I have no problem deserializing a single json object
string json = @"{'Name':'Mike'}";
to a C# anonymous type:
var definition = new { Name = ""};
var result = JsonConvert.DeserializeAnonymousType(json, definition);
But when I have an array:
string jsonArray = @"[{'Name':'Mike'}, {'Name':'Ben'}, {'Name':'Razvigor'}]";
I am stuck.
How can it be done?
The solution is:
string json = @"[{'Name':'Mike'}, {'Name':'Ben'}, {'Name':'Razvigor'}]";
var definition = new[] { new { Name = "" } };
var result = JsonConvert.DeserializeAnonymousType(json, definition);
Of course, since result is an array, you'll access individual records like so:
string firstResult = result[0].Name;
You can also call .ToList() and similar methods on it.
You can deserialize to dynamic object by this.
dynamic result = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject(jsonArray);
One approach is to put an identifier in your JSON array string.
This code worked for me:
var typeExample = new { names = new[] { new { Name = "" } } };
string jsonArray = @"{ names: [{'Name':'Mike'}, {'Name':'Ben'}, {'Name':'Razvigor'}]}";
var result = JsonConvert.DeserializeAnonymousType(jsonArray, typeExample);
Name or Age are the correct types? Or is that not applicable for anonymous types when deserialising json?
var result = JsonConvert.DeserializeAnonymousType(jsonArray, new[] { new { Name = "" } });