How do I deserialize an odata string?

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I wrote an HTTPClient (.NET Core 3.x) that returns a JSON string but when I try to Deserialize it I run into issues. Issues ranging from can not deserialize array to string or the results are null.

The string itself I can view on a Quick Watch and render as JSON (looks great)

What I have tried:

var oDataRespone = Newtonsoft.Json.JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<odataresponse<my_object>>(content);

JArray array = (JValue)content.[0];
var Docs = Newtonsoft.Json.JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<list<my_object>>(array.AsJEnumerable);

var js = new JsonSerializer();
var Docs = js.Deserialize(new StringReader(content), typeof(my_object_List)) as my_object_List;

List<my_object_List> Docs = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<list<my_object_list>>(content);

internal class ODataResponse<t>
{
public T[] value { get; set; }
}

//I've tried two different vesions fo the OdataResponse class

internal class oDataResponse<t>
{
public List<t> Value { get; set; }
}

Posted 19-Jul-21 12:28pm

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Updated 20-Jul-21 18:27pm

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Member 11030334 · Accepted Answer · 2021-07-20T12:01:00

SOLVED

I did not want to work with an OData Json object, so I had to strip the OData header and the rest just looked like a collection of JSON docs

C#

content = httpResponse.Content.ReadAsStringAsync().Result;
var outer = Newtonsoft.Json.JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<OData<object[]>>(content);
           
for (int i = 0; i < outer.value.Length; i++)
{
Rx_Documents.Add(Newtonsoft.Json.JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<My_Object>(outer.value[0].ToString()));
}

C#

internal class OData<T>
{
   [JsonProperty("odata.context")]
   public string Metadata { get; set; }
   public T value { get; set; }
}

I'm sure there are other ways to deserialize a multipart JSON document into a collection, I just did it this way.