Using json.net, how would I construct this json string?

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I was weaving my own json programatically, and was adviced to not roll my own as escaping for the forward slash and line breaks won't be enough basically.

My json is to look like:

{"rc": "200", "m" : "", "o": "<div class='s1'>
            <div class='avatar'>                    
                <a href='\/asdf'>asdf<\/a><br \/>
                <strong>0<\/strong>
            <\/div>
            <div class='sl'>
                <p>
                    444444444
                <\/p>
            <\/div>
            <div class='clear'>
            <\/div>                        
        <\/div>"}

How can I use json.net library to create this? I don't want to create an object and serialize it as at this point I don't have the data in a class/object.

James Newton-King · Accepted Answer · 2009-06-16 10:50:11Z

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This will give you a object that you can continue to modify or just do a ToString on if all you want is the JSON text.

JObject o = new JObject();
o["rc"] = new JValue(200);
o["m"] = new JValue("");
o["o"] = new JValue(@"<div class='s1'>
      <div class='avatar'>             
          <a href='asdf'>asdf</a><br />
          <strong>0</strong>
      </div>
      <div class='sl'>
          <p>
              444444444
          </p>
      </div>
      <div class='clear'>
      </div>                        
  </div>");

Console.WriteLine(o.ToString());

answered Jun 16, 2009 at 10:50

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James Newton-King Over a year ago

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mrblah Over a year ago

if you don't get rewarded an answer to this question who will? hehe thanks!

mrblah Over a year ago

btw, is this the fastest way then?

Mauricio Scheffer · Accepted Answer · 2009-06-16 00:18:22Z

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JavaScriptConvert.SerializeObject(new {
    rc = 200,
    m = "",
    o = @"<div class='s1'>
            <div class='avatar'>                    
                <a href='/asdf'>asdf</a><br />
                <strong>0</strong>
            </div>
            <div class='sl'>
                <p>
                    444444444
                </p>
            </div>
            <div class='clear'>
            </div>                        
        </div>"
});

Or, if you need this as a controller result and you're using ASP.NET MVC you can just use the JsonResult ActionResult

answered Jun 16, 2009 at 0:18

Mauricio Scheffer

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