Cannot deserialize the current JSON array (e.g. [1,2,3])

Question

I am trying to read my JSON result.

Here is my RootObject

public class RootObject
{
public int id { get; set; }
public bool is_defau         


        

Answer 1

That's because the json you're getting is an array of your RootObject class, rather than a single instance, change your DeserialiseObject to be something like DeserialiseObject (un-tested).

You'll then have to either change your method to return a collection of RootObject or do some further processing on the deserialised object to return a single instance.

If you look at a formatted version of the response you provided:

[
   {
      "id":3636,
      "is_default":true,
      "name":"Unit",
      "quantity":1,
      "stock":"100000.00",
      "unit_cost":"0"
   },
   {
      "id":4592,
      "is_default":false,
      "name":"Bundle",
      "quantity":5,
      "stock":"100000.00",
      "unit_cost":"0"
   }
]

You can see two instances in there.