How to get value from Umbraco.DropDown.Flexible

[croban]

How can I get dropdown value from an Umbraco.DropDown.Flexible datatype?

GetValue() does not working
GetValue() return [ "123" ] <- the number is there just what is it inside json or array of string?

[deadlybyte]

Came across this exact issue today and here's a workaround.

@using Newtonsoft.Json.Linq; // Need to add namespace
...
var selectedOption = JArray.Parse(item.GetValue<string>("option"));
var optionAsIntArray = selectedOption.Values<int>(); // Cast to int array
var selectedValue = Umbraco.GetPreValueAsString(optionAsIntArray.FirstOrDefault());

Hopefully it'll help.