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Life761
Life761

Reputation: 31

C# Returning Plain Json from MVC Controller

I'm trying to send data as plain Json, from my controller to the client side of my MVC application. The data is initially collected as a list of objects but I'm having trouble converting it to straight Json. Right now the code in my controller is as follows:

[HttpGet]
public JsonResult SecurityPermissionsTableData()
{
    List<SecurityPermissionsGridModel> list = securityPermissionsTable.Get(System.Security.Principal.WindowsIdentity.GetCurrent().Name.Split('\\').Last());

    string json = JsonConvert.SerializeObject(new
    {
        data = list
    });

    return ResultJson(json);
}

public JsonResult ResultJson(object data)
{
    return new JsonResult { JsonRequestBehavior = JsonRequestBehavior.AllowGet, Data = data };
}

When I use the JsonConvert.SerializeObject() function, it returns a string:

"{\"data\":[{\"Username\":\"loganfg\",\"readbutton\":null,\"editbutton\":null,\"deletebutton\":null}]}"

However I need to return plain Json in the form of:

{"data":[{"Username":"lgilmore","readbutton":"<a onclick='SP_read(\"7\")' class='SRKbutton tiny SP_rbutton'>Details</a>","editbutton":null,"deletebutton":null}]}

How can I convert the string the serialize function returns to plain Json? Or how do I alter my ResultJson() function to properly handle and convert the string?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 4567

Answers (2)

Shyju
Shyju

Reputation: 218702

You may simply use the Json method.

Pass the object you want to convert to json as the parameter.

public JsonResult SecurityPermissionsTableData()
{
   var permissionList = securityPermissionsTable
                .Get(System.Security.Principal.WindowsIdentity.GetCurrent()
                .Name.Split('\\').Last());
   return Json(permissionList , JsonRequestBehaviour.AllowGet);
}

Upvotes: 2

SLaks
SLaks

Reputation: 887225

JsonResult already serializes the object for you.
Therefore, it's serializing your string to a JSON string literal.

You should get rid of all of your code and just 

return Json(list, JsonRequestBehaviour.AllowGet);

Upvotes: 5

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