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is there any way to validate a string to be json or not ? other than try/catch .
I'm using ServiceStack Json Serializer and couldn't find a method related to validation .
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Use JContainer. Parse(str) method to check if the str is a valid Json. If this throws exception then it is not a valid Json.
It means that the editor failed to get a response to the server or the response wasn't in a valid JSON format. Basically, if the editor can't communicate with the server, it will show this error message instead. To fix the problem, you essentially need to fix whatever is getting in the way of the communication.
The simplest way to check if JSON is valid is to load the JSON into a JObject or JArray and then use the IsValid(JToken, JSchema) method with the JSON Schema. To get validation error messages use the IsValid(JToken, JSchema, IList<String> ) or Validate(JToken, JSchema, SchemaValidationEventHandler) overloads.
JSON can actually take the form of any data type that is valid for inclusion inside JSON, not just arrays or objects. So for example, a single string or number would be valid JSON. Unlike in JavaScript code in which object properties may be unquoted, in JSON only quoted strings may be used as properties.
Probably the quickest and dirtiest way is to check if the string starts with '{':
public static bool IsJson(string input){
input = input.Trim();
return input.StartsWith("{") && input.EndsWith("}")
|| input.StartsWith("[") && input.EndsWith("]");
}
Another option is that you could try using the JavascriptSerializer class:
JavaScriptSerializer ser = new JavaScriptSerializer();
SomeJSONClass = ser.Deserialize<SomeJSONClass >(json);
Or you could have a look at JSON.NET:
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A working code snippet
public bool isValidJSON(String json)
{
try
{
JToken token = JObject.Parse(json);
return true;
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
return false;
}
}
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