Deserialize Yaml into c# collection

Question

I have the following yaml structure:

TestPaySignService:
    Test:
        TestString:
            settings-key: TestStringValue
            types:
                - type1
                - type2

        TestString2:
            settings-key: TestStringValue2
            types:
                - type1
                - type2

I want to parse this yaml and store only "settings-key" and "types" together in c# collection, for example List, like the following:

[
  {
     name: TestStringValue,
     types: ["type1", "type2"]
  },
  {
     name: TestStringValue2,
     types: ["type1", "type2"]
  }
]

I've followed the follwin question and tried the accepted answer's code, but as it seems it's obsolete for now: Deserialize a YAML "Table" of data

PS my yaml schema changes every time, but "settings-key" and "types" are always contained, so I want to create something like "dynamic parser"

Answer 1

You can deserialize the yaml to a dynamic object then walk a bit. Something like the following:

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public static void Main()
{
    var r = new StringReader(@"TestPaySignService:
Test:
    TestString:
        settings-key: TestStringValue
        types:
            - type1
            - type2

    TestString2:
        settings-key: TestStringValue2
        types:
            - type1
            - type2"); 
    var deserializer = new Deserializer();
    var yamlObject = deserializer.Deserialize<dynamic>(r)["TestPaySignService"]["Test"].Values;

    // just to print the json
    var serializer = new JsonSerializer();
    serializer.Serialize(Console.Out, yamlObject);
}

Output

[{
    "settings-key": "TestStringValue",
    "types": [
        "type1",
        "type2"
    ]
},
{
    "settings-key": "TestStringValue2",
    "types": [
        "type1",
        "type2"
    ]
}]

If you need to use TestString, you should deserialize it into an object.