convert json data using Newtonsoft.json

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Hi friends I am trying to convert json data to my Class in a generic list but I am getting this error
Cannot convert type 'System.Collections.Generic.Dictionary<string,object>' to 'string'

Please guide me I am confused where I am lacking or how can i get this data.

string result1 = "aab234cf34d
{ 
	"data": 
		[ 
			{ 
				"id": "xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx", 
				"first_name": "aaaaaa", 
				"last_name": "bbbbb", 
				"email": [ "eeeeeee","ffffff" ]
			}, 
			{ 
				"id": "yyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy", 
				"first_name": "cccccccccc", 
				"last_name": "ddddddd", 
				"email": [ "hhhhhhhh","ggggggg" ]
			}
		]
}";

class MyClass
    {
        public string id { get; set; }
        public string first_name { get; set; }
        public string last_name { get; set; }
        public string[] email { get; set; }     
    }
var jss = new System.Web.Script.Serialization.JavaScriptSerializer();
 dynamic dataJss = jss.Deserialize<dynamic>(result1);
                        
 List<MyClass> myList = new List<MyClass>();
 foreach (string key in dataJss["data"])
 {
       MyClass l =Newtonsoft.Json.JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<MyClass>(key);
       myList.Add(l);
 }

Posted 11-Dec-13 22:26pm

Manish Kumar Namdev

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Maarten Kools · Answer 1 · 2013-12-11T23:08:00

Either use Newtonsoft.Json or Microsoft's JavaScriptSerializer, not both.

What you do now with the line jss.Deserialize<dynamic>(result1) you create an IDictionary<string,object>, where each object is again an IDictionary<string,object>.

To use Newtonsoft.Json, do something like this:

C#

JObject json = JObject.Parse(result1);
foreach (JObject o in json["data"])
{
    MyClass mc = new MyClass
                    {
                        id = o["id"].Value<string>(),
                        first_name = o["first_name "].Value<string>(),
                        last_name = o["last_name "].Value<string>(),
                        email = o["email"].Values<string>().ToArray() // ToArray is from Linq, Values<T>() will return an IEnumerable<T>, and ToArray() will make an array out of it.
                    };
    // etc...
}