how to pass the following JSON to a C# patch method w or w/o Javascript serializer

Question

I am working on a program to access the REST API for Visual Studio Team Services (was Visual Studio Online). I am following https://www.visualstudio.com/integrate/api/wit/work-

Answer 1

I usually pass the content strings directly and it works:

string json = "[{\"op\":\"replace\",\"path\":\"/fields/System.Title\",\"value\":\"Title\"}]";

The string json you generated by JavaScriptSerializer is missing "[" and "]".

By the way, with the code you provided, if you run GetWorkItem(uri) before UpdateWorkItemStatus(uri, httpContent), UpdateWorkItemStatus() won't run since the app exit after GetWorkItem().