parse-mr-ruslan-json.cs

Console.OutputEncoding = Encoding.UTF8;

var data = File.ReadAllText("raw.txt");
data = data.Substring(1, data.Length - 3);

Console.ForegroundColor = ConsoleColor.Green;
Console.WriteLine(data);

//replace escaped Unicode characters, see \u0026 => &
data = Regex.Replace(data, @"\\u([0-9A-F]{4})", match => ((char)int.Parse(match.Groups[1].Value, NumberStyles.HexNumber)).ToString(), RegexOptions.IgnoreCase);
//now replace escaped ASCII character, see \x32 => 2
data = Regex.Replace(data, @"\\x([0-9A-F]{2})", match => ((char)int.Parse(match.Groups[1].Value, NumberStyles.HexNumber)).ToString(), RegexOptions.IgnoreCase);
//then unescape escaped characters (LOL WUT???) see => \& ==> &
data = Regex.Replace(data, @"\\(.)", match => match.Groups[1].Value, RegexOptions.IgnoreCase);

//replace HTML-escaped Unicode characters, see %U0026 => &
data = Regex.Replace(data, @"%U([0-9A-F]{4})", match => ((char)int.Parse(match.Groups[1].Value, NumberStyles.HexNumber)).ToString(), RegexOptions.IgnoreCase);
//now replace HTML-escaped ASCII character, see %32 => 2
data = Regex.Replace(data, @"%([0-9A-F]{2})", match => ((char)int.Parse(match.Groups[1].Value, NumberStyles.HexNumber)).ToString(), RegexOptions.IgnoreCase);


Console.ForegroundColor = ConsoleColor.Yellow;
Console.WriteLine(data);

dynamic json = JObject.Parse(data);

Console.ForegroundColor = ConsoleColor.Blue;
Console.WriteLine(json.contents.singleColumnBrowseResultsRenderer.tabs);