C# Programming - Get and Set Private Properties using Reflection

It can be frustrating when you're using an API and some properties you require are set as private. This certainly was the case when attempting to resume a video using the YouTube V3 API recently

 Here is a code snippet on how to get and set private properties using Reflection 

private static void SetPrivateProperty(Object obj, string propertyName, object value)
{
    var propertyInfo = typeof(T).GetProperty(propertyName, System.Reflection.BindingFlags.NonPublic | System.Reflection.BindingFlags.Instance);
    if (propertyInfo == null) return;
    propertyInfo.SetValue(obj, value, null);
}

private static object GetPrivateProperty(Object obj, string propertyName)
{
    if (obj == null) return null;
    var propertyInfo = typeof(T).GetProperty(propertyName, System.Reflection.BindingFlags.NonPublic | System.Reflection.BindingFlags.Instance);
    return propertyInfo == null ? null : propertyInfo.GetValue(obj, null);
}