Converting JSON to Object fails - Cannot deserialize the current JSON object into System.Collections.Generic.List

Question

I\'m using the API of www.textlocal.in, which returns a JSON formatted object.

JSON

{  
   \"warnings\":[  
      {  
         \"messag         


        

Answer 1

First of all you have to figure out what your API returns.

Right now you're trying to parse a List of jsonToObj Arrays (List). You have to decide whether to use a jsonToObj[] or List or a simple jsonToObj which your API provides now:

var a = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject(richTextBox1.Text);

But this then throws:

JSON integer 918819437284 is too large or small for an Int32. Path 'messages[0].recipient', line 25, position 33."

So make sure you use a Long for that.

public class messages
{
    public string id { get; set; }
    public long recipient { get; set; }
}

Furthermore you can add inDND to your jsonToObj class if you need the info:

public class jsonToObj
{
  ...
  public string[] inDND { get; set; }
  ...
}