Can I set an unlimited length for maxJsonLength in web.config?

Question

I am using the autocomplete feature of jQuery. When I try to retrieve the list of more then 17000 records (each won\'t have more than 10 char length), it\'s exceeding the le

Answer 1

How about some attribute magic?

[AttributeUsage(AttributeTargets.Class | AttributeTargets.Method, Inherited = true, AllowMultiple = false)]
public class MaxJsonSizeAttribute : ActionFilterAttribute
{
    // Default: 10 MB worth of one byte chars
    private int maxLength = 10 * 1024 * 1024;

    public int MaxLength
    {
        set
        {
            if (value < 0) throw new ArgumentOutOfRangeException("value", "Value must be at least 0.");

            maxLength = value;
        }
        get { return maxLength; }
    }

    public override void OnActionExecuted(ActionExecutedContext filterContext)
    {
        JsonResult json = filterContext.Result as JsonResult;
        if (json != null)
        {
            if (maxLength == 0)
            {
                json.MaxJsonLength = int.MaxValue;
            }
            else
            {
                json.MaxJsonLength = maxLength;
            }
        }
    }
}

Then you could either apply it globally using the global filter configuration or controller/action-wise.