Deserialize json in a “TryParse” way

Question

When I send a request to a service (that I do not own), it may respond either with the JSON data requested, or with an error that looks like this:

{
    \"er         


        

Answer 1

To test whether a text is valid JSON regardless of schema, you could also do a check on the number of quotation marks:" in your string response, as shown below :

// Invalid JSON
var responseContent = "asgdg"; 
// var responseContent = "{ \"ip\" = \"11.161.195.10\" }";

// Valid JSON, uncomment to test these
// var responseContent = "{ \"ip\": \"11.161.195.10\", \"city\": \"York\",  \"region\": \"Ontartio\",  \"country\": \"IN\",  \"loc\": \"-43.7334,79.3329\",  \"postal\": \"M1C\",  \"org\": \"AS577 Bell Afgh\",  \"readme\": \"https://ipinfo.io/missingauth\"}";
// var responseContent = "\"asfasf\"";
// var responseContent = "{}";

int count = 0;
foreach (char c in responseContent)
    if (c == '\"') count++; // Escape character needed to display quotation
if (count >= 2 || responseContent == "{}") 
{
    // Valid Json
    try {
        JToken parsedJson = JToken.Parse(responseContent);
        Console.WriteLine("RESPONSE: Json- " + parsedJson.ToString(Formatting.Indented));
    }  
    catch(Exception ex){
        Console.WriteLine("RESPONSE: InvalidJson- " + responseContent);
    }
}
else
    Console.WriteLine("RESPONSE: InvalidJson- " + responseContent);