System.Text.Json
8.0.4
Prefix Reserved
See the version list below for details.
dotnet add package System.Text.Json --version 8.0.4
NuGet\Install-Package System.Text.Json -Version 8.0.4
<PackageReference Include="System.Text.Json" Version="8.0.4" />
paket add System.Text.Json --version 8.0.4
#r "nuget: System.Text.Json, 8.0.4"
// Install System.Text.Json as a Cake Addin #addin nuget:?package=System.Text.Json&version=8.0.4 // Install System.Text.Json as a Cake Tool #tool nuget:?package=System.Text.Json&version=8.0.4
About
Provides high-performance and low-allocating types that serialize objects to JavaScript Object Notation (JSON) text and deserialize JSON text to objects, with UTF-8 support built-in. Also provides types to read and write JSON text encoded as UTF-8, and to create an in-memory document object model (DOM), that is read-only, for random access of the JSON elements within a structured view of the data.
Key Features
- High-performance reader and writer types for UTF-8 encoded JSON.
- A fully-featured JSON serializer for .NET types using reflection or source generated contracts.
- A high-performance read-only JSON DOM (JsonDocument) and a mutable DOM that interoperates with the serializer (JsonNode).
- Built-in support for async serialization, including IAsyncEnumerable support.
- Fully customizable contract model for serializable types.
How to Use
The System.Text.Json library is built-in as part of the shared framework in .NET Runtime. The package can be installed when you need to use the most recent version in older target frameworks.
Serialization:
using System;
using System.Text.Json;
WeatherForecast forecast = new (DateTimeOffset.Now, 26.6f, "Sunny");
var serialized = JsonSerializer.Serialize(forecast);
Console.WriteLine(serialized);
// {"Date":"2023-08-02T16:01:20.9025406+00:00","TemperatureCelsius":26.6,"Summary":"Sunny"}
var forecastDeserialized = JsonSerializer.Deserialize<WeatherForecast>(serialized);
Console.WriteLine(forecast == forecastDeserialized);
// True
public record WeatherForecast(DateTimeOffset Date, float TemperatureCelsius, string? Summary);
Serialization using the source generator:
using System.Text.Json;
using System.Text.Json.Serialization;
WeatherForecast forecast = new (DateTimeOffset.Now, 26.6f, "Sunny");
var serialized = JsonSerializer.Serialize(forecast, SourceGenerationContext.Default.WeatherForecast);
Console.WriteLine(serialized);
// {"Date":"2023-08-02T16:01:20.9025406+00:00","TemperatureCelsius":26.6,"Summary":"Sunny"}
var forecastDeserialized = JsonSerializer.Deserialize<WeatherForecast>(serialized, SourceGenerationContext.Default.WeatherForecast);
Console.WriteLine(forecast == forecastDeserialized);
// True
public record WeatherForecast(DateTimeOffset Date, float TemperatureCelsius, string? Summary);
[JsonSourceGenerationOptions(WriteIndented = true)]
[JsonSerializable(typeof(WeatherForecast))]
internal partial class SourceGenerationContext : JsonSerializerContext
{
}
Using the JSON DOM:
using System;
using System.Text.Json;
using System.Text.Json.Nodes;
string jsonString =
@"{
""Date"": ""2019-08-01T00:00:00"",
""Temperature"": 25,
""Summary"": ""Hot"",
""DatesAvailable"": [
""2019-08-01T00:00:00"",
""2019-08-02T00:00:00""
],
""TemperatureRanges"": {
""Cold"": {
""High"": 20,
""Low"": -10
},
""Hot"": {
""High"": 60,
""Low"": 20
}
}
}
";
JsonNode forecastNode = JsonNode.Parse(jsonString)!;
// Get value from a JsonNode.
JsonNode temperatureNode = forecastNode["Temperature"]!;
Console.WriteLine($"Type={temperatureNode.GetType()}");
Console.WriteLine($"JSON={temperatureNode.ToJsonString()}");
//output:
//Type = System.Text.Json.Nodes.JsonValue`1[System.Text.Json.JsonElement]
//JSON = 25
// Get a typed value from a JsonNode.
int temperatureInt = (int)forecastNode["Temperature"]!;
Console.WriteLine($"Value={temperatureInt}");
//output:
//Value=25
// Get a typed value from a JsonNode by using GetValue<T>.
temperatureInt = forecastNode["Temperature"]!.GetValue<int>();
Console.WriteLine($"TemperatureInt={temperatureInt}");
//output:
//Value=25
// Get a JSON object from a JsonNode.
