Deserializing JToken content to an Object

Question

I want to deserialize JToken content to an object (User). How am I able to do this?

Here is my json string:

string json = @"[{""UserId"":0,""Username"":""jj.stranger"",""FirstName"":""JJ"",""LastName"":""stranger""}]"; 

This being sent to an api parameter as JToken.

User class:

public class user {     public int UserId {get; set;}     public string Username {get; set;}     public string FirstName {get; set;}     public string LastName {get; set;} } 

Web Api Method:

public IHttpActionResult Post([FromBody]JToken users) {       UserModel.SaveUser(users);       //... } 

API Invocation in Salesforce:

string json = '[{"UserId":0,"Username":"jj.stranger","FirstName":"JJ","LastName":"stranger"}]'; HttpRequest req = new HttpRequest(); HttpResponse res = new HttpResponse(); Http http = new Http();              req.setEndpoint('test.com/api/UserManagement'); req.setMethod('POST'); req.setBody(json); req.setHeader('Content-Type', 'application/json');              try {     res = http.send(req); } catch(System.CalloutException e) {     System.debug('Callout error:' + e); }              System.debug(res.getBody()); 

Answer 1

You can use JToken.ToObject generic method. http://www.nudoq.org/#!/Packages/Newtonsoft.Json/Newtonsoft.Json/JToken/M/ToObject(T)

Server API Code:

 public void Test(JToken users)  {      var usersArray = users.ToObject<User[]>();  } 

Here is the client code I use.

string json = "[{\"UserId\":0,\"Username\":\"jj.stranger\",\"FirstName\":\"JJ\",\"LastName\":\"stranger\"}]"; HttpClient client = new HttpClient(); var result = client.PostAsync(@"http://localhost:50577/api/values/test", new StringContent(json, Encoding.UTF8, "application/json")).Result; 

The object gets converted to Users array without any issues.