Tag Archives: Newtonsoft

C# Convert XML to JSON using dynamic ExpandoObject, XDocument and NewtonSoft.JSON

Posted on June 16, 2023 by briancaos

So I receive these XML feeds from my client, but I need to enrich the contents before I can use the data. AND I would like to work with JSON instead. So how to do that with a few lines … Continue reading →

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C# Deserialize JSON to dynamic ExpandoObject()

Posted on March 17, 2022 by briancaos

The Microsoft System.Text.Json.Serialization.JsonSerializer cannot (yet) convert JSON into dynamic objects. But good ole Newtonsoft.Json can. The conversion is simple too: After the conversion, you can work with the dynamic object as you wish: MORE TO READ: How to serialize and … Continue reading →

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Azure.Storage.Queues QueueMessage Deserialize JSON with .NET Core

Posted on June 16, 2021 by briancaos

The documentation around .NET QueueMessage is a little fuzzy so depending on the version of your NuGet libraries might differ in properties. This article uses the Azure.Storage.Queues, Version=12.7.0.0. If you, like me, have systems writing JSON messages to the queue, … Continue reading →

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C# Newtonsoft camelCasing the serialized JSON output

Posted on March 4, 2021 by briancaos

JSON love to be camelCased, while the C# Model class hates it. This comes down to coding style, which is – among developers – taken more seriously than politics and religion. But fear not, with Newtonsoft (or is it newtonSoft … Continue reading →

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C# HttpClient POST or PUT Json with content type application/json

Posted on August 28, 2019 by briancaos

The HttpClient is a nifty tool for getting and sending data to a URL, but it works differently from the old fashioned WebRequest class. The content type is added to the post data instead of added as a header parameter. … Continue reading →

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C# Newtonsoft serialize property that is an array and a string

Posted on August 26, 2019 by briancaos

IdentityServer4 has a strange way of returning roles. If there is only one role, the property is a string: But if there is more than one role, the property is an array of strings: If the property is a string, … Continue reading →

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C# Using Newtonsoft and dynamic ExpandoObject to convert one Json to another

Posted on September 22, 2017 by briancaos

The scenario where you convert one input Json format to another output Json is not uncommon. Before C# dynamic and ExpandoObject you would serialize the input Json to POCO model classes and use a Factory class to convert to another … Continue reading →

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Azure CloudQueue, Get and Set Json using Newtonsoft.Json and Microsoft.WindowsAzure.Storage

Posted on November 20, 2015 by briancaos

The Microsoft Azure Cloud have a nice simple Queue mechanism in their Azure Storage where you can store up to 64 kb of data for up to 7 days. The queue is very easy to set up and very easy … Continue reading →

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