using DataContractJsonSerializer when Json object propety is named with "#" symbol - asp.net

Question

When using DataContractJsonSerializer to parse a json response, I've come across a json object with a property name of #id and I can't seem to populate this field. All of the other fields are populated without a problem. I can even get this field populated using Fiddler, but not using DataContractJsonSerializer. My code is as follows...
public IEnumerable<Vehicle> vehicles { get; set; }
public async Task GetVehicleList(string access_token)
{
vehicles = await GetVehicleListInfo(access_token);
}
private async Task<IEnumerable<Vehicle>> GetVehicleListInfo(string access_token)
{
using (var client = new HttpClient())
{
client.BaseAddress = new Uri("https://www.example.com/");
client.DefaultRequestHeaders.Accept.Clear();
client.DefaultRequestHeaders.Accept.Add(new MediaTypeWithQualityHeaderValue("application/vnd.example.api-v1+json"));
client.DefaultRequestHeaders.Authorization = new AuthenticationHeaderValue("Bearer" + access_token);
HttpResponseMessage response = await client.GetAsync("vehicles");
//IEnumerable<Vehicle> vehicles = new IEnumerable<Vehicle>();
Vehicle vehicle = new Vehicle();
PagedVehicleResult pvr = new PagedVehicleResult();
Stream dataStream = null;
if (response.IsSuccessStatusCode)
{
dataStream = await response.Content.ReadAsStreamAsync();
DataContractJsonSerializer serializer = new DataContractJsonSerializer(pvr.GetType());
pvr = (PagedVehicleResult)serializer.ReadObject(dataStream);
}
vehicles = pvr.vehicle;
return vehicles;
}
}
}
/// <summary>
/// parent object returned by json. contains list of vehicle objects
/// </summary>
public class PagedVehicleResult
{
public int count { get; set; }
public int index { get; set; }
public int limit { get; set; }
public int total { get; set; }
public string type { get; set; }
public IEnumerable<Vehicle> vehicle { get; set; }
}
public class Vehicle
{
public int id { get; set; } //This is the property in question.
//When it comes back in fiddler it looks like "#id", and it does get populated.
//when it comes back in my console application it is 0 if int and null if string.
public string vin { get; set; }
public string label { get; set; }
public string color { get; set; }
public string make { get; set; }
public string model { get; set; }
public string deviceSerialNumber { get; set; }
public int year { get; set; } //consider making date? unknown repercussions
public CreateTimestamp createdTimestamp { get; set; }
public ModifiedTimestamp modifiedTimestamp { get; set; }
}
public class CreateTimestamp
{
public string readOnly { get; set; }
public string value { get; set; } //had to cast as string.. can convert to datetime before database insert
}
public class ModifiedTimestamp
{
public string readOnly { get; set; }
public string value { get; set; }
}
How can I map that json #id field to my Vehicle class id property?

Answer 1

Okay, I figured this out on my own from reading various different post on the subject.
All I had to do was parse it into a json string first, then call a .replace() on the string to change the id. Then I used the JavaScriptSerializer on that and it worked.
if (response.IsSuccessStatusCode)
{
dataStream = await response.Content.ReadAsStreamAsync();
string content;
using (StreamReader reader = new StreamReader(dataStream, true))
{
content = reader.ReadToEnd();
content = content.Replace("#id", "id");
JavaScriptSerializer js = new JavaScriptSerializer();
pvr = js.Deserialize<PagedVehicleResult>(content);
}
}
vehicles = pvr.vehicle;
return vehicles;
Now, when i try, my object id is correctly inserted.