Using JSON data in ASP.NET MVC

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I have not done this before, so need some leads. I have a ASP.NET MVC4 (beta) project - Mobile project - setup. And I am given a set of REST APIs to consume. How would I do this? The APIs return data in JSON format. Do you have any examples, best practices...?

Darin Dimitrov · Accepted Answer · 2012-05-23 06:05:45Z

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You could use the $.ajax method to send an AJAX request to the Web Api controller on the server:

$.ajax({
    url: 'api/values/123',
    type: 'GET',
    success: function(data) {
        // if the controller returned JSON data, the data argument
        // will represent a javascript object that you could directly
        // access its properties 
    }
});

answered May 23, 2012 at 6:05

Darin Dimitrov

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Rajeev Nair Over a year ago

Thanks Darin. So how do I consume the data in ASP.NET MVC? The examples show that I don't need "ASP.NET MVC"-ish code to use the data... all that we need is jQuery. Am I right?

Darin Dimitrov Over a year ago

Yes, you are right. If you want to consume the service from the client side you use javascript. If you want to consume it from a web application you could use the HttpClient which is the client framework of the Web API: johnnycode.com/blog/2012/02/23/…

Rajeev Nair Over a year ago

Thanks Darin. Marked as answer.

Shyju · Accepted Answer · 2012-05-23 02:53:22Z

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Use DownloadString method of WebClient class. That will give you a string output of what the RESTURL is returning. You can convert that to Json and iterate the results

string address="http://yourrestdomain/customer/234";
WebClient client = new WebClient ();
string reply = client.DownloadString (address);

answered May 23, 2012 at 2:53

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