how to parse the value of json result in c#?

Question

I am coming to a problem where I am displaying {"name": "Mike"} as my result rather then the value of it which is Mike. Is there a way to parse or get the value of json result to display properly with my code below without use Newton or any c# libraries? Thanks for the help.

here is my code:

     public void CheckUserInDb()
    {

        var httpWebRequest = (HttpWebRequest) WebRequest.Create("https://PROJECT_URL.firebaseio.com/QR.json");
        httpWebRequest.ContentType = "application/json";
        httpWebRequest.Method = "PUT";

       using (var streamWriter = new StreamWriter(httpWebRequest.GetRequestStream()))
        { 


          string missingObjectCount = statusText.text;
           streamWriter.Write(missingObjectCount);



        }

        var httpResponse = (HttpWebResponse) httpWebRequest.GetResponse();
        using (var streamReader = new StreamReader(httpResponse.GetResponseStream()))
        {
            var result = streamReader.ReadToEnd();

            Debug.Log(result);
        }

        SceneManager.LoadScene("Verify");


    }


} 

Answer 1

Well, sure. After all, JSON is just string data.

So if result is just a string like {"name": "Mike"} , then simply parse out the value you want. There are a few ways to do it. For example:

string result = "{\"name\": \"Mike\"}";
string[] parsed = result.Split('"');
Console.WriteLine(parsed[3]);

This is not quite as simple if the JSON data is not always predictable, ie the number of fields, the field positions, etc.