ASP.NET MVC - Combine Json result with ViewResult

Question

Can I return a Json result that contains also a rendered view?

I need it to return the new ID of a submitted form along with its HTML and some other properties.

Answer 1

In the first case, I think you can just return HTML, but embed the data in the returned form. Use jQuery to access the data in your success callback.

$.ajax({
    url: '<%= Url.Action( "MyAction" )',
    dataType: 'html',
    data: $('form').serialize(),
    success: function(data) {
                $('form').html(data);
                var id = $('form').find('input#formId[type=hidden]').val();
             }
});

In the second case, a shared View that takes two or more ViewNames and uses RenderPartial is probably a better solution that returning HTML through JSON.

Multiview.aspx

 ...
<% foreach (string viewName in Model.Views)
   {
       Html.RenderPartial( viewName );
   }
%>

Then in your action:

public ActionResult MyAction(...)
{
     ... set up model with data
     model.Views = new List { "View1", "View2" };

     return View( "Multiview", model );
}