Handling MongoDB's ISODate() when attempting to parse a serialized JSON string

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I'm using MongoDB via the official C# driver with an ASP.NET MVC web site. I have the following C# model: ``` public class Contact { public ObjectId Id { get; set; } public string Name { get; set; } public DateTime DateAdded { get; set; } } ``` Which, when pulled from MongoDB and serialized into a JSON string via MVC looks like: ``` { "_id" : ObjectId("52eaad4839b60812fca4bf28"), "Name": "Joe Blow", "DateAdded" : ISODate("2014-01-30T19:51:35.977Z") } ``` When I attempt to convert this from a JSON string to a Javascript object on the browser via JSON.parse(), I get the following error: `Uncaught SyntaxError: Unexpected token I` This is because `ISODate(...)` is not valid JSON `ObjectId()` is also not valid JSON, but the way I'm handling that is to simply perform a `string.replace()` on the JSON string prior to parsing it on the client. I considered doing the same for `ISODate()` but it feels a little too hacky. Is there something I can do without resorting to regular expressions on the…

Accepted Answer

I think you need to tweak your JSON serializer a bit more. Try this:

```
var jsonWriterSettings = new JsonWriterSettings { OutputMode = JsonOutputMode.Strict };
Console.WriteLine(document.ToJson(jsonWriterSettings));
```

Handling MongoDB's ISODate() when attempting to parse a serialized JSON string

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