Convert JSON string to C# dictionary

Question

I have a JSON string

{
  "Date":"21/11/2010"
  "name": "TEST"
  "place":"xyz"
}

I want to convert it into a C# dictionary without using a third party library

Answer 1

You can do it natively since net 3.5 with jsonserializer.

var jss = new JavaScriptSerializer();
var dict = jss.Deserialize<Dictionary<string,string>>(jsonText);
var place = dict["place"]; // "xyz"

Here is a simple tutorial for your case: Quick JSON Serialization/Deserialization in C#

Requires the System.Web.Extensions reference. If you can't find it, your program is probably using a Client target framework. Use a "Full" target framework.