convert json string to c# list of objects (string comes from request as NULL)

Question

I have the following code to convert json string to list of objects:

        public class rest_all
        {
            public string restaurants { get; set; } 
        }


        public class rest_all_data
        {
            public string RestaurantName { get; set; }
            public string CategoryName { get; set; }
            public string FourSquareID { get; set; } 
        }


        public class rest_collection 
        {
            public IEnumerable<rest_all_data> rest_all_data { get; set; }
        }

and here is the main function:

public void AddRestaurantMultiple (rest_all rest_all)
        {
            JavaScriptSerializer serializer = new JavaScriptSerializer();
            rest_collection collection = serializer.Deserialize<rest_collection>(rest_all.restaurants);
        }

the problem is that when I make an http request with a json string like this:

{"restaurants" : [{"RestaurantName":"a","CategoryName":"b","FourSquareID":"c"},{"RestaurantName":"d","CategoryName":"e","FourSquareID":"f"}]

it always gives me null at the AddRestaurantMultiple function...what is it am i doing wrong??

Answer 1

Your model should be

public class Restaurant
{
    public string RestaurantName { get; set; }
    public string CategoryName { get; set; }
    public string FourSquareID { get; set; }
}

public class rest_collection
{
    public List<Restaurant> restaurants { get; set; }
}

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var result = new JavaScriptSerializer().Deserialize<rest_collection>(yourjson);