Ajax call fails when passing Json over certain size - json

I have the following code that passes a JSON object to an AJAX call...
var jsonResultStr = $j("#HiddenLiveJson").val();
var jsonResult = JSON.parse(jsonResultStr);
var serviceURL = appRoot + 'Register/ImportTasks'
$j.ajax({
type: "get",
url: serviceURL,
data: { 'jsonResultsStr': jsonResultStr },
contentType: "application/json; charset=utf-8",
dataType: "json",
success: successFunc,
error: errorFunc
});
The Json is sourced from an XLSX file so could potentially be any size.
If a relatively small JSON set is passed, say 7 items in the JSON, then the AJAX call passes successfully, the controller action is hit and my data is imported. However, if a larger JSON dataset is passed then it consistently fails (HTTP Status 400) without even going anywhere near the controller action. I don't seem to be able to find any suggestion anywhere what is causing this. My first guess, obviously, is the size of the XLSX file.
btw... The JSON used in my testing should be sound as the data that is failing is just the same data that succeeds but duplicated to double its size.
So far, I have tried
Adding this to my web.config:
<system.web.extensions>
<scripting>
<webServices>
<jsonSerialization maxJsonLength="1000000000">
</jsonSerialization>
</webServices>
</scripting>
</system.web.extensions>
And also this to the appSettings in web.config:
<add key="aspnet:MaxJsonDeserializerMembers" value="1500000000" />
And also setting the following:
<httpRuntime maxRequestLength="1000000000" .../>
None of which have made any difference.
Any more suggestions are greatly welcomed!

You need to use a POST request for large JSON object and also stringify the JSON data with contentType as "application/json" and dataType as "json".
Replace the 'data' parameter in the ajax call as :
data: JSON.stringify(jsonResult)
also in the server size script catch the client side data with a get POST method.
Hope this helps :)

Related

How to: (a) send JSON data from the browser to the controller; and (b) send the transformed data to SQL Server within ASP.NET MVC?

I have a form which includes a variety of <input> elements and makes use of 1-to-n tabulator tables for data input. I have managed to successfully assemble data from these elements into a JSON string. I am now attempting to complete the following two steps:
Using Ajax, post the JSON object to my web server; and
In the ASP.NET MVC controller, upload the deserialized JSON data into a SQL Server 2016 table.
My client-side script to POST the JSON object is as follows:
var myJson = "the data from the form elements is programmatically inserted into the JSON string";
// use parseJSON() to test the syntax
try {
var obj = jQuery.parseJSON(myJson);
}
catch(error) {
console.log(error);
}
$.ajax({
type: "POST",
url: "/Dailies/UploadJson/",
dataType: 'json',
data: JSON.stringify(myJson),
contentType: 'application/json',
crossDomain: true,
cache: false,
success: function(data) { console.log(data); }
});
The method called within my ASP.NET MVC controller appears as follows:
[HttpPost]
public IActionResult UploadJson(Object jsonFile)
{
// insert data into SQL Server table
}
Note: I have already created the appropriate domain model within my ASP.NET MVC app and have also added a DbSet reference to the DbContext model. I have verified my ability to insert rows into the SQL Server table using mock data.
When I place a breakpoint inside the UploadJson() method, I find that the jsonFile object is null.
My quandry at this point is two-fold:
I can't seem to get JSON data from the client to the web server; and
I need to better understand how to transform the JSON data (once received) for upload into my database.
Any assistance is greatly appreciated.
Although there are plenty of questions related to this, the answers to those typically refer to binding to a model instead of just the json string. But those will also help you.
It looks like there are two things:
I would change the controller to receive a string instead of an object.
You'll need to update the json data you're passing to the controller to match the parameter name of the controller. So in this case, the controller would receive a parameter named jsonFile. So in the $.ajax method you'll want update the data to something like:
data: { jsonFile: JSON.stringify(myJson) }
UPDATE:
remove the Content-Type of application/json

