Parsing json in C# without knowing indexes

.net, c#, json, json.net, mono

Solution

This should work.

var jObj = (JObject)JsonConvert.DeserializeObject(json);
foreach(var child in jObj["rgInventory"].Children())
{
    Console.WriteLine("Item ID: {0}", child.First()["id"]);
}

Additionally, using `dynamic` keyword can make your code more readible:

dynamic jObj = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject(json);
Console.WriteLine("Status: " + jObj.success); 
foreach(var child in jObj.rgInventory.Children())
{
    Console.WriteLine("Item ID: {0}", child.First.id);
}

Problem

I want to parse this piece of JSON in C# with JSON.NET, but I don't know how to go about it. Json: ``` { "success":true, "rgInventory":{ "967633758":{ "id":"967633758", "classid":"23973033", "instanceid":"11040671", "amount":"1", "pos":1 }, "302756826":{ "id":"302756826", "classid":"15", "instanceid":"11041143", "amount":"1", "pos":2 },... } } ``` Full Json: http://steamcommunity.com/id/jessecar/inventory/json/440/2/?trading=1 I need to get the elements of each "rgInventory" child, but I can't make a class for it because the item names are always changing. I tried using this piece of code, but I always get an exception. ``` dynamic jsObject = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject(jsonString); Console.WriteLine("Status: "+jsObject["success"]); //This works fine foreach(var i in jsObject["rgInventory"]){ Console.WriteLine("Item ID: "+i["id"]); //This gives an exception } ``` Exception: Unhandled Exception: System.InvalidOperationException: Cannot access child value on Newtonsoft.Json.Linq.JProperty.

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