JSON Question
c# dynamic json objects with dynamic names question
Before I get flagged for duplicate, I have the code from Dynamic json object with numerical keys working quite well now. The question with my numeric keys is that unfortunately, the JSON string I am getting is initially delimited by year, so would I use reflection to attempt to create a dynamic property on a dynamic object, and if so how? I know with a dynamic object I can't have obj["2010"] or obj[0]. In JavaScript this is no problem, just trying to get it working in C#. Ideas?
Example of JSON being returned:
{
"2010": [
{
"type": "vacation",
"alloc": "90.00"
},
Alternatively, sometimes the year is the second element as such:
I have no control over this json.
{
"year": [],
"2010": [
{
"type": "vacation",
"alloc": "0.00"
},
Answer
Maybe I'm misunderstanding your question, but here's how I'd do it:
static void Main(string[] args) {
var json = @"
{
'2010': [
{
'type': 'vacation',
'alloc': '90.00'
},
{
'type': 'something',
'alloc': '80.00'
}
]}";
var jss = new JavaScriptSerializer();
var obj = jss.Deserialize<dynamic>(json);
Console.WriteLine(obj["2010"][0]["type"]);
Console.Read();
}
Does this help?
I wrote a blog post on serializing/deserializing JSON with .NET: Quick JSON Serialization/Deserialization in C#
Source (Stackoverflow)