ASP MVC WEB Api JS table

Question

Can anyone point me in the right direction?

I'm looking to use DataTables.net or jqGrid with an ASP MVC4 ApiController action for the source.

The problem I have is that i just return an array of objects.. e.g. [{"Name":"Brian", "Age" : "35"}, {"Name":"Jim", "Age" : "45"}]

I don't format it like the samples i.e. with aaData or arrays of string. Can anyone tell me how they overcome this problem?

I'll even settle for jqGrid if someone and point me in the direction of a good example. tnx Brian.

Oleg · Accepted Answer · 2012-07-07 12:43:16Z

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It' not a problem in jqGrid. You need just define jsonReader which describe how the data can be read by jqGrid. For example

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It uses

jsonReader: {
    repeatitems: false,
    id: "Name",
    root:  function (obj) {
        return obj;
    }
}

and the JSON data which you posted.

answered Jul 7, 2012 at 12:43

Oleg

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John · Accepted Answer · 2012-08-31 02:15:10Z

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To use different actions(Post, Put and Delete) of ASP.NET Web API for add edit delete operations, check following example: http://techbrij.com/1017/add-edit-delete-jqgrid-asp-net-web-api

answered Aug 31, 2012 at 2:15

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