I have the following JSON class I am intending to use to perform management calls on my database asynchronously:
<script type="text/javascript">
var CalendarManager = {
defaultOptions: {
staffcode: 0, // required
date: 0, // required
activityCode: 0, // required
clientCode: null, // optional
contactCode: null, // optional
destination: '', // optional/doesn't matter
travelCode: null, // optional
miles: null, // optional
overnight: false, // optional
notes: '' // optional/doesn't matter
},
createEvent: function(options) {
var combinedOptions = $.extend(true, {}, this.defaultOptions, options);
$.ajax({
type: "POST",
url: 'calendar/calendar-manager-ajax.aspx/CreateEvent',
data: combinedOptions,
contentType: "application/json; charset=utf-8",
dataType: "json",
success: function(data, textStatus, XMLHttpRequest) {
alert(textStatus + ", " + data);
},
error: function(data, textStatus, XMLHttpRequest) {
alert(textStatus + ", " + data);
}
});
}
};
</script>
I then use it in my page like so:
<script type="text/javascript">
CalendarManager.createEvent(); // random test
</script>
At the moment, I'm trying to get this AJAX call fire the following method:
[WebMethod()]
public static string CreateEvent(int staffcode, int date,
int activitycode, int? clientcode,
int? contactCode, string destination,
int? travelcode, int? miles,
bool overnight, string notes)
{
return null;
}
Unfortunately, the method CreateEvent
isn't getting called, and I get an AJAX error (setting a breakpoint doesn't stop execution):
error, [object XMLHttpRequest]
If I change data: combinedOptions
to data: "{}"
and add another method to my ASPX (as below) the code works successfully:
[WebMethod()]
public static string CreateEvent()
{
return null;
}
Basically, my question is: how do I specify optional parameters to a WebMethod
when providing JSON data?
I know I can reduce the parameters down to just the required values, and then use HttpContext.Request.Params
to read the values of optional paramaters, but I would have thought the way I have tried here should have worked.
EDIT
The XMLHttpRequest.responseText
value for the error is:
Invalid JSON primitive: staffcode.
This is throwing me even more off the scent of the problem :(