.NET Core QueueMessage JSON to Typed Object. Using Azure.Storage.Queues

using Newtonsoft.Json;

namespace MyCode
{
  public class HelloWorld
  {
    [JsonProperty("title")]
    public string Title { get; set; }

    [JsonProperty("text")]
    public string Text { get; set; }
  }
}

using Azure.Storage.Queues.Models;
using Newtonsoft.Json;
using System;
using System.Text;

namespace MyCode
{
  public static class QueueMessageExtensions
  {
    public static string AsString(this QueueMessage message)
    {
      byte[] data = Convert.FromBase64String(message.MessageText);
      return Encoding.UTF8.GetString(data);
    }

    public static T As<T>(this QueueMessage message) where T : class
    {
      byte[] data = Convert.FromBase64String(message.MessageText);
      string json = Encoding.UTF8.GetString(data);
      return Deserialize<T>(json, true);
    }

    private static T Deserialize<T>(string json, bool ignoreMissingMembersInObject) where T : class
    {
      T deserializedObject;
      MissingMemberHandling missingMemberHandling = MissingMemberHandling.Error;
      if (ignoreMissingMembersInObject)
        missingMemberHandling = MissingMemberHandling.Ignore;
      deserializedObject = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<T>(json, new JsonSerializerSettings { MissingMemberHandling = missingMemberHandling, });
      return deserializedObject;
    }

  }
}

// This is an arbitrary class that returns a list of messages from 
// an Azure Queue. You have your own class here
IEnumerable<QueueMessage> messages = await _queueRepository.Get();

foreach (var message in messages)
{
  // Use the extension method to convert the message to the
  // HelloWorld type:
  var obj = message.As<HelloWorld>();
  // You can now access the properties:
  _logger.LogInformation($"{obj.Title}, {obj.Text}");
}