Extract data from Json string

Question

I got a string containing Json. It looks like this:

"status_code":200, "status_txt":"OK", "data": {    "img_name":"D9Y3z.png",    "img_url":"http:\/\/s1.uploads.im\/D9Y3z.png",    "img_view":"http:\/\/uploads.im\/D9Y3z.png",    "img_width":"167",    "img_height":"288",    "img_attr":"width=\"167\" height=\"288\"",    "img_size":"36.1 KB",    "img_bytes":36981,    "thumb_url":"http:\/\/s1.uploads.im\/t\/D9Y3z.png",    "thumb_width":360,    "thumb_height":360,    "source":"http:\/\/www.google.com\/images\/srpr\/nav_logo66.png",    "resized":"0",    "delete_key":"df149b075ab68c38" } 

I am trying to get a hold of the "img_url". I have Json.NET installed and I´ve found similar questions here..

for example something like this:

JObject o = JObject.Parse("{'People':[{'Name':'Jeff'},{'Name':'Joe'}]}");  // get name token of first person and convert to a string string name = (string)o.SelectToken("People[0].Name"); 

In my case I changed ("People[0].Name") to ("img_url"),("img_url[0]) etc..no luck

This is my code now:

public string tempJson { get; set; } public ActionResult SaveUploadedFile(string test) {     using (WebResponse wrs = wrq.GetResponse())     using (Stream stream = wrs.GetResponseStream())     using (StreamReader reader = new StreamReader(stream))     {         string json = reader.ReadToEnd();         tempJson = json;     } } 

Do I have to do something with the string before I can extract the value? Thanks!

Answer 1

img_url is not a property of root object - it's a property of data object:

var obj = JObject.Parse(json); var url = (string)obj["data"]["img_url"]; // http://s1.uploads.im/D9Y3z.png 

Another option:

var url = (string)obj.SelectToken("data.img_url");