How to parse Google JSON API search results using C # and Json.NET?
I am working on a C # project where I want to enter a search term, click the search button, and then extract the parts of the response from Google into an array so that I can iterate through them.
Google search using their JSON interface is pretty simple
var client = new HttpClient();
var address = new Uri("https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/services/search/web?v=1.0&q=" + term);
HttpResponseMessage response = await client.GetAsync(address);
String stream = await response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync();
This returns a JSON string similar to the one below (Results for the term "Test Search")
{
"responseData":{
"results":[
{
"GsearchResultClass":"GwebSearch",
"unescapedUrl":"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Search_engine_test",
"url":"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Search_engine_test",
"visibleUrl":"en.wikipedia.org",
"cacheUrl":"http://www.google.com/search?q\u003dcache:g6KEStELS_MJ:en.wikipedia.org",
"title":"Wikipedia:\u003cb\u003eSearch\u003c/b\u003eengine\u003cb\u003etest\u003c/b\u003e-Wikipedia,thefreeencyclopedia",
"titleNoFormatting":"Wikipedia:Searchenginetest-Wikipedia,thefreeencyclopedia",
"content":"A\u003cb\u003esearch\u003c/b\u003eengine\u003cb\u003etest\u003c/b\u003ecannothelpyouavoidtheworkofinterpretingyourresultsanddecidingwhattheyreallyshow.Appearanceinanindexaloneisnotusually\u003cb\u003e...\u003c/b\u003e"
},
{
"GsearchResultClass":"GwebSearch",
"unescapedUrl":"http://techcrunch.com/2008/07/16/google-continues-to-test-a-search-interface-that-looks-more-like-digg-every-day/",
"url":"http://techcrunch.com/2008/07/16/google-continues-to-test-a-search-interface-that-looks-more-like-digg-every-day/",
"visibleUrl":"techcrunch.com",
"cacheUrl":"http://www.google.com/search?q\u003dcache:r2laSUVQw8kJ:techcrunch.com",
"title":"GoogleContinuesTo\u003cb\u003eTest\u003c/b\u003eA\u003cb\u003eSearch\u003c/b\u003eInterfaceThatLooksMoreLike\u003cb\u003e...\u003c/b\u003e",
"titleNoFormatting":"GoogleContinuesToTestASearchInterfaceThatLooksMoreLike...",
"content":"Jul16,2008\u003cb\u003e...\u003c/b\u003eAcoupleofdaysagowepostedscreenshotsofanew\u003cb\u003esearch\u003c/b\u003einterfacebeingbucket\u003cb\u003etested\u003c/b\u003ebyGooglethatletsusersvoteupordownon\u003cb\u003e...\u003c/b\u003e"
},
{
"GsearchResultClass":"GwebSearch",
"unescapedUrl":"http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2006/04/this-is-test-this-is-only-test.html",
"url":"http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2006/04/this-is-test-this-is-only-test.html",
"visibleUrl":"googleblog.blogspot.com",
"cacheUrl":"http://www.google.com/search?q\u003dcache:Ozl1cQzRT0IJ:googleblog.blogspot.com",
"title":"Thisisa\u003cb\u003etest\u003c/b\u003e.Thisisonlya\u003cb\u003etest\u003c/b\u003e.|OfficialGoogleBlog",
"titleNoFormatting":"Thisisatest.Thisisonlyatest.|OfficialGoogleBlog",
"content":"Apr24,2006\u003cb\u003e...\u003c/b\u003eFromtimetotime,werunliveexperimentsonGoogle—\u003cb\u003etests\u003c/b\u003evisibletoarelativelyfewpeople--todiscoverbetterwaysto\u003cb\u003esearch\u003c/b\u003e.Wedothis\u003cb\u003e...\u003c/b\u003e"
},
{
"GsearchResultClass":"GwebSearch",
"unescapedUrl":"http://alistapart.com/article/testing-search-for-relevancy-and-precision",
"url":"http://alistapart.com/article/testing-search-for-relevancy-and-precision",
"visibleUrl":"alistapart.com",
"cacheUrl":"http://www.google.com/search?q\u003dcache:02Sjrd5mb0YJ:alistapart.com",
"title":"\u003cb\u003eTestingSearch\u003c/b\u003eforRelevancyandPrecision·AnAListApartArticle",
"titleNoFormatting":"TestingSearchforRelevancyandPrecision·AnAListApartArticle",
"content":"Sep22,2009\u003cb\u003e...\u003c/b\u003eDespitethefactthatsite\u003cb\u003esearch\u003c/b\u003eoftenreceivesthemosttraffic,it\u0026#39;salsotheplacewheretheuserexperiencedesignerbearstheleastinfluence."
}
],
"cursor":{
"resultCount":"1,010,000,000",
"pages":[
{
"start":"0",
"label":1
},
{
"start":"4",
"label":2
},
{
"start":"8",
"label":3
},
{
"start":"12",
"label":4
},
{
"start":"16",
"label":5
},
{
"start":"20",
"label":6
},
{
"start":"24",
"label":7
},
{
"start":"28",
"label":8
}
],
"estimatedResultCount":"1010000000",
"currentPageIndex":0,
"moreResultsUrl":"http://www.google.com/search?oe\u003dutf8\u0026ie\u003dutf8\u0026source\u003duds\u0026start\u003d0\u0026hl\u003den\u0026q\u003dTest+search",
"searchResultTime":"0.23"
}
},
"responseDetails":null,
"responseStatus":200
}
How do I get the url value at each node entered into the array so that I can iterate over it?
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You can use keyword dynamic
using Json.Net
dynamic jObj = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject(json);
foreach (var res in jObj.responseData.results)
{
Console.WriteLine("{0} => {1}\n",res.title,res.url);
}
You can also use Linq
var jObj = (JObject)JsonConvert.DeserializeObject(json);
string[] urls = jObj["responseData"]["results"]
.Select(x => (string)x["url"])
.ToArray();
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