Change values in JSON file (writing files)

Question

I have a settings.json file present in the Release folder of my application. What I want to do is change the value of it, not temporarily, permanently.. That means, deleting

Answer 1

You must have classes to instantiate json values to :

public class Bot
    {
        public string Username { get; set; }
        public string Password { get; set; }
        public string DisplayName { get; set; }
        public string Backpack { get; set; }
        public string ChatResponse { get; set; }
        public string logFile { get; set; }
        public string BotControlClass { get; set; }
        public int MaximumTradeTime { get; set; }
        public int MaximumActionGap { get; set; }
        public string DisplayNamePrefix { get; set; }
        public int TradePollingInterval { get; set; }
        public string LogLevel { get; set; }
        public string AutoStart { get; set; }
    }
    
 

   public class RootObject
    {
        public List Admins { get; set; }
        public string ApiKey { get; set; }
        public string mainLog { get; set; }
        public string UseSeparateProcesses { get; set; }
        public string AutoStartAllBots { get; set; }
        public List Bots { get; set; }
    }

Answer to your Ques(Untested code) :

//Read file to string
string json = File.ReadAllText("PATH TO settings.json");

//Deserialize from file to object:
var rootObject = new RootObject();
JsonConvert.PopulateObject(json, rootObject);

//Change Value
rootObject.Bots[0].Password = "password";

// serialize JSON directly to a file again
using (StreamWriter file = File.CreateText(@"PATH TO settings.json"))
{
    JsonSerializer serializer = new JsonSerializer();
   serializer.Serialize(file, rootObject);
}