How to concatenate to string correctly

Question

I have a simple and basic question.

I have this sample code:

request.AddHeader("authorization", "Bearer _XU6l1eaDs9NQRTcb5QG4m0-ab1F3Y29ikw");
request.AddParameter("application/json", "{\"panelists\":
[{\"name\":\"Mary\",\"email\":\"[email protected]\"},
{\"name\":\"Mike\",\"email\":\"[email protected]\"}]}", ParameterType.RequestBody);

I want to replace the hard coded values:

_XU6l1eaDs9NQRTcb5QG4m0-ab1F3Y29ikw

and

"{\"panelists\":
    [{\"name\":\"Mary\",\"email\":\"[email protected]\"},
    {\"name\":\"Mike\",\"email\":\"[email protected]\"}]}"  

with 2 string variables:

  IList<Panelist> panelists = parameters.panelists;
  string bearer = parameters.bearer;

I am having a brain fart and cannot get it right, what is the correct way to concatenate these variables to the string?

I am doing:

        request.AddHeader("authorization", "Bearer " + bearer);
        request.AddParameter("application/json", panelists, ParameterType.RequestBody);

But that is not working right.

Thank you for your help.

Answer 1

UPDATE: OP has asked the question here C# format an array for post to Api

I need to format the list of values in a way that I can pass it as the request body.

You'd need to convert the IList back to a String? Hence wouldn't it be better to represent the JSON structure with a Model:

public class Panelist    {
    public string name { get; set; } 
    public string email { get; set; } 

}

public class Root    {
    public List<Panelist> panelists { get; set; } 
}

Add the JSON to the Model or populate the Model on initialization:

myJson = {\"panelists\":
    [{\"name\":\"Mary\",\"email\":\"[email protected]\"},
    {\"name\":\"Mike\",\"email\":\"[email protected]\"}]}";

Root myDeserializedClass = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject(myJson)

And then serialize the Model to a string:

request.AddParameter("application/json", JsonConvert.SerializeObject(myDeserializedClass), ParameterType.RequestBody);