Get property value from C# dynamic object by string (reflection?)

I don't know if there's a more elegant way with dynamically created objects, but using plain old reflection should work:

var nameOfProperty = "property1";
var propertyInfo = myObject.GetType().GetProperty(nameOfProperty);
var value = propertyInfo.GetValue(myObject, null);

GetProperty will return null if the type of myObject does not contain a public property with this name.

EDIT: If the object is not a "regular" object but something implementing IDynamicMetaObjectProvider, this approach will not work. Please have a look at this question instead:

• How do I reflect over the members of dynamic object?

 string json = w.JSON;
        var serializer = new JavaScriptSerializer();
        serializer.RegisterConverters(new[] { new DynamicJsonConverter() });

        DynamicJsonConverter.DynamicJsonObject obj = (DynamicJsonConverter.DynamicJsonObject)serializer.Deserialize(json, typeof(object));

and now obj._Dictionary contains a dictionary. Perfect!

This code must be used in conjunction with Deserialize JSON into C# dynamic object? + make the _dictionary variable from "private readonly" to public in the code there

Thanks all

Hope this would help you:

public static object GetProperty(object o, string member)
{
    if(o == null) throw new ArgumentNullException("o");
    if(member == null) throw new ArgumentNullException("member");
    Type scope = o.GetType();
    IDynamicMetaObjectProvider provider = o as IDynamicMetaObjectProvider;
    if(provider != null)
    {
        ParameterExpression param = Expression.Parameter(typeof(object));
        DynamicMetaObject mobj = provider.GetMetaObject(param);
        GetMemberBinder binder = (GetMemberBinder)Microsoft.CSharp.RuntimeBinder.Binder.GetMember(0, member, scope, new CSharpArgumentInfo[]{CSharpArgumentInfo.Create(0, null)});
        DynamicMetaObject ret = mobj.BindGetMember(binder);
        BlockExpression final = Expression.Block(
            Expression.Label(CallSiteBinder.UpdateLabel),
            ret.Expression
        );
        LambdaExpression lambda = Expression.Lambda(final, param);
        Delegate del = lambda.Compile();
        return del.DynamicInvoke(o);
    }else{
        return o.GetType().GetProperty(member, BindingFlags.Public | BindingFlags.Instance).GetValue(o, null);
    }
}

This will give you all property names and values defined in your dynamic variable.

dynamic d = { // your code };
object o = d;
string[] propertyNames = o.GetType().GetProperties().Select(p => p.Name).ToArray();
foreach (var prop in propertyNames)
{
    object propValue = o.GetType().GetProperty(prop).GetValue(o, null);
}