Deserializing JSON string with JavaScriptSerializer to return a single dynamic object instead of an array of keys and values

Question

Consider the following JSON string in C#:

{
    "BuyerRegion":"BuyerRegion [0][27]",
    "SellerRegion":"SellerRegion [0][29]",
    "HubRegion":"HubRegion [0][31]",
    "PartNo":"TINT_MNUM [0][3]",
    "BuyerCompID":"BuyerCompId [0][28]",
    "SellerCompId":"SellerCompId [0][30]",
    "HubCompId":"HubCompId [0][32]"
}

I then tried to Deserialize the string into a dynamic object in C# using:

object obj = new JavaScriptSerializer().Deserialize<object>(s); //where s contains the JSON string

However, the returning obj is an array of key/value pairs:

Any idea how I can have them deserialized into one single dynamic object where I can access the properties using:

obj.BuyerRegion //returns "BuyerRegion [0][27]"

JsonConvert/NewtonSoft isn't a choice.

You could deserialize to a `Dictionary`, then convert to an `ExpandoObject` as shown in [IDictionary to ExpandoObject extension method](https://theburningmonk.com/2011/05/idictionarystring-object-to-expandoobject-extension-method/) — dbc, Jan 17 '20 at 06:25

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Jan 17 '20 at 06:26

You can use instead of object some ModelDto and cast to it, I mean:

public class ModelDto {
  public string Key {get;set;}
  public string Value {get;set;}
}

Or you can use follwoing code to take value from dictionary by key:

string buyerRegion = dict["BuyerRegion"];

Or you can use ExpandoObject as suggested in a comments to your question.

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 17 '20 at 06:48

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After trying several methods, I came to realize that accessing the properties is as easy as calling:

obj["BuyerRegion"]

answered Jan 17 '20 at 06:48

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Deserializing JSON string with JavaScriptSerializer to return a single dynamic object instead of an array of keys and values

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