ASP.NET web API casting http response to json array - asp.net

Question

My Code works fine when calling REST URL:
http://api.feedzilla.com/v1/categories.json
but when I call following URL I get error:
http://api.feedzilla.com/v1/categories/15/articles.json?count=36&since=2012-11-15&client_source=&order=relevance&title_only=0&
Error:
{"Cannot deserialize the current JSON object (e.g. {\"name\":\"value\"}) into type 'System.Collections.Generic.IEnumerable`1[Nitin.News.DAL.Resources.Article]' because the type requires a JSON array (e.g. [1,2,3]) to deserialize correctly.\r\nTo fix this error either change the JSON to a JSON array (e.g. [1,2,3]) or change the deserialized type so that it is a normal .NET type (e.g. not a primitive type like integer, not a collection type like an array or List<T>) that can be deserialized from a JSON object. JsonObjectAttribute can also be added to the type to force it to deserialize from a JSON object.\r\nPath 'articles', line 1, position 12."}
My Code is as follows:
public class Article
{
public string publish_date { get; set; }
public string source { get; set; }
public string source_url { get; set; }
public string summary { get; set; }
public string title { get; set; }
public string url { get; set; }
}
public IEnumerable<Article> Get()
{
HttpClient client = new HttpClient();
client.BaseAddress = new Uri("http://api.feedzilla.com/v1/");
//Add an Accept header for JSON format.
client.DefaultRequestHeaders.Accept.Add(new MediaTypeWithQualityHeaderValue("application/json"));
// call the REST method
HttpResponseMessage response = client.GetAsync("http://api.feedzilla.com/v1/categories/2/articles.json??count=36&since=2012-11-15&client_source=&order=relevance&title_only=0&").Result; // Blocking call!
if (response.IsSuccessStatusCode)
{
// Parse the response body. Blocking!
return response.Content.ReadAsAsync<IEnumerable<Article>>().Result;
//wont work
//string JSON =response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync().Result;
//return JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<IEnumerable<T>>(JSON);
}
else
{
throw new Exception(string.Format("Data access faild,{0} ({1}) method:{2}", (int)response.StatusCode, response.ReasonPhrase, MethodURL));
}
}

Answer 1

You need another level in your object hierachy... i.e. a root to contain the IEnumerable.
Runing the JSON into the tool at http://json2csharp.com/ generates the following proxy classes:
public class Enclosure
{
public int length { get; set; }
public string media_type { get; set; }
public string uri { get; set; }
}
public class Article
{
public string author { get; set; }
public string publish_date { get; set; }
public string source { get; set; }
public string source_url { get; set; }
public string summary { get; set; }
public string title { get; set; }
public string url { get; set; }
public List<Enclosure> enclosures { get; set; }
}
public class RootObject
{
public List<Article> articles { get; set; }
public string description { get; set; }
public string syndication_url { get; set; }
public string title { get; set; }
}
You just need to change your code to this then:
// Parse the response body. Blocking!
return response.Content.ReadAsAsync<RootObject>().Result.articles;
Obviously strip out any properties you dont need. Just thought I would show them all out of interest.