How to convert Json array to list of objects in c#

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As others have already pointed out, the reason you are not getting the results you expect is because your JSON does not match the class structure that you are trying to deserialize into. You either need to change your JSON or change your classes. Since others have already shown how to change the JSON, I will take the opposite approach here.

To match the JSON you posted in your question, your classes should be defined like those below. Notice I’ve made the following changes:

  1. I added a Wrapper class corresponding to the outer object in your JSON.
  2. I changed the Values property of the ValueSet class from a List<Value> to a Dictionary<string, Value> since the values property in your JSON contains an object, not an array.
  3. I added some additional [JsonProperty] attributes to match the property names in your JSON objects.

Class definitions:

class Wrapper
{
    [JsonProperty("JsonValues")]
    public ValueSet ValueSet { get; set; }
}

class ValueSet
{
    [JsonProperty("id")]
    public string Id { get; set; }
    [JsonProperty("values")]
    public Dictionary<string, Value> Values { get; set; }
}

class Value
{
    [JsonProperty("id")]
    public string Id { get; set; }
    [JsonProperty("diaplayName")]
    public string DisplayName { get; set; }
}

You need to deserialize into the Wrapper class, not the ValueSet class. You can then get the ValueSet from the Wrapper.

var valueSet = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<Wrapper>(jsonString).ValueSet;

Here is a working program to demonstrate:

class Program
{
    static void Main(string[] args)
    {
        string jsonString = @"
        {
            ""JsonValues"": {
                ""id"": ""MyID"",
                ""values"": {
                    ""value1"": {
                        ""id"": ""100"",
                        ""diaplayName"": ""MyValue1""
                    },
                    ""value2"": {
                        ""id"": ""200"",
                        ""diaplayName"": ""MyValue2""
                    }
                }
            }
        }";

        var valueSet = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<Wrapper>(jsonString).ValueSet;

        Console.WriteLine("id: " + valueSet.Id);
        foreach (KeyValuePair<string, Value> kvp in valueSet.Values)
        {
            Console.WriteLine(kvp.Key + " id: " + kvp.Value.Id);
            Console.WriteLine(kvp.Key + " name: " + kvp.Value.DisplayName);
        }
    }
}

And here is the output:

id: MyID
value1 id: 100
value1 name: MyValue1
value2 id: 200
value2 name: MyValue2

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