Deserialise JSON with Newtonsoft Json.NET in C# -

i want parse piece of json newtonsoft json.net

json:

[{ "type": "switchstatus", "data" :[             {              "id" : "1",             "value" : "2.5"         },         {              "id" : "2",             "value" : "4.2"         }     ], "datetime": "2014-12-01", "customerid": "50" }] 

classes:

public class account {     [jsonproperty("type")]     public string type { get; set; }     public list<data> data { get; set; }     [jsonproperty("datetime")]     public string datetime { get; set; }     [jsonproperty("customerid")]     public string customerid { get; set; } }//account  public class data {     [jsonproperty("id")]     public string id { get; set; }     [jsonproperty("value")]     public string value { get; set; } } 

parsing:

account account = jsonconvert.deserializeobject<account>(message); 

error :

cannot deserialize current json array (e.g. [1,2,3]) type 'jsonparser.account' because type requires json object (e.g. {"name":"value"}) deserialize correctly.

to fix error either change json json object (e.g. {"name":"value"}) or change deserialized type array or type implements collection interface (e.g. icollection, ilist) list can deserialized json array. jsonarrayattribute can added type force deserialize json array.

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your problem json doesn't match declared class. specifically, data property isn't list<string>, complex object.

your class should this:

public class data {     [jsonproperty("id")]     public int id { get; set; }     [jsonproperty("value")]     public double value { get; set; } }  public class account {     [jsonproperty("type")]     public string type { get; set; }     public list<data> data { get; set; }     [jsonproperty("datetime")]     public string datetime { get; set; }     [jsonproperty("customerid")]     public int customerid { get; set; } } 

edit:

as you've edited json, it's clear need list<account>, , not single one. when deserialize, you'll need:

list<account> accounts = jsonconvert.deserializeobject<list<account>>(message);