JsonNode temperatureRanges = forecastNode["TemperatureRanges"]!;
Console.WriteLine($"Type={temperatureRanges.GetType()}");
Console.WriteLine($"JSON={temperatureRanges.ToJsonString()}");
//output:
//Type = System.Text.Json.Nodes.JsonObject
//JSON = { "Cold":{ "High":20,"Low":-10},"Hot":{ "High":60,"Low":20} }
// Get a JSON array from a JsonNode.
JsonNode datesAvailable = forecastNode["DatesAvailable"]!;
Console.WriteLine($"Type={datesAvailable.GetType()}");
Console.WriteLine($"JSON={datesAvailable.ToJsonString()}");
//output:
//datesAvailable Type = System.Text.Json.Nodes.JsonArray
//datesAvailable JSON =["2019-08-01T00:00:00", "2019-08-02T00:00:00"]
// Get an array element value from a JsonArray.
JsonNode firstDateAvailable = datesAvailable[0]!;
Console.WriteLine($"Type={firstDateAvailable.GetType()}");
Console.WriteLine($"JSON={firstDateAvailable.ToJsonString()}");
//output:
//Type = System.Text.Json.Nodes.JsonValue`1[System.Text.Json.JsonElement]
//JSON = "2019-08-01T00:00:00"
// Get a typed value by chaining references.
int coldHighTemperature = (int)forecastNode["TemperatureRanges"]!["Cold"]!["High"]!;
Console.WriteLine($"TemperatureRanges.Cold.High={coldHighTemperature}");
//output:
//TemperatureRanges.Cold.High = 20
// Parse a JSON array
JsonNode datesNode = JsonNode.Parse(@"[""2019-08-01T00:00:00"",""2019-08-02T00:00:00""]")!;
JsonNode firstDate = datesNode[0]!.GetValue<DateTime>();
Console.WriteLine($"firstDate={ firstDate}");
//output:
//firstDate = "2019-08-01T00:00:00"
Using the low-level JSON reader/writer types
using System;
using System.IO;
using System.Text;
using System.Text.Json;
var writerOptions = new JsonWriterOptions
{
Indented = true
};
using var stream = new MemoryStream();
using var writer = new Utf8JsonWriter(stream, writerOptions);
writer.WriteStartObject();
writer.WriteString("date", DateTimeOffset.Parse("8/2/2023 9:00 AM"));
writer.WriteNumber("temp", 42);
writer.WriteEndObject();
writer.Flush();
var jsonBytes = stream.ToArray();
string json = Encoding.UTF8.GetString(jsonBytes);
Console.WriteLine(json);
// {
// "date": "2023-08-02T09:00:00+00:00"
// "temp": 42
// }
var readerOptions = new JsonReaderOptions
{
AllowTrailingCommas = true,
CommentHandling = JsonCommentHandling.Skip
};
var reader = new Utf8JsonReader(jsonBytes, readerOptions);
while (reader.Read())
{
Console.Write(reader.TokenType);
switch (reader.TokenType)
{
case JsonTokenType.PropertyName:
case JsonTokenType.String:
{
string? text = reader.GetString();
Console.Write(" ");
Console.Write(text);
break;
}
case JsonTokenType.Number:
{
int intValue = reader.GetInt32();
Console.Write(" ");
Console.Write(intValue);
break;
}
// Other token types elided for brevity
}
Console.WriteLine();
}
// StartObject
// PropertyName date
// String 2023-08-02T09:00:00+00:00
// PropertyName temp
// Number 42
// EndObject
Main Types
The main types provided by this library are:
System.Text.Json.Utf8JsonWriter
System.Text.Json.Utf8JsonReader
System.Text.Json.JsonSerializer
System.Text.Json.JsonConverter
System.Text.Json.JsonDocument
System.Text.Json.Nodes.JsonNode
System.Text.Json.Serialization.Metadata.JsonTypeInfo
Additional Documentation
Related Packages
- Lightweight data formats abstraction: System.Memory.Data
- Serialization of HttpContent: System.Net.Http.Json
Feedback & Contributing
System.Text.Json is released as open source under the MIT license. Bug reports and contributions are welcome at the GitHub repository.
