JSON response syntax
I receive a JSON response in the following syntax, where it is returned as objects and not array. Is this right?
{
"status": "OK",
"product":
{
"name": "ABC",
"code": "A",
"Price": "2.5",
"active": true,
"contact":
{
"name": "X",
"phone": "999-999-9999",
"email": "X@company.com"
}
}
}
I use the following code to access it and it throws error. Object serialized to Object. JArray instance expected.
This code would work if the "product" was returned as an array.
Dim parsedObject = JObject.Parse(response)
Dim docs = JArray.FromObject(parsedOb
Dim productDetail = docs.Select(Function(x) x).OrderBy(Function(x) x.name).ToList
Public Class Product
Public Property name As String
Public Property code As String
Public Property price As Decimal
Public Property active As Boolean
End Class
Do I need to access the JSON response differently or is the response syntax wrong?
{
"status": "OK",
"product":
{
"name": "ABC",
"code": "A",
"Price": "2.5",
"active": true,
"contact":
{
"name": "X",
"phone": "999-999-9999",
"email": "X@company.com"
}
}
}
I use the following code to access it and it throws error. Object serialized to Object. JArray instance expected.
This code would work if the "product" was returned as an array.
Dim parsedObject = JObject.Parse(response)
Dim docs = JArray.FromObject(parsedOb
Dim productDetail = docs.Select(Function(x) x).OrderBy(Function(x) x.name).ToList
Public Class Product
Public Property name As String
Public Property code As String
Public Property price As Decimal
Public Property active As Boolean
End Class
Do I need to access the JSON response differently or is the response syntax wrong?
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Your JSON object translates loosely to this:
Example -
In the future, you can use http://json2csharp.com/ in order to generate c# classes. Translating these classes into VB.NET is relatively straigthforward; e.g. the classes from your presented json are generated as:
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Class JsonData
Public Property Status() As String
Public Property [Product]() As Product
End Class
Class Product
Public Property Name() As String
Public Property Code() As String
Public Property Price() As String
Public Property Active() As Boolean
Public Property [Contact]() As Contact
End Class
Class Contact
Public Property Name() As String
Public Property Phone() As String
Public Property Email() As String
End Class
Example -
Imports Newtonsoft.Json
Imports System.Reflection
Imports System.Runtime.CompilerServices
Module Module1
Const json = "{""status"": ""OK"",""product"":{""name"": ""ABC"",""code"": ""A"",""Price"": ""2.5"",""active"": true,""contact"":{""name"": ""X"",""phone"": ""999-999-9999"",""email"": ""X@company.com""}}}"
Sub Main()
Dim response = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject(Of JsonData)(json)
Console.WriteLine(response.ToString())
Console.ReadLine()
End Sub
End Module
Class JsonData
Public Property Status() As String
Public Property [Product]() As Product
Public Overrides Function ToString() As String
Return Me.GetPropertiesString()
End Function
End Class
Class Product
Public Property Name() As String
Public Property Code() As String
Public Property Price() As String
Public Property Active() As Boolean
Public Property [Contact]() As Contact
Public Overrides Function ToString() As String
Return Me.GetPropertiesString()
End Function
End Class
Class Contact
Public Property Name() As String
Public Property Phone() As String
Public Property Email() As String
Public Overrides Function ToString() As String
Return Me.GetPropertiesString()
End Function
End Class
Module Extensions
<Extension()> _
Public Function GetPropertiesString(Of T)(source As T) As String
Dim result = String.Empty
If source IsNot Nothing Then
result = String.Join("; ", (From [property] As PropertyInfo In GetType(T).GetProperties() Select String.Format("{{ {0}, {1} }}", [property].Name, [property].GetValue(source, Nothing))))
End If
Return result
End Function
End Module
