Question

public ActionResult About()
{
List listStores = new List();
listStores = this.GetResults(“param”);
return Json(listStores, “Stores”, JsonRequestBehavior.AllowGet);
}

Using the above code I am able to get the below result :

[{"id":"1","name":"Store1","cust_name":"custname1","telephone":"1233455555",
  "email":"[e-mail]","geo":{"latitude":"12.9876","longitude":"122.376237"}},
 {"id":"2","name":"Store2","cust_name":"custname2","telephone":"1556454",
"email":"[e-mail]","geo":{"latitude":"12.9876","longitude":"122.376237"}},

how would I able to get the result in below format? Would need stores at the beginning of the result.

{
"stores" : [
{"id":"1","name":"Store1","cust_name":"custname1","telephone":"1233455555",
     "email":"[e-mail]",
     "geo":{"latitude":"12.9876","longitude":"122.376237"}},
{"id":"2","name":"Store2","cust_name":"custname2","telephone":"1556454",
     "email":"[e-mail]","geo":{"latitude":"12.9876","longitude":"122.376237"
}} ] }

Answer 1

Try

return Json(new { stores = listStores }, JsonRequestBehavior.AllowGet);

In the above statement, you’re creating a new object with a property named “stores”, which is then populated with the array of items from the list.

You could also use a class, something defined like so:

[DataContract]
public class StoreListJsonDTO
{
    [DataMember(Name = "stores")]
    public List Stores { get; set; }

    public StoreListJsonDTO(List storeList)
    {
        this.Stores = storeList;
    }
}

Then in your code, you’d do:

var result = new StoreListJsonDTO(listStores);
return Json(result, JsonRequestBehavior.AllowGet);