Can I deserialize json to anonymous type in c#?

Question

I read from the DB a long json. I want just one attribute of that json.

I have got two options: a. Create an interface for that json and deserialize to that interface.

Answer 1

Regex must be absolutely out of any discussion. Just forget about it, it's as if it never existed.

Creating and working with strong types is a good thing and probably the way I would go.

But if you want, you could also use dynamic:

class Program
{
    static void Main()
    {
        var json = "{ 'foo': { 'bar': 'bar value', 'baz': [ 1, 2, 3 ] } }";
        var serializer = new JavaScriptSerializer();
        dynamic value = serializer.DeserializeObject(json);
        Console.WriteLine(value["foo"]["baz"][1]);
    }
}

prints 2 on the console.