Json.NET get nested jToken value

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You can use SelectToken() to select a token from deep within the LINQ-to-JSON hierarchy for deserialization. In two lines:

var token = jObj.SelectToken("response.docs");
var su = token == null ? null : token.ToObject<Solr_User []>();

Or in one line, by conditionally deserializing a null JToken when the selected token is missing:

var su = (jObj.SelectToken("response.docs") ?? JValue.CreateNull()).ToObject<Solr_User []>();

Sample fiddle.

In c# 6 or later it’s even easier to deserialize a nested token in one line using the null conditional operator:

var su = jObj.SelectToken("response.docs")?.ToObject<Solr_User []>();

Or even

var su = jObj?["response"]?["docs"]?.ToObject<Solr_User []>();

Note that SelectTokens() is slightly more forgiving than the JToken index operator, as SelectTokens() will return null for a query of the wrong type (e.g. if the value of "response" were a string literal not a nested object) while the index operator will throw an exception.

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