Pass complex objects through javascript to a .Net Service

Question

I'm trying to figure out how to send a complex object through javascript to my C# webservice.

Here xml string:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding=utf-8?><soap:Envelope xmlns:xsi=http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:soap="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/"><soap:Body>
<SaveResponse xmlns="http://tempuri.org/">
  <RL>
    <response_entries>
      <ResponseEntry>
        <response_id>string</response_id>
        <account_id>string</account_id>
        <organization_id>string</organization_id>
        <form_header_id>string</form_header_id>
        <status>string</status>
        <field0>string</field0>
        <field1>string</field1>
        <field99>string</field99>
      </ResponseEntry>
      <ResponseEntry>
        <response_id>string</response_id>
        <account_id>string</account_id>
        <organization_id>string</organization_id>
        <form_header_id>string</form_header_id>
        <status>string</status>
        <field0>string</field0>
        <field1>string</field1>
        <field99>string</field99>
      </ResponseEntry>
    </response_entries>        
  </RL>
</SaveResponse>

Example of what I'm trying to send:

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Do you control the server? I'd be writing this as a json service, not SOAP... and if I don't, I think I'd write a json service that acts as a proxy to the SOAP service ;p — Marc Gravell
– Marc Gravell, Commented Mar 18, 2011 at 21:27
@Marc Yes. I have control over the server. I have not much experience with JSON. I did create a JSOn service one time. Ex. [WebMethod] [ScriptMethod(ResponseFormat = ResponseFormat.Json)] public String GetFormByFormHeaderIDJSON(String form_header_id) { FormFunctions FF = new FormFunctions(); return new JavaScriptSerializer().Serialize(FF.GetFormByFormHeaderID(form_header_id)); } Is this what you mean? Still confused on calling the web service from the client side? Have an example I can work with? — MindGame
– MindGame, Commented Mar 18, 2011 at 21:33
@Hitesh well, it doesn't even need to be a [MebMethod] - any handler that takes a json body and runs it through JavaScriptSerializer should work fine. — Marc Gravell
– Marc Gravell, Commented Mar 18, 2011 at 21:39
@Hitesh Rana, shame on you for including a bunch of code in a comment and not even putting it in a code block. — The Muffin Man
– The Muffin Man, Commented Mar 18, 2011 at 21:42

tster · Accepted Answer · 2011-03-18 22:47:47Z

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As Marc mentioned, it is very easy to use JSON in javascript, so lets do that:

First create a web service:

[WebMethod]
public string DoStuff(string json)
{
    var js = new JavaScriptSerializer();
    MyType input = js.Deserialize<MyType>(json);
    return js.Serialize(DoStuff(input));
}

That input is a json string which JavaScriptSerializer will turn into a .NET object very easily. DoStuff(MyType) is a method you define that takes whatever input you need and does stuff with it.

Now it's time to consume (I'm using GET here, but if it's active you should POST):

$.get("TestService.asmx/DoStuff", { json: jsonString })
    .success(function (data) { 
        // code goes here!
    });

use json2.js to serialize the jsonString from a javascript object

answered Mar 18, 2011 at 22:47

tster

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