how to de-serialize JSON data in which Timestamp it-self contains fields?

Question

I am Unable to map the class with the given JSON data:

{
    \"Meta Data\": {
        \"1. Information\": \"Intraday (15min) open, high, low, close prices an         


        

Answer 1

Here's the solution, test included... I generally use this Json Class Jenerator for generating the classes, on occasion you do need to modify the classes it outputs but generally speaking, it's pretty good

void Main()
{
    string test = @"{
    ""Meta Data"": {
        ""1. Information"": ""Intraday (15min) open, high, low, close prices and volume"",
        ""2. Symbol"": ""MSFT"",
        ""3. Last Refreshed"": ""2018-09-28 15:45:00"",
        ""4. Interval"": ""15min"",
        ""5. Output Size"": ""Full size"",
        ""6. Time Zone"": ""US/Eastern""
    },
    ""Time Series (15min)"": {
        ""2018-09-28 15:45:00"": {
            ""1. open"": ""114.2800"",
            ""2. high"": ""114.5600"",
            ""3. low"": ""114.2400"",
            ""4. close"": ""114.4800"",
            ""5. volume"": ""2316251""
        },
        ""2018-09-28 15:30:00"": {
            ""1. open"": ""114.4450"",
            ""2. high"": ""114.4500"",
            ""3. low"": ""114.2600"",
            ""4. close"": ""114.2900"",
            ""5. volume"": ""759991""
        },
        ""2018-09-28 15:15:00"": {
            ""1. open"": ""114.3550"",
            ""2. high"": ""114.5200"",
            ""3. low"": ""114.3100"",
            ""4. close"": ""114.4400"",
            ""5. volume"": ""515174""
        }
    }
}";

    JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<Result>(test).Dump();

}

// Define other methods and classes here
public class MetaData
{
    [JsonProperty("1. Information")]
    public string Information { get; set; }

    [JsonProperty("2. Symbol")]
    public string Symbol { get; set; }

    [JsonProperty("3. Last Refreshed")]
    public string LastRefreshed { get; set; }

    [JsonProperty("4. Interval")]
    public string Interval { get; set; }

    [JsonProperty("5. Output Size")]
    public string OutputSize { get; set; }

    [JsonProperty("6. Time Zone")]
    public string TimeZone { get; set; }
}

public class CandleStick
{

    [JsonProperty("1. open")]
    public string Open { get; set; }

    [JsonProperty("2. high")]
    public string High { get; set; }

    [JsonProperty("3. low")]
    public string Low { get; set; }

    [JsonProperty("4. close")]
    public string Close { get; set; }

    [JsonProperty("5. volume")]
    public string Volume { get; set; }
}


public class Result
{

    [JsonProperty("Meta Data")]
    public MetaData MetaData { get; set; }

    [JsonProperty("Time Series (15min)")]
    public Dictionary<DateTime, CandleStick> TimeSeries15min { get; set; }
}

Answer 2

Using the help of Quicktype and a bit of editing, I created these classes:

public class RootObject
{
    [JsonProperty("Meta Data")]
    public MetaData MetaData { get; set; }

    [JsonProperty("Time Series (15min)")]
    public Dictionary<DateTime, TimeSeriesItem> TimeSeries15Min { get; set; }
}

public class MetaData
{
    [JsonProperty("1. Information")]
    public string The1Information { get; set; }

    [JsonProperty("2. Symbol")]
    public string The2Symbol { get; set; }

    [JsonProperty("3. Last Refreshed")]
    public DateTimeOffset The3LastRefreshed { get; set; }

    [JsonProperty("4. Interval")]
    public string The4Interval { get; set; }

    [JsonProperty("5. Output Size")]
    public string The5OutputSize { get; set; }

    [JsonProperty("6. Time Zone")]
    public string The6TimeZone { get; set; }
}

public class TimeSeriesItem
{
    [JsonProperty("1. open")]
    public string The1Open { get; set; }

    [JsonProperty("2. high")]
    public string The2High { get; set; }

    [JsonProperty("3. low")]
    public string The3Low { get; set; }

    [JsonProperty("4. close")]
    public string The4Close { get; set; }

    [JsonProperty("5. volume")]
    public long The5Volume { get; set; }
}

You can deserialize it like so:

var data = Newtonsoft.Json.JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<RootObject>(json);

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