Convert JSON and XML to POCOs Automatically
If you’re working against an API then you’ll probably get your data in either JSON or XML format. In order to deserialize those JSON and XML objects into their C# equivalents you’ll need actual POCOs to serialize to. Luckily, Visual Studio has built in functionality for this already.
How to convert JSON and XML to POCOs in Visual Studio
Edit > Paste Special > Paste JSON As Classes/Paste XML As Classes
That’s it! If you don’t feel like opening up Visual Studio then you can also use the online tool json2csharp which does JSON to C# POCO conversion online.
This feature is one of many “hidden” gems in Visual Studio that I love. 🙂