JSON.net Serialize C# object to JSON Issue

Question

I am trying to serialize a C# object to JSON using JSON.net library. The issue I am having is the string being created has &quot's in it.

Below is the string returned via JsonConvert.SerializeObject:

{     "ComId": "AAAiB+AAHAALOaFAAL",     "CovId": "AAABC9AAPAAAZYUAAI",     "EffectiveDate": "\\/Date(1329368400000-0500)\\/",     "ExpirationDate": "\\/Date(1360990800000-0500)\\/",     "State": "TX",     "DeductibleAmount": 500.0,     "DeductibleType": "PD" } 

Running the string through JSONLint returns:

Parse error on line 1: {    "ComId": & -----^ Expecting 'STRING', '}' 

Below is the object I am trying to serialize into JSON:

public class CommonInfoModel {     public virtual string ComId { get; set; }     public virtual string CovId { get; set; }      [Display(Name = "Effective Date")]     public virtual DateTime EffectiveDate { get; set; }      [Display(Name = "Expiration Date")]     public virtual DateTime ExpirationDate { get; set; }      [Display(Name = "State")]     public virtual string State { get; set; }      [Display(Name = "Deductible Amount")]     public virtual decimal DeductibleAmount { get; set; }      [Display(Name = "Deductible Type")]     public virtual string DeductibleType { get; set; } } 

Am I doing something wrong? I have searched and it seems others who use the method get cleaner strings! Thank you for your time in advance!

Answer 1

Your json string is being HTML encoded. Since you're rendering the json in your view, you can use the @Html.Raw() helper to prevent it from being encoded.

var data = { json : "@Html.Raw(JsonConvert.SerializeObject(Model))" };