JObject nested property

Question

I am trying to make a json object like this with JObject:

{
    "input": {
        "webpage/url": "http://google.com/"
    }
}

I can add properties like:

JObject job = new JObject(
                new JProperty("website/url", "http://www.google.com") );

But any time I try to nest an object inside another object so I can have the parent "input" it throws an exception.

How do you make nested properties with JObject?

Answer 1

Probably the most straightforward way would be:

var input = new JObject();

input.Add("webpage/url", "http://google.com");

var obj = new JObject();

obj.Add("input", input);

Which gives you:

{
  "input": {
    "webpage/url": "http://google.com"
  }
}

Another way would be:

var input = new JObject
{
    { "webpage/url", "http://google.com" }
};

var obj = new JObject
{
    { "input", input }
};

... Or if you wanted it all in one statement:

var obj = new JObject
{
    {
        "input",
        new JObject
        {
            { "webpage/url", "http://google.com" }
        }
    }
};