RestSharp Serialize/Deserialize Naming Conversion

Question

I am attempting to wrap the Plivo API (yes I\'m aware it\'s been done) using RestSharp.

However, I cannot find a method to translate the API Naming conventi

Answer 1

Unfortunately it looks as though JSON property renaming is not implemented out of the box in RestSharp. You have a couple of options:

1. Download Restsharp from https://github.com/restsharp/RestSharp and rebuild it yourself enabling the compiler option SIMPLE_JSON_DATACONTRACT. Then you will be able to rename properties using data contract attributes. For more, see here: RestSharp JsonDeserializer with special characters in identifiers

   I just rebuilt the most recent version of RestSharp (version 105.1.0) with this option enabled. Using the following version of your class:

   [DataContract]
   public class CallRequest
   {
       [DataMember(Name = "from")]
       public string From { get; set; }
   
       [DataMember(Name = "to")]
       public string To { get; set; }
   
       [DataMember(Name = "answer_url")]
       public string AnswerUrl { get; set; }
   }
   

   I was able to generate the following JSON:

       var request = new CallRequest { AnswerUrl = "AnswerUrl", From = "from", To = "to" };
       var json = SimpleJson.SerializeObject(request);
       Debug.WriteLine(json);
       // Prints {"from":"from","to":"to","answer_url":"AnswerUrl"}
   

   I'm not sure how thoroughly tested this option is, however, since it's compiled out by default.

2. Manually serialize and deserialize with a different serializer such as Json.NET that supports property renaming. To do this, see RestSharp - using the Json.net serializer (archived here.)