How can I deserialize JSON to a simple Dictionary in ASP.NET?

Question

I have a simple key/value list in JSON being sent back to ASP.NET via POST. Example:

{ \"key1\": \"value1\", \"key2\": \"value2\"}

Answer 1

For those searching the internet and stumbling upon this post, I wrote a blog post on how to use the JavaScriptSerializer class.

Read more... http://procbits.com/2011/04/21/quick-json-serializationdeserialization-in-c/

Here is an example:

var json = "{\"id\":\"13\", \"value\": true}";
var jss = new JavaScriptSerializer();
var table = jss.Deserialize(json);
Console.WriteLine(table["id"]);
Console.WriteLine(table["value"]);