How do I extract a single element from a JSON http response and pass it to C# as an integer? -

i'm writing wcf service , trying extract value sms following json string forms http response. rest of response superfluous requirements.

{"balance":{"sms":100,"mms":2},"status":"success"} 

the code i've got @ moment ever returns '0' integer balance.

    public class balanceobject     {         public int sms { get; set;}         public int mms {get; set;}         public string status {get; set;}     }      public int balancerequest()     {         using (var wb = new webclient())             {                 byte[] response = wb.uploadvalues("http://api.txtlocal.com/balance/?apikey=", new namevaluecollection()             {             {"apikey" , api},             });              string result = system.text.encoding.utf8.getstring(response);             javascriptserializer js = new javascriptserializer();             balanceobject request = (balanceobject)js.deserialize(result, typeof(balanceobject));             int balance = request.sms;             return balance;                 }         }  

any advice gratefully received.

your balanceobject doesn't match json. object should more this:

public class phoneobject {     public string status {get; set;}     public balanceobject balance {get; set;} }  public class balanceobject {     public int sms { get; set;}     public int mms {get; set;} } 

you retrieve value so:

phoneobject request = (phoneobject)js.deserialize(result, typeof(phoneobject)); int balance = request.balance.sms; return balance;