How to set a custom JSON Serializer in Refit

Question

Currently the API response includes two top level attributes which are of no use to my need.

a: {
   b: {
      c: [
           data: whichINeed
         ]
      }
   }

If I create models for this I would have unncessary root objects which I want to get rid of ? How can I do this in Refit for Windows App ?

score 1 · Answer 1 · edited Apr 06 '23 at 15:52

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You'll need NewtonsoftJsonContentSerializer that exists on package Refit.Newtonsoft.Json.

Then, add it to the RefitSettings:

RestService.For<T>("host"),
  new RefitSettings
  {
    ContentSerializer = new NewtonsoftJsonContentSerializer(jsonSerializerSettings)
  });

edited Apr 06 '23 at 15:52

Marcos Jonatan Suriani

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answered Nov 06 '20 at 08:20

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Richard Zhang · Answer 2 · 2019-11-25T09:37:16.797

You can try filtering the JSON string using Newtonsoft.JSON nuget package.

The JSON you provided is incomplete. I assume that this JSON string is an Object and the outermost layer is {}, then we can parse it like this

var obj = JObject.Parse(jsonString);
var c = obj["a"]["b"]["c"];
var myTransferModel = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<MyModel>(c.ToString());

If the outermost layer is [], please use JArray for parsing.

Update

Refit encapsulating the network request and JSON parsing. You can send a web request directly through HttpClient to get a JSON string.

public async Task<string> GetJsonString(string url)
{
    string result = string.Empty;
    var client = new HttpClient();
    var response = client.GetAsync(url);
    if(response.IsSuccessStatusCode)
    {
        result = await response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync();
    }
    return result;
}

Best regards.

I am using [Refit](https://github.com/reactiveui/refit), how would I obtain a Json String ? Am sorry, am new to this I couldnt understand that part. — user5381191, Nov 25 '19 at 09:22

How to set a custom JSON Serializer in Refit

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