Can I LINQ a JSON?

Question

This is the JSON I get from a request on .NET:

{
  \"id\": \"110355660738\", 
  \"picture\": {
    \"data\": {
      \"url\": \"https://fbcdn-profile-a.akama         


        

Answer 1

I would not recommend LINQ. I would recommend a JSON library such as newtonsoft.json.

So you can do this:

string json = @"{
  ""Name"": ""Apple"",
  ""Expiry"": "2008-12-28T00:00:00",
  ""Price"": 3.99,
  ""Sizes"": [
    ""Small"",
    ""Medium"",
    ""Large""
  ]
}";

JObject o = JObject.Parse(json);

string name = (string)o["Name"];

// Apple
JArray sizes = (JArray)o["Sizes"];
string smallest = (string)sizes[0];

// Small

Note:- this code has been copied from the samples present on the project site http://james.newtonking.com/pages/json-net.aspx