convert complex json to c# class

Question

I have been trying to deserialize the following json data into classes for 2 days using the help from similar questions on this and other sites, and might possibly be going

Answer 1

Use a json to C# generator like JSON C# Class Generator.

You can replace the arrays with Lists and drop the JsonProperty attributes if you rename the properties and make them match the json's name.

Here's the output:

internal class Test
{
    [JsonProperty("metadata")]
    public Metadata Metadata { get; set; }

    [JsonProperty("columns")]
    public Column[] Columns { get; set; }

    [JsonProperty("rows")]
    public Row[] Rows { get; set; }
}

internal class Metadata
{    
    [JsonProperty("columnGrouping")]
    public string[] ColumnGrouping { get; set; }

    [JsonProperty("rowGrouping")]
    public object[] RowGrouping { get; set; }
}

internal class Area
{   
    [JsonProperty("identifier")]
    public string Identifier { get; set; }

    [JsonProperty("label")]
    public string Label { get; set; }

    [JsonProperty("altLabel")]
    public string AltLabel { get; set; }

    [JsonProperty("isSummary")]
    public bool IsSummary { get; set; }
}

internal class MetricType
{   
    [JsonProperty("identifier")]
    public string Identifier { get; set; }

    [JsonProperty("label")]
    public string Label { get; set; }

    [JsonProperty("altLabel")]
    public string AltLabel { get; set; }

    [JsonProperty("isSummary")]
    public bool IsSummary { get; set; }
}

internal class Period
{   
    [JsonProperty("identifier")]
    public string Identifier { get; set; }

    [JsonProperty("label")]
    public string Label { get; set; }

    [JsonProperty("altLabel")]
    public string AltLabel { get; set; }

    [JsonProperty("isSummary")]
    public bool IsSummary { get; set; }
}

internal class ValueType
{   
    [JsonProperty("identifier")]
    public string Identifier { get; set; }

    [JsonProperty("label")]
    public string Label { get; set; }

    [JsonProperty("isSummary")]
    public bool IsSummary { get; set; }
}

internal class Column
{  
    [JsonProperty("area")]
    public Area Area { get; set; }

    [JsonProperty("metricType")]
    public MetricType MetricType { get; set; }

    [JsonProperty("period")]
    public Period Period { get; set; }

    [JsonProperty("valueType")]
    public ValueType ValueType { get; set; }
}

internal class Value
{ 
    [JsonProperty("source")]
    public double Source { get; set; }

    [JsonProperty("value")]
    public double Value { get; set; }

    [JsonProperty("formatted")]
    public string Formatted { get; set; }

    [JsonProperty("format")]
    public string Format { get; set; }

    [JsonProperty("publicationStatus")]
    public string PublicationStatus { get; set; }
}

internal class Row
{ 
    [JsonProperty("values")]
    public Value[] Values { get; set; }
}