Enum serialization as string without string quotes

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I want to serialize enum as string using JSON.NET but I want Enum value to serialize without string quotes

    [JsonConverter(typeof(StringEnumConverter))]
    enum Gender { Male, Female }

    class Test
    {
        public Gender { get; set; }
    }

Right now I'm getting output as { "Gender": "Male" }

{ "Gender": Male }  //Male is without quotes

Why would you want this? Strings have to have quotes in JSON. — kara
– kara, Commented Jul 19, 2019 at 8:29
What are you trying to do? Are you assuming there's going to be a javascript variable with the same name, or...? JSON doesn't have an enum type, so you have to choose between string and number - and strings need to be quoted. — Luaan
– Luaan, Commented Jul 19, 2019 at 8:35
I know why you want this, because I got into a similar situation. You may want the string version of the enum to use internally. Do it like this JsonConvert.SerializeObject(yourEnum).Replace("\"", "") — savram
– savram, Commented Sep 8, 2023 at 16:43

MysteriousLab · Accepted Answer · 2019-07-19 08:32:50Z

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It is not possible because that json will be invalid. You can check how valid json looks like on https://jsonlint.com.

All JSON Convert libraries are following valid json structure, you can always write your own json converter to do that, but I wouldn't recommend that at all.

answered Jul 19, 2019 at 8:32

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Fabien Dezautez · Accepted Answer · 2019-07-19 08:34:56Z

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This is not possible (and really not recommended) because it does not respect JSON syntax.

See : [https://www.w3schools.com/js/js_json_syntax.asp][1]

In JSON, values must be one of the following data types:

a string a number an object (JSON object) an array a boolean null

answered Jul 19, 2019 at 8:34

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