ASP MVC 5 and Json.NET: action return type

Question

i\'m using ASP MVC 5. I have an action in a controller that return a json object:

[HttpGet]
public JsonResult GetUsers()
{
  return Json(....., JsonRequestBe         


        

Answer 1

I prefer to create an object extension to create a custom Action Result, and this is the reason for my choose...

The Object Extension (My specific case, i am serializing with newtonsoft and ignoring null values:

public static class NewtonsoftJsonExtensions
{
    public static ActionResult ToJsonResult(this object obj)
    {
        var content = new ContentResult();
        content.Content = JsonConvert.SerializeObject(obj, new JsonSerializerSettings { NullValueHandling = NullValueHandling.Ignore });
        content.ContentType = "application/json";
        return content;
    }
}

And it's really easy to use, sinse its extensible to any object, so to use u just need it:

    public ActionResult someRoute()
    {
        //Create any type of object and populate
        var myReturnObj = someObj;
        return myReturnObj.ToJsonResult();
    }

hope it's being helpful for anyone