Default camel case of property names in JSON serialization

Question

I have a bunch of classes that will be serialized to JSON at some point and for the sake of following both C# conventions on the back-end and JavaScript conventions on the front-end, I've been defining properties like this:

[JsonProperty(PropertyName="myFoo")] public int MyFoo { get; set; } 

So that in C# I can:

MyFoo = 10; 

And in Javascript I can:

if (myFoo === 10) 

But doing this for every property is tedious. Is there a quick and easy way to set the default way JSON.Net handles property names so it will automatically camel case unless told otherwise?

Answer 1

You can use the provided class Newtonsoft.Json.Serialization.CamelCasePropertyNamesContractResolver:

var serializer = new JsonSerializer {     ContractResolver = new CamelCasePropertyNamesContractResolver() }; var jobj = JObject.FromObject(request, serializer); 

In other words, you don't have to create a custom resolver yourself.

Answer 2

When serializing your object, pass in some custom settings.

var settings = new JsonSerializerSettings {     ContractResolver = new CamelCasePropertyNamesContractResolver() };  var json = JsonConvert.SerializeObject(yourObject, settings);