ColdFusion Prefix serialized JSON with

In the CF 2016 Administrator page, by selecting the check box "Prefix serialized JSON with" //ABC (form example), it will break the function below, because it will add the string //ABC to the JSON
How can we remove the prefix //ABC before parsing the JSON, please?
<cffunction name="searchData" access="remote" returnformat="JSON">
<cfquery name="getData" datasource="#dataSource#">
SELECT *
FROM aTable
</cfquery>
<cfreturn serializeJSON(getData)>
</cffunction>
Thank you for your help
We have an option for this prefix Serialized JSON uncheck the Prefix serialized JSON with options in our admin comes under the options cfadmin - > Server Settings - > setting table you can see that options. FYR, Please refer my below images & sample codes,
Before uncheck the prefix option:
<cfset struct = {"name":"thiraviam", "age":24}>
<cfdump var="#serializeJSON(struct)#">
Output:
//abc{"name":"thiraviam","age":24}
After uncheck the prefix option:
<cfset struct = {"name":"thiraviam", "age":24}>
<cfdump var="#serializeJSON(struct)#">
Output:
{"name":"thiraviam","age":24}
[]
I hope it's help you more. Thank you !
You did not provide how you are calling this service. Regardless, all you need to do when calling a service which prefixes the JSON data is remove the prefixed data before processing the response. Below is an example using jQuery to make an AJAX call to such a service.
For jQuery AJAX the key for this is to use the dataFilter option. The dataFilter option gives you access to the raw response so it can be sanitized.
A function to be used to handle the raw response data of XMLHttpRequest. This is a pre-filtering function to sanitize the response. You should return the sanitized data. The function accepts two arguments: The raw data returned from the server and the 'dataType' parameter.
From the jQuery documentation
Here is an example. Notice how the dataFilter in this case is removing the first 2 characters from the response with this code; data.substr(2). For your example you would need to increase that to 5 in order to remove //ABC.
$.ajax({
type: 'POST',
cache: false,
data: {property1:'somevalue',property2:'someothervalue'},
dataFilter: function(data, type) {return data.substr(2)},
dataType: 'json',
url: 'https://www.somedomain.com/api/service/',
success: function(data, stat, resp) {
if(!data.error) {
// good return so do what you need to do
// this is assuming the service returns an 'error' field
// the JSON data is accessible by using data.fieldname format
} else {
// bad return so trap it
}
},
error: function(resp, stat, err) {
// service call failed so trap it
}
});

jQuery $.ajax failing no error message, server responded with 200 OK

I have an ajax call that works fine locally, but when I published it into the server, the code is never executed but returns "200 OK" anyway. No "success" code is ejecuted, nor the "error" code. Here's my ajax call:
$.ajax({
type: "POST",
url: "/CargadorContadores.aspx/ObtenerContadores",
contentType: "application/json; charset=utf-8",
data: "",
async: false,
dataType: "json",
success: function(data) {
var myObj = JSON.parse(data.d);
for (var i = 0; i < myObj.length; i++) {
var element = document.getElementById("LbItem " + myObj[i].MenuItemID);
element.innerHTML = "<b>" + element.innerHTML + " (" + myObj[i].Cantidad + ")</b>";
}
},
error: function(xhr, status, error) {
var err = eval("(" + xhr.responseText + ")");
alert(err.Message);
}
});
});
I also tried to put the complete url in the "url" field but still no luck.
The weird thing is that when I put the complete url directly into the browser, it is still not executing the code. And it works fine locally!!
I know there's a similar post (jQuery $.ajax failing silently, no error messages, and server responded with 200 OK) but is not resolved and it's driving crazy here.
PD: this is NOT cross-domain, my ajax code is in a .ascx and I am trying to call a method on an .aspx
Thanks very much!!!!
EDIT: I tried to remove the System.web.extensions reference of my web project and add the dll to my bin, but it's still not working (the 1.0.61025.0 version). Besides, I am running the ASP.NET website in IIS with framework 2.0, and I don't have framework 3.5 installed on my server (but locally I do). Maybe that's the problem? I can't install it because of the client security policies, what shall I do?
EDIT 2: I tried doing a simple response from my .aspx, just to test if the problem was in that method, but it is still not executing the success function. Here's my .aspx code:
[WebMethod]
public static string ObtenerContadores()
{
return new JavaScriptSerializer().Serialize("true");
}
and adapted the .ascx
$.ajax({
type: "POST",
url: "/CargadorContadores.aspx/ObtenerContadores",
contentType: "application/json; charset=utf-8",
data: "",
async: false,
dataType: "json",
success: function(dictionary) {
alert("hello");
},
error: function(xhr, status, error) {
var err = eval("(" + xhr.responseText + ")");
alert(err.Message);
}
});
});
Here's your problem: "The weird thing is that when I put the complete url directly into the browser, it is still not executing the code." Your JavaScript is expecting -- requiring -- a JSON response, and is apparently getting no response at all. This is not a JavaScript problem, but a problem with your .aspx page.
EDIT: Based on your comments below, it's clear that the problem is that your .aspx page is not returning what you expect. Because the .aspx doesn't produce the expected output even when you go to it directly, the problem is in that page, not in the jQuery.
Pretend the .aspx produces {}, false, or true. Your success code will run, but not do anything. Try putting an alert("Foo"); in there and watch what happens. The problem isn't that your jQuery is busted; it's that it isn't getting meaningful input from your .aspx page.
P.S. I would recommend using a variable name other than data in your success function, just in case it's getting messed up by the data object attribute in your .ajax call.
Okay, I believe I've figured this out, so I'm posting a second answer to preserve the prior discussion.
Here's the fix. Remove this line:
contentType: "application/json; charset=utf-8",
In my test script, this caused jQuery to send the Content-Type header application/json; charset=utf-8, as expected, but the actual contents of the request were not properly sent as JSON. For example, rather than sending {"foo":"bar"}, it was sending foo=bar. As a result, the receiving script acted as if no data was posted at all. When I commented out the line above, my test script worked fine and did whatever I expected with the values received from the target URL.
Note that this will post your data as normal post data. For example, if your $.ajax() call looks like this, the posted data will contain a variable named foo and one named who:
$.ajax({
...
data: {foo : "bar",
who : "what"},
...
});
If you want to post already-serialized JSON, do it like this:
$.ajax({
...
data: { somevariablename: '{"foo":"bar","who":"what"}' },
...
});
Then, you just have to parse the POST parameter somevariablename on the server side.
Hope this helps!
If its VS2012, try for adding Mime Type Handler, since VS2012 has IIS express and it need to add Mime type handler externally,
Add below code to web.config
<system.webServer>
<staticContent>
<mimeMap fileExtension=".json" mimeType="application/json" />
</staticContent>
</system.webServer>
.. and if its not VS2012 then follow this link
add .json handler support in IIS 7
I want to thank everyone for your help.
I finally had to install the 3.5 Framework on the server, I had no choice.
The second I installed it, and updated the web.config dll's references to 3.5, it worked like a charm.
Thanks again!!!!!

