ASP.NET JSON web service always return the JSON response wrapped in XML

Question

I saw a similar question but it did not resolve my issue. I have a JSON web service in an ASMX file;

The code for the web method

        [WebMethod]         


        

Answer 1

Your missed only "static" keyword in method declaration please look into the following it should work.

FYI: All the web methods should be static

[WebMethod] [ScriptMethod(ResponseFormat = ResponseFormat.Json)]

    public static string GetUserRoles(string JSONUserCode)
    {
        string retRoles = string.Empty;
        List roles = new List();

        {... I Populate the roles here ...}

        DataContractJsonSerializer serializer = new
        DataContractJsonSerializer(roles.GetType());
        MemoryStream ms = new MemoryStream();
        serializer.WriteObject(ms, roles);
        string jsonString = Encoding.Default.GetString(ms.ToArray());
        ms.Close();
        return jsonString;
    }