Product | Versions Compatible and additional computed target framework versions. |
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.NET | net5.0 was computed. net5.0-windows was computed. net6.0 is compatible. net6.0-android was computed. net6.0-ios was computed. net6.0-maccatalyst was computed. net6.0-macos was computed. net6.0-tvos was computed. net6.0-windows was computed. net7.0 is compatible. net7.0-android was computed. net7.0-ios was computed. net7.0-maccatalyst was computed. net7.0-macos was computed. net7.0-tvos was computed. net7.0-windows was computed. net8.0 is compatible. net8.0-android was computed. net8.0-browser was computed. net8.0-ios was computed. net8.0-maccatalyst was computed. net8.0-macos was computed. net8.0-tvos was computed. net8.0-windows was computed. |
.NET Core | netcoreapp2.0 was computed. netcoreapp2.1 was computed. netcoreapp2.2 was computed. netcoreapp3.0 was computed. netcoreapp3.1 was computed. |
.NET Standard | netstandard2.0 is compatible. netstandard2.1 was computed. |
.NET Framework | net461 was computed. net462 is compatible. net463 was computed. net47 was computed. net471 was computed. net472 was computed. net48 was computed. net481 was computed. |
MonoAndroid | monoandroid was computed. |
MonoMac | monomac was computed. |
MonoTouch | monotouch was computed. |
Tizen | tizen40 was computed. tizen60 was computed. |
Xamarin.iOS | xamarinios was computed. |
Xamarin.Mac | xamarinmac was computed. |
Xamarin.TVOS | xamarintvos was computed. |
Xamarin.WatchOS | xamarinwatchos was computed. |
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.NETFramework 4.6.2
- Microsoft.Bcl.AsyncInterfaces (>= 8.0.0)
- System.Buffers (>= 4.5.1)
- System.Memory (>= 4.5.5)
- System.Runtime.CompilerServices.Unsafe (>= 6.0.0)
- System.Text.Encodings.Web (>= 8.0.0)
- System.Threading.Tasks.Extensions (>= 4.5.4)
- System.ValueTuple (>= 4.5.0)
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.NETStandard 2.0
- Microsoft.Bcl.AsyncInterfaces (>= 8.0.0)
- System.Buffers (>= 4.5.1)
- System.Memory (>= 4.5.5)
- System.Runtime.CompilerServices.Unsafe (>= 6.0.0)
- System.Text.Encodings.Web (>= 8.0.0)
- System.Threading.Tasks.Extensions (>= 4.5.4)
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net6.0
- System.Runtime.CompilerServices.Unsafe (>= 6.0.0)
- System.Text.Encodings.Web (>= 8.0.0)
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net7.0
- System.Text.Encodings.Web (>= 8.0.0)
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net8.0
- System.Text.Encodings.Web (>= 8.0.0)
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Version | Downloads | Last updated | |
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9.0.0-preview.7.24405.7 | 33,401 | 8/13/2024 | |
9.0.0-preview.6.24327.7 | 90,509 | 7/9/2024 | |
9.0.0-preview.5.24306.7 | 76,336 | 6/11/2024 | |
9.0.0-preview.4.24266.19 | 61,018 | 5/21/2024 | |
9.0.0-preview.3.24172.9 | 163,304 | 4/11/2024 | |
9.0.0-preview.2.24128.5 | 73,665 | 3/12/2024 | |
9.0.0-preview.1.24080.9 | 104,012 | 2/13/2024 | |
8.0.4 | 12,236,594 | 7/9/2024 | |
8.0.3 | 10,289,527 | 3/12/2024 | |
8.0.2 | 5,656,087 | 2/13/2024 | |
8.0.1 | 6,078,866 | 1/9/2024 | |
