title: Parse JSON query in C#
body: <p>I want to develop an website in C# that parses data from a JSON query in order to use them later. So far I have found all the libraries to use, but after many attempts parsing does not work and I would like your help please. I use visual studio 2010 professional.</p>
  
  <p>Here is the C# code.</p>
  
  <pre><code>using System;
  using System.Collections.Generic;
  using System.Net;
  using System.Web;
  using System.Web.UI;
  using System.Web.UI.WebControls;
  using System.Net.Json;
  using System.Text;
  using Newtonsoft.Json.Linq;
  
  namespace TwitterFeed
  {
  public partial class URLReader : System.Web.UI.Page
  {
      static string username = null;
      static string result = null;
      static string url = null;
      JsonTextParser parser;
      JsonObject obj;
  
      protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
      {
  
      }
  
      protected void ButtonTest_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
      {
          username = TextBoxUsername.Text;    // takes the username imported by the user
          if (username == "")
          {
              TextBoxTest.Text = "Please enter a username...";    // informs the user that no username was imported
          }
          else
          {
              url = "JSONQuery.txt";
              try
              {
                  WebClient client = new WebClient();     // The methods needed taking the content of the URL
                  result = client.DownloadString(url);    // Putting the JSON content of the URL into a string
  
                  JObject obj = JObject.Parse(result);
                  Console.WriteLine("name: " + obj["name"]);
              } 
              catch (Exception ex)
              {
                  TextBoxTest.Text = ex.Message;
              }
          }
      }
  }
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>}</p>
  
  <p>This is the error that is displayed in the output:</p>
  
  <pre><code>A first chance exception of type 'Newtonsoft.Json.JsonReaderException' occurred in Newtonsoft.Json.DLL
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Here is the JSON code:</p>
  
  <pre><code>    {  
     "created_at":"Sun Apr 08 14:51:37 +0000 2012",
     "id":189002564061241344,
     "id_str":"189002564061241344",
     "text":"Another invention from google. http:\/\/t.co\/Fcx13JrJ #google",
     "source":"web",
     "truncated":false,
     "in_reply_to_status_id":null,
     "in_reply_to_status_id_str":null,
     "in_reply_to_user_id":null,
     "in_reply_to_user_id_str":null,
     "in_reply_to_screen_name":null,
     "user":{  
        "id":132681798,
        "id_str":"132681798",
        "name":"Charilaos Eristikos",
        "screen_name":"EristikosTigka",
        "location":"Glasgow, Scotland",
        "url":null,
        "description":"Technology Lives Between Us.",
        "protected":false,
        "followers_count":52,
        "friends_count":133,
        "listed_count":2,
        "created_at":"Tue Apr 13 22:28:19 +0000 2010",
        "favourites_count":1,
        "utc_offset":0,
        "time_zone":"Edinburgh",
        "geo_enabled":false,
        "verified":false,
        "statuses_count":64,
        "lang":"en",
        "contributors_enabled":false,
        "is_translator":false,
        "profile_background_color":"FFFFFF",
        "profile_background_image_url":"http:\/\/a0.twimg.com\/profile_background_images\/209319404\/8.jpg",
        "profile_background_image_url_https":"https:\/\/si0.twimg.com\/profile_background_images\/209319404\/8.jpg",
        "profile_background_tile":true,
        "profile_image_url":"http:\/\/a0.twimg.com\/profile_images\/1632508237\/380352_2437786137920_1049741902_2747933_696669280_n_normal.jpg",
        "profile_image_url_https":"https:\/\/si0.twimg.com\/profile_images\/1632508237\/380352_2437786137920_1049741902_2747933_696669280_n_normal.jpg",
        "profile_link_color":"00B093",
        "profile_sidebar_border_color":"9E9E9E",
        "profile_sidebar_fill_color":"DDEEF6",
        "profile_text_color":"000000",
        "profile_use_background_image":true,
        "show_all_inline_media":false,
        "default_profile":false,
        "default_profile_image":false,
        "following":null,
        "follow_request_sent":null,
        "notifications":null
     },
     "geo":null,
     "coordinates":null,
     "place":null,
     "contributors":null,
     "retweet_count":0,
     "entities":{  
        "hashtags":[  
           {  
              "text":"google",
              "indices":[  
                 52,
                 59
              ]
           }
        ],
        "urls":[  
           {  
              "url":"http:\/\/t.co\/Fcx13JrJ",
              "expanded_url":"http:\/\/phys.org\/news\/2012-04-google-floor-app-venue-owners.html",
              "display_url":"phys.org\/news\/2012-04-g\u2026",
              "indices":[  
                 31,
                 51
              ]
           }
        ],
        "user_mentions":[  
  
