How to get property from dynamic JObject programmatically
.net, c#, deserialization, json, json.net
Solution
Assuming you're using the Newtonsoft.Json.Linq.JObject, you don't need to use dynamic. The JObject class can take a string indexer, just like a dictionary:
JObject myResult = GetMyResult();
returnObject.Id = myResult["string here"]["id"];
Hope this helps!
Problem
I'm parsing a JSON string using the NewtonSoft JObject. How can I get values from a dynamic object programmatically? I want to simplify the code to not repeat myself for every object. ``` public ExampleObject GetExampleObject(string jsonString) { ExampleObject returnObject = new ExampleObject(); dynamic dynamicResult = JObject.Parse(jsonString); if (!ReferenceEquals(dynamicResult.album, null)) { //code block to extract to another method if possible returnObject.Id = dynamicResult.album.id; returnObject.Name = dynamicResult.album.name; returnObject.Description = dynamicResult.albumsdescription; //etc.. } else if(!ReferenceEquals(dynamicResult.photo, null)) { //duplicated here returnObject.Id = dynamicResult.photo.id; returnObject.Name = dynamicResult.photo.name; returnObject.Description = dynamicResult.photo.description; //etc.. } else if.. //etc.. return returnObject; } ``` Is there any way I can extract the code blocks in the "if" statements to a separate method e.g: ``` private void ExampleObject GetExampleObject([string of desired type goes here? album/photo/etc]) { ExampleObject returnObject = new ExampleObject(); returnObject.Id = dynamicResult.[something goes here?].id; returnObject.Name = dynamicResult.[something goes here?].name; //etc.. return returnObject; } ``` Is it even possible since we can't use reflection for dynamic objects. Or am I even using the JObject correctly? Thanks.