How to serialize this C# return value into a JSON object?

Question

I have this object value that is being returned and I would like to convert it into a useful JSON object that I can inspect and manipulate. Ultimately, my goal is to validate th

Answer 1

Since you cannot fix the source, you're going to have to apply a bodge to fix the JSON, for example this will work:

var fixedJson = sourceJson.Substring(1, Json.Length - 2);

Now you should have a couple of classes to hold your data, this way you can also cope with the unusual names:

public class Root
{
    public string BrowserName { get; set; }
    public string BrowserVersion { get; set; }
    public string PlatformName { get; set; }

    [JsonProperty("sauce:options")]
    public Options SauceOptions { get; set; }
}

public class Options
{
    public string Username { get; set; }
    public string AccessKey { get; set; }
}

And now you should be able to deserialise like this:

var root = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<Root>(fixedJson);