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

Simply set MaxJsonLength proprty in MVC's Action method

JsonResult json= Json(classObject, JsonRequestBehavior.AllowGet);
json.MaxJsonLength = int.MaxValue;
return json;

Answer 2

If you are encountering this sort of issue in View, you can use below method to resolve that. Here Iused Newtonsoft package .

@using Newtonsoft.Json
<script type="text/javascript">
    var partData = @Html.Raw(JsonConvert.SerializeObject(ViewBag.Part));
</script>

Answer 3

use lib\Newtonsoft.Json.dll

public string serializeObj(dynamic json) {        
    return JsonConvert.SerializeObject(json);
}

Answer 4

 JsonResult result = Json(r);
 result.MaxJsonLength = Int32.MaxValue;
 result.JsonRequestBehavior = JsonRequestBehavior.AllowGet;
 return result;

Answer 5

I solved the problem adding this code:

String confString = HttpContext.Current.Request.ApplicationPath.ToString();
Configuration conf = WebConfigurationManager.OpenWebConfiguration(confString);
ScriptingJsonSerializationSection section = (ScriptingJsonSerializationSection)conf.GetSection("system.web.extensions/scripting/webServices/jsonSerialization");
section.MaxJsonLength = 6553600;
conf.Save();

Answer 6

NOTE: this answer applies only to Web services, if you are returning JSON from a Controller method, make sure you read this SO answer below as well: https://stackoverflow.com/a/7207539/1246870

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The MaxJsonLength property cannot be unlimited, is an integer property that defaults to 102400 (100k).

You can set the MaxJsonLength property on your web.config:

<configuration> 
   <system.web.extensions>
       <scripting>
           <webServices>
               <jsonSerialization maxJsonLength="50000000"/>
           </webServices>
       </scripting>
   </system.web.extensions>
</configuration>