What should my JSON string look like in my Action in MVC?

Question

Hi,

in .net mvc my action looks like:

        public ActionResult TestAjax(string testID)
        {

            return Content(@"{first: ""1"", second : ""2""}");
        }

In my javascript I am doing:

function(data) { alert(data.first); }

I am getting [object Object] as the output, why is that?

Is my JSON string wrong?

Answer 1

You want to do a return with Json not Content

return Json(new { first = "1", second ="2" });

Answer 2

How about letting the system deal with it:

    public ActionResult TestAjax(string testID)
    {
        return Json(new {first = 1, second = 2});
    }