ASP.NET MVC Data annotations for json key

Question

I Have a model in ASP.Net MVC something like this one.

public class DataTable
        {
            public int RecordsTotal { get; set; }

            public int RecordsFiltered { get; set; }

            public int Draw { get; set; }

        }

It is possible to output this as a JSON with putting a Data Annotation in every property? The output should be something like this.

{
recordsTotal:10,
recordsFiltered:10,
draw:1 
}

Thanks!

Data annotation that will transform `RecordsTotal` into a key `recordsTotal`. When returning a json to client/browser. — jmvtrinidad, May 29 '15 at 02:10
Is the only difference here capitalization? Otherwise, returning a JSON object will take care of that by default: `{ RecordsTotal:10, RecordsFiltered:10, Draw:1 }` — johnnyRose, May 29 '15 at 02:13
Yes, the only thing that I want is returning it as a CamelCase. — jmvtrinidad, May 29 '15 at 02:16

score 2 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 11:51

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You can return an object that looks exactly like the one you posted aside from the capital letter at the beginning:

return Json(new DataTable() {
    RecordsTotal = 10,
    RecordsFiltered = 10,
    Draw = 1
});

If you really need a lowercase property name then there are existing questions that answer this.

edited May 23 '17 at 11:51

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answered May 29 '15 at 02:16

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