Consuming broadbandmap.gov json service errors

I'm trying to consume the json services from broadbandmap.gov so that I can display broadband providers and their speeds in an area. Here is a sample url:
http://www.broadbandmap.gov/internet-service-providers/70508/lat=30.1471824/long=-92.033638/%3Ejson
I'm using jquery to consume the service, however it's giving me an invalid label error in firebug:
var url = "http://www.broadbandmap.gov/internet-service-providers/70508/lat=30.1471824/long=-92.033638/%3Ejson";
//var url = "http://www.broadbandmap.gov/broadbandmap/broadband/fall2010/wireline?latitude=" + lat + "&longitude=" + long + "&format=json";
$.ajax({
url: url,
dataType: 'json',
type: 'POST',
contentType: "application/json; charset=utf-8",
success: function (result) {
console.debug("in success");
console.debug(result);
//success, execute callback function.
},
error: function (result) {
console.debug("in error");
console.debug(result);
}
});
The strange thing is that under the Invalid Label error in Firebug it actually has the correct response:
{"status":"OK","responseTime":7,"messa...//www.cscic.state.ny.us/broadband/"}}}
I have tried setting the dataType to json, jsonp, and other types as well to no avail. I have also tried GET instead of POST but that didn't work either. Does anyone know what I'm missing?
That error is occurring because the service is returning JSON and not JSONP. Your browser is not going to let you process straight JSON from a cross-domain source.
In order to make the service return JSONP you have to use a specially formatted URL. If you go to the search results page without the "/>json" modifier (link) you'll see a link on the page that reads "API Call". If you hover over this link it will give you the correct URL to use for the wireless/wired API call. Use one of those URL's in your ajax call with a JSONP return type & callback and you should be all set.
I created an updated fiddle at http://jsfiddle.net/qsY7h/1/.
This is a cross-domain request so you should use JSONP datatype - the API supports this return type. The URL you provided in your example didn't return anything for me so I checked out Broadbandmap's Developer Docs and found an alternate call. Please find an example at http://jsfiddle.net/szCAF/.
The most important point to note is "callback=?" in the URL. jQuery uses this to tell the API what function name to wrap around the output (this is all done transparently by jQuery).

Posting JSON with JQuery

Trying to get JQuery to post JSON to a server:
$.ajax({
url: "/path/to/url",
type: "POST",
dataType: "json",
contentType: "json",
data: {"foo": "bar"},
success: function(){
alert("success :-)");
},
error: function(){
alert("fail :-(");
}
});
Problem is the data appears on the server as "foo=bar" rather than the desired "{\"foo\":\"bar\"}.
I thought specifying either the dataType or contentType params would do the trick, but no.
Anyone know the correct ajax configuration ? [or alternatively a way of serialising the 'data' parameter as JSON prior to posting ?]
Thanks!
You could use json2.js:
data: JSON.stringify({"foo": "bar"})
Datatype is for returned data. Contenttype is not applicable, see here
It can only send strings, I use JSON.stringify on my created javascript objects, in your case you could just manually code the string.
You will also need to access the string on server side, for that if you are using java I can recommened google's gson