Illegal characters in path while reading json string in c#

Question

I am working on reading a json sting in my C# code and run into the error "Illegal characters in path". I did a check on the json string if it adheres to the standards and no issue there. But, when I try to read this data in my code inexplicably run into this error. I'm using this to process my json string.

JSON:

[{ "Id": 1, "FirstName": "Jason1", "LastName": "Test1", "Email": "[email protected]", "Eligible": true, "InsertLogtime": "2022-02-21T00:51:59.917", "Comment": null }, { "Id": 2, "FirstName": "Jason2", "LastName": "Test2", "Email": "[email protected]", "Eligible": true, "InsertLogtime": "2022-02-21T00:51:59.917", "Comment": null } ]

C#:

string jstring = @"[{ "Id": 1, "FirstName": "Jason1", "LastName": "Test1", "Email": "[email protected]", "Eligible": true, "InsertLogtime": "2022-02-21T00:51:59.917", "Comment": null }, { "Id": 2, "FirstName": "Jason2", "LastName": "Test2", "Email": "[email protected]", "Eligible": true, "InsertLogtime": "2022-02-21T00:51:59.917", "Comment": null } ]"; using (Stream stream = File.OpenRead(jstring)) { }

Error:

In your screenshot the path you are using is jstring. I think this is what is causing the issue. DOCS: path String The file to be opened for reading. — hijinxbassist
– hijinxbassist, Commented Apr 7, 2022 at 23:05
@pm100, I'm posting just the snippet. I am passing the name of the file in my code. — ITHelpGuy
– ITHelpGuy, Commented Apr 8, 2022 at 0:52

pm100 · Accepted Answer · 2022-04-07 23:39:36Z

Your error has nothing to do with parsing json

File.OpenRead expects a file name. You have passed in a json string, this is not a valid file name, hence the error

You should parse the string directly

Serge · Accepted Answer · 2022-04-07 23:17:03Z

you can just parse your json string

using Newtonsoft.Json; var jArray=JArray.Parse(jstring); var firstName= (string) jArray[0]["FirstName"];

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