How to display a json array in a textbox using c# -

i know how deserialize json array , display on richtextbox. i'm calling api json array. can me out this. have got list i'm not sure whether i've done properly.

form1.cs

private void btnstart_click(object sender, eventargs e) {     runapi("http://localhost:8080/json_coordinates"); }  public void runapi(string api) {         try         {             webrequest request = webrequest.create(api);             httpwebresponse response = (httpwebresponse)request.getresponse();             stream datastream = response.getresponsestream();                             streamreader reader = new streamreader(datastream);             string json = reader.readtoend();             obj.deserializejsondes(json);                       // me fill display data on richtextbox                 //richtextbox1.text = responsefromserver;             reader.close();             datastream.close();             response.close();          }         catch (exception ex)         {          } } 

class jsondes

class jsondes {      public list<jsondes> name { get; set; }     public list<jsondes> coordinates { get; set; }      public list<jsondes> deserializejsondes(string jsonarray)     {         //return jsonconvert.deserializeobject<jsondes>(json);         return jsonconvert.deserializeobject<list<jsondes>>(jsonarray);     }          }   

the original json being passed in has structure:

[{'name' : 'train 1', 'coordinates' : '38.892802, -77.061945'}, {'name' : 'train 2', 'coordinates' : '38.941686, -77.134043'}] 

your class structure not clear.however without knowing try answer question.

what can cast dynamic type jsonconvert.deserializeobject<dynamic>() deserialize string dynamic type access properties in usual way.

var results = jsonconvert.deserializeobject<dynamic>(jsonarray); 

now cane access results[0].name.

alternatively can return object of type jarray.

dynobj = (jarray)jsonconvert.deserializeobject(jsonarray);

then iterate on object like

 foreach (jobject item in dynobj)  {       access item["your property name"]  } 

hope helps you.