Unable to Deserialize HttpResponseMessage to Model Object

Question

1. Code for Getting the Response:

   public async Task<List<RepositoryListResponseItem>> MakeGitRequestAsync<T>(string url)
   {
       List<RepositoryListResponseItem> res = new List<RepositoryListResponseItem>();
       using (var httpClient = new HttpClient())
       {
           httpClient.DefaultRequestHeaders.Add("Accept", "application/vnd.github.v3+json");
           httpClient.DefaultRequestHeaders.Add("User-Agent", "HttpFactoryTesting");
           httpClient.DefaultRequestHeaders.Accept.Add(new MediaTypeWithQualityHeaderValue("application/json"));
   
   
           using (HttpResponseMessage response = await httpClient.GetAsync(url))
           {
               if (response.IsSuccessStatusCode == true)
               {
                   string apiResponse = response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync().Result;
                   res = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<List<RepositoryListResponseItem>>(apiResponse);
               }
           }
   
       }
       return res;
   }
   

2. Model Object:

   public class RepositoryListResponseItem
   {
       [Description("Repo Name")]
       [JsonPropertyName("full_name")]
       public string RepoName { get; set; }
   
       [Description("Repo Link")]
       [JsonPropertyName("html_url")]
       public string RepoLink { get; set; }
   }
   

   3. HttpWebResponse after I get it in string (string apiResponse = response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync().Result)

      [{\"id\":114995175,\"node_id\":\"MDEwOlJlcG9zaXRvcnkxMTQ5OTUxNzU=\",\"name\":\"AlcoholConsumption\",\"full_name\":\"ihri/AlcoholConsumption\",\....
      

I have C#.NET service, where I am consuming GitHub APIs. I am able to successfully get the data, but unfortunately in the incorrect format(please check step 3). I am not able to convert the response to my custom object)

Here, the response is JSONarray to be precise.

Answer 1

Based on your Json results, it seems your model object needs to be something like this:

public class RepositoryListResponseItem
{
    public int id { get; set; }
    public string node_id { get; set; }
    public string name { get; set; }
    public string full_name { get; set; }
}

Also I would strongly recommend you to use the await keyword instead of Result:

string apiResponse = await response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync();

Answer 2

Use your custom class at object type

var jsonString = responseMessage.Content.ReadAsStringAsync().Result;
var myObject = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<object>(jsonString);