I have this json string that looks like:
string jsonString = "[ {"id": "1"}, {"id": "2", "category": "toys"} ]";
The quotations are already escaped in the string. And I want to find a nice way to create a link out of json that looks similar to this by converting this to GET parameters. I have only really seen solutions that work well for flat structures.
Edit: I also need tp be able to convert back into the json string.
You could do something like this to turn it into a link:
using System;
using Newtonsoft.Json;
using Newtonsoft.Json.Linq;
using System.Text;
public class Program
{
public static void Main()
{
dynamic obj = JArray.Parse(jsonString);
var builder = new StringBuilder();
builder.Append("?id0=" + obj[0].id);
builder.Append("&id1=" + obj[1].id);
builder.Append("&category1=" +obj[1].category);
Console.WriteLine("http://www.something.com" + builder.ToString());
}
public static string jsonString = @"[ {""id"": ""1""}, {""id"": ""2"", ""category"": ""toys""} ]";
}
Output:
http://www.something.com?id0=1&id1=2&category1=toys
Based on your comment, here is something more generic:
using System;
using Newtonsoft.Json;
using Newtonsoft.Json.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.Collections.Generic;
public class Program
{
public static void Main()
{
JArray array = JArray.Parse(jsonString);
var builder = new StringBuilder();
for (var i = 0; i < array.Count; ++i)
{
JToken obj = array[i];
foreach (JProperty prop in obj)
{
var prefix = i == 0 ? "?" : "&";
builder.AppendFormat("{0}{1}{2}={3}", prefix, prop.Name, i, prop.Value);
}
}
Console.WriteLine("http://www.something.com" + builder.ToString());
}
public static string jsonString = @"[ {""id"": ""1""}, {""id"": ""2"", ""category"": ""toys""} ]";
}
Output:
http://www.something.com?id0=1&id1=2&category1=toys
Okay to answer my own question, this isn't a good way to solve the problem. The json string can be very large and may be truncated or denied if over 2048 characters on the server.
The best approach is to create a jsonHashTable.json that will store the hash of what you are trying to send as the key, and the thing you are sending as a value. Then email the hash/key. Have the controller receiving the hash use the table to look up what data was needed.