[c#] How do you add a JToken to an JObject?

TL;DR: You should add a JProperty to a JObject. Simple. The index query returns a JValue, so figure out how to get the JProperty instead :)

The accepted answer is not answering the question as it seems. What if I want to specifically add a JProperty after a specific one? First, lets start with terminologies which really had my head worked up.

• JToken = The mother of all other types. It can be A JValue, JProperty, JArray, or JObject. This is to provide a modular design to the parsing mechanism.
• JValue = any Json value type (string, int, boolean).
• JProperty = any JValue or JContainer (see below) paired with a name (identifier). For example "name":"value".
• JContainer = The mother of all types which contain other types (JObject, JValue).
• JObject = a JContainer type that holds a collection of JProperties
• JArray = a JContainer type that holds a collection JValue or JContainer.

Now, when you query Json item using the index [], you are getting the JToken without the identifier, which might be a JContainer or a JValue (requires casting), but you cannot add anything after it, because it is only a value. You can change it itself, query more deep values, but you cannot add anything after it for example.

What you actually want to get is the property as whole, and then add another property after it as desired. For this, you use JOjbect.Property("name"), and then create another JProperty of your desire and then add it after this using AddAfterSelf method. You are done then.

For more info: http://www.newtonsoft.com/json/help/html/ModifyJson.htm

This is the code I modified.

public class Program
{
  public static void Main()
  {
    try
    {
      string jsonText = @"
      {
        ""food"": {
          ""fruit"": {
            ""apple"": {
              ""colour"": ""red"",
              ""size"": ""small""
            },
            ""orange"": {
              ""colour"": ""orange"",
              ""size"": ""large""
            }
          }
        }
      }";

      var foodJsonObj = JObject.Parse(jsonText);
      var bananaJson = JObject.Parse(@"{ ""banana"" : { ""colour"": ""yellow"", ""size"": ""medium""}}");

      var fruitJObject = foodJsonObj["food"]["fruit"] as JObject;
      fruitJObject.Property("orange").AddAfterSelf(new JProperty("banana", fruitJObject));

      Console.WriteLine(foodJsonObj.ToString());
    }
    catch (Exception ex)
    {
      Console.WriteLine(ex.GetType().Name + ": " + ex.Message);
    }
  }
}