Deserializing json string into generic class

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I have this JSON string coming in from a form, in there I have key-value pairs (the regular json), but I don't know what keys will come in. I want to get all the key-value pairs there, loop them, then create a row in my database for each of them. That row basically just has "[ID, fkId, Label, Value]", both Label and Value are strings.

I'm having a hard time figuring out how to parse that json string to get the info I want. Currently I don't care about nested json strings, I might handle those later / differently.

Have you looked into this? Even though it's made for Unity, I think you could still use it for other purposes. — Dion V.
– Dion V., Commented Sep 15, 2014 at 19:01

Menno van den Heuvel · Accepted Answer · 2014-09-15 19:14:19Z

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Just deserialize to a Dictionary<string, string>, like this:

var serializer = new System.Web.Script.Serialization.JavaScriptSerializer();

var fieldsValues = serializer.Deserialize<Dictionary<string, string>>(@"{""A"":""B"", ""AX"":""BX""}");
// fieldsValues now contains two keys "A" and "AX"

Then you can just loop through the fieldsValues dictionary and insert into your database at your heart's content.

answered Sep 15, 2014 at 19:14

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Sébastien Richer Over a year ago

Excellent, maybe add the foreach loop to the answer to help others, I have use this : foreach (var fieldsValue in fieldsValues) { <div>@fieldsValue.Key : @fieldsValue.Value</div> }

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