How to convert JsonElement to a Int or other primitive types

Question

I have c# webapi on .net 6.0. And I am getting postdata from client into param_class into _input. the class is like following:

public class param_class
{
    public string? name { get; set; }
    public object? value { get; set; }
}

client sends data as json string like following:

{
    "name": "lotnum",
    "value": 143
}

in webapi, when I get value field throws error JsonElement cannot convert to Int.

var v = (int)_input.value;

how to convert from JsonElement to other types in webapi of .net 6.0?

Answer 1

Change value type to int and default deserialization will handle this for you.

What is actually happening right now is when you have an object type for a property, it is JsonElement since this is the type that JS sends. But if you change it to the expected type, the default deserializer knows how to convert from JsonElement to the specific type you are expecting. (since JsonElement itself sends what type it is)

Of course, you have the option to post-cast it as follows:

var v = ((JsonElement)_input.value).GetInt32();

I HARDLY suggest you not do it!