WebAPI convert nested JSON to string - asp.net-web-api

Question

I have a somewhat complex JSON coming into a WEBAPI -
{
"TypeInq": "ResidentialStart",
"DataInq": {
"Account_ID": "2491054657",
"Premise_ID": "5394660000",
"DogWarning": "N",
"ServiceStartDate": "2020-01-10",
"PrimaryPerson": {
"PersonId": "0357801000",
"POS_ID_Required": "Y",
"LastName": "HOGAN",
"FirstName": "BARRY L",
"Username": "garmin789#gmail.com",
"EmailList": [
{
"Email": "garmin789#gmail.com",
"EmailType": "PERSONAL EMAIL",
"PrimaryEmailFlag": "Y",
"ActionFlag": "ADD",
"ActiveInactiveFlag": "C1AC"
}
],
"DateOfBirth": "1977-11-04",
"CurrentAddress": {
"AddressLine1": "1923 Chestnut Dr",
"City": "Pleasant hill ",
"State": "MO",
"Zip": "64080"
},
"MailingAddress": {
"PremiseID": "5394660000"
}
},
"AdditionalPersons": [
{
"PersonId": "0357801000",
"POS_ID_Required": "Y",
"LastName": "HOGAN",
"FirstName": "BARRY L",
"Username": "garmin789#gmail.com",
"EmailList": [
{
"Email": "garmin789#gmail.com",
"EmailType": "PERSONAL EMAIL",
"PrimaryEmailFlag": "Y",
"ActionFlag": "ADD",
"ActiveInactiveFlag": "C1AC"
}
],
"DateOfBirth": "1977-11-04",
"CurrentAddress": {
"AddressLine1": "1923 Chestnut Dr",
"City": "Pleasant hill ",
"State": "MO",
"Zip": "64080"
},
"MailingAddress": {
"PremiseID": "5394660000"
}
}
]
}
}
So the part 'TypeInq' seems to be fine
The Part 'DataInq' i need to convert all that into a string before I process it. Not 100% sure how to approach this in C# but was trying this where the 'Base' object just has strings in it for 'TypeInq' and 'DataInq'
[HttpPost]
[Route("CreateInquiry")]
public IHttpActionResult CreateNewInquiry(Base inqBasic)
{
string retval = "";
try
{
//return Ok();
InquiryService svc = new InquiryService();
retval = svc.CreateInquiry(inqBasic);
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
Logger.LogEx(ex);
return WebApiConfig.ExceptionResponse(this);
}
return Ok(retval);
}

Answer 1

You can directly deserialize the incoming json object. Then just reference the appropriate property you want the value of.
object somenewobject = new JavaScriptSerializer().Deserialize(response.Data.ToString());