Generate JSON object with NewtonSoft in a single line

Question

I\'m using the JSON library NewtonSoft to generate a JSON string:

JObject out = JObject.FromObject(new
            {
                typ = \"photos\"
                


        

Answer 1

Here's a one-liner to minify JSON that you only have a string for:

var myJson = "{\"type\"    :\"photos\"               }";
JObject.Parse(myJson).ToString(Newtonsoft.Json.Formatting.None)

Output:

{"type":"photos"}

Answer 2

I'm not sure if this is what you mean, but what I do is this::

string postData = "{\"typ\":\"photos\"}";

EDIT: After searching I found this on Json.Net:

string json = @"{
  CPU: 'Intel',
  Drives: [
    'DVD read/writer',
    '500 gigabyte hard drive'
  ]
}";

JObject o = JObject.Parse(json);

and maybe you could use the info on this website.

But I'm not sure, if the output will be on one line... Good luck!

Answer 3

You can use the overload of JObject.ToString() which takes Formatting as parameter:

JObject obj = JObject.FromObject(new
{
    typ = "photos"
});

return obj.ToString(Formatting.None);

Answer 4

var json = JsonConvert.SerializeObject(new { typ = "photos" }, Formatting.None);

Answer 5

If someone here who doesn't want to use any external library in MVC, they can use the inbuilt System.Web.Script.Serialization.JavaScriptSerializer

One liner for that will be:

var JsonString = new JavaScriptSerializer().Serialize(new { typ = "photos" });