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Era
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Reputation: 171

C#, Unity3D, JSON Parsing: Failing to parse JSON into C# object

I've been building an English language game using the unity engine. I am struggling to get C# to parse JSON.

I've been trying to get JSON to parse for the last few days, unsuccessfully. I've validated the JSON, can debug the jsonString to the console but as soon as jsonUtility gets its hand on the json then I end up with a load of NULL data.

Here is my json:

 {"question": {"questionType": "0", "categoryID": "0", "bonusBool": "FALSE", "answerText": "cake", "questionText": "If something is really easy to do, it\u2019s a piece of \u2026\u2026\u2026 \\n a. pie \\n b. tart \\n c. cake", "ID": "0"}}

Here is my C#:

 [System.Serializable]
 public class QuestionDataAsString
 {

     public string questionText;
     public string answerText;
     public string categoryID;
     public string ID;
     public string questionType;
     public string bonusBool;

 }

 [System.Serializable]
 public class Question{

     public string questionText;
     public string answerText;
     public int categoryID;
     public int ID;
     public int questionType;
     public bool bonusBool;

 }

 public static void LoadQuestion()
     {
         string filePath = Path.Combine(Application.streamingAssetsPath, "questionData.json");
         string dataAsJSON = File.ReadAllText(filePath);
         Debug.Log(dataAsJSON);
         QuestionDataAsString question = JsonUtility.FromJson<QuestionDataAsString>(dataAsJSON);
         Debug.Log(question.questionText);
     }

 public static Question ConvertQuestionDataFromString(QuestionDataAsString stringData)
     {
         Question question = new Question();
         question.questionText = stringData.questionText;
         question.answerText = stringData.answerText;
         question.categoryID = int.Parse(stringData.categoryID);
         question.ID = int.Parse(stringData.ID);
         question.questionType = int.Parse(stringData.questionType);
         question.bonusBool = Boolean.Parse(stringData.bonusBool);
         return question;
     }

When I run LoadQuestion through a splashscreen controller, I can log the json to console as a string. But I get Null objects once I use jsonUtility.

This is the console output:

 {"question": {"questionType": "0", "categoryID": "0", "bonusBool": "FALSE", "answerText": "cake", "questionText": "If something is really easy to do, it\u2019s a piece of \u2026\u2026\u2026 \\n a. pie \\n b. tart \\n c. cake", "ID": "0"}}
 UnityEngine.Debug:Log(Object)
 SaveLoadManager:LoadQuestion() (at Assets/Scripts/SaveLoadManager.cs:91)
 <Start>c__Iterator0:MoveNext() (at Assets/Scripts/SplashController.cs:18)
 UnityEngine.SetupCoroutine:InvokeMoveNext(IEnumerator, IntPtr)

 Null
 UnityEngine.Debug:Log(Object)
 SaveLoadManager:LoadQuestion() (at Assets/Scripts/SaveLoadManager.cs:93)
 <Start>c__Iterator0:MoveNext() (at Assets/Scripts/SplashController.cs:18)
 UnityEngine.SetupCoroutine:InvokeMoveNext(IEnumerator, IntPtr)

I've searched through the answers here and on unity answers, but have not found any relevant solutions.

Any ideas why fromJson is returning Null for everything?

Upvotes: 3

Views: 8385

Answers (1)

DavidG
DavidG

Reputation: 119146

Your JSON doesn't match your C# class structure. You need a root level object to hold the question details. Also, you should use properties, not fields. For example:

public class QuestionRoot
{
    public Question Question { get; set; }
}

public class Question
{
    public string questionType { get; set; }
    public string categoryID { get; set; }
    public string bonusBool { get; set; }
    public string answerText { get; set; }
    public string questionText { get; set; }
    public string ID { get; set; }
}

Now you can do this:

var questionRoot = JsonUtility.FromJson<QuestionRoot>(dataAsJSON);
var questionText = questionRoot.question.questionText;

Side note: You should consider following C# common practice for your naming. Properties almost always start with a capital letter:

public string QuestionText { get; set; }

Upvotes: 6

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