Get Json property which name contains some string

Question

I have not typical json that I get when request for profile with userName (in example I show what will be if I query with username1. If I query with username2 then property name is "field_set_key=\"profile\",username=\"username2\""

"UserProfileResource": {
    "field_set_key=\"profile\",username=\"username1\"": {
      "data": {
        "profile": {
          ...
        }
      }
    }
  }

I cannot simply set JsonProperty with some name as it is dynamic. So I need to parse it manually somehow.

Yes, it looks simple if I know what profile is requested (what username passed).

Just parsed json string into some JObject, build that dynamic property name and get it's value using LINQ to JSON.

But what can be done in case I don't know username that are requested? Can I get property value, which name contains some string (like field_set_key=\"profile\") using mentioned above LINQ to JSON as example?

Answer 1

As @ZoharPeled said in comment, I can use use JsonPath to query json using SelectToken As shown in Querying JSON with SelectToken

var jObject = JObject.Parse(json);

var userProfile = jObject.SelectToken("UserProfileResource.*.data.profile").ToObject<UserProfile>();

In example I parsed my json to JObject and from it select profile data using SelectToken. As you can see, I also used JSONPath expressions there.

* means

wildcard. All objects/elements regardless their names.