Deserializing a JSON file with JavaScriptSerializer()

Question

the json file\'s structure which I will deserialize looks like below;

{
    \"id\" : \"1lad07\",
    \"text\" : \"test\",
    \"url\" : \"http:\\/\\/twitpic.         


        

Answer 1

For .Net 4+:

string s = "{ \"user\" : {    \"id\" : 12345,    \"screen_name\" : \"twitpicuser\"}}";

var serializer = new JavaScriptSerializer();
dynamic usr = serializer.DeserializeObject(s);
var UserId = usr["user"]["id"];

For .Net 2/3.5: This code should work on JSON with 1 level

samplejson.aspx

<%@ Page Language="C#" %>
<%@ Import Namespace="System.Globalization" %>
<%@ Import Namespace="System.Web.Script.Serialization" %>
<%@ Import Namespace="System.Collections.Generic" %>
<%
string s = "{ \"id\" : 12345,    \"screen_name\" : \"twitpicuser\"}";
var serializer = new JavaScriptSerializer();
Dictionary result = (serializer.DeserializeObject(s) as Dictionary);
var UserId = result["id"];
 %>
 <%=UserId %>

And for a 2 level JSON:

sample2.aspx

<%@ Page Language="C#" %>
<%@ Import Namespace="System.Globalization" %>
<%@ Import Namespace="System.Web.Script.Serialization" %>
<%@ Import Namespace="System.Collections.Generic" %>
<%
string s = "{ \"user\" : {    \"id\" : 12345,    \"screen_name\" : \"twitpicuser\"}}";
var serializer = new JavaScriptSerializer();
Dictionary result = (serializer.DeserializeObject(s) as Dictionary);
Dictionary usr = (result["user"] as Dictionary);
var UserId = usr["id"];
 %>
 <%= UserId %>