Answer to SO Question: #41387782 Using JSON.NET to read a dynamic property name

CSharp · Console

/Program.cs

using System;
using Newtonsoft.Json;
using System.Collections.Generic;
					
public class Program
{
	// Stack Overflow Question Link: http://stackoverflow.com/q/41387782/325521
	// My Answer Link: http://stackoverflow.com/a/41390834/325521
	// Author: Shiva Kumar
	// Web: http://shiva.io	
	public static void Main()
	{
		string json = @"{
					  'data': {
						'4': {
						  'id': '12',
						  'email': '[email protected]',
						  'first_name': 'lachlan'
						  },
						'5': {
						  'id': '15',
						  'email': '[email protected]',
						  'first_name': 'appuswamy'
						  }
					   }
					}";
		
		var data = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<RootObject>(json);
		Console.WriteLine("# of items deserialized : {0}", data.DataItems.Count);
		foreach ( var item in data.DataItems)
		{
			Console.WriteLine("  Item Key {0}: ", item.Key);
			Console.WriteLine("    id: {0}", item.Value.id);
			Console.WriteLine("    email: {0}", item.Value.email);
			Console.WriteLine("    first_name: {0}", item.Value.first_name);
		}
	}
}

public class RootObject
{
	[JsonProperty(PropertyName = "data")]
	public Dictionary<string,DataItem> DataItems { get; set; }
}

public class DataItem
{
    public string id { get; set; }
    public string email { get; set; }
    public string first_name { get; set; }
}