Deserialize JSON with json.NET into C# dynamic

Question

I have following problem: I have a json file that looks like this

{
    "Path": {
        "FirstPath": "/1/2/text()"
    }
}

If I parse this JSON-File with Newtonsoft like this

 dynamic dyn = JObject.Parse(json);

or this

dynamic dyn = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject(json);

I get a dynamic object that needs to be used like this

dyn.Path.FirstPath.Value

How can I get rid of the Value stuff? All of my objects in the JSON end up being a string. I don't want to always write ".Value" at the end if it is not necessary.

Damien Dennehy · Accepted Answer · 2016-02-06 18:20:44Z

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I tested this using Newtonsoft 8.0.2 and it works fine.

        dynamic dyn = JObject.Parse(json);

        string value = dyn.Path.FirstPath;

Value should equal /1/2/text().

edited Feb 6, 2016 at 18:20

answered Feb 6, 2016 at 8:36

Damien Dennehy

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2 Comments

Shamshiel Over a year ago

Yes but if you look closer you can see that "value" isn't a string it is from Type "Newtonsoft.Json.Linq.JValue". If you take "value" and pass it to a Method that expects a string you will get an Exception. It only works if you write "value.Value".

Damien Dennehy Over a year ago

Replace the "var" with "string" then. I've updated my answer.

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