How to decode a JSON string using C#?

You can do this:

var data = new Dictionary<string, string>();
data.Add("foo", "baa"); 

JavaScriptSerializer ser = new JavaScriptSerializer();
var JSONString = ser.Serialize(data); //JSON encoded

var JSONObj = ser.Deserialize<Dictionary<string, string>>(JSONString); //JSON decoded
Console.Write(JSONObj["foo"]); //prints: baa

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