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Ami
Ami

Reputation: 397

How can I parse a JSON string using ASP.NET?

I am using Sendgrid API to send and retrieve statistics of mail sent. I want to store the response of API in database.

protected void btnBounces_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
    try
    {
        string url = "https://api.sendgrid.com/api/bounces.get.json";
        GetResult(url);
    }
    catch (Exception ex)
    {
        lblError.Text = ex.Message.ToString();
    }
}
 public void GetResult(string url)
{
    string parameters = "api_user=xxxx&api_key=xxxx&date=1&start_date="+txtStartDate.Text+"&end_date="+txtEndDate.Text;
    // Start the request
    HttpWebRequest req = (HttpWebRequest)HttpWebRequest.Create(url);
    req.Method = "POST";
    req.ContentType = "application/x-www-form-urlencoded";
    StreamWriter streamWriter = new StreamWriter(req.GetRequestStream());
    streamWriter.Write(parameters);
    streamWriter.Flush();
    streamWriter.Close();
    // Get the response
    HttpWebResponse res = (HttpWebResponse)req.GetResponse();
    StreamReader streamReader = new StreamReader(res.GetResponseStream());
    string result = streamReader.ReadToEnd();
}

The response I will get will be like:

[
  {
    "status": "4.0.0",
    "created": "2011-09-16 22:02:19",
    "reason": "Unable to resolve MX host sendgrid.ne",
    "email": "[email protected]"
  },
  {
    "status": "4.0.0",
    "created": "2011-09-19 17:47:15",
    "reason": "Connection timed out",
    "email": "[email protected]"
  }
]

How can i extract value of each of the four fields and store them in table containing four fields?

Upvotes: 3

Views: 34260

Answers (4)

yaserjalilian
yaserjalilian

Reputation: 175

best way for problem is using

var  jtoken = JToken.Parse(string)

Upvotes: 0

Rafa Paez
Rafa Paez

Reputation: 4860

If you do not want to create a Movie class, you can use System.Web.Script.Serialization to parse and get a dynamic object.

JavaScriptSerializer js = new JavaScriptSerializer();
dynamic movie = js.Deserialize<dynamic>(json);

Upvotes: 4

Ami
Ami

Reputation: 397

I got the answer

     public class BouncesAndBlocks
{
    public string status { get; set; }
    public string created { get; set; }
    public string email { get; set; }
    public string reason { get; set; }
}
     protected void btnBounces_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
    string url = "https://api.sendgrid.com/api/bounces.get.json";
    string JS = GetResult(url);
    List<BouncesAndBlocks> res = (List<BouncesAndBlocks>)JsonConvert.DeserializeObject(JS, typeof(List<BouncesAndBlocks>));
    foreach (var item in res)
    {
        //Store in database
        lbl.Text = "Date:" + item.created.ToString() + "    Status:" + item.status.ToString() + "     Email:" + item.email.ToString() + "       Message:" + item.reason.ToString() + "";

    }
}

Upvotes: 1

bwest
bwest

Reputation: 9834

To read a JSON string in .NET, I recommend using Newtonsoft Json.NET.

Here is a simple example of deserializing a string into an object and reading a property:

string json = @"{
  'Name': 'Bad Boys',
  'ReleaseDate': '1995-4-7T00:00:00',
  'Genres': [
    'Action',
    'Comedy'
  ]
}";

Movie m = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<Movie>(json);

string name = m.Name;
// Bad Boys

Note that you will have to define the object that you want to deserialize the values into ahead of time; you can see that in this example there is a Type Movie that already exists, and the JsonConverter matches the properties in the JSON string to the properties of that type.

Upvotes: 3

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