Returning a JObject as Json from an endpoint

Question

I'd like to do something like this:

var taxonomyJson = JObject.FromObject(taxonomy);
return Json(taxonomyJson, JsonRequestBehavior.AllowGet);

I've tried converting taxonomyJson to a JToken and various other properties. I've tried wrapping, etc. But it always throws errors.

Of course, I can return taxonomyJson.ToString(), but I don't like that very much because then it wraps an extra double quota around my string which my JavaScript will have to strip off before calling JSON.parse() on it.

If Json() can handle serializable objects, why can't it handle a JObject or a JToken that has the JSON already prepared?

Answer 1

How about:

return Content(taxonomyJson.ToString(), "application/json");

And this for an array:

var jObject = JObject.FromObject(new { Payload = arrayOfJObjects });
return Content(jObject.ToString(), "application/json");