Question How to set a variable from a jsonproperty that could have two different names?

I have a class with

string id

that is set from a JSON file. However, the potential JSON files that set this are not all standardized. In the json file, it could be labeled as "id" or "deviceid"

So how can I set my "id" variable in both circumstances? I can only give it one json property.

 

Just call JsonUtility.FromJson(json) to decode and then find either id or deviceid in the returned dictionary. Use a ternary operator if you want:

Code (CSharp):

1. string id = jsonDict.ContainsKey("id") ? jsonDict["id"] : jsonDict["deviceid"]

 

I'm not sure how to use JsonUtility.FromJson to deserialize into a dictionary. What I did is

Dictionary<string, string> jsonDict = JsonUtility.FromJson<Dictionary<string, string>>(json);

which returns an empty dictionary

 

JsonUtility does not support Dictionaries out of the box. Either serialize as a list of key/value structs, or use an alternate serializer such as Newtonsoft Json.