Deserializing JSON into string array

Question

I just started dabbling with C#, and I\'ve been banging my head over JSON deserialization for a while now. I\'m using Newtonsoft.Json library. I\'m expecting just a json res

Answer 1

I implement this and hope this is helpful all.

 var jsonResponse = 
  [{"Id":2,"Name":"Watch"},{"Id":3,"Name":"TV"},{"Id":4,"Name":""}]

 var items = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<List<MyClass>>(jsonResponse);

where MyClass is the entity

 public class MyClass
            {
                public int Id { get; set; }
                public string Name { get; set; }
            }

Answer 2

You have an array of objects not strings. Create a class that maps the properties and deserialize into that,

public class MyClass {
    public string id { get; set; }
    public string content { get; set; }
    public string ups { get; set; }
    public string downs { get; set; }
}

MyClass[] result = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<MyClass[]>(download);

There are only a few basic types in JSON, but it is helpful to learn and recognize them. Objects, Arrays, strings, etc. http://www.json.org/ and http://www.w3schools.com/json/default.asp are good resources to get started. For example a string array in JSON would look like,

["One", "Two", "Three"]