Why does this anonymous type with multiple properties not deserialize properly using JsonConvert.DeserializeAnonymousType?

Question

I asked this question previously, and now I'm having trouble with another similar JSON string.

Here is my JSON string:

{"responseObject":{"code":"0","message":"HI","url":"www.abc.com","token":"{\"token\":\"abcdef\",\"id\":123}"}}

Here is my code to dserialize which is not working:

var def = new
        {
            code = string.Empty,
            message = string.Empty,
            url= string.Empty,
            token = new {token = string.Empty}
        };

        var response = JsonConvert.DeserializeAnonymousType(data, def);

        var innerDef = new { token= string.Empty, id= string.Empty };

        var deserializedInner = JsonConvert.DeserializeAnonymousType(response.token.token, innerDef);

Just like the previous question, you don't have a `responseObject` property at the top level. And why do you not have an `id` property in the inner `token` message? — Jon Skeet, Nov 21 '13 at 17:07
@JonSkeet - Sorry, not really good with all this javascript or json stuff yet. — xaisoft, Nov 21 '13 at 17:11

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Nov 21 '13 at 17:08

You had two major problems:

You weren't taking responseObject into account.
You gave the outer token the wrong type. It's a string containing JSON, not an object.

This works:

var def = new
{
    responseObject = new
        {
            code = string.Empty,
            message = string.Empty,
            url = string.Empty,
            token = string.Empty
        }
};

var response = JsonConvert.DeserializeAnonymousType(data, def);

var innerDef = new { token = string.Empty, id = string.Empty };

var deserializedInner = 
  JsonConvert.DeserializeAnonymousType(response.responseObject.token, innerDef);

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Nov 21 '13 at 17:08

0

Token is a string not an object. "token":"

answered Nov 21 '13 at 17:08

Louis Ricci

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Why does this anonymous type with multiple properties not deserialize properly using JsonConvert.DeserializeAnonymousType?

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