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I have a C# List which looks like this:

var reqUsers = from user in users
    select new
    {
        username = user.username,
        firstName = user.firstName,
        lastName = user.lastName,
        email = user.email
    };

I use the below to convert / serialize to JSON ( Newtonsoft.JSON ):

var json = JsonConvert.SerializeObject(reqUsers);

With the above code I get a json string like this:

[{ username: "alan", firstName: "Alan", lastName: "Johnson", email: "alan@test.com" },
 { username: "allison", firstName: "Allison", lastName: "House", email: "al@test.com" },
 { username: "ryan", firstName: "Ryan", lastName: "Carson", email: "ryan@test.com" } ]

however here is what I need to get : since I am using handlebars templating - 

var testdata = {
  users: [
  { username: "alan", firstName: "Alan", lastName: "Johnson", email: "alan@test.com" },
  { username: "allison", firstName: "Allison", lastName: "House", email: "al@test.com" },
  { username: "ryan", firstName: "Ryan", lastName: "Carson", email: "ryan@test.com" } ]

How can use the Serializer to name the JSON array as above ?

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2 Answers2

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Use:

var json = JsonConvert.SerializeObject(new { users = reqUsers });
devdigital
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    When accessing the joson in the JS I had to use 'var thejson = @Html.Raw(json);' to not have issues with the quotes – SeanMC Sep 08 '17 at 14:27
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use:

var json= new JavaScriptSerializer().Serialize(reqUsers);
Hithesh
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    This is using the System.Web.Script.Serialization namespace instead of Netwonsoft.Json as the original poster was using. It's a valid option however. – DesertFoxAZ Oct 09 '17 at 22:41