C#•12mo ago

✅ Serializing a dictonary without path in root object

Hello, I'm trying to create a DTO for an API, where the request takes a dictornary of values, but the "keys" are part of the root object, and not under a path.

 {
   // Defined key value pairs
   "name": "Foo",
   "path": "Bar",
   
   // A map of language code to content
   "en": {},
   "de": {},
   "fr": {},
 }

 {
   // Defined key value pairs
   "name": "Foo",
   "path": "Bar",
   
   // A map of language code to content
   "en": {},
   "de": {},
   "fr": {},
 }

I'm therefor not sure how I can create a C# DTO, where the json output will like the example. If I serilize the below, the language codes will be languageMap.en etc, which does not match the request object

public class MyDto
{
    [JsonPropertyName("name")] public string Name { get; set; } = null!;
    [JsonPropertyName("path")] public string Path { get; set; } = null!;
    public Dictionary<string, object> LanguageMap { get; set; } = null!;
}

public class MyDto
{
    [JsonPropertyName("name")] public string Name { get; set; } = null!;
    [JsonPropertyName("path")] public string Path { get; set; } = null!;
    public Dictionary<string, object> LanguageMap { get; set; } = null!;
}

Is there a solution on how to serilize the dictionary into the root object, without ot being under the path?

1 Reply

Arkobat•12mo ago

Thanks, exactly was I was looking for!

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✅ Serializing a dictonary without path in root object