Retrieve the information from a nested JSON value

Question

So I'm calling the LinkedIn API to get the profile data and it retrieves a JSON.

{
  "firstName": "Cristian Viorel",
  "headline": ".NET Developer",
  "location": {
    "country": {"code": "dk"},
    "name": "Northern Region, Denmark"
  },
  "pictureUrls": {
    "_total": 1,
    "values": ["https://media.licdn.com/mpr/mprx/0_PXALDpO4eCHpt5z..."]
  }
}

I can use student.firstname, student.headline. How can I get the name of the location, or the value of the pictureUrl ? Something like student.location.name or student.pictureUrls.values ?

Have you tried your suggestions?

Steve
– Steve

2016-10-28 08:28:31 +00:00
Commented Oct 28, 2016 at 8:28 — Steve
– Steve, Commented Oct 28, 2016 at 8:28

Alex · Accepted Answer · 2016-10-28 08:32:44Z

Pretty easy with Json.Net. You first define your model:

public class Country
{
    public string code { get; set; }
}

public class Location
{
    public Country country { get; set; }
    public string name { get; set; }
}

public class PictureUrls
{
    public int _total { get; set; }
    public List<string> values { get; set; }
}

public class JsonResult
{
    public string firstName { get; set; }
    public string headline { get; set; }
    public Location location { get; set; }
    public PictureUrls pictureUrls { get; set; }
}

Then you simply parse your Json data:

string json = @"{
      'firstName': 'Cristian Viorel',
      'headline': '.NET Developer',
      'location': {
        'country': {'code': 'dk'},
        'name': 'Northern Region, Denmark'
      },
      'pictureUrls': {
        '_total': 1,
        'values': ['https://media.licdn.com/mpr/mprx/0_PXALDpO4eCHpt5z...']
      }
    }";

JsonResult result = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<JsonResult>(json);

Console.WriteLine(result.location.name);

foreach (var pictureUrl in result.pictureUrls.values)
    Console.WriteLine(pictureUrl);

Andrei Filimon · Accepted Answer · 2016-10-28 08:27:44Z

0

For the name yes, but for picture you need a for loop or if you just want the first item student.pictureUrls.values[0] (values seems to be an array).

answered Oct 28, 2016 at 8:27

Andrei Filimon

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