deserializing json without quoted property names with JsonSerializer.Deserialize (.net core)

Question

I know that the specs for JSON says that propertynames (keys) should be surrounded by quotes.

But I have a lot of files that I need to read that contains data where the keys might not be quoted.

Earlier, before migration to Core, I used JavaScriptSerializer (that accepts keys without quotes ) but that doesn't exist in .net core.

Any ideas, or alternatives? I am still searching. But after 4 hours I thought that maybe you guys know this.

So, how can I read "{ apa: 23 }" and create a dictionary in .net core?

/thanks

Answer 1

Install-Package Newtonsoft.Json



string json = @"{
      'Name': 'name',
      'Description': 'des'
    }";
Test test = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<Test>(json);