How do I check if a property exists on a dynamic anonymous type in c#?

Question

I have an anonymous type object that I receive as a dynamic from a method I would like to check in a property exists on that object.

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var settings = new          


        

Answer 1

Merging and fixing answers from Serj-TM and user3359453 so that it works with both ExpandoObject and DynamicJsonObject. This works for me.

public static bool HasPropertyExist(dynamic settings, string name)
{
    if (settings is System.Dynamic.ExpandoObject)
        return ((IDictionary<string, object>)settings).ContainsKey(name);

    if (settings is System.Web.Helpers.DynamicJsonObject)
    try
    {
        return settings[name] != null;
    }
    catch (KeyNotFoundException)
    {
        return false;
    }


    return settings.GetType().GetProperty(name) != null;
}

Answer 2

This is working for me-:

  public static bool IsPropertyExist(dynamic dynamicObj, string property)
       {
           try
           {
               var value=dynamicObj[property].Value;
               return true;
           }
           catch (RuntimeBinderException)
           {

               return false;
           }

       }

Answer 3

This works for anonymous types, ExpandoObject, Nancy.DynamicDictionary or anything else that can be cast to IDictionary<string, object>.

    public static bool PropertyExists(dynamic obj, string name) {
        if (obj == null) return false;
        if (obj is IDictionary<string, object> dict) {
            return dict.ContainsKey(name);
        }
        return obj.GetType().GetProperty(name) != null;
    }

Answer 4

To extend the answer from @Kuroro, if you need to test if the property is empty, below should work.

public static bool PropertyExistsAndIsNotNull(dynamic obj, string name)
{
    if (obj == null) return false;
    if (obj is ExpandoObject)
    {
        if (((IDictionary<string, object>)obj).ContainsKey(name))
            return ((IDictionary<string, object>)obj)[name] != null;
        return false;
    }
    if (obj is IDictionary<string, object> dict1)
    {
        if (dict1.ContainsKey(name))
            return dict1[name] != null;
        return false;
    }
    if (obj is IDictionary<string, JToken> dict2)
    {
        if (dict2.ContainsKey(name))
            return (dict2[name].Type != JTokenType.Null && dict2[name].Type != JTokenType.Undefined);
        return false;
    }
    if (obj.GetType().GetProperty(name) != null)
        return obj.GetType().GetProperty(name).GetValue(obj) != null;
    return false;
}

Answer 5

Using reflection, this is the function i use :

public static bool doesPropertyExist(dynamic obj, string property)
{
    return ((Type)obj.GetType()).GetProperties().Where(p => p.Name.Equals(property)).Any();
}

then..

if (doesPropertyExist(myDynamicObject, "myProperty")){
    // ...
}