Question

I am using Dictionary to build up key/value and need to stringify it for HTTP Post. They problem is when I stringify the data using Cordova’s JsonHelper, it displays the “key:” and “value:” then the actual key and value. I want to remove these.

I am developing for Windows Phone 8.

This:

Dictionary<string, string> data = new Dictionary<string, string>();
data.Add("user_id", user_id);
data.Add("order_id", order_id);
data.Add("package_id", package_id);
data.Add("order_status", "0"); //0 is success
data.Add("platform", "windows");
String postData = WPCordovaClassLib.Cordova.JSON.JsonHelper.Serialize(data); 

Outputs:

[{"Key":"user_id","Value":"33"},{"Key":"order_id","Value":"07dbda1d-f877-4be8-b2d9-dba1f4622054"},{"Key":"package_id","Value":"package4"},{"Key":"order_status","Value":"0"},{"Key":"platform","Value":"windows"}]

Answer 1

You can use built-in Json serializer (JavaScriptSerializer)

string postData = new JavaScriptSerializer().Serialize(data);

or Json.Net (Which supports Supports .NET 2, .NET 3.5, .NET 4, Silverlight, Windows Phone and Windows 8)

string postData = JsonConvert.SerializeObject(data);

Output would be:

{
  "user_id": "1",
  "order_id": "100",
  "package_id": "200",
  "order_status": "0",
  "platform": "windows"
}