how to have Web Api send Json.net Serialized string object back to client Correctly?
asp.net, asp.net-web-api, booksleeve, c#, json.net
Solution
You could something like below:
[HttpGet]
public HttpResponseMessage GetDegreeCodes(int id)
{
StringContent sc = new StringContent("Your JSON content from Redis here");
sc.Headers.ContentType = new MediaTypeHeaderValue("application/json");
HttpResponseMessage resp = new HttpResponseMessage();
resp.Content = sc;
return resp;
}
Problem
I am serializing an IEnumerbale object using JsonConvert.SerializeObject( ); it produces string with quotes and escape character with spaces from web Api controller i return that string using code below ``` [HttpGet] public string GetDegreeCodes(int id) { string result = //output from JsonConvert.SerializeObject( ); return result; } ``` "[{\"DegreeId\":1,\"DegreeName\":\"High School\",\"ImageSrc\":\" http://bootsnipp.com/apple-touch-icon-114x114-pre\",\"Description\":\" Get High School Degree\r\"},{\"DegreeId\":2,\"DegreeName\":\"Associate\",\"ImageSrc\":\" http://bootsnipp.com/apple-touch-icon-114x114-pre\",\"Description\":\" Get Associate Degree\r\"},{\"DegreeId\":3,\"DegreeName\":\"Bachelor\",\"ImageSrc\":\" http://bootsnipp.com/apple-touch-icon-114x114-pre\",\"Description\":\" Get Bachelor Degree\r\"},{\"DegreeId\":4,\"DegreeName\":\"Masters\",\"ImageSrc\":\" http://bootsnipp.com/apple-touch-icon-114x114-pre\",\"Description\":\" Get Master Degree\r\"},{\"DegreeId\":5,\"DegreeName\":\"Doctrate\",\"ImageSrc\":\" http://bootsnipp.com/apple-touch-icon-114x114-pre\",\"Description\":\" Get Doctorate Degree\"}]" This is my ajax and it does not recognize the JSON correctly because of the extra wrapper quotes and escape characters, ``` $.ajax({ url: "/api/helloservice/getdegreecodes", type: "get", contentType: "application/text", data: { id: 1 } }).done(function (data) { if (data.length > 0) { for (i = 0; i < data.length; i++) { viewEduModel.degreeCodes.push(data[i]); } } }); ``` i need to use JsonConvert.SerializeObject since i am caching it as a JSon in my redis cache server using booksleeve that way I do not need to re serialize and read from db every time. how do i avoid web api controller sending Quotes and backslashes? i could simply return IEnumerable and let Web Api do the JSOn serialization but i need to cache it on redis side