Question

I have a var toto in a javascript file. And I want to call a C# Controller Method who return a string and of course assign the resulted string to toto.
I tried some ways to achieve this but nothing seems to work.
Somebody can explain me the simpliest way to achieve that ? It’s a Windows Azure project.

Many Thanks !

Answer 1

You could use AJAX. For example with jQuery you could use the $.getJSON method to send an AJAX request top a controller action that returns a JSON encoded result and inside the success callback use the results:

$.getJSON('/home/someaction', function(result) {
    var toto = result.SomeValue;
    alert(toto);
});

and the controller action:

public ActionResult SomeAction() 
{
    return Json(new { SomeValue = "foo bar" }, JsonRequestBehavior.AllowGet);
}