create json object c# from string code example

Example 1: object to json c#

using Newtonsoft.Json;

var jsonString = JsonConvert.SerializeObject(obj);

Example 2: create json string c#

//Create my object
        var my_jsondata = new
        {
            Host = @"sftp.myhost.gr",
            UserName = "my_username",
            Password = "my_password",
            SourceDir = "/export/zip/mypath/",
            FileName = "my_file.zip"
        };

        //Tranform it to Json object
        string json_data = JsonConvert.SerializeObject(my_jsondata);

        //Print the Json object
        Console.WriteLine(json_data);

        //Parse the json object
        JObject json_object = JObject.Parse(json_data);

        //Print the parsed Json object
        Console.WriteLine((string)json_object["Host"]);
        Console.WriteLine((string)json_object["UserName"]);
        Console.WriteLine((string)json_object["Password"]);
        Console.WriteLine((string)json_object["SourceDir"]);
        Console.WriteLine((string)json_object["FileName"]);

Example 3: string json to object c#

var resultCon = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<Dictionary<string, string>>(jsonStr);

//or
string json = "{\"ID\": 1, \"Name\": \"Abdullah\"}";
User user = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<User>(json);
/*
public class User
{
    public int ID { get; set; }
    public string Name { get; set; }
}
*/