FullCalendar does not load events

Question

I am using FullCalendar in my asp.net mvc application. It does not load events. I am getting event list by ajax call. Below is my code. What is wrong with it.?

<div class="row">
    <div class="col-lg-12">
        <section class="panel">
            <div class="panel-body">
                <div id="calendar"></div>
            </div>
        </section>
    </div>
</div>
<script type="text/javascript">
    jQuery.extend({
        getValues: function (url) {
            var result = null;
            $.ajax({
                url: url,
                type: 'get',
                dataType: 'json',
                async: false,
                success: function (data) {
                    result = data;
                },
                error: function (err) {
                    alert(JSON.stringify(err));
                }
            });
            return result;
        }
    });
    var jsonEvents = $.getValues('@Url.Action("GetEvents", "Booking")');
    alert(jsonEvents);

    //var jsonEvents = [{ title: "Dhaval, (4,6), 6", start: "05/21/2016 1:05:00 PM" },
    //    { title: "Mohit, (2), 4", start: "05/21/2016 1:05:00 PM" }]

    $('#calendar').fullCalendar({
        header:
        {
            left: 'prev,next today',
            center: 'title',
            right: 'agendaWeek,agendaDay'
        },
        allDay: true,
        defaultView: 'agendaWeek',
        events: jsonEvents//'@Url.Action("GetEvents", "Booking")'
    });
</script>

**the js in comment is just for example format. ** And the GetEvents/Controller is as below,

public Json GetEvents()
{
    string query = "query to get events";
    // columns in result table are: id, title, date
        try
        {
            SqlConnection connection = new SqlConnection("connectionString");
            connection.Open();
            SqlCommand command = new SqlCommand(query, connection);
            SqlDataReader events = command.ExecuteReader();
            DataTable dt = new DataTable();
            dt.Load(events);
            string result = DataTableToJSONWithStringBuilder(dt);
            connection.Close();
            return Json(result, JsonRequestBehavior.AllowGet);
        }
        catch (Exception ex) { }
    }
public string DataTableToJSONWithStringBuilder(DataTable table)
    {
        var JSONString = new StringBuilder();
        if (table.Rows.Count > 0)
        {
            JSONString.Append("[");
            for (int i = 0; i < table.Rows.Count; i++)
            {
                JSONString.Append("{");
                for (int j = 0; j < table.Columns.Count; j++)
                {
                    if (j < table.Columns.Count - 1)
                    {
                        JSONString.Append(table.Columns[j].ColumnName.ToString() + ":" + "\"" + table.Rows[i][j].ToString() + "\",");
                    }
                    else if (j == table.Columns.Count - 1)
                    {
                        JSONString.Append(table.Columns[j].ColumnName.ToString() + ":" + "\"" + table.Rows[i][j].ToString() + "\"");
                    }
                }
                if (i == table.Rows.Count - 1)
                {
                    JSONString.Append("}");
                }
                else
                {
                    JSONString.Append("},");
                }
            }
            JSONString.Append("]");
        }
        return JSONString.ToString();
    }

This is the format I want. [{title:"John, (2,1), 6",start:"13/05/2016 12:00:00 AM"},{title:"Olivia, (11,4), 6",start:"11/05/2016 12:00:00 AM"}]

Getting following error when inspect element. :
Failed to load resource: the server responded with a status of 400 (Bad Request) : http: localho../ABC/[%7Btitle:%22John,%20(4,6),%206%22,start:%2205/21/2016%201:05:00%20PM%22,end:%2205/21/2016%201:30:00%20PM%22%7D,%7Btitle:%22Olivia,%20(2),%204%22,start:%2205/21/2016%201:05:00%20PM%22,end:%2205/21/2016%201:30:00%20PM%22%7D]?start=2016-05-15&end=2016-05-22&_=1463885539445

here I have commented var jsonEvents = [...]. When I use predefined events, the calendar shows them perfect. But when I call to server, there is error. DOES FULLCALENDAR ONLY SHOWS THE EVENTS FROM A FILE STORED ON THE SERVER. BECAUSE THE DOCUMENTATION SHOWS ONLY URL TO A FILE THAT CONTAINS JSON DATA.

Help me. Thanks.

Answer 1

Your only true problem that makes your calendar not to show up is:

defaultView: 'agendaweek',

It has to be

 defaultView: 'agendaWeek',

Yes... Capital letter messed up your hole thing.

And you don't need all the other

$("#calendar").fullCalendar(...)

beside your main one. keep only this (with Capital W)

$('#calendar').fullCalendar(
            {
                header:
                {
                    left: 'prev,next today',
                    center: 'title',
                    right: 'month,agendaWeek,agendaDay'
                },
                defaultView: 'agendaWeek',
                selectable: false,
                selectHelper: false,
                events: events
            });

EDIT

That's because your date format is incorrect. The default is MM/dd/YYYY. you're trying to set a date to month 13. And the reason you have multiple calendars is that you set it multiple times. Just do it once. You can see a working example here with your json (I Corrected the dates). Just clean all your javascript and HTML to be like in the jsFiddle example and then start add things of your own.

Answer 2

try below code:

$(document).ready(function () {

    var sourceFullView = { url: '/Booking/GetEvents/' };
    var CalLoading = true;

    $('#calendar').fullCalendar({
        header: {
            left: '',
            right: '',
            center: 'prev,title,next',
        },
        defaultView: 'month',
        editable: true,
        allDaySlot: false,
        selectable: true,
        slotMinutes: 15,
        droppable: true,
        events: '/Booking/GetEvents/'
    });
});

I am not sure about what you are getting in JSON response from your query there. so if you could try of fetching records by using Entity Framework Linq query then, below is my sample code that might help you.

public JsonResult GetEvents()
{
    try
    {
        var eventsList = from ev in db.YourTableName
        select new
        {
            Id = ev.Id,
            Title = ev.Title,
            Date = ev.Date
        };
        var rows = eventsList.ToArray();
        return Json(rows, JsonRequestBehavior.AllowGet);
    }
    catch (Exception ex)
    {
        throw ex;
    }
}

Answer 3

try

events: { url: '@Url.Action("GetEvents", "Booking")', type:'GET', ..}

instead of

events :'@Url.Action("GetEvents", "Booking")'

Click Here for full reference of Event Object Properties.