Deserialize Dynamic Json string using Newtonsoft JSON.NET

Question

I have a JSON string that I\'m getting from Facebook API, in which I have a node whose name changes according to its content, for example some time it is 45, or 58 etc. It c

Answer 1

You can deserialize your JSON into an ExpandoObject:

var converter = new ExpandoObjectConverter();
dynamic obj = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<ExpandoObject>(json, converter);

Which dynamically adds members to your object at runtime, and allows you to iterate over them as described in this answer:

foreach (var prop in obj.GetType().GetProperties(BindingFlags.Instance | BindingFlags.Public))
{
   Console.WriteLine("Name: {0}, Value: {1}",prop.Name, prop.GetValue(obj,null));
}

That way you can iterate over obj.message_tags to get the individual messages, and obtain all their details respectively.