How can I deserialize this JSON with JsonConvert?

Question

I have this JSON and I cannot figure out how to convert it to a List of objects in C#.

Here is the JSON:

{
  \"2\": {
    \"sell_average\": 239,
            


        

Answer 1

You can use

var dict = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<Dictionary<int, ItemSummary>>(json);
var items = dict.Values.ToList();  //if you want a List<ItemSummary>;

Answer 2

public class ItemSummaryModel
{
    [JsonProperty(PropertyName = "2")]
    public ItemSummary Two { get; set; }
    [JsonProperty(PropertyName = "6")]
    public ItemSummary Six { get; set; }
    [JsonProperty(PropertyName = "8")]
    public ItemSummary Eight { get; set; }
}

var result = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<ItemSummaryModel>(json);

This will technically work to get you a complex object, but I don't much like it. Having numbers for property names is going to be an issue. This being json for a single complex object will also be tricky. If it were instead a list, you could begin writing your own ContractResolver to handle mapping the number property name to an id field and the actual object to whatever property you wanted.