How to compare two Json objects using C#

Question

I have two Json objects as below need to be compared. I am using Newtonsoft libraries for Json parsing.

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Answer 1

In case you are looking for a light weight library to compares two JSON objects (or practically any serializable entities) You may use the following package, it (currently) uses Newtonsoft.Json JObjects and highlights the differences based on a simple convention (* modified, - removed, + added from/ to the second operand) as shown below.

JSON 1

{
  "name":"John",
  "age":30,
  "cars": {
    "car1":"Ford",
    "car2":"BMW",
    "car3":"Fiat"
  }
 }

JSON 2

{
  "name":"John",
  "cars": {
    "car1":"Ford",
    "car2":"BMW",
    "car3":"Audi",
    "car4":"Jaguar"
  }
 }

Usage

 var j1 = JToken.Parse(Read(json1));
 var j2 = JToken.Parse(Read(json2));

 var diff = JsonDifferentiator.Differentiate(j1,j2);

Result

{
  "-age": 30,
  "*cars": {
    "*car3": "Fiat",
    "+car4": "Jaguar"
  }
}

https://www.nuget.org/packages/JsonDiffer