Deserializing JSON into string array

Question

I just started dabbling with C#, and I\'ve been banging my head over JSON deserialization for a while now. I\'m using Newtonsoft.Json library. I\'m expecting just a json res

Answer 1

You have an array of objects not strings. Create a class that maps the properties and deserialize into that,

public class MyClass {
    public string id { get; set; }
    public string content { get; set; }
    public string ups { get; set; }
    public string downs { get; set; }
}

MyClass[] result = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject(download);

There are only a few basic types in JSON, but it is helpful to learn and recognize them. Objects, Arrays, strings, etc. http://www.json.org/ and http://www.w3schools.com/json/default.asp are good resources to get started. For example a string array in JSON would look like,

["One", "Two", "Three"]