unexpected character occurred when trying to parse json-CodePudding

I'm getting the error "Newtonsoft.Json.JsonReaderException: 'Unexpected character encountered while parsing value: {. Path '', line 1, position 1.'"

My json file content is: { "employees": [] }

My code:

var jsonStr = System.IO.File.ReadAllText(contentRootPath   "/Resources/Employees.json");

            if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(jsonStr))
            {
                return null;
            }
            var json = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<string>(jsonStr);

I've verified in the debugger that the jsonStr content is: "{ \"employees\": [] }"

CodePudding user response：

You are trying to deserialize your JSON object as a string. You need to make a class / struct with an employees field and deserialize it into that.

Or deserialize it into a dynamic object and navigate the tree manually.

CodePudding user response：

Accepting that employees is an array of string, try this

var json="{\"employees\": []}";
var jD = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<Root>(json);

List<string> employees=jD.Employees.ToList();

public class Root
{
    [JsonProperty("employees")]
    public string[] Employees {get; set;}
}

test

json= JsonConvert.SerializeObject(jD);

output

{"employees":[]}