How to auto-generate a C class file from a JSON string

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Given the following JSON object   form        name          address          street            city            province            postalCode            country              phoneDay          phoneCell          businessName          website          email          what is a tool to auto-generate the following C  class   public class ContactInfo       public string Name   get  set        public Address Address   get  set        public string PhoneDay   get  set        public string PhoneCell   get  set        public string BusinessName   get  set        public string Website   get  set        public string Email   get  set       public class Address       public string Street   get  set        public string City   get  set        public string Province   get  set        public string PostalCode   get  set        public string Country   get  set        We have already looked at these questions    Generate C  classes from JSON Schema Is asking about JSON Schemas which may be an approach to use down the road   Benefits and drawbacks of generated C  classes for Json objects

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Visual Studio 2012  with ASP NET and Web Tools 2012 2 RC installed  supports this natively   Visual Studio 2013 onwards have this built-in     Image courtesy  robert muehsig

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Five options   Use the free jsonutils web tool without installing anything   If you have Web Essentials in Visual Studio  use Edit  gt  Paste special  gt  paste JSON as class   Use the free jsonclassgenerator exe  The web tool app quicktype io does not require installing anything   The web tool json2csharp also does not require installing anything    Pros and Cons   jsonclassgenerator converts to PascalCase but the others do not   app quicktype io has some logic to recognize dictionaries and handle JSON properties whose names are invalid c  identifiers

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If you install Web Essentials into Visual studio you can go to Edit    Past special    paste JSON as class   That is probably the easiest there is   Web Essentials  http   vswebessentials com

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