Question

Is it possible to deserialize this json using JSON.NET?

"players": {
        "0": {              
            "success": 1,               
            "name": "xsusususdd"
        },
        "1": {              
            "success": 1,               
            "name": "bleeps"
        },
       ..."n": {
               "success": 1,                
               "name": "bloops"
               }
       }

The 3rd party web service that I’m using doesn’t return an array but rather an object that is made up of an arbitrary number of nested objects.

I’m starting with something along the lines of:

    public class Players
    {
      public Player 0 {get;set;} //cant name the Player 0
      public Player 1 {get;set;} //cant name the Player 1
      public List<Players> players {get;set;} //doesn't work because it isn't being returned as an array
    }


    public class Player
    {          
        public string success { get; set; }         
        public string name { get; set; }        
    }


  var URL = new WebClient().DownloadString("http://webservice");
  Players result = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<Players>(URL);

Answer 1

You should be able deserialize as a Dictionary<string, Player> (or possibly <int, Player>).

Once you have that, you can create a Players class from your dictionary.