JSON Array for ExpandoObject via JSON.NET

Question

I use the following approach to convert most of my JSON API results to an object:

public void ExpandoObject()
{
    var sampleDATA = Sample.Create();
    var json = JsonConvert.SerializeObject(sampleDATA);

    var expConverter = new ExpandoObjectConverter();
    dynamic obj = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<ExpandoObject>(json, expConverter);

    var a = obj.A;

    var b = obj.B;

    var c = obj.C; //and so on...
}

However, I came across a strange situation with this JSON format ...

[
    {
        "id": 42,
        "name": "example name",
        "member_count": 42,
        "created_date": "example created_date",
        "last_update": "example last_update",
        "last_reset": "example last_reset"
    }
]

Since this is an array, how can I access the elements, the ExpandoObject should be of IDictionary types.

Has anyone had experience?

Answer 1

Use List<ExpandoObject>when deserializing:

var expConverter = new ExpandoObjectConverter();
dynamic obj = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<List<ExpandoObject>>(json, expConverter);

Your variable objwill be a list of expando objects that you can repeat.