        ]
     },
     "favorited":false,
     "retweeted":false,
     "possibly_sensitive":false
  },
  {  
     "created_at":"Thu Apr 05 16:24:08 +0000 2012",
     "id":187938685436698624,
     "id_str":"187938685436698624",
     "text":"Very interesting for computing science students http:\/\/t.co\/xp4lq2Y1 #csstudents",
     "source":"web",
     "truncated":false,
     "in_reply_to_status_id":null,
     "in_reply_to_status_id_str":null,
     "in_reply_to_user_id":null,
     "in_reply_to_user_id_str":null,
     "in_reply_to_screen_name":null,
     "user":{  
        "id":132681798,
        "id_str":"132681798",
        "name":"Charilaos Eristikos",
        "screen_name":"EristikosTigka",
        "location":"Glasgow, Scotland",
        "url":null,
        "description":"Technology Lives Between Us.",
        "protected":false,
        "followers_count":52,
        "friends_count":133,
        "listed_count":2,
        "created_at":"Tue Apr 13 22:28:19 +0000 2010",
        "favourites_count":1,
        "utc_offset":0,
        "time_zone":"Edinburgh",
        "geo_enabled":false,
        "verified":false,
        "statuses_count":64,
        "lang":"en",
        "contributors_enabled":false,
        "is_translator":false,
        "profile_background_color":"FFFFFF",
        "profile_background_image_url":"http:\/\/a0.twimg.com\/profile_background_images\/209319404\/8.jpg",
        "profile_background_image_url_https":"https:\/\/si0.twimg.com\/profile_background_images\/209319404\/8.jpg",
        "profile_background_tile":true,
        "profile_image_url":"http:\/\/a0.twimg.com\/profile_images\/1632508237\/380352_2437786137920_1049741902_2747933_696669280_n_normal.jpg",
        "profile_image_url_https":"https:\/\/si0.twimg.com\/profile_images\/1632508237\/380352_2437786137920_1049741902_2747933_696669280_n_normal.jpg",
        "profile_link_color":"00B093",
        "profile_sidebar_border_color":"9E9E9E",
        "profile_sidebar_fill_color":"DDEEF6",
        "profile_text_color":"000000",
        "profile_use_background_image":true,
        "show_all_inline_media":false,
        "default_profile":false,
        "default_profile_image":false,
        "following":null,
        "follow_request_sent":null,
        "notifications":null
     },
     "geo":null,
     "coordinates":null,
     "place":null,
     "contributors":null,
     "retweet_count":0,
     "entities":{  
        "hashtags":[  
           {  
              "text":"csstudents",
              "indices":[  
                 69,
                 80
              ]
           }
        ],
        "urls":[  
           {  
              "url":"http:\/\/t.co\/xp4lq2Y1",
              "expanded_url":"http:\/\/googleblog.blogspot.co.uk\/2012\/03\/new-kind-of-summer-job-open-source.html",
              "display_url":"googleblog.blogspot.co.uk\/2012\/03\/new-ki\u2026",
              "indices":[  
                 48,
                 68
              ]
           }
        ],
        "user_mentions":[  
  
        ]
     },
     "favorited":false,
     "retweeted":false,
     "possibly_sensitive":false
  }
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Its a script for Twitter</p>