C#•2y ago

❔ Models for JSON from API

In Tim Coreys video he had an API with this sort of JSON structure:

results:
        sunrise: "value"
        sunset: "value"

For this he created two models, one for the actual keys called SunModel, and one for the results, which has a field of type SunModel called Results. Now I have this API that I want to call:

times:
        2023-10-29:
                0: "value"
                 1: "value"

So I have one more layer, what would be the best approach for this? To make one Model for times, one for 2023-10-29 and one for the actual keys 0 and 1? Also, since I can't name the variable in my model class 0, how do I tell my application to get this specific value? Can I index it?

6 Replies

Angius•2y ago

2023-10-29 strikes me as a dictionary key So do the 0 and 1 ones Alternatively, that could also be an array

.tree•2y ago

What do you mean by dictionary key?

Angius•2y ago

Some Dictionary<DateOnly, string[]> comes to mind Or Dictionary<DateOnly, Dictionary<int, string>>

.tree•2y ago

I don't quite follow, are you suggesting my model should be of that type?

MODiX•2y ago

Angius#1586

REPL Result: Success

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Text.Json;

var json = """
{
    "times": {
        "2023-10-29": {
            "0": "value",
            "1": "value"
        }
    }
}
""";
    
var data = JsonSerializer.Deserialize<Root>(json);

class Root {
public Dictionary<DateOnly, Dictionary<int, string>> times { get; set; }
}

data

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Text.Json;

var json = """
{
    "times": {
        "2023-10-29": {
            "0": "value",
            "1": "value"
        }
    }
}
""";
    
var data = JsonSerializer.Deserialize<Root>(json);

class Root {
public Dictionary<DateOnly, Dictionary<int, string>> times { get; set; }
}

data

Result: Root

{
  "times": {
    "2023-10-29": {
      "0": "value",
      "1": "value"
    }
  }
}

{
  "times": {
    "2023-10-29": {
      "0": "value",
      "1": "value"
    }
  }
}

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Accord•2y ago

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