How can I encode some input in a view when the view is posted?

Asked Mar 04 '16 at 03:44

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I am coding a C# MVC 5 internet application where a user enters XML input into a textbox in a view.

How can I encode this XML input as JSON when the view is posted?

Here is an example of the input:

<div class="form-group">
    @Html.LabelFor(model => model.data, htmlAttributes: new { @class = "control-label col-md-2" })
    <div class="col-md-10">
        @Html.EditorFor(model => model.data, new { htmlAttributes = new { @class = "form-control" } })
        @Html.ValidationMessage("data")
    </div>
</div>

Should the code to encode the value of the model.data input be in a javaScript onclick function, or somewhere else?

edited Mar 04 '16 at 03:50

asked Mar 04 '16 at 03:44

Simon

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`JSON.stringify({ data: values });` ? – David Pine Mar 04 '16 at 03:46
xml2json looks promising http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1773550/convert-xml-to-json-and-back-using-javascript – Greg Mar 04 '16 at 03:48
@DavidPine: Where should the JSON.stringify({ data: values }) code be placed in the view? – Simon Mar 04 '16 at 03:53
@user3736648, you are you doing a form post from the MVC view? – David Pine Mar 04 '16 at 03:55
Yes, with a button. – Simon Mar 04 '16 at 03:57
Does this answer your question? http://stackoverflow.com/questions/13196645/post-json-data-through-a-form-in-mvc4 – David Pine Mar 04 '16 at 22:26

How can I encode some input in a view when the view is posted?

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