","701.90","704.59","707.70","1763.41692283",459]],"last":1520528400}}
I have not been able to deserialise this JSON.
Solved!!!
final solution:
var Results_Exchange_Kraken = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<DataRoot_Kraken>(Content_Exchange_Kraken);
var price_data_kraken = Results_Exchange_Kraken.result.XETHZUSD;
public class Kraken_Result
{
public List<List<object>> XETHZUSD { get; set; }
public int last { get; set; }
}
public class DataRoot_Kraken
{
public List<object> error { get; set; }
public Kraken_Result result { get; set; }
}
Thank you! I'll bookmark the URL.

Use this Model to de-serialise your data
public class Result
{
public List<List<object>> XETHZUSD { get; set; }
public int last { get; set; }
}
public class RootObject
{
public List<object> error { get; set; }
public Result result { get; set; }
}
Model Generated by Model Generator
Then use NewtonSoft for c# to de-serialise your data
E.g.
RootObject tmp = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<RootObject>("JSON String here");
final solution:
var Results_Exchange_Kraken = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<DataRoot_Kraken>(Content_Exchange_Kraken);
var price_data_kraken = Results_Exchange_Kraken.result.XETHZUSD;
public class Kraken_Result
{
public List<List<object>> XETHZUSD { get; set; }
public int last { get; set; }
}
public class DataRoot_Kraken
{
public List<object> error { get; set; }
public Kraken_Result result { 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.

Unable to deserialize JSON in c#

I am getting the below JSON in response from a REST API.
{
"data":{
"id":123,
"zoneid":"mydomain.com",
"parent_id":null,
"name":"jaz",
"content":"172.1 6.15.235",
"ttl":60,
"priority":null,
"type":"A",
"regions":[
"global"
],
"system_record":false,
"created_at":"2017-09-28T12:12:17Z",
"updated_at":"2017-09-28T12:12:17Z"
}
}
and trying to resolve using below code but that doesn't result in a correctly deserialized type.
var model = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<ResponseModel>(response);
below is a class according the field I received in JSON response.
public class ResponseModel
{
public int id { get; set; }
public string zone_id { get; set; }
public int parent_id { get; set; }
public string name { get; set; }
public string content { get; set; }
public int ttl { get; set; }
public int priority { get; set; }
public string type { get; set; }
public string[] regions { get; set; }
public bool system_record { get; set; }
public DateTime created_at { get; set; }
public DateTime updated_at { get; set; }
}
What is missing?

You're missing a wrapper class.
public class Wrapper
{
public ResponseModel data {get;set}
}
and then do:
var model = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<Wrapper>(response).data;
to get the instance of your ResponseModel out the data property.
You can deduct this from your json:
{ "data":
{ "id":123, /*rest omitted */ }
}
The type that will receive this JSON needs to have a property named data. The suggested Wrapper class acts as that type.

According to json2csharp website, your model seems to be incorrect. Try this one :
public class ResponseModel
{
public int id { get; set; }
public string zoneid { get; set; }
public object parent_id { get; set; }
public string name { get; set; }
public string content { get; set; }
public int ttl { get; set; }
public object priority { get; set; }
public string type { get; set; }
public List<string> regions { get; set; }
public bool system_record { get; set; }
public DateTime created_at { get; set; }
public DateTime updated_at { get; set; }
}
public class RootObject
{
public ResponseModel data { get; set; }
}

Here a cool trick you can do in Visual Studio 2015-2017 where it generates the the correct class if you just copy the JSON (ctrl + c).
You need to create a new class in visual studio and once inside the class go to Edit menu -> Paste special -> paste JSON As Classes.
Steps to generate json class
This will generate the C# object for that json for you and save you all the hassle :)

Your model does not match your response - it matches the data property. Simply wrap another object round it
public class ResponseData
{
public ResponseModel Data {get; set; {
}
and then
var model = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<ResponseData>(response);

Deserializing list objects, properties returning as null

I'm trying to POST data to an API which should accept a List<UpdatePointHistory>. The size of the list is correct but the properties of the objects are blank.
public class UpdatePointHistory
{
string Tree { get; set; }
string FruitCount { get; set; }
string Observations { get; set; }
int PrivateId { get; set; }
}
public void Post([FromBody]List<UpdatePointHistory> updates)
{
//Do some sort of auth for god sake
Console.WriteLine("test");
}
The data I'm posting:
And the object returning from the API:

All your properties are private. They need to be public so the model binder knows what to populate and has access to them.
public class UpdatePointHistory
{
public string Tree { get; set; }
public string FruitCount { get; set; }
public string Observations { get; set; }
public int PrivateId { get; set; }
}