C# to JSON serialization using JSON.Net

Question

I have a C# List which looks like this:

var reqUsers = from user in users
    select new
    {
        username = user.username,
        firstName = user.firstName,
        lastName = user.lastName,
        email = user.email
    };

I use the below to convert / serialize to JSON ( Newtonsoft.JSON ):

var json = JsonConvert.SerializeObject(reqUsers);

With the above code I get a json string like this:

[{ username: "alan", firstName: "Alan", lastName: "Johnson", email: "[email protected]" },
 { username: "allison", firstName: "Allison", lastName: "House", email: "[email protected]" },
 { username: "ryan", firstName: "Ryan", lastName: "Carson", email: "[email protected]" } ]

however here is what I need to get : since I am using handlebars templating -

var testdata = {
  users: [
  { username: "alan", firstName: "Alan", lastName: "Johnson", email: "[email protected]" },
  { username: "allison", firstName: "Allison", lastName: "House", email: "[email protected]" },
  { username: "ryan", firstName: "Ryan", lastName: "Carson", email: "[email protected]" } ]

How can use the Serializer to name the JSON array as above ?

devdigital · Accepted Answer · 2013-04-05 21:02:12Z

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Use:

var json = JsonConvert.SerializeObject(new { users = reqUsers });

answered Apr 5, 2013 at 21:02

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SeanMC Over a year ago

When accessing the joson in the JS I had to use 'var thejson = @Html.Raw(json);' to not have issues with the quotes

Hithesh · Accepted Answer · 2014-03-05 09:52:53Z

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use:

var json= new JavaScriptSerializer().Serialize(reqUsers);

edited Mar 5, 2014 at 9:52

answered Mar 5, 2014 at 7:39

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DesertFoxAZ Over a year ago

This is using the System.Web.Script.Serialization namespace instead of Netwonsoft.Json as the original poster was using. It's a valid option however.

Wei Wen Over a year ago

thanks, This is good for byte array in object. prevent byte array convert to base64

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