c# - Accessed JArray values with invalid key value: "fields". Array position index expected

Question

I am using the guardian API to try and retrieve stories but keep receiving an exception. The string of json contains the below json, however I can't access the body using LINQ.

Here it is:

{
    "response":{
    "status":"ok",
    "userTier":"approved",
    "total":1,
    "startIndex":1,
    "pageSize":10,
    "currentPage":1,
    "pages":1,
    "orderBy":"newest",
    "results":[{
      "id":"sustainable-business/sustainable-finance-where-next-open-thread",
      "sectionId":"sustainable-business",
      "sectionName":"Guardian Sustainable Business",
      "webPublicationDate":"2014-02-13T13:27:00Z",
      "webTitle":"Where next for sustainable finance? - open thread",
      "webUrl":"http://www.theguardian.com/sustainable-business/sustainable-finance-where-next-open-thread",
      "apiUrl":"http://content.guardianapis.com/sustainable-business/sustainable-finance-where-next-open-thread",
      "fields":{
        "body":"<img src="http://hits.theguardian.com/b/ss/guardiangu-api/1/H.20.3/98867?ns=guardian&amp;pageName=Where+next+for+sustainable+finance%3F+-+open+thread+Article+2043222&amp;ch=Guardian+Sustainable+Business&amp;c2=461773&amp;c4=MIC%3A+Finance+%28GSB%29%2CMIC%3A+Guardian+Sustainable+Business%2CPRO%3A+Sustainability+%28Guardian+Professional%29&amp;c3=theguardian.com&amp;c6=Laura+Paddison&amp;c7=14-Feb-13&amp;c8=2043222&amp;c9=Article" width="1" height="1" />..."
      }
     }]
     }
}

I have tried every thing including this:

string story = (string)ja["response"]["results"]["fields"]["body"];

Update:

public partial class Story : PhoneApplicationPage
{
    string url;
    string jsonData;

    // Http used so the json can be retrived via the get async methods
    HttpClient webClient = new HttpClient();

    protected override void OnNavigatedTo(NavigationEventArgs e)
    {
        if (NavigationContext.QueryString.ContainsKey("key"))
        {
            string encodedValue = NavigationContext.QueryString["key"];
            url = Uri.UnescapeDataString(encodedValue);
            textBox.Text = url;
            guardianPanorama();
        }
    }
    private async void guardianPanorama()
    {
        try
        {
            HttpResponseMessage Result = await webClient.GetAsync(url);

            // This takes the http response content and is turned into a string
            jsonData = await Result.Content.ReadAsStringAsync();
           
            JObject ja = JObject.Parse(jsonData);

            // This takes the current bitcoin price and formats it so there is the      correct amount of decimal places
            string story = (string)ja["response"]["results"]["fields"]["body"];

            // It then gets added to the textbox
            textBox.Text = story;
        }
        catch (Exception errors)
        {
            MessageBox.Show("There has been a error with the Guardian API");
            Console.WriteLine("An error occured:" + errors);
        }
    }
}

Exception:

System.ArgumentException: Accessed JArray values with invalid key value: "fields". Array position index expected.

at Newtonsoft.Json.Linq.JArray.get_Item(Object key)

Answer 1

If you replace

// This takes the current bitcoin price and formats it so there is the correct amount of decimal places
string story = (string)ja["response"]["results"]["fields"]["body"];

with

// This takes the current bitcoin price and formats it so there is the correct amount of decimal places
string story = (string)ja["response"]["results"][0]["fields"]["body"];

that should work for your example. Note the square bracket after results in the example you provided, that indicates an array that should be accounted for in your access code.