jquery Ajax call - data parameters are not being passed to MVC Controller action

Question

I\'m passing two string parameters from a jQuery ajax call to an MVC controller method, expecting a json response back. I can see that the parameters are populated on the cl

Answer 1

  var json = {"ListID" : "1", "ItemName":"test"};
    $.ajax({
            url: url,
            type: 'POST',        
            data: username, 
            cache:false,
            beforeSend: function(xhr) {  
                xhr.setRequestHeader("Accept", "application/json");  
                xhr.setRequestHeader("Content-Type", "application/json");  
            },       
            success:function(response){
             console.log("Success")
            },
              error : function(xhr, status, error) {
            console.log("error")
            }
);