Combine deserialized JSON files?

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I need to join the deserialized data from multiple JSON files into a single file.

I am requesting energy data from an open API that returns one or more JSON files. After deserializing each file, I need to join the deserialized data together to form a single file.

My current code to deserialize a single file is:

myOctopusDeserializeData =
                JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<Rootobject>(
                    new StreamReader(request.GetResponse().GetResponseStream()).ReadToEnd());

where Rootobject is defined as:

public class Rootobject
    {
        public int count { get; set; }
        public string next { get; set; }
        public object previous { get; set; }
        public Result[] results { get; set; }
    }

    public class Result
    {
        public double consumption { get; set; }
        public DateTime interval_start { get; set; }
        public DateTime interval_end { get; set; }
    }

Mock data example:

File 1 returned:

{
  "count": 3,
  "next": "https://api.octopus.energy/v1/gas-meter-points/30831.....",
  "previous": null,
  "results": [
    {
      "consumption": 0.0,
      "interval_start": "2023-06-20T01:00:00+01:00",
      "interval_end": "2023-06-20T01:30:00+01:00"
    },
    {
      "consumption": 0.0,
      "interval_start": "2023-06-20T01:30:00+01:00",
      "interval_end": "2023-06-20T02:00:00+01:00"
    },
    {
      "consumption": 0.0,
      "interval_start": "2023-06-20T02:00:00+01:00",
      "interval_end": "2023-06-20T02:30:00+01:00"
    },
  ]
}

File 2 returned:

{
  "count": 3,
  "next": "https://api.octopus.energy/v1/gas-meter-points/30842.....",
  "previous": "https://api.octopus.energy/v1/gas-meter-points/30831.....",
  "results": [
    {
      "consumption": 0.0,
      "interval_start": "2023-06-21T23:30:00+01:00",
      "interval_end": "2023-06-22T00:00:00+01:00"
    },
    {
      "consumption": 0.0,
      "interval_start": "2023-06-22T00:00:00+01:00",
      "interval_end": "2023-06-22T00:30:00+01:00"
    },
    {
      "consumption": 0.0,
      "interval_start": "2023-06-22T00:30:00+01:00",
      "interval_end": "2023-06-22T01:00:00+01:00"
    },
  ]
}

Desired output:

{
  "count": 6,
  "next": null,
  "previous": null,
  "results": [
    {
      "consumption": 0.0,
      "interval_start": "2023-06-20T01:00:00+01:00",
      "interval_end": "2023-06-20T01:30:00+01:00"
    },
    {
      "consumption": 0.0,
      "interval_start": "2023-06-20T01:30:00+01:00",
      "interval_end": "2023-06-20T02:00:00+01:00"
    },
    {
      "consumption": 0.0,
      "interval_start": "2023-06-20T02:00:00+01:00",
      "interval_end": "2023-06-20T02:30:00+01:00"
    },
    {
      "consumption": 0.0,
      "interval_start": "2023-06-21T23:30:00+01:00",
      "interval_end": "2023-06-22T00:00:00+01:00"
    },
    {
      "consumption": 0.0,
      "interval_start": "2023-06-22T00:00:00+01:00",
      "interval_end": "2023-06-22T00:30:00+01:00"
    },
    {
      "consumption": 0.0,
      "interval_start": "2023-06-22T00:30:00+01:00",
      "interval_end": "2023-06-22T01:00:00+01:00"
    },
  ]
}

I need to join the deserialized data from multiple JSON files into a single file.

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To join the deserialized data from multiple JSON files into a single file, you can follow these steps:

  1. Create a new instance of Rootobject to hold the combined data:

    Rootobject combinedData = new Rootobject
{
    count = 0,
    next = null,
    previous = null,
    results = new Result[0]
};

  2. Deserialize each JSON file and add its results to the combinedData:

    // Deserialize File 1
Rootobject file1Data = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<Rootobject>(file1Json);
combinedData.results = combinedData.results.Concat(file1Data.results).ToArray();
combinedData.count += file1Data.count;

// Deserialize File 2
Rootobject file2Data = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<Rootobject>(file2Json);
combinedData.results = combinedData.results.Concat(file2Data.results).ToArray();
combinedData.count += file2Data.count;

// Repeat for additional files if needed

    Note: Replace file1Json, file2Json, etc. with the actual JSON strings returned from each file.

  3. Serialize the combinedData back to JSON:

    string combinedJson = JsonConvert.SerializeObject(combinedData, Formatting.Indented);

    The Formatting.Indented argument is optional and will format the JSON string with indentation for better readability.

The combinedJson string will now contain the joined deserialized data from all the JSON files. You can write this string to a file or use it as needed in your application.