How to read JSON file in VB.NET

Question

I have a JSON file:

 {
 "items": [
  {
   "id": "HkWO1yuYnLU",
   "snippet": {
    "channelId": "UCR5wZcXtOUka8jTA57flzMg",
    "title": "İlyas Yalçıntaş - İçimdeki Duman",
    "categoryId": "10"
   },
   "statistics": {
    "viewCount": "37266431",
    "likeCount": "122255",
    "dislikeCount": "4472",
    "favoriteCount": "0",
    "commentCount": "7151"
   }
  }
 ]
}

and i want to get this info, like this:

label1.text = "Rap GOD"  
label2.text = "122255 likes"

how do i do it?

Please read How to Ask and also take the Tour. You'll need to deserialize or parse it depending on how much of the info you want — Ňɏssa Pøngjǣrdenlarp
– Ňɏssa Pøngjǣrdenlarp, Commented Jun 11, 2016 at 17:42

Community · Accepted Answer · 2018-07-04 22:17:50Z

11

Here's what you can do...

Firstly, download the JSON Framework
Add the reference to your Project by Right-clicking on your Project and Add Reference
Then, Browse Newtonsoft.Json.dll(extract the library which you downloaded in step 1) and add the reference from the Reference Manager Window.

Add this code:

Public Class Form1

Private Sub Button1_Click(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click
   Dim json As String = "{""name"":""Rap God"",""statistics"":{""likeCount"":""122255"",""dislikeCount"":""4472""}}"
   Dim read = Newtonsoft.Json.Linq.JObject.Parse(json)
   TextBox1.Text = read.Item("name").ToString
   TextBox2.Text = read.Item("statistics")("likeCount").ToString + " " + " times"
End Sub  

End Class

And, here's the expected output:

And, I hope this above code helps. Now, you can easily read any JSON File using VB.NET.

edited Jul 4, 2018 at 22:17

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answered Jun 12, 2016 at 23:02

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1 Comment

jim Over a year ago

huge project. Didnt compile out of the box. Can you make a smaller one?

טאבו ישראל שרות לקוחות · Accepted Answer · 2018-12-12 07:31:43Z

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Imports System.IO

Dim bowerjson As String = File.ReadAllText(HttpContext.Current.Server.MapPath("~/bower.json"))
Diagnostics.Debug.WriteLine(bowerjson)

answered Dec 12, 2018 at 7:31

טאבו ישראל שרות לקוחות

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2 Comments

Ali Over a year ago

Hi, your answer might be right but please try to explain your code when posting answers

Sophie Over a year ago

i second ali, please add some explanation to your post. for WindowsForms users, http doesnt make any sense.

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