title: How to parse JSON in a .netcore class library
body: <p>I am creating a cross-platform library using the .NET core class library project template and need to communicate with a REST service using JSON. </p>
  
  <p>I can't use the <a href="http://www.newtonsoft.com/json" rel="nofollow">JSON.NET</a> Nuget package or "System.Runtime.Serialization.Json" because neither of these packages support .netcore.</p>
  
  <p>For legacy reasons as well as netstandard1.2 I am also targeting net40.</p>