Unity3D, creating a Json post request - json

Question

I have to create a post request in Json in this format.
{
"request": {
"application": "APPLICATION_CODE",
"auth": "API_ACCESS_TOKEN",
"notifications": [{
"send_date": "now", // YYYY-MM-DD HH:mm OR 'now'
"ignore_user_timezone": true, // or false
"content": "Hello world!"
}]
}
}
This is my first time serializing Json String and I have no idea how to do this, I have tried a few different things but could never get the exact format.
Would really appreciate any kind of help.
Thanks!

Answer 1

First, you cannot put comment on a json file, but I guess it was just there for now.
Then you can paste your json in converters like this one http://json2csharp.com/
And you get the following:
public class Notification
{
public string send_date { get; set; }
public bool ignore_user_timezone { get; set; }
public string content { get; set; }
}
public class Request
{
public string application { get; set; }
public string auth { get; set; }
public List<Notification> notifications { get; set; }
}
public class RootObject
{
public Request request { get; set; }
}
Now you need to fix a few issues that are required for JsonUtility:
[Serializable]
public class Notification
{
public string send_date;
public bool ignore_user_timezone;
public string content;
}
[Serializable]
public class Request
{
public string application;
public string auth;
public List<Notification> notifications;
}
[Serializable]
public class RootObject
{
public Request request;
}
Finally:
RootObject root = JsonUtility.FromJson<RootObject>(jsonStringFile);

Answer 2

You can also use SimpleJSON like this ;
string GetRequest () {
JSONNode root = JSONNode.Parse("{}");
JSONNode request = root ["request"].AsObject;
request["application"] = "APPLICATION_CODE";
request["auth"] = "API_ACCESS_TOKEN";
JSONNode notification = request ["notifications"].AsArray;
notification[0]["send_date"] = DateTime.Now.ToString("yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm");
notification[0]["ignore_user_timezone"] = "true";
notification[0]["content"] = "Hello world!";
return root.ToString ();
}