In the future, you can use http://json2csharp.com/ in order to generate c# classes. Translating these classes into VB.NET is relatively straigthforward; e.g. the classes from your presented json are generated as:
public class Contact
{
public string name { get; set; }
public string phone { get; set; }
public string email { get; set; }
}
public class Product
{
public string name { get; set; }
public string code { get; set; }
public string Price { get; set; }
public bool active { get; set; }
public Contact contact { get; set; }
}
public class RootObject
{
public string status { get; set; }
public Product product { get; set; }
}
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For this particular response it makes no sense as it deserializes into a distinct object. An example of response that deserialized into a list of objects would be something along the lines of:
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Imports Newtonsoft.Json
Imports System.Reflection
Imports System.Runtime.CompilerServices
Module Module1
Const json = "[{""status"": ""OK"",""product"":{""name"": ""ABC"",""code"": ""A"",""Price"": ""2.5"",""active"": true,""contact"":{""name"": ""X"",""phone"": ""999-999-9999"",""email"": ""X@company.com""}}},{""status"": ""FAIL"",""product"":{""name"": ""DEF"",""code"": ""D"",""Price"": ""3.5"",""active"": true,""contact"":{""name"": ""Y"",""phone"": ""999-999-9999"",""email"": ""Y@company.com""}}},{""status"": ""OK"",""product"":{""name"": ""GHI"",""code"": ""G"",""Price"": ""1.5"",""active"": false,""contact"":{""name"": ""Z"",""phone"": ""999-999-9999"",""email"": ""Z@company.com""}}},{""status"": ""FAIL"",""product"":{""name"": ""JKL"",""code"": ""J"",""Price"": ""4.5"",""active"": true,""contact"":{""name"": ""A"",""phone"": ""999-999-9999"",""email"": ""A@company.com""}}},{""status"": ""OK"",""product"":{""name"": ""MNO"",""code"": ""M"",""Price"": ""0.5"",""active"": false,""contact"":{""name"": ""B"",""phone"": ""999-999-9999"",""email"": ""B@company.com""}}}]"
Sub Main()
Dim response = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject(Of Products)(json)
Console.WriteLine("FAILURES")
For Each [product] In response.Where(Function(x) x.Status.Equals("fail", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
Console.WriteLine([product])
Next
Console.WriteLine()
Console.WriteLine("IN-ACTIVE")
For Each [product] In (From p In response Where Not p.Product.Active Select p)
Console.WriteLine([product])
Next
Console.WriteLine()
Console.WriteLine("COST LESS THAN 2")
For Each [product] In (From p In response Where Convert.ToDecimal(p.Product.Price) < 2D Select p)
Console.WriteLine([product])
Next
Console.ReadLine()
End Sub
End Module
Class Products
Inherits List(Of JsonData)
Public Sub New()
MyBase.New()
End Sub
Public Sub New(capacity As Integer)
MyBase.New(capacity)
End Sub
Public Sub New(collection As IEnumerable(Of JsonData))
MyBase.New(collection)
End Sub
End Class
Class JsonData
Public Property Status() As String
Public Property [Product]() As Product
Public Overrides Function ToString() As String
Return Me.GetPropertiesString()
End Function
End Class
Class Product
Public Property Name() As String
Public Property Code() As String
Public Property Price() As String
Public Property Active() As Boolean
Public Property [Contact]() As Contact
Public Overrides Function ToString() As String
Return Me.GetPropertiesString()
End Function
End Class
Class Contact
Public Property Name() As String
Public Property Phone() As String
Public Property Email() As String
Public Overrides Function ToString() As String
Return Me.GetPropertiesString()
End Function
End Class
Module Extensions
<Extension()> _
Public Function GetPropertiesString(Of T)(source As T) As String
Dim result = String.Empty
If source IsNot Nothing Then
result = String.Join("; ", (From [property] As PropertyInfo In GetType(T).GetProperties() Select String.Format("{{ {0}, {1} }}", [property].Name, [property].GetValue(source, Nothing))))
End If
Return result
End Function
End Module
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