Parsing JSON without square brackets around the arrays - json

Question

I need to parse a live feed but each array has no brackets around it so I am slightly confused. It is also valid JSON as I used an online service to check. I want to specify the context and then grab the data. does anyone know how I can do this and what the context might be?
In this case I want the "Name", "competitor" and a few other fields. Any help gratefully received.
{
"604377": {
"competitors": {
"3521278": {
"Name": "Brazil",
"Jockey": null,
"Weight": null,
"Saddle": 0,
"Barrier": null,
"QLDWin": 0,
"VICWin": 0,
"NSWWin": 0,
"QLDPlace": 0,
"VICPlace": 0,
"NSWPlace": 0,
"DetailedPricing": {
"winTotePlus": false,
"placeTotePlus": false,
"topFluc": false,
"bestOfBest": false,
"bestOrSP": false,
"fixedOdds": false,
"fixedWin": true,
"doubleFixedWin": 0,
"bestOfEverythingWin": 0,
"bestAnytimeWin": 0,
"fixedPlace": true,
"startPriceGuarantee": 0,
"fixedEachWay": true,
"placePrices": [
0
],
"startPrice": false,
"internationalStartPrice": false,
"midToteWin": false,
"midTotePlace": true,
"topToteWin": true,
"topTotePlace": false,
"top2ToteWin": false,
"top2TotePlace": false,
"vicToteWinPlus1": false,
"vicTotePlacePlus1": false,
"vicToteWinPlus2": false,
"vicTotePlacePlus2": false,
"vicToteWinPlus5": false,
"vicTotePlacePlus5": false,
"vicToteWinPlus10": false,
"vicTotePlacePlus10": false,
"exoticBet": true,
"exoticMidTote": false,
"exoticBest2Tote": false,
"exoticBest3Tote": false,
"pickYourOdds": false,
"firstfour": true,
"midToteWinPrice": 0,
"midTotePlacePrice": 0,
"topToteWinPrice": 0,
"top2ToteWinPrice": 0,
"top2ToteOrSPWinPrice": 0,
"vicToteWinPlus1Price": 0,
"vicToteWinPlus2Price": 0,
"vicToteWinPlus5Price": 0,
"vicToteWinPlus10Price": 0,
"topTotePlacePrice": 0,
"top2TotePlacePrice": 0,
"vicTotePlacePlus1Price": 0,
"vicTotePlacePlus2Price": 0,
"vicTotePlacePlus5Price": 0,
"vicTotePlacePlus10Price": 0,
"topFlucPrice": 0,
"lastFlucPrice": 0,
"bestOfBestPrice": 0,
"bestOrSPPrice": 0,
"bestOrSPPlacePrice": 0.75,
"winDeduction": 0,
"placeDeduction": 0,
"competitor": 11863763,
"sport": "Soccer",
"saddle": 0,
"description": "Brazil 2014 - World Cup Winner ",
"team": "Jordan",
"win": 0,
"place": 0,
"numOutcomes": 24,
"numPlacings": 1,
"numWinners": 1
},
"Scratched": "no",
"RisaSilkID": null
},
"3521279": {
"Name": "Argentina",
"Jockey": null,
"Weight": null,
"Saddle": 0,
"Barrier": null,
"QLDWin": 0,
"VICWin": 0,
"NSWWin": 0,
"QLDPlace": 0,
"VICPlace": 0,
"NSWPlace": 0,
"DetailedPricing": {
"winTotePlus": false,
"placeTotePlus": false,
"topFluc": false,
"bestOfBest": false,
"bestOrSP": false,
"fixedOdds": false,
"fixedWin": true,
"doubleFixedWin": 0,
"bestOfEverythingWin": 0,
"bestAnytimeWin": 0,
"fixedPlace": true,
"startPriceGuarantee": 0,
"fixedEachWay": true,
"placePrices": [
0
],
"startPrice": false,
"internationalStartPrice": false,
"midToteWin": false,
"midTotePlace": true,
"topToteWin": true,
"topTotePlace": false,
"top2ToteWin": false,
"top2TotePlace": false,
"vicToteWinPlus1": false,
"vicTotePlacePlus1": false,
"vicToteWinPlus2": false,
"vicTotePlacePlus2": false,
"vicToteWinPlus5": false,
"vicTotePlacePlus5": false,
"vicToteWinPlus10": false,
"vicTotePlacePlus10": false,
"exoticBet": true,
"exoticMidTote": false,
"exoticBest2Tote": false,
"exoticBest3Tote": false,
"pickYourOdds": false,
"firstfour": true,
"midToteWinPrice": 0,
"midTotePlacePrice": 0,
"topToteWinPrice": 0,
"top2ToteWinPrice": 0,
"top2ToteOrSPWinPrice": 0,
"vicToteWinPlus1Price": 0,
"vicToteWinPlus2Price": 0,
"vicToteWinPlus5Price": 0,
"vicToteWinPlus10Price": 0,
"topTotePlacePrice": 0,
"top2TotePlacePrice": 0,
"vicTotePlacePlus1Price": 0,
"vicTotePlacePlus2Price": 0,
"vicTotePlacePlus5Price": 0,
"vicTotePlacePlus10Price": 0,
"topFlucPrice": 0,
"lastFlucPrice": 0,
"bestOfBestPrice": 0,
"bestOrSPPrice": 0,
"bestOrSPPlacePrice": 0.75,
"winDeduction": 0,
"placeDeduction": 0,
"competitor": 11863763,
"sport": "Soccer",
"saddle": 0,
"description": "Brazil 2014 - World Cup Winner ",
"team": "Jordan",
"win": 0,
"place": 0,
"numOutcomes": 24,
"numPlacings": 1,
"numWinners": 1
},
"Scratched": "no",
"RisaSilkID": null
},
"3521280": {
"Name": "Spain",

Answer 1

You haven't specified which language/platform you want to do this in. I'll assume .NET...
http://www.nuget.org/packages/newtonsoft.json/
WebRequest request = WebRequest.Create(query);
using (var response = request.GetResponse())
{
using (var responseStream = response.GetResponseStream())
{
using (var streamReader = new StreamReader(responseStream))
{
try
{
JsonReader reader = new JsonTextReader(streamReader);
dynamic result = JObject.Load(reader);
There's lots of other JSON parsers out there for .NET and other platforms