Ignore namespace attributes while serializing xml data to json - json

Question

I am trying to serialize xml directly to json using JsonSerializer() but the namespace attributes are getting added as fields in the final json. Any suggestion on how to remove this? I tried with JsonConvert.Serialize() but some childnodes are missing in the serialized json.

Answer 1

A solution to your problem could be to deserialize your object to a dictionary first. This way you can add some logic in between the conversion to it.
Check the example below:
var xml = #"<?xml version='1.0' standalone='no'?>
<root>
<person id='1'>
<name>Alan</name>
<url>http://www.google.com</url>
</person>
<person id='2'>
<name>Louis</name>
<url>http://www.yahoo.com</url>
</person>
</root>";
XmlDocument doc = new XmlDocument();
doc.LoadXml(xml);
var childNodeList = doc.DocumentElement.ChildNodes;
for (int i = 0; i < childNodeList.Count; i++)
{
var nodes = childNodeList.Item(i).ChildNodes;
var dict = new Dictionary<string, object>();
foreach (XmlNode node in nodes)
{
var serializedNode = JsonConvert.SerializeXmlNode(node);
var prop = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<IDictionary<string, object>>(serializedNode).FirstOrDefault();
dict.Add(prop.Key, prop.Value ?? " ");
}
Console.WriteLine($"item {i}");
Console.WriteLine(string.Join("\r\n", dict.Select(e => $"{e.Key}: {e.Value}")));
}
Output:
//item 0
//name: Alan
//url: http://www.google.com
//item 1
//name: Louis
//url: http://www.yahoo.com