Deserializing a Json object

Question

Hi I have a little problem with deseralizing JSON.

It's json which i get from API

"{\"status\":\"ok\",\"categories\":
[{\"id\":1,\"name\":\"Name\",\"number\":0,\"clientsCount\":32,\"fields\":
[\"name\",\"surname\",\"tel\",\"post\",\"country\"],\"subcategories\":[{\"id\":2,\"name\":\"Got\",\"number\":1},{\"id\":13,\"name\":\"Hipoteka\",\"number\":2},
{\"id\":14,\"name\":\"Samochodowych\",\"number\":4}]},
{\"id\":2,\"name\":\"Name\",\"number\":1,\"clientsCount\":12,\"fields\":
[\"name\",\"nazwisko\",\"tel\",\"car\",\"car_model\"],\"subcategories\":[]}]}"

and this is how it looks like in PHP

array(
                'id' => 1,
                'name' => 'Name',
                'number' => 0,
                'clientsCount' => 32,
                'fields' => array(
                    'name',
                    'surname',
                    'tel',
                    'post',
                    'country'
                ),
                'subcategories' => array(
                    array(
                        'id' => 2,
                        'name' => 'Gotówkowy',
                        'number' => 1
                    ),
                    array(
                        'id' => 13,
                        'name' => 'Hipoteka',
                        'number' => 2
                    ),
                    array(
                        'id' => 14,
                        'name' => 'Samochodowych',
                        'number' => 4
                    ),
                ),
            ),
            array(
                'id' => 2,
                'name' => 'Name',
                'number' => 1,
                'clientsCount' => 12,
                'fields' => array(
                    'name',
                    'surname',
                    'tel',
                    'car',
                    'car_model'
                ),
                'subcategories' => array(),
            ),

I don't have any idea how to convert it. I dont need from this JSON fields subcategories but others are very important for me.

I have prepared some class but I do not know How to load to this class array of 'fields'

class Kategorie
{
   public int id { get; set; }
   public string name { get; set; }
   public int number { get; set; }
   public int clientsCount { get; set; }
}

Answer 1

Here is a sample based on the Json you posted:

//Created MyObject to resemble the JSON object graph for easy deserialization
class MyObject
{
     public string Status { get; set; }
     public Category[] Categories { get; set; }
     //Similar to categories, You can create properties for fields, subcategories etc., as needed.
}
class Category
{
     public int id { get; set; }
     public string name { get; set; }
     public int number { get; set; }
     public int clientsCount { get; set; }

}

Deserialization Code: (Using Newtonsoft.Json)

var myObject = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<MyObject>(jsonString);

Hope this help.