[C#] Parsin google translate json result.

[TechAddict]

{

"data": {

"translations": [

{

"translatedText": "bonjour"

}

]

}

}

Any ideas on how to parse this json string and extract the "bonjour" text? Any help would be great....

[micro]

I am not familiar with json but for parsing strings with c# I would use Split.

Setup some delimiters

char[] delims = { ' '[']', '.', ':', '{','}' };

then split.

Here is some Documentation :

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms228388%28VS.80%29.aspx

[TechAddict]

Thanks... But i found a good solution. For those who want to take a look, here is the code.

JObject obj = JObject.Parse(json);

JToken translated = obj.SelectToken("data.translations[0].translatedText");

I am using the opensource json parser library "Newtonsoft.Json.dll"

[Xilo]

  On 17/05/2011 at 01:43, Chanthu said:

Thanks... But i found a good solution. For those who want to take a look, here is the code.

JObject obj = JObject.Parse(json);

JToken translated = obj.SelectToken("data.translations[0].translatedText");

I am using the opensource json parser library "Newtonsoft.Json.dll"

+1 to Json.NET. I'm using it in one project. It's a very very nice library. Much better than using the builtin libraries.

[andrew_]

Personally I'd set up a POCO that mirrored the results, and then use DataContractSerializer or JavascriptSerializer (now deprecated) and just deserialize it. JSON.NET is just another dependency you don't need.

[Xilo]

  On 18/05/2011 at 11:55, andrew_ said:

Personally I'd set up a POCO that mirrored the results, and then use DataContractSerializer or JavascriptSerializer (now deprecated) and just deserialize it. JSON.NET is just another dependency you don't need.

If a library reduces the amount of work you need to do, why would you not use it?

Using the built in serializers and all that is a lot more work than just 2 lines of code.