C# - JObject.Parse - Invalid JSON

Question

I\'m working with an API that is returning JSON.

I have a method that calls the api, and parses the JSON response for the desired nodes.

Up to this point eve

Answer 1

Jon Skeet is correct, the second JSON is invalid: you cannot have an array directly inside an object with no property name. The best course of action is to get the API developers to fix the JSON. However, if you're just looking for a quick and dirty workaround, you could strip off the the first and last brace from the invalid JSON and then parse it as an array using JArray.Parse.

string json = @"{
   [
      {
         ""AnimalId"":9079117,
         ""SpeciesCode"":""XX"",
      }
   ]
}";

json = json.Substring(1, json.Length - 2);
JArray array = JArray.Parse(json);
foreach (JObject item in array.Children<JObject>())
{
    Console.WriteLine("AnimalId: " + item["AnimalId"]);
    Console.WriteLine("SpeciesCode: " + item["SpeciesCode"]);
}