I’m working with NewsBlur API which returns a feed list. The response JSON is of type:
{
"authenticated": true,
"user": "sathyabhat",
"feeds": {},
"flat_folders": { },
result: "ok"
}
where feeds: is of type
"feeds": {
"96705": {
"feed_address": "http://www.linuxhaxor.net/",
"updated": "8492 hours",
"favicon_text_color": null,
"subs": 35,
"feed_link": "http://www.linuxhaxor.net/",
"favicon_fetching": true,
"nt": 0,
"updated_seconds_ago": 30573336,
"num_subscribers": 35,
"feed_title": "LinuxHaxor.net",
"favicon_fade": null,
"exception_type": "feed",
"exception_code": 503,
"favicon_color": null,
"active": true,
"ng": 0,
"feed_opens": 0,
"id": 96705,
"ps": 0,
"has_exception": true
},
"768840": {
"feed_address": "http://feeds.feedburner.com/PathikShahDotCom",
"updated": "3 hours",
"favicon_text_color": "black",
"subs": 1,
"feed_link": "http://www.pathikshah.com/blog",
"favicon_fetching": false,
"nt": 0,
"updated_seconds_ago": 13043,
"num_subscribers": 1,
"feed_title": "Pathik Shah",
"favicon_fade": "769456",
"favicon_color": "b2d092",
"active": true,
"ng": 0,
"feed_opens": 0,
"id": 768840,
"ps": 0
},
"768842": {
"feed_address": "http://feeds.preshit.net/preshit/blog",
"updated": "3 hours",
"favicon_text_color": null,
"subs": 1,
"feed_link": "http://preshit.net",
"favicon_fetching": false,
"nt": 3,
"updated_seconds_ago": 13536,
"num_subscribers": 1,
"feed_title": "Preshit Deorukhkar",
"favicon_fade": null,
"favicon_color": null,
"active": true,
"ng": 0,
"feed_opens": 1,
"id": 768842,
"ps": 0
},
"768843": {
"feed_address": "http://quizwith.net/feed/",
"updated": "3 hours",
"favicon_text_color": "white",
"subs": 1,
"feed_link": "http://quizwith.net",
"favicon_fetching": false,
"nt": 0,
"updated_seconds_ago": 11617,
"num_subscribers": 1,
"feed_title": "quizwith.net",
"favicon_fade": "c22900",
"favicon_color": "fe6501",
"active": true,
"ng": 0,
"feed_opens": 0,
"id": 768843,
"ps": 0
}
[… so on ..]
}
So essentially, it’s a list of feeds objects. Now, I’m trying to deserialize this into a C# object using JSON.net, but my class members are populated with null values.
My class is modelled on the response that I’m getting:
public class FeedResponse
{
public string authenticated { get; set; }
public string user { get; set; }
public List<feed> feeds { get; set; }
public string flat_folders { get; set; }
public string result { get; set; }
}
public class feed
{
public string feed_address { get; set; }
public string updated { get; set; }
public string favicon_text_color { get; set; }
public int subs { get; set; }
public string feed_link { get; set; }
public bool favicon_fetching { get; set; }
public string nt { get; set; }
public string updated_seconds_ago { get; set; }
public int num_subscribers { get; set; }
public string feed_title { get; set; }
public string favicon_fade { get; set; }
public string exception_type { get; set; }
public string exception_code { get; set; }
public string favicon_color { get; set; }
public bool active { get; set; }
public string ng { get; set; }
public int feed_opens { get; set; }
public int id { get; set; }
public bool has_exception { get; set; }
}
This is the line which attempts to deserialize( using RestSharp):
return Execute<FeedResponse>(request);
Evidently, something goes wrong while trying to parse the JSON for the feed response.
Any pointers as to what I’m doing wrong?
Feeds is a
Dictionary<int,Feed>not aList<Feed>(theres is Keys).edit: a little more details, a list of objects in json would look like that:
edit2: full sample working: