In C# how can I deserialize this json when one field might be a string or an array of strings?

Question

I have an asp.net-mvc website and i am reading in Json string from a Database. Here is the following json in a DB. It could look like this:

{\"description\"         


        

Answer 1

Try to deserialize contacts into a string array instead of a plain string:

string[] contacts = serializer.Deserialize(theAboveJsonString).contacts;

if the JSON variable is holding a plain string, use:

string[] contacts = serializer.Deserialize(theAboveJsonString).contacts.Split(',');