Question

I have the following JSON that a C# WebClient returned:

"\n\n\n{\n \"resultCount\":1,\n \"results\": [\n{\"wrapperType\":\"artist\", \"artistType\":\"Artist\", \"artistName\":\"Jack Johnson\", \"artistLinkUrl\":\"http://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/jack-johnson/id909253?uo=4\", \"artistId\":909253, \"amgArtistId\":468749, \"primaryGenreName\":\"Rock\", \"primaryGenreId\":21}]\n}\n\n\n"

or, more clearly:

{
   "resultCount ":1,
   "results ":[
      {
         "wrapperType ":"artist ",
         "artistType ":"Artist ",
         "artistName ":"Jack Johnson ",
         "artistLinkUrl ":"http://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/jack-johnson/id909253?uo=4 ",
         "artistId ":909253,
         "amgArtistId ":468749,
         "primaryGenreName ":"Rock ",
         "primaryGenreId ":21
      }
   ]
}

I’ve tried deserializing this to a class, like so:

 thejsonresult = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<JsonResult>(WebRequest.Json);

but received the following error:

Error reading string. Unexpected token: StartObject. Line 7, position 2.

I’m pretty lost and can’t find any documentation on this. Anyone got a clue?

Answer 1

This doesn’t throw any exceptions for me in LINQPad:

JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<JsonResult>("\n\n\n{\n \"resultCount\":1,\n \"results\": [\n{\"wrapperType\":\"artist\", \"artistType\":\"Artist\", \"artistName\":\"Jack Johnson\", \"artistLinkUrl\":\"http://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/jack-johnson/id909253?uo=4\", \"artistId\":909253, \"amgArtistId\":468749, \"primaryGenreName\":\"Rock\", \"primaryGenreId\":21}]\n}\n\n\n")

If you’re getting different results, you may want to try a different version of JSON.NET to see if it’s a bug.