asp.netjsonpagemethods

Returning a JSON object from a PageMethod with custom formatting

Is it possible to format how an object is returned as JSON from a PageMethod? ie. removing the first "d" element from the data, without writing the JSON from scratch.

From:
{ "d": { "name": "bob", "email": "bob@example.com" } }

To
{ "name": "bob", email: "bob@example.com" }

Solution

  • No. Microsoft's JSON serializer adds the d for some reason on the server side, and the client-side AJAX code that deserializes the JSON string expects it to be there.