RestSharp Deserialization with JSON Array

Question

I have a JSON response that I\'m trying to deserialize with RestSharp, and it looks like this:

{\"devices\":[{\"device\":{\"id\":7,\"deviceid\":\"abc123\",\"         


        

Answer 1

RestShartp doesn't support DataAnnotation/DataMember, rename your properties with no maj:

• Devices -> devices
• Device -> device

AND don't forget the {get; set;} ;).

Answer 2

RestSharp only operates on properties, it does not deserialize to fields, so make sure to convert your Devices and Device fields to properties.

Also, double check the Content-Type of the response, if the responses is something non-default, RestSharp may not uses the JsonDeserializer at all. See my answer on RestSharp client returns all properties as null when deserializing JSON response

Answer 3

I had a slightly different issue when my deserialization POCO contained an array..

Changing it from Devices[] to List<Devices> resolved the issue and it deserialized correctly.

Answer 4

Something that I ran into is, it does not work if your using interfaces like: IEnumerable or IList, it has to be a concrete type.

This will not work, where as it does for some other json serializers like json.net.

public class DevicesList
{
    public IEnumerable<DeviceContainer> Devices { get; set; }
}

public class DeviceContainer
{
   ...
}

it would have to be something like this:

public class DevicesList
{
    public List<DeviceContainer> Devices { get; set; }
}

public class DeviceContainer
{
   ...
}

Answer 5

My problem was entirely different, I naively thought JsonDeserializer supports JsonProperty attribute, but thats not true. So when trying to deserialize into

public class AvailableUserDatasApi
{
    [JsonProperty("available-user-data")]
    public List<AvailableUserDataApi> AvailableUserDatas { get; set; }
}

it failed.. But changing AvailableUserDatas to AvailableUserData was enough for things to start working.