How do I de/serialize JSON in WinRT?

Question

How do I take an object and convert it to a JSON string and then back into that object from a string, specifically, in WinRT for my Windows 8 Metro application?

Answer 1

First generate C# classes with http://json2csharp.com/ Then use http://james.newtonking.com/pages/json-net.aspx for parsing

My user class currently looks like this:

public class User
{
    public string id { get; set; }
    public string username { get; set; }
    public string full_name { get; set; }
    public string profile_picture { get; set; }
    public string bio { get; set; }
    public string website { get; set; }
    public Counts counts { get; set; }

    public static User SingleFromJSON(string jsonString)
    {
        return JsonConvert.DeserializeObject(jsonString).data;
    }

    public static User MultipleFromJSON(string jsonString)
    {
        return JsonConvert.DeserializeObject(jsonString).data;
    }

    private class SingleUser
    {
        public User data { get; set; }
    }

    private class MultipleUsers
    {
        public List data { get; set; }
    }
}

public class Counts
{
    public int media { get; set; }
    public int follows { get; set; }
    public int followed_by { get; set; }
}

Super easy :D