Can't deal with Json in c#?

Question

JSON

How do I copy the title and url into string variables. I tried many ways, but nothing works. It is necessary either by standard means or with Newtonsoft .Json;
Preferably a way where there is less code. Thank you.

{
  "response":{
    "count":198,
      "items":[
    {
    "id":340125039,
    "owner_id":34254853,
    "artist":"IOWA",
    "title":"Маршрутка",
    "duration":190,
    "url":"http:\/\/cs7-5v4.vk-cdn.net\/p12\/f2b760cb436de0.mp3?extra=e4YwZ6p7cW89g9sxd_umf32-REUp46lEPjiCU-PerT5_VH7v6wPJxEnRZjf2I0nY_yJ8FQs7x_hyXH0dGtr27cP32ekSlx_F",
    "genre_id":9
  }
  ]
  }
}

Answer 1

1) Using Newtonsoft .Json, you translate json into an xml document, for example, XDocument
2) Then from xml, using XPath, you get to the desired element
. Suppose that your json is in txt1.txt

var str1 = File.ReadAllText(@"Data\txt1.txt");
var xdoc = JsonConvert.DeserializeXNode(str1);

var title = xdoc.XPathSelectElements("response/items/title").Select(x => x.Value).FirstOrDefault();
var url = xdoc.XPathSelectElements("response/items/url").Select(x => x.Value).FirstOrDefault();

In general, it is better to create a class into which json can be deserialized. And then we deserialize into it using Newtonsoft .Json

Answer 2

Maybe a little late, but the option with converting to XML is terrible. If there is no need / desire / opportunity to use the model, then there are the following options:
1. LinqToJson . Released in Newtonsoft Json.NET
2. JsonPath . Implemented there.

Answer 3

Console.WriteLine((string)MyJsonObject["title"]);

Answer 4

Regex is a fairly standard facility? If not, you can use String.Split() with quotes.
But in general, I like Pavel Osadchiy 's version the most (its second part):

In general, it is better to create a class into which json can be deserialized. And then we deserialize into it using Newtonsoft .Json