Question

Below is the http request for the check domain availability to the HTTP API of ResellerClub:

https://test.httpapi.com/api/domains/available.json?auth-userid=166694&auth-password=span2012&domain-name=prasadvemala&domain-name=prasadvemala2&tlds=com&tlds=com

Below is the response from it:

{"prasadvemala.com":{"status":"available","classkey":"domcno"},"prasadvemala2.com":{"status":"available","classkey":"domcno"}}

What is the simplest way to parse this response in C#?

Answer 1

IMO, Json.net is best for quick and dirty Json parsing:

var jObj = JObject.Parse(responseString);
var val = jObj["prasadvemala.com"]["status"].Value<string>();

It’s avaliable as a nuget package too.

EDIT

If you want to enumerate the entire response:

var everythingDictionary = jObj
    .Properties()
    .Select(p => new{
        key=p.Name,
        value=new{
            status=p.Value["status"].Value<string>(),
            classkey=p.Value["classkey"].Value<string>()}})
    .ToDictionary(x => x.key,x => x.value);

foreach(var k in everythingDictionary.Keys)
{
    var name = k;
    var status = everythingDictionary[k].status;
    var classkey = everythingDictionary[k].classkey;
}