how to properly send JSON via ajax to c# [WebMethod]?

Question

I want to send a JSON string via ajax to [WebMethod]. My JSON values contain double quotation marks ("). In js, I create an object and convert it to JSON with JSON.stringify(my_object). Console shows properly formatted JSON (double quotes are masked with \), jsonlint.com confirms it.

But the problem appears in [WebMethod]. After hours of debugging I found out that it ignores masked " and treats them as normal ". So my properly JSON-formatted string becomes not properly JSON-formatted string.

Is there a way to fix this? Changing my input string is not an option (I mustn't get rid of ").

Here's some code:

ajax request:

$.ajax({
    type: 'POST',
    url: 'Test_Page.aspx/Test',
    data: "{json: '" + JSON.stringify(json_string) + "'}",
    contentType: 'application/json; charset=utf-8',
    dataType: 'json',
    success: function (msg) {},
    error: function (msg) {}
});

web method:

[WebMethod]
public static string Test(string json) {
    return Newtonsoft.Json.JsonConvert.SerializeObject(Other_Function(json));
}

Andrey Borisko · Accepted Answer · 2014-04-28 10:44:59Z

3

Try this:

$.ajax({
    type: 'POST',
    url: 'Test_Page.aspx/Test',
    data: JSON.stringify({json: json_string}),
    contentType: 'application/json; charset=utf-8',
    dataType: 'json',
    success: function (msg) {},
    error: function (msg) {}
});

answered Apr 28, 2014 at 10:44

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2 Comments

maialithar Over a year ago

almost, I had to stringify my json_string: data: JSON.stringify({json: JSON.stringify(json_string)}). Thanks!

Andrey Borisko Over a year ago

No problem :) It's just the way you pass it. I think the result should be the same if you do it like this, for example: JSON.stringify({json: ' "test" '})

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