jquery Ajax call - data parameters are not being passed to MVC Controller action

Question

I'm passing two string parameters from a jQuery ajax call to an MVC controller method, expecting a json response back. I can see that the parameters are populated on the client side but the matching parameters on the server side are null.

Here is the javascript:

$.ajax({  
  type: "POST",  
  contentType: "application/json; charset=utf-8",  
  url: "List/AddItem",  
  data: "{ ListID: '1', ItemName: 'test' }",  
  dataType: "json",  
  success: function(response) { alert("item added"); },  
  error: function(xhr, ajaxOptions, thrownError) { alert(xhr.responseText); }
});

Here is the controller method:

Function AddItem(ByVal ListID As String, ByVal ItemName As String) As JsonResult
   'code removed for brevity
   'ListID is nothing and ItemName is nothing upon arrival.
   return nothing
End Function

What am I doing wrong?

Answer 1

I tried:

<input id="btnTest" type="button" value="button" />

<script type="text/javascript">
    $(document).ready( function() {
      $('#btnTest').click( function() {
        $.ajax({
          type: "POST", 
          url: "/Login/Test",
          data: { ListID: '1', ItemName: 'test' },
          dataType: "json",
          success: function(response) { alert(response); },
          error: function(xhr, ajaxOptions, thrownError) { alert(xhr.responseText); }
        });
      });
    });
</script>

and C#:

[HttpPost]
public ActionResult Test(string ListID, string ItemName)
{
    return Content(ListID + " " + ItemName);
}

It worked. Remove contentType and set data without double quotes.

Answer 2

If you have trouble with caching ajax you can turn it off:

$.ajaxSetup({cache: false});

Answer 3

You need add -> contentType: "application/json; charset=utf-8",

<script type="text/javascript">
    $(document).ready( function() {
      $('#btnTest').click( function() {
        $.ajax({
          type: "POST", 
          url: "/Login/Test",
          data: { ListID: '1', ItemName: 'test' },
          dataType: "json",
          contentType: "application/json; charset=utf-8",
          success: function(response) { alert(response); },
          error: function(xhr, ajaxOptions, thrownError) { alert(xhr.responseText); }
        });
      });
    });
</script>

Answer 4

  var json = {"ListID" : "1", "ItemName":"test"};
    $.ajax({
            url: url,
            type: 'POST',        
            data: username, 
            cache:false,
            beforeSend: function(xhr) {  
                xhr.setRequestHeader("Accept", "application/json");  
                xhr.setRequestHeader("Content-Type", "application/json");  
            },       
            success:function(response){
             console.log("Success")
            },
              error : function(xhr, status, error) {
            console.log("error")
            }
);