Return named JSON object from c# service in .NET

Question

I have a wcf service in .net, which i want to return a named JSON object. This is how i want to return the JSON object:

{"file":"\/9j\/4AAQSkZJRgABAQEASABIAAD\/4"}

But this is how it is returned from the service in c#

"\"\/9j\/4AAQSkZJRgABAQEASABIAAD\/4

This is the code i use to return it

[WebInvoke(Method = "GET",
                ResponseFormat = WebMessageFormat.Json,
                UriTemplate = "getFile/{fname}")]
    public string GetFile(string name)
    {
        /*
         * Some code (not important)
         */

        return JsonConvert.SerializeObject(System.Convert.ToBase64String(image));
    }

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Sep 14 '12 at 08:33

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Create an object with that string as a property. This should work:

return JsonConvert.SerializeObject(
  new { file = System.Convert.ToBase64String(image) }
);

answered Sep 14 '12 at 08:33

Guffa

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Thanks!, almost. However it returns this "{\"file\":\"\/9}" and i want to return this {"file":"\/9}. Maybe i have to correct this in php? – Zeezer Sep 14 '12 at 08:42
I fixed this problem by returning a stream instead. According to this post: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3078397/returning-raw-json-string-in-wcf – Zeezer Sep 14 '12 at 08:54

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Sep 14 '12 at 08:34

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You have to create an new object.

var file = JsonConvert.SerializeObject(System.Convert.ToBase64String(image));
return Json(new {file},JsonRequstBehavior.AllowGet);

answered Sep 14 '12 at 08:34

Rikard

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Return named JSON object from c# service in .NET

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