How to parse a JSON array of objects in C#

Question

{
   \"jsonstring\": [

  {
     \"id\":\"01\",
     \"language\": \"Java\",
     \"edition\": \"third\",
     \"author\": \"Herbert Schildt\"
  },

  {
     \"id\":         


        

Answer 1

In .NET you can use JavaScriptSerializer. First you will need to create a class that has the same structure as the json string.

Example:

{
    "Id":"07",
    "Language": "C++"
}


public class CSharpObject
{
    int Id {get; set;}
    string Language {get; set;}
}


string json = HttpUtility.HtmlDecode(jsonString);
JavaScriptSerializer json_serializer = new JavaScriptSerializer();
CSharpObject csharpObject = (CSharpObject)json_serializer.Deserialize<CSharpObject>(json);

Answer 2

Use NewtonSoft.NET:

var obj = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject(json);

Maybe make a corresponding class for using generics too:

public class ClassName {
    public string id { get; set; }
    public string language { get; set; }
    public string edition { get; set; }
    public string author { get; set; }
}

then you can do:

List<ClassName> list = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<List<ClassName>>(json);