How to remove parent element from json in c#

Question

How to covert the below json

{"data":{"id":12,"name":"jeremy","email":"[email protected]"}}

to

{"id":12,"name":"jeremy","email":"[email protected]"}

I want to remove the "data" element from json.

Answer 1

With json.net it's fairly straightforward

var input = "{\"data\":{\"id\":12,\"name\":\"jeremy\",\"email\":\"[email protected]\"}}";
var result = JObject.Parse(input)["data"].ToString(Formatting.None);
Console.WriteLine(result);

_{Note : Formatting.None is only to preserve the formatting you had in your original example}

Or Text.Json

var result = JsonDocument.Parse(input).RootElement.GetProperty("data").ToString();

Output

{"id":12,"name":"jeremy","email":"[email protected]"}

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Additional Resources

JObject.Parse Method (String)

Load a JObject from a string that contains JSON.

JObject.Item Property (String)

Gets or sets the JToken with the specified property name.

JToken.ToString Method (Formatting,JsonConverter[])

Returns the JSON for this token using the given formatting and converters.

Formatting Enumeration

None 0 No special formatting is applied.

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Text.Json

JsonDocument.Parse Method

Provides a mechanism for examining the structural content of a JSON value without automatically instantiating data values.

JsonDocument.RootElement Property

Gets the root element of this JSON document

JsonElement.GetProperty Method

Gets a JsonElement representing the value of a required property identified by propertyName.