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 ?

Answer 1

Use:

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