I have an exe file I wrote in .NET which I want to read a .json file from a URI, and return a value in string format. I am pretty new to .NET and c# but can easily do this in PowerShell (using Invoke-RestMethod). I don't want to use an external library such as json.net (would like to distribute this as a single .exe). The only thing I found so far was System.Runtime.Serialization.Json - which looks like it will work but also seems extremely complex and difficult to use. Is this the library I should be using to perform this simple task? Is there an easier way to do this?
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See this answer for a simple example of System.Runtime.Serialization.Json: stackoverflow.com/a/15894241/19020Dan Esparza– Dan Esparza2013-06-04 19:53:42 +00:00Commented Jun 4, 2013 at 19:53
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import System.Web.Script.Serialization, then use JavaScriptSerializer object.
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System.Runtime.Serialization.Json really isn't all that bad. Yes, it is the library you should use if you don't want to go third-party.
The exception to this is if your JSON is trivial. If it's trivial, just do the string parsing yourself.
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The JSON has just a few objects. I can definitely parse it myself with much less code. I will do that.
If you don't want to parse your own JSON I think the System.Runtime.Serialization.Json namespace is your best bet without using an external library..
JSON.NET is the best if you can use an external library though
