title: JSON.net loop through facebook json array
body: <p>Hey all I am trying to figure out how to loop through a JSON array that looks like this:</p>
  
  <pre><code>{
    "data": [
      {
        "id": "1zzz87_1020zzzzzzz9403", 
        "from": {
          "id": "10zzzzzz487", 
          "name": "Tom zzzzz"
        }, 
        "story": "Tom zzzz shared YouVersion's photo.", 
        "picture": "https://fbcdn-sphotos-a-a.akamaihd.net/zzzzz/4948_n.jpg?xxx_210ce5zzzza8b3e", 
        "link": "https://www.facebook.com/YouVersion/photos/zzzz/?type=1", 
        "name": "Mobile Uploads", 
        "caption": "1 John 4:4 NASB", 
        "properties": [
          {
            "name": "By", 
            "text": "YouVersion", 
            "href": "https://www.facebook.com/YouVersion?ref=stream"
          }
        ], 
        "icon": "https://fbstatic-a.akamaihd.net/zzzzz.gif", 
        "actions": [
          {
            "name": "Comment", 
            "link": "https://www.facebook.com/1020zzzzz48z/posts/102zzzzzz79zzz43"
          }, 
          {
            "name": "Like", 
            "link": "https://www.facebook.com/102zzz33zz/posts/102zzzzz40279zz3"
          }
        ], 
        "privacy": {
          "value": ""
        }, 
        "type": "photo", 
        "status_type": "shared_story", 
        "object_id": "101zzzzzz2", 
        "application": {
          "name": "Facebook for iPhone", 
          "namespace": "fbiphone", 
          "id": "6zzzzzz9"
        }, 
        "created_time": "2014-09-21T02:04:20+0000", 
        "updated_time": "2014-09-21T02:04:20+0000"
      }, 
      {
        "id": "1zzzzzzz487_102zzzzzz3zz82", 
        "from": {
          "id": "1020431zzzzzz", 
          "name": "Tom zzzzzz"
        }, 
        "story": "Tom zzzzz shared Brian zzzzzz's photo.", 
        etc etc.....
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>From the example above, only <strong>"data":</strong> shows up once so I can not use that as the means to loop to the next story. As you see the story starts at <strong>"id":</strong> and goes all the way to <strong>"updated_time":</strong>. Then the next story to follow that one starts at <strong>"id":</strong> and goes all the way to <strong>"updated_time":</strong> as well.</p>
  
  <p>I am using this code below:</p>
  
  <pre><code>Dim strJson As String       = File.ReadAllText("D:\winData\My Documents\jsonTEST.json")
  Dim json As JObject         = JObject.Parse(strJson)
  Dim thePostID As String     = DirectCast(json("data")(0)("id").ToString(), String)
  Dim thePostType As String   = DirectCast(json("data")(0)("type").ToString(), String)
  Dim thePosterID As String   = DirectCast(json("data")(0)("from")("id").ToString(), String)
  Dim thePosterName As String = DirectCast(json("data")(0)("from")("name").ToString(), String)
  Dim thePostTitle As String  = DirectCast(json("data")(0)("story").ToString(), String)
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I can get the values I am in need of just fine, but it doesn't loop to get all the other ones past retrieving the first one.</p>
  
  <p>I tried code like this:</p>
  
  <pre><code>For Each Row In json("id")(0)("id")
     MsgBox("here")
  Next Row
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>But that doesnt seem to do anything but error out at the <strong>json("id")(0)("id")</strong></p>