System.Runtime.Serialization.SerializationException while trying to deserialize
I have the following json line. I am trying to deserialize
[{\"sha\":\"29a5ac11a67451d1b8bb6e525857cf35587334a2\",\"commit\":{\"author\":{\"name\":\"Christophe Coevoet\",\"email\":\"stof@notk.org\",\"date\":\"2013-03-06T08:53:13Z\"},\"committer\":{\"name\":\"Christophe Coevoet\",\"email\":\"stof@notk.org\",\"date\":\"2013-03-06T08:53:13Z\"},\"message\":\"Merge pull request #1071 from BrandonLWhite/master\n\nThis resolves Issue #1055\",\"tree\":{\"sha\":\"277ae283e984236883a18bf7e2c703abc17ce48a\",\"url\":\"https://api.github.com/repos/ComparetheMarket/chosen/git/trees/277ae283e984236883a18bf7e2c703abc17ce48a\"},\"url\":\"https://api.github.com/repos/ComparetheMarket/chosen/git/commits/29a5ac11a67451d1b8bb6e525857cf35587334a2\",\"comment_count\":0},\"url\":\"https://api.github.com/repos/ComparetheMarket/chosen/commits/29a5ac11a67451d1b8bb6e525857cf35587334a2\",\"html_url\":\"https://github.com/ComparetheMarket/chosen/commit/29a5ac11a67451d1b8bb6e525857cf35587334a2\",\"comments_url\":\"https://api.github.com/repos/ComparetheMarket/chosen/commits/29a5ac11a67451d1b8bb6e525857cf35587334a2/comments\",\"author\":{\"login\":\"stof\",\"id\":439401,\"avatar_url\":\"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/439401?v=2\",\"gravatar_id\":\"7894bbdf1c05b18a1444ad8c76c9d583\",\"url\":\"https://api.github.com/users/stof\",\"html_url\":\"https://github.com/stof\",\"followers_url\":\"https://api.github.com/users/stof/followers\",\"following_url\":\"https://api.github.com/users/stof/following{/other_user}\",\"gists_url\":\"https://api.github.com/users/stof/gists{/gist_id}\",\"starred_url\":\"https://api.github.com/users/stof/starred{/owner}{/repo}\",\"subscriptions_url\":\"https://api.github.com/users/stof/subscriptions\",\"organizations_url\":\"https://api.github.com/users/stof/orgs\",\"repos_url\":\"https://api.github.com/users/stof/repos\",\"events_url\":\"https://api.github.com/users/stof/events{/privacy}\",\"received_events_url\":\"https://api.github.com/users/stof/received_events\",\"type\":\"User\",\"site_admin\":false},\"committer\":{\"login\":\"stof\",\"id\":439401,\"avatar_url\":\"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/439401?v=2\",\"gravatar_id\":\"7894bbdf1c05b18a1444ad8c76c9d583\",\"url\":\"https://api.github.com/users/stof\",\"html_url\":\"https://github.com/stof\",\"followers_url\":\"https://api.github.com/users/stof/followers\",\"following_url\":\"https://api.github.com/users/stof/following{/other_user}\",\"gists_url\":\"https://api.github.com/users/stof/gists{/gist_id}\",\"starred_url\":\"https://api.github.com/users/stof/starred{/owner}{/repo}\",\"subscriptions_url\":\"https://api.github.com/users/stof/subscriptions\",\"organizations_url\":\"https://api.github.com/users/stof/orgs\",\"repos_url\":\"https://api.github.com/users/stof/repos\",\"events_url\":\"https://api.github.com/users/stof/events{/privacy}\",\"received_events_url\":\"https://api.github.com/users/stof/received_events\",\"type\":\"User\",\"site_admin\":false},\"parents\":[{\"sha\":\"70c46cfac7cb281af61d39f352d333eda9f1a84b\",\"url\":\"https://api.github.com/repos/ComparetheMarket/chosen/commits/70c46cfac7cb281af61d39f352d333eda9f1a84b\",\"html_url\":\"https://github.com/ComparetheMarket/chosen/commit/70c46cfac7cb281af61d39f352d333eda9f1a84b\"},{\"sha\":\"b1f85c040a4aca3cd3c1ec278264952eac7ea0f0\",\"url\":\"https://api.github.com/repos/ComparetheMarket/chosen/commits/b1f85c040a4aca3cd3c1ec278264952eac7ea0f0\",\"html_url\":\"https://github.com/ComparetheMarket/chosen/commit/b1f85c040a4aca3cd3c1ec278264952eac7ea0f0\"}]}]
using this deserialization method
public List<RepositoryCommitData> DeserializeGithubCommitUrlJsonResponseAndTripUneededData(string json)
{
var serializer = new DataContractJsonSerializer(typeof (List<RepositoryCommitData>));
var stream = new MemoryStream(Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(json));
var desirializedData = (List<RepositoryCommitData>) serializer.ReadObject(stream);
return desirializedData;
}
to the following classes
[DataContract]
public class RepositoryCommitData
{
[DataMember] public Committer commit;
}
[DataContract]
public class Committer
{
[DataMember] public string name;
[DataMember] public string date;
}
but i always get
System.Runtime.Serialization.SerializationException: An object of type System.Collections.Generic.List`1 [[GitReport.Deserialization.RepositoryCommitData, GitReport, Version = 1.0.0.0, Culture = neutral, PublicKeyToken = NULL]] occurred. Invalid character encountered '". ----> System.FormatException: Invalid character encountered'.
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You have two NEWLINE characters in your input line (look \n
in the input text). If you go away (or delete) them, the original error goes away. Here is a list of the control characters that you must execute before deserializing.
On your original JSON string, I got another error, but when you update it, all I had to do was exit \n
with \\n
.
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