MVC: How to Return a String as JSON

Question

In an effort to make a progress reporting process a little more reliable and decouple it from the request/response, I am performing the processing in a Windows Service and p

Answer 1

Use the following code in your controller:

return Json(new { success = string }, JsonRequestBehavior.AllowGet);

and in JavaScript:

success: function (data) {
    var response = data.success;
    ....
}