Populate an Object |
This sample populates an existing object instance with values from JSON.
public class Account { public string Email { get; set; } public bool Active { get; set; } public DateTime CreatedDate { get; set; } public List<string> Roles { get; set; } }
Account account = new Account { Email = "james@example.com", Active = true, CreatedDate = new DateTime(2013, 1, 20, 0, 0, 0, DateTimeKind.Utc), Roles = new List<string> { "User", "Admin" } }; string json = @"{ 'Active': false, 'Roles': [ 'Expired' ] }"; JsonConvert.PopulateObject(json, account); Console.WriteLine(account.Email); // james@example.com Console.WriteLine(account.Active); // false Console.WriteLine(string.Join(", ", account.Roles.ToArray())); // User, Admin, Expired