Returning a string containing valid Json with Nancy

Question

I receive a string that contains valid JSON from another service. I would like to just forward this string with Nancy but also set the content-type to \"application/json\" which

Answer 1

I like that you think there should be a better way because you're having to use 3 lines of code, I think that says something about Nancy :-)

I can't think of a "better" way to do it, you can either do it the GetBytes way:

Get["/"] = _ =>
    {
        var jsonBytes = Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(myJsonString);
        return new Response
            {
                ContentType = "application/json",
                Contents = s => s.Write(jsonBytes, 0, jsonBytes.Length)
            };
    };

Or the "cast a string" way:

Get["/"] = _ =>
    {
        var response = (Response)myJsonString;

        response.ContentType = "application/json";

        return response;
    };

Both do the same thing - the latter is less code, the former more descriptive (imo).