JSON File to Byte[], need to go Byte[] to JSON string

Question

I have JSON in a text file, and I read the bytes of the file into an array:

byte[] data = File.ReadAllBytes(filename);

Now, I want to get a string that contains the JSON data that was in the original file, but I only have the data byte array available.

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks.

sisve · Accepted Answer · 2011-07-08 17:08:14Z

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What about using File.ReadAllText instead?

Anyway, you can convert a Byte[] to a String using Encoding.UTF8.GetString(data)

answered Jul 8, 2011 at 17:08

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MidhuN Over a year ago

Is there any way to directly converting bytes[] to JSON String instead of converting to string and then JSON String?

Icemanind · Accepted Answer · 2011-07-08 17:09:10Z

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You need to setup an encoding and then convert the bytes to a string, like so:

System.Text.Encoding enc = System.Text.Encoding.ASCII;
string myString = enc.GetString(myByteArray );

Although, if your goal is simply to read the JSON into a string, then everyone else's answer is right. Just use File.ReadAllText

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Darin Dimitrov · Accepted Answer · 2011-07-08 17:09:04Z

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Why not use File.ReadAllText instead? That'll give you a string off the bat.

edited Jul 8, 2011 at 17:09

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answered Jul 8, 2011 at 17:07

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jkh Over a year ago

Because the data[] stream is the only thing available to me at the point where I need to restore the JSON string

Jeff Parker Over a year ago

Fair enough, in that case, Simon or Icemanind's suggestion for conversion will do the job :)

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