I have a json text and i want to get the values of author name and description tags. no need of other fields like url and urltoimage and all.
when i run the below code does not providing any string values. i think some error goes here.
{
"status": "ok",
"articles": [
{
"source": {
"id": "techcrunch",
"name": "TechCrunch"
},
"author": "Khaled "Tito" Hamze",
"title": "Crunch Report",
"description": "Your daily roundup of the biggest TechCrunch stories and startup news.",
"url": "https://techcrunch.com/video/crunchreport/",
"urlToImage": "https://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2015/03/tccrshowogo.jpg?w=500&h=200&crop=1",
"publishedAt": "2017-12-11T20:20:09Z"
},
{
"source": {
"id": "techcrunch",
"name": "TechCrunch"
},
"author": "Sarah Perez",
"title": "Facebook is trying to make the Poke happen?again",
"description": "Facebook's "Poke" feature has never really gone away, but now the social network is giving it a more prominent placement - and is even considering expanding..",
"url": "https://techcrunch.com/2017/12/11/facebook-is-trying-to-make-the-poke-happen-again/",
"urlToImage": "https://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2017/12/facebook-poke-icon.jpg",
"publishedAt": "2017-12-11T20:02:30Z"
},
{
"source": {
"id": "techcrunch",
"name": "TechCrunch"
},
"author": "Sarah Perez",
"title": "Amazon Alexa can now wake you up to?music",
"description": "This fall, Amazon made a play to become your new alarm clock with the introduction of a combination smart speaker and clock called the Echo Spot. Today, the..",
"url": "https://techcrunch.com/2017/12/11/amazon-alexa-can-now-wake-you-up-to-music/",
"urlToImage": "https://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2017/09/amazon-event-9270069.jpg",
"publishedAt": "2017-12-11T17:22:30Z"
},
{
"source": {
"id": "techcrunch",
"name": "TechCrunch"
},
"author": "Ingrid Lunden, Katie Roof",
"title": "Apple confirms Shazam acquisition; Snap and Spotify also expressed?interest",
"description": "After we broke the story last week that Apple was acquiring London-based music and image recognition service Shazam, Apple confirmed the news today. It is..",
"url": "https://techcrunch.com/2017/12/11/apple-shazam-deal/",
"urlToImage": "https://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2017/12/shazam-app-icon-ios.jpg",
"publishedAt": "2017-12-11T15:59:31Z"
}
]}
how to get this? below is my code and its not at all working
var data = (JObject)JsonConvert.DeserializeObject(myJSON);
string nameArticles= data["articles"].Value<string>();
MessageBox.Show(nameArticles);
public class Source
{
public string id { get; set; }
public string name { get; set; }
}
public class Article
{
public Source source { get; set; }
public string author { get; set; }
public string title { get; set; }
public string description { get; set; }
public string url { get; set; }
public string urlToImage { get; set; }
public DateTime publishedAt { get; set; }
}
Article art = new Article();
art = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<Article>(myJSON);
MessageBox.Show(art.description.ToString());
the above code return object not set to an instance error!
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