Deserializing complex object using Json.NET

Question

I need to deserialize the this json returned from grogle maps api:

{
    \"destination_addresses\": [
        \"Via Medaglie D\'Oro, 10, 47121 Forlì FC, Ital         


        

Answer 1

You should deserialize to classes that match your data. You can generate these classes at http://json2csharp.com/.

// use like
var rootObj = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject(jsonResponse);
foreach (var row in rootObj.rows)
{
    foreach (var element in row.elements)
    {
        Console.WriteLine(element.distance.text);
    }
}

// you might want to change the property names to .Net conventions
// use [JsonProperty] to let the serializer know the JSON names where needed
public class Distance
{
    public string text { get; set; }
    public int value { get; set; }
}

public class Duration
{
    public string text { get; set; }
    public int value { get; set; }
}

public class Element
{
    public Distance distance { get; set; }
    public Duration duration { get; set; }
    public string status { get; set; }
}

public class Row
{
    public List elements { get; set; }
}

public class RootObject
{
    public List destination_addresses { get; set; }
    public List origin_addresses { get; set; }
    public List rows { get; set; }
    public string status { get; set; }
}