MVC controller manipulates the JSON

Here is my code:

[HttpGet]
[Produces("application/json")]
[Route("whatever")]
public ActionResult<JsonResult> Get()

string jsonText = ""city":"paris"";

return new JsonResult(JObject.Parse(jsonText));



This is the output I want:

"city":"paris"


This is the output I get:

"contentType":null,"serializerSettings":null,"statusCode":null,"value":"city":"paris"


How can I change my code to prevent .NET framework from wrapping my original JSON?

2 Answers
2

Then use a simpler and strongly typed result object instead of trying to manually create the JSON string.

[HttpGet]
[Produces("application/json")]
[Route("whatever")]
public IActionResult Get()
var model = new city = "paris" ;
return Ok(model);



the framework will serialize the model to the desired output

There is no problem with ASP.NET MVC's JsonResult, but you're using JSON.NET. In JSON.NET, when you convert an json string vi JObject.Parse(), it returns a JObject object that contains some members. If you want to get the converted json, you should use ToString(), as the following:

JsonResult

JObject.Parse()

JObject

ToString()

[HttpGet]
[Produces("application/json")]
[Route("whatever")]
public ActionResult<JsonResult> Get()

string jsonText = ""city":"paris"";
return new JsonResult(JObject.Parse(jsonText).ToString());



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