How can I parse a JSON string using ASP.NET?

Question

I am using Sendgrid API to send and retrieve statistics of mail sent. I want to store the response of API in database.

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Answer 1

To read a JSON string in .NET, I recommend using Newtonsoft Json.NET.

Here is a simple example of deserializing a string into an object and reading a property:

string json = @"{
  'Name': 'Bad Boys',
  'ReleaseDate': '1995-4-7T00:00:00',
  'Genres': [
    'Action',
    'Comedy'
  ]
}";

Movie m = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject(json);

string name = m.Name;
// Bad Boys

Note that you will have to define the object that you want to deserialize the values into ahead of time; you can see that in this example there is a Type Movie that already exists, and the JsonConverter matches the properties in the JSON string to the properties of that type.