Automapper:Converting JSON to list of objects

Question

Source Object (JSON, using JSON.NET if it matters):

{
    \"conum\" : 1001,
    \"name\" : \"CLN Industries Corporation\",
    \"agencyName\" : \"Murphy, Hol         


        

Answer 1

Unfortunately, I followed Bookamp's question in newer versions of AutoMapper and struggled to get this working.

My alternative approach for anyone else finding this issue was found on the following source

Example Array

{
'Items': [{
    'Id': '1',
    'EmployeeNo': '1001',
    'FirstName': 'Rajat',
    'LastName': 'Kumar',
    'Gender': {
        'Id': '1',
        'ShortName': 'M',
        'FullName': 'Male'
    }
}, {
    'Id': '2',
    'EmployeeNo': '1003',
    'FirstName': 'Lisa',
    'LastName': 'David',
    'Gender': {
        'Id': '2',
        'ShortName': 'F',
        'FullName': 'Female'
    }
}]

}

Example Profile Configuration

            CreateMap>().ConvertUsing();
        var employeeMap = CreateMap();

        employeeMap.ForMember(x => x.Id, y => y.MapFrom(j => j.SelectToken(".Id")));
        employeeMap.ForMember(x => x.DisplayName, y => y.MapFrom(j => j.SelectToken(".LastName").ToString() + ", " + j.SelectToken(".FirstName").ToString()));
        employeeMap.ForMember(x => x.Gender, y => y.MapFrom(j => j.SelectToken(".Gender.FullName")));

        employeeMap.ForMember(x => x.Login, y => y.MapFrom(j => j.SelectToken(".Login")));

TypeConverter

public class JObjectToUserListConverter : ITypeConverter>
{
    public List Convert(JObject source, List destination, ResolutionContext context)
    {

        var userList = new List();
        var tokenCountItems = source.SelectTokens("Items").Children().Count();
        for (int i = 0; i < tokenCountItems; i++)
            {
                var token = source.SelectToken($"Items[{i}]");
                var result = new User();

                if (token != null)
                {
                    result = context.Mapper.Map(token);
                }
                userList.Add(result);
            }
        }

        return userList;
    }
}