I'm working on WebAPI project.
I have the following method:
public string Get(string a, string b)
{
return "test";
}
When I send the GET request with Accept: application/json header, the WebAPI returns the following response:
"test"
This response is not valid, it should be:
[
"test"
]
How can I force the WebAPI to include square brackets in JSON response?
If you want the returned JSON to contain an array (square brackets), then you need to return an array (or list).
You could do this:
public string[] Get(string a, string b)
{
return new string[] {"test"};
}
Or something like this:
public List<string> Get(string a, string b)
{
List<string> list = new List<string>();
list.Add("test");
return list;
}
EDIT
To return an object instead of an array, you can make your method like this:
public object Get(string a, string b)
{
return new { prop = "test" };
}
Note you can also use a strongly typed class in place of object, and return that.
"test" is not a valid JSON string. On the other hand, jQuery has no problems parsing that response, so I'm wondering should I return an object which has one property or leave everything as is?