❔ Convert nested JObjects into Dictionary<string, object>

What I want is like the title, to convert any json given by the user into a

Dictionary<string, object>

Dictionary<string, object>

Dictionary<string, object>

Dictionary<string, object> but keep the JSON structure. Especially if it's nested.
So I figured I'd start recursively, in a sense, but I am getting stuck on the point where I attack the child tokens, since they are JToken and not JObject. And I'm not sure if they will keep working if I use

OfType<JObject>()

OfType<JObject>()

OfType<JObject>()

OfType<JObject>(). So I could use some help converting a JObject that a user inputs to a Dictionary that keeps the JSON structure.

Here's what I've got so far:

public static Dictionary<string,object> Convert(this JObject source)
{
  Dictionary<string,object> result = new();
  foreach (KeyValuePair<string, JToken> kvp in source)
  {
    if (kvp.Value.HasValues) // aka if it has child tokens according to NewtonSoft.Json docs??
    {
      foreach (var childToken in kvp.Value.Children().OfType<JObject>())
      {
        childToken.Convert();
      }
    }
  }
}

public static Dictionary<string,object> Convert(this JObject source)
{
  Dictionary<string,object> result = new();
  foreach (KeyValuePair<string, JToken> kvp in source)
  {
    if (kvp.Value.HasValues) // aka if it has child tokens according to NewtonSoft.Json docs??
    {
      foreach (var childToken in kvp.Value.Children().OfType<JObject>())
      {
        childToken.Convert();
      }
    }
  }
}

public static Dictionary<string,object> Convert(this JObject source)
{
  Dictionary<string,object> result = new();
  foreach (KeyValuePair<string, JToken> kvp in source)
  {
    if (kvp.Value.HasValues) // aka if it has child tokens according to NewtonSoft.Json docs??
    {
      foreach (var childToken in kvp.Value.Children().OfType<JObject>())
      {
        childToken.Convert();
      }
    }
  }
}

public static Dictionary<string,object> Convert(this JObject source)
{
  Dictionary<string,object> result = new();
  foreach (KeyValuePair<string, JToken> kvp in source)
  {
    if (kvp.Value.HasValues) // aka if it has child tokens according to NewtonSoft.Json docs??
    {
      foreach (var childToken in kvp.Value.Children().OfType<JObject>())
      {
        childToken.Convert();
      }
    }
  }
}

but as you can see I'm not doing anything with childTokens at the moment because I'm not sure how to keep the original JSON structure

The reason I am trying to convert it, is because I have to do two of these mappings, and then map user-given keys of the one JSON object to the other (the values)
So this part:

foreach (var prop in PropertiesToMap)
{
  if (!dataTo.ContainsKey(prop.To) || !dataFrom.ContainsKey(prop.From)) continue;
  dataTo[prop.To] = dataFrom[prop.From];
}

foreach (var prop in PropertiesToMap)
{
  if (!dataTo.ContainsKey(prop.To) || !dataFrom.ContainsKey(prop.From)) continue;
  dataTo[prop.To] = dataFrom[prop.From];
}

foreach (var prop in PropertiesToMap)
{
  if (!dataTo.ContainsKey(prop.To) || !dataFrom.ContainsKey(prop.From)) continue;
  dataTo[prop.To] = dataFrom[prop.From];
}

foreach (var prop in PropertiesToMap)
{
  if (!dataTo.ContainsKey(prop.To) || !dataFrom.ContainsKey(prop.From)) continue;
  dataTo[prop.To] = dataFrom[prop.From];
}

Please halp with my recursive function to map any json into a dictionary

And afterwards, but this is optional for me, a query question

❔ Convert nested JObjects into Dictionary<string, object>

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