[ADDED] a start for reading the random word from a file

Server/Models/ServerClient.cs

@@ -178,6 +178,7 @@ namespace Server.Models
                     ServerCommunication.INSTANCE.JoinLobby(this.User,id);
                     sendMessage(JSONConvert.ConstructLobbyJoinSuccessMessage());
                     ServerCommunication.INSTANCE.sendToAll(JSONConvert.ConstructLobbyListMessage(ServerCommunication.INSTANCE.lobbies.ToArray()));
+                    Debug.WriteLine("Random chosen word: {0}", JSONConvert.GetRandomWord(@"..\resources\WordsForGame.json"));
                     break;
                 case LobbyIdentifier.LEAVE:
                     id = JSONConvert.GetLobbyID(payload);

Server/Server.csproj

@@ -6,6 +6,16 @@
     <UseWPF>true</UseWPF>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <None Remove="resources\WordsForGame.json" />
+  </ItemGroup>
+
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <Content Include="resources\WordsForGame.json">
+      <CopyToOutputDirectory>PreserveNewest</CopyToOutputDirectory>
+    </Content>
+  </ItemGroup>
+
   <ItemGroup>
     <PackageReference Include="AsyncAwaitBestPractices" Version="4.3.0" />
     <PackageReference Include="Extended.Wpf.Toolkit" Version="4.0.1" />

Server/resources/WordsForGame.json

@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+{
+  "filename": "wordsForGame",
+  "words": [
+    "teacher",
+    "love",
+    "engineer",
+    "supermarket",
+    "disaster",
+    "studio",
+    "restaurant",
+    "music",
+    "chocolate",
+    "dirt",
+    "thought",
+    "virus",
+    "lieutenant",
+    "painter",
+    "kiwi",
+    "power ranger",
+    "computer",
+    "people",
+    "candidate",
+    "security guard",
+    "Canada",
+    "teeth",
+    "army",
+    "airport",
+    "president",
+    "bedroom"
+  ]
+}

SharedClientServer/JSONConvert.cs

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ using Newtonsoft.Json.Linq;
 using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Diagnostics;
+using System.IO;
 using System.Linq;
 using System.Text;
 
@@ -159,7 +160,22 @@ namespace SharedClientServer
             Array.Copy(BitConverter.GetBytes(payloadBytes.Length+5),0,res,0,4);
             return res;
         }
+    
+        public static string GetRandomWord(string filename)
+        {
+            string[] words = new string[25];
+            using(StreamReader reader = new StreamReader(@"../../json1.jsonWordsForGame.json"))
+            {
+                string json = reader.ReadToEnd();
+                words = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<List<string>>(json).ToArray();
+            }
 
+            Random random = new Random();
+
+            int index = random.Next(0, 24);
+
+            return words[index];
+        }
         
     }
 }