Read JSON string as key value

Question

I have following json:

{   
    \"serverTime\": \"2013-08-12 02:45:55,558\",
    \"data\": [
        {
            \"key1\": 1,
            \"key2\": {},
                


        

Answer 1

If you want to do this without third party libraries then do:

I would use the following code:

var deserializer = new JavaScriptSerializer();
var someObject = deserializer.DeserializeObject(json);

string serverTime = someObject["serverTime"].ToString();
Dictionary data = someObject["data"] as Dictionary;

Give it a go.

Edit: You may need to change the last line to:

Dictionary data = someObject["data"] as Dictionary;