using System;

using System.Text.Json;

using System.Collections.Generic;

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Dictionary<string, Dictionary<string, Dictionary<string, string>>> allMediaSources = new Dictionary<string, Dictionary<string, Dictionary<string, string>>>();

string jsonString = "{\"ArcadeDB\":{\"mame\":{\"ImageSource\":\"Screenshot\",\"LogoSource\":\"Clear Logo\",\"BoxSource\":\"Cabinet\",\"VideoSource\":\"Standard\"},\"mastersystem\":{\"ImageSource\":\"Title\",\"LogoSource\":\"Clear Logo\",\"BoxSource\":\"Cabinet\",\"VideoSource\":\"Standard\"}},\"EmuMovies\":{\"mame\":{\"ImageSource\":\"Screenshot\",\"LogoSource\":\"Clear Logo\",\"BoxSource\":\"Box 2D\",\"CartridgeSource\":\"Cartridge\",\"VideoSource\":\"Standard\"},\"mastersystem\":{\"ImageSource\":\"Screenshot\",\"LogoSource\":\"Clear Logo\",\"BoxSource\":\"Box 2D\",\"CartridgeSource\":\"Cartridge\",\"VideoSource\":\"Standard\"}},\"ScreenScraper\":{\"mame\":{\"ImageSource\":\"Screenshot\",\"LogoSource\":\"Clear Logo\",\"BoxSource\":\"Box 2D\",\"VideoSource\":\"Standard\"},\"mastersystem\":{\"ImageSource\":\"Screenshot\",\"LogoSource\":\"Clear Logo\",\"BoxSource\":\"Box 2D\",\"VideoSource\":\"Standard\"}}}";

string scraper = "scraper";

string system = "system";

Dictionary<string, string> mediaSources = new(){ { "TEST KEY", "TEST VALUE" }};

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if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(jsonString))

{

    try

    {

        // Deserialize the JSON string into the nested dictionary structure

        allMediaSources = JsonSerializer.Deserialize<Dictionary<string, Dictionary<string, Dictionary<string, string>>>>(jsonString)

        ?? new Dictionary<string, Dictionary<string, Dictionary<string, string>>>(); // Ensure a non-null dictionary

    }

    catch (Exception ex)

    {

        // Handle deserialization errors (optional logging or handling)

        // For now, we'll just fall back to an empty dictionary

        allMediaSources = new Dictionary<string, Dictionary<string, Dictionary<string, string>>>();

    }

}

​

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// Ensure that the scraper key exists in allMediaSources

if (!allMediaSources.ContainsKey(scraper))

{

    allMediaSources[scraper] = [];

}

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string newJsonString;

​

// Get the nested dictionary for the scraper

var nestedDictionary = allMediaSources[scraper];

​

// Check if the system key exists within the scraper's nested dictionary

if (!nestedDictionary.ContainsKey(system))

{

    // If the system key doesn't exist, add the mediaSources dictionary

    nestedDictionary.Add(system, mediaSources);

}

else

{

    // If the system key exists, replace the existing dictionary with mediaSources

    nestedDictionary[system] = mediaSources;

}

​

// Update property value

JsonSerializerOptions opts = new(){WriteIndented = true};

newJsonString = JsonSerializer.Serialize(allMediaSources, opts);

​

Console.WriteLine(newJsonString);

// Save the changes to the settings

​