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Retrieving list of states in JSON format (C#) by Matt Pavey

using System;
using System.Net;
using System.Collections.Generic;

public class Program
{
	public static void Main()
	{
		// variables
		string Result = string.Empty;
		string Url = "https://mysafeinfo.com/api/data?list=states&format=json&case=lower&alias=statename=name,abbreviation=code,statehood=year&exclude=id&token=test";
		List<State> States = new List<State>();
		
		// request
		using (WebClient client = new WebClient())
		{
			// specify encoding
			client.Encoding = System.Text.UTF8Encoding.UTF8;
			
			// download data
			Result = client.DownloadString(Url);
		}

		// use Json.NET (Newtonsoft.Json) to deserialize json string into a strongly typed list of states
		// https://www.nuget.org/packages/Newtonsoft.Json
		States = Newtonsoft.Json.JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<List<State>>(Result);
		
		// iterate states collection
		foreach (State s in States)
		{
			Console.WriteLine(string.Format("{0}, {1}, {2}, {3}", s.name, s.code, s.capital, s.year));
		}
	}
}

// state class
public class State
{
	public string name = string.Empty;
	public string code = string.Empty;
	public string capital = string.Empty;
	public string year = string.Empty;
}

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using System;
using System.Net;
using System.Collections.Generic;
​
public class Program
{
    public static void Main()
    {
        // variables
        string Result = string.Empty;
        string Url = "https://mysafeinfo.com/api/data?list=states&format=json&case=lower&alias=statename=name,abbreviation=code,statehood=year&exclude=id&token=test";
        List<State> States = new List<State>();
        
        // request
        using (WebClient client = new WebClient())
        {
            // specify encoding
            client.Encoding = System.Text.UTF8Encoding.UTF8;
            
            // download data
            Result = client.DownloadString(Url);
        }
​
        // use Json.NET (Newtonsoft.Json) to deserialize json string into a strongly typed list of states
        // https://www.nuget.org/packages/Newtonsoft.Json
        States = Newtonsoft.Json.JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<List<State>>(Result);
        
        // iterate states collection
        foreach (State s in States)
        {
            Console.WriteLine(string.Format("{0}, {1}, {2}, {3}", s.name, s.code, s.capital, s.year));
        }
    }
}
​
// state class
public class State
{
    public string name = string.Empty;
    public string code = string.Empty;
    public string capital = string.Empty;
    public string year = string.Empty;
}

Alabama, AL, Montgomery, 1819
Alaska, AK, Juneau, 1959
American Samoa, AS, Pago Pago, 1899
Arizona, AZ, Phoenix, 1912
Arkansas, AR, Little Rock, 1836
California, CA, Sacramento, 1850
Colorado, CO, Denver, 1876
Connecticut, CT, Hartford, 1788
Delaware, DE, Dover, 1787
Florida, FL, Tallahassee, 1845
Georgia, GA, Atlanta, 1788
Guam, GU, Hagåtña Dededo, 1898
Hawaii, HI, Honolulu, 1959
Idaho, ID, Boise, 1890
Illinois, IL, Springfield, 1818
Indiana, IN, Indianapolis, 1816
Iowa, IA, Des Moines, 1846
Kansas, KS, Topeka, 1861
Kentucky, KY, Frankfort, 1792
Louisiana, LA, Baton Rouge, 1812
Maine, ME, Augusta, 1820
Maryland, MD, Annapolis, 1788
Massachusetts, MA, Boston, 1788
Michigan, MI, Lansing, 1837
Minnesota, MN, Saint Paul, 1858
Mississippi, MS, Jackson, 1817
Missouri, MO, Jefferson City, 1821
Montana, MT, Helena, 1889
Nebraska, NE, Lincoln, 1867
Nevada, NV, Carson City, 1864
New Hampshire, NH, Concord, 1788
New Jersey, NJ, Trenton, 1787
New Mexico, NM, Santa Fe, 1912
New York, NY, Albany, 1788
North Carolina, NC, Raleigh, 1789
North Dakota, ND, Bismarck, 1889
Northern Mariana Islands, MP, Saipan, 1947
Ohio, OH, Columbus, 1803
Oklahoma, OK, Oklahoma City, 1907
Oregon, OR, Salem, 1859
Pennsylvania, PA, Harrisburg, 1787
Puerto Rico, PR, San Juan, 1898
Rhode Island, RI, Providence, 1790
South Carolina, SC, Columbia, 1788
South Dakota, SD, Pierre, 1889
Tennessee, TN, Nashville, 1796
Texas, TX, Austin, 1845
U.S. Virgin Islands, VI, Charlotte Amalie, 1917
Utah, UT, Salt Lake City, 1896
Vermont, VT, Montpelier, 1791
Virginia, VA, Richmond, 1788
Washington, WA, Olympia, 1889
Washington D.C., DC, , 0
West Virginia, WV, Charleston, 1863
Wisconsin, WI, Madison, 1848
Wyoming, WY, Cheyenne, 1890

Cached Result
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Memory:	1.81Mb
CPU:	0.469s

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