Question

I have a handler that returns json

public void ProcessRequest (HttpContext context) {
    HttpResponse response = context.Response;
    response.ContentType = "application/json";

    string controlType = context.Request.QueryString["controlType"];
    JavaScriptSerializer jsonSerializer = new JavaScriptSerializer();
    CmsManager cmsManager = new CmsManager();
    IDictionary<string, Guid> sitefinityPageDictionary = SitefinityUtilities.sitefinityPageDictionary;

    if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(controlType)) {
        response.Write("0");
    }
    else {
        var pagesWithControl = from page in sitefinityPageDictionary
                               from control in cmsManager.GetPage(page.Value).Controls
                               where control.TypeName == controlType
                               select page;
        response.Write(jsonSerializer.Serialize(pagesWithControl));
    }
}

In a seperate project I would like to make a request to the handler to consume the json object returned.

1. Would HttpRequest be the appropriate object to use to make a request to the handler?
2. Could someone provide a simple example of how to request and consume the json object from another c# class (not javascript)?

Answer 1

Here you have a way to consume a json object from c#

IList<MyClass> myClassList = null;
var request = WebRequest.Create(url);
request.ContentType = "application/json; charset=utf-8";

string json;
using (var response = request.GetResponse())
{
    using (var sr = new StreamReader(response.GetResponseStream()))
    {
        json = sr.ReadToEnd();
        var javaScriptSerializer = new JavaScriptSerializer();
        myClassList = javaScriptSerializer.Deserialize<List<MyClass>>(json);
    }
}