JsonResult return Json in ASP.NET CORE 2.1

Question

Controller that worked in ASP.NET Core 2.0:

[Produces("application/json")]
[Route("api/[controller]")]
[ApiController]
public class GraficResourcesApiController : ControllerBase
{    
    private readonly ApplicationDbContext _context;

    public GraficResourcesApiController(ApplicationDbContext context)
    {
        _context = context;
    }

    [HttpGet]
    public JsonResult GetGrafic(int ResourceId)
    {
        var sheduling = new List<Sheduling>();


        var events = from e in _context.Grafic.Where(c=>c.ResourceId == ResourceId)
                     select new
                     {
                         id = e.Id,
                         title = e.Personals.Name,
                         start = e.DateStart,
                         end = e.DateStop,
                         color = e.Personals.Color,
                         personalId = e.PersonalId,
                         description = e.ClientName
                     };
        var rows = events.ToArray();

        return Json(rows);
    }
}

in ASP.NET Core 2.1

return Json (rows);

writes that Json does not exist in the current context. If we remove Json leaving simply

return rows;

then writes that it was not possible to explicitly convert the type List () to JsonResult

How to convert to Json now?

Answer 1

In asp.net-core-2.1 ControllerBase does not have a Json(Object) method. However Controller does.

So either refactor the current controller to be derived from Controller

public class GraficResourcesApiController : Controller {
    //...
}

to have access to the Controller.Json Method or you can initialize a new JsonResult yourself in the action

return new JsonResult(rows);

which is basically what the method does internally in Controller

/// <summary>
/// Creates a <see cref="JsonResult"/> object that serializes the specified <paramref name="data"/> object
/// to JSON.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="data">The object to serialize.</param>
/// <returns>The created <see cref="JsonResult"/> that serializes the specified <paramref name="data"/>
/// to JSON format for the response.</returns>
[NonAction]
public virtual JsonResult Json(object data)
{
    return new JsonResult(data);
}

/// <summary>
/// Creates a <see cref="JsonResult"/> object that serializes the specified <paramref name="data"/> object
/// to JSON.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="data">The object to serialize.</param>
/// <param name="serializerSettings">The <see cref="JsonSerializerSettings"/> to be used by
/// the formatter.</param>
/// <returns>The created <see cref="JsonResult"/> that serializes the specified <paramref name="data"/>
/// as JSON format for the response.</returns>
/// <remarks>Callers should cache an instance of <see cref="JsonSerializerSettings"/> to avoid
/// recreating cached data with each call.</remarks>
[NonAction]
public virtual JsonResult Json(object data, JsonSerializerSettings serializerSettings)
{
    if (serializerSettings == null)
    {
        throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(serializerSettings));
    }

    return new JsonResult(data, serializerSettings);
}

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