Store Hardcoded JSON string to variable

Question

I\'m having an issue storing this json string to a variable. It\'s gotta be something stupid I am missing here

private string someJson = @\"{
    \"ErrorMessage         


        

Answer 1

Writing JSON inline with c# in strings is a bit clunky because of the double quotes required by the JSON standard which need escaping in c# as shown in the other answers. One elegant workaround is to use c# dynamic and JObject from JSON.Net.

dynamic message = new JObject();
message.ErrorMessage = "";
message.ErrorDetails = new JObject();
message.ErrorDetails.ErrorId = 111;
message.ErrorDetails.Description = new JObject();
message.ErrorDetails.Description.Short = 0;

Console.WriteLine(message.ToString());

// Ouputs:
// { 
//   "ErrorMessage": "",
//   "ErrorDetails": {
//     "ErrorID": 111,
//     "Description": {
//       "Short": 0
// .....  

See https://www.newtonsoft.com/json/help/html/CreateJsonDynamic.htm.