Cakephp3: How can I return json data?

Question

I am having a ajax post call to a cakePhp Controller:

$.ajax({
                type: \"POST\",
                url: \'locations/add\',
                data: {
           


        

Answer 1

RequestHandler is not required to send json. In controller's action:

$this->viewBuilder()->setClassName('Json');
$result = ['result' => $success ? 'success' : 'error'];
$this->set($result);
$this->set('_serialize', array_keys($result));