json usage for noob

Scripting
1

I apologize if the question is too simple.

I just received a response as byte[ ] from a webClient POST request.
This response is a json, I want to simply get one of the fields.

WebClient client = new WebClient();
byte[ ] response = client.UploadValues(baseUrlAdd, new NameValueCollection()
{
{ “Device_ID”, Globals.device_id },
});

object[ ] result = JsonUtility.FromJson<object[ ]>(System.Text.Encoding.Default.GetString(response));
Globals.game_id = result[“Game_ID”]; // ???

This is wrong. How do I get “Game_ID” ?

Thank you!

2

Can you cast as dynamic or the **Type (**if you have it) instead of object[ ]?

(At work, but something like this should work)
e.g.
dynamic result = JsonUtility.FromJson(System.Text.Encoding.Default.GetString(response));

var gameID = result.GAMEID (not sure on what this will be exactly).

3

yes, if I cast it to dynamic it doesn’t give me syntax error anymore, so this:

dynamic stuff = JsonUtility.FromJson(System.Text.Encoding.Default.GetString(response));
Globals.game_id = stuff.Game_ID;

should work?

4

It should, but there is always a doubt. If you know the structure of what you are deserializing, you can always create the object needed to deserialize it to.

public class ObjectName{
public int Game_ID {get;set;}
}

then...
ObjectName stuff = JsonUtility.FromJson<ObjectName>(System.Text.Encoding.Default.GetString(response));