I was able to solve it by DeserializeObject to a datatable using Json.net, so want to post my own answer but will not mark it as accepted, if anyone have better way to do this.
To convert JSON string to DataTable
public static DataTable jsonStringToTable(string jsonContent)
{
DataTable dt = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<DataTable>(jsonContent);
return dt;
}
To make CSV string
public static string jsonToCSV(string jsonContent, string delimiter)
{
StringWriter csvString = new StringWriter();
using (var csv = new CsvWriter(csvString))
{
csv.Configuration.SkipEmptyRecords = true;
csv.Configuration.WillThrowOnMissingField = false;
csv.Configuration.Delimiter = delimiter;
using (var dt = jsonStringToTable(jsonContent))
{
foreach (DataColumn column in dt.Columns)
{
csv.WriteField(column.ColumnName);
}
csv.NextRecord();
foreach (DataRow row in dt.Rows)
{
for (var i = 0; i < dt.Columns.Count; i++)
{
csv.WriteField(row[i]);
}
csv.NextRecord();
}
}
}
return csvString.ToString();
}
Final Usage in Web API
string csv = jsonToCSV(content, ",");
HttpResponseMessage result = new HttpResponseMessage(HttpStatusCode.OK);
result.Content = new StringContent(csv);
result.Content.Headers.ContentType = new MediaTypeHeaderValue("text/csv");
result.Content.Headers.ContentDisposition = new ContentDispositionHeaderValue("attachment") { FileName = "export.csv" };
return result;