Parse the JSON Response in C#

Question

I get a json response after making a query to an api.

The JSON is like:

    {
   \"results\": [
      {
         \"alternatives\": [
            {
           


        

Answer 1

You should deserialize this. It's the easiest way to deal with it. Using Json.NET and dynamic that might look like:

dynamic jsonObj = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject(responseFromServer);
foreach (var result in jsonObj.results) {
    foreach (var alternative in result.alternatives) {
        Console.WriteLine(alternative.transcript);
    }
}

But you might want to make explicit classes for it instead. Then you can do:

MyRootObject root = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject(responseFromServer);

And deal with it like any other .NET object.