8.0.0 | 97,941,751 | 11/14/2023 | |
8.0.0-rc.2.23479.6 | 852,869 | 10/10/2023 | |
8.0.0-rc.1.23419.4 | 335,393 | 9/12/2023 | |
8.0.0-preview.7.23375.6 | 250,494 | 8/8/2023 | |
8.0.0-preview.6.23329.7 | 293,005 | 7/11/2023 | |
8.0.0-preview.5.23280.8 | 199,147 | 6/13/2023 | |
8.0.0-preview.4.23259.5 | 363,926 | 5/16/2023 | |
8.0.0-preview.3.23174.8 | 369,400 | 4/11/2023 | |
8.0.0-preview.2.23128.3 | 368,583 | 3/14/2023 | |
8.0.0-preview.1.23110.8 | 220,165 | 2/21/2023 | |
7.0.4 | 1,938,530 | 11/14/2023 | |
7.0.3 | 51,929,936 | 6/13/2023 | |
7.0.2 | 44,919,340 | 2/14/2023 | |
7.0.1 | 25,224,401 | 12/13/2022 | |
7.0.0 | 165,092,693 | 11/7/2022 | |
7.0.0-rc.2.22472.3 | 310,554 | 10/11/2022 | |
7.0.0-rc.1.22426.10 | 257,569 | 9/14/2022 | |
7.0.0-preview.7.22375.6 | 277,792 | 8/9/2022 | |
7.0.0-preview.6.22324.4 | 145,454 | 7/12/2022 | |
7.0.0-preview.5.22301.12 | 97,292 | 6/14/2022 | |
7.0.0-preview.4.22229.4 | 140,403 | 5/10/2022 | |
7.0.0-preview.3.22175.4 | 118,960 | 4/13/2022 | |
7.0.0-preview.2.22152.2 | 89,039 | 3/14/2022 | |
7.0.0-preview.1.22076.8 | 89,561 | 2/17/2022 | |
6.0.9 | 4,842,200 | 11/14/2023 | |
6.0.8 | 11,189,184 | 6/13/2023 | |
6.0.7 | 30,415,168 | 11/7/2022 | |
6.0.6 | 24,696,622 | 9/13/2022 | |
6.0.5 | 55,119,485 | 6/14/2022 | |
6.0.4 | 16,186,268 | 5/10/2022 | |
6.0.3 | 10,910,757 | 4/12/2022 | |
6.0.2 | 50,096,910 | 2/8/2022 | |
6.0.1 | 32,235,454 | 12/14/2021 | |
6.0.0 | 363,843,903 | 11/8/2021 | |
6.0.0-rc.2.21480.5 | 601,876 | 10/12/2021 | |
6.0.0-rc.1.21451.13 | 385,692 | 9/14/2021 | |
6.0.0-preview.7.21377.19 | 293,780 | 8/10/2021 | |
6.0.0-preview.6.21352.12 | 160,712 | 7/14/2021 | |
6.0.0-preview.5.21301.5 | 120,430 | 6/15/2021 | |
6.0.0-preview.4.21253.7 | 101,607 | 5/24/2021 | |
6.0.0-preview.3.21201.4 | 286,103 | 4/8/2021 | |
6.0.0-preview.2.21154.6 | 155,958 | 3/11/2021 | |
6.0.0-preview.1.21102.12 | 203,532 | 2/12/2021 | |
5.0.2 | 131,580,898 | 4/6/2021 | |
5.0.1 | 49,761,366 | 1/12/2021 | |
5.0.0 | 105,323,214 | 11/9/2020 | |
5.0.0-rc.2.20475.5 | 213,870 | 10/13/2020 | |
5.0.0-rc.1.20451.14 | 361,886 | 9/14/2020 | |
5.0.0-preview.8.20407.11 | 109,238 | 8/25/2020 | |
5.0.0-preview.7.20364.11 | 257,797 | 7/21/2020 | |
5.0.0-preview.6.20305.6 | 78,788 | 6/25/2020 | |
5.0.0-preview.5.20278.1 | 88,235 | 6/10/2020 | |
5.0.0-preview.4.20251.6 | 159,141 | 5/18/2020 | |
5.0.0-preview.3.20214.6 | 325,143 | 4/23/2020 | |
5.0.0-preview.2.20160.6 | 166,122 | 4/2/2020 | |
5.0.0-preview.1.20120.5 | 88,247 | 3/16/2020 | |
4.7.2 | 518,017,541 | 5/12/2020 | |
4.7.1 | 61,026,122 | 2/18/2020 | |
4.7.0 | 118,096,826 | 12/3/2019 | |
4.7.0-preview3.19551.4 | 313,429 | 11/13/2019 | |
4.7.0-preview2.19523.17 | 64,965 | 11/1/2019 | |
4.7.0-preview1.19504.10 | 91,678 | 10/15/2019 | |
4.6.0 | 510,254,992 | 9/23/2019 | |
4.6.0-rc1.19456.4 | 185,162 | 9/16/2019 | |
4.6.0-preview9.19421.4 | 509,993 | 9/4/2019 | |
4.6.0-preview9.19416.11 | 1,310 | 9/4/2019 | |
4.6.0-preview8.19405.3 | 183,037 | 8/13/2019 | |
4.6.0-preview7.19362.9 | 248,057 | 7/23/2019 | |
4.6.0-preview6.19303.8 | 238,212 | 6/12/2019 | |
4.6.0-preview6.19264.9 | 4,957 | 9/4/2019 | |
4.6.0-preview6.19259.10 | 25,639 | 5/10/2019 |