Why am I getting Escaped Quotes? Json.net - json

Question

I am not sure if I am doing this right. I got json stored in my database that I want to update.
var items = dbContext.items.FromSql("select *, JSON_VALUE(Attributes, '$.serialNumber') as serialNumber FROM Items WHERE JSON_VALUE(Attributes,'$.serialNumber') like '%15830792087%'").ToList();
var attributes = JObject.Parse(items[0].Attributes);
var images = attributes["image"];
if(images == null){
var newImage = new List<InventoryImage>()
{
new InventoryImage()
{
ImageUrl = imageBlob.Uri.AbsoluteUri,
OrignalName = file.FileName,
ThumbnailUrl = thumbnailBlob.Uri.AbsoluteUri
}
};
JProperty newProp = new JProperty("image", JsonConvert.SerializeObject(newImage));
attributes.Add(newProp);
images[0].Attributes = JsonConvert.SerializeObject(attributes);
dbContext.SaveChanges();
}
what I get in my db.
"image":"[{\"OrignalName\":\"cat-pet-animal-domestic-104827.jpeg\",\"ImageUrl\":\"ed1ab040e710.jpeg\",\"ThumbnailUrl\":\"3c3e73e3-5062-492b-b830-ed1ab040e710_thumbnail.jpeg\"}]"}

Answer 1

JProperty newProp = new JProperty("image", JsonConvert.SerializeObject(newImage));
This will serialize newImage into a JSON string and then assign that JSON string as the value to the image property. So the value of property is a string which happens to be a JSON string.
What you should do instead is assign the value directly without serializing it first. That way you avoid a double serialization:
Property newProp = new JProperty("image", JToken.FromObject(newImage));