Convert objects to JSON in C# - json

Question

I have a class:
public class StatististikaByCustomer
{
public string data { get; set; } // Array or String?
public string xkey {get;set;}
public Array ykey {get;set;}
public Array labels {get;set;}
}
How can I get JSON like this?
{
"data":[
{
"timeinterval":"2015-10-22T00:00:00",
"Firm":4,
"Firm1":4,
"Firm2":22,
"Firm3":30,
"Firm4":19
},
{
"timeinterval":"2015-10-23T00:00:00",
"Firm":2,
"Firm1":5,
"Firm2":29,
"Firm3":34,
"Firm4":219
}
],
"xkey":"timeinterval",
"ykey":["Firm","Firm1","Firm2","Firm3","Firm4"],
"labels":[" Firm","Firm1","Firm2","Firm3","Firm4"]
}
Firm cannot be hard coded. It all must be dynamic.
My Controller Action:
public JsonResult StatistikaJson()
{
ArrayList arrayList = new ArrayList();
StatistikaByCustomer statisikaObject = new StatistikaByCustomer();
List<Data> listData = new List<Data>();
string jsonTemp = null;
DbDataReader reader = null;
using (var cmd = db.Database.Connection.CreateCommand())
{
if (db.Database.Connection.State == ConnectionState.Closed)
{
db.Database.Connection.Open();
}
cmd.CommandText = "EXEC GetClientConnectsByCustomer #start='" + DateTime.Now.AddMonths(-1).Date.ToString("yyyy-MM-dd") + "',#end='" + DateTime.Now.Date.ToString("yyyy-MM-dd") + "',#interval = 24";
reader = cmd.ExecuteReader();
var tempYkey = Enumerable.Range(1, reader.FieldCount - 1).Select(reader.GetName).ToArray();
statisikaObject.ykey = tempYkey.Select(x => x.Replace(" ", "")).ToArray();
if (reader.HasRows)
{
while (reader.Read())
{
string name = reader.GetName(0);
object value = reader.GetDateTime(0);
listData.Add(new Data() { Name = name, Value = value });
for (int i = 1; i < reader.FieldCount - 1; i++)
{
name = reader.GetName(i).Replace(" ", "");
value = reader.GetInt32(i);
listData.Add(new Data() { Name = name, Value = value });
}
//arrayList.Add(JsonConvert.SerializeObject(listData.ToDictionary(x => x.Name, y => y.Value)));
jsonTemp += JsonConvert.SerializeObject(listData.ToDictionary(x => x.Name, y => y.Value));
jsonTemp += ",";
listData.Clear();
//Debug.WriteLine("{0}\t{1}\t{2}\t{3}\t{4}", reader.GetName(0), reader.GetDateTime(0), reader.GetInt32(1), reader.GetInt32(2), reader.GetInt32(3), reader.GetInt32(4));
}
}
else
{
Debug.WriteLine("No rows found.");
}
statisikaObject.xkey = reader.GetName(0);
statisikaObject.labels = Enumerable.Range(1, reader.FieldCount - 1).Select(reader.GetName).ToArray();
reader.Close();
//the number of affected records, if the query returns it var result = cmd.ExecuteNonQuery();
//or a single scalar value //var result = cmd.ExecuteScalar();
//or even a data reader var result = cmd.ExecuteReader();
db.Database.Connection.Close();
}
statisikaObject.data = oSerializer.Serialize(arrayList);
//string json = JsonConvert.SerializeObject(statisikaObject);
//string json = JsonConvert.SerializeObject(l);
return Json(statisikaObject, JsonRequestBehavior.AllowGet);
}
I get JSON, but it's escaped and morris.js doesn't like it.
In my view, I would like to use it like this:
<script type="text/javascript">
$.getJSON('#Url.Action("StatistikaJson")', function (result)
{
new Morris.Line({
element: 'line-example',
data: result.data,
xkey: "timeinterval",
ykeys: result.ykey,
labels: result.labels
});
});
</script>
I can use Json.NET if necessary. If posible, I would like to get ride off the JSON string appending. I would like to have an array and call serialize to get data: json objects in array format that morris.js needs: http://jsbin.com/uqawig/441/embed?js,output
{"data":"{"timeinterval":"2015-10-22T00:00:00","Firm":4,...},{"timeinterval":"2015-10-22T00:00:00","Firm":5,...},...}

Answer 1

ViewModel:
public class StatistikaByCustomer
{
public ArrayList data { get; set; }
public string xkey { get; set; }
public List<string> ykey { get; set; }
public List<string> labels { get; set; }
}
Controller:
public JsonResult StatistikaJson()
{
StatistikaByCustomer statisikaObject = new StatistikaByCustomer();
ArrayList arrayList = new ArrayList();
List<Data> listData = new List<Data>();
DbDataReader reader = null;
using (var cmd = db.Database.Connection.CreateCommand())
{
if (db.Database.Connection.State == ConnectionState.Closed)
{
db.Database.Connection.Open();
}
cmd.CommandText = "EXEC GetClientConnectsByCustomer #start='" + DateTime.Now.AddMonths(-1).Date.ToString("yyyy-MM-dd") + "',#end='" + DateTime.Now.Date.ToString("yyyy-MM-dd") + "',#interval = 24";
reader = cmd.ExecuteReader();
if (reader.HasRows)
{
while (reader.Read())
{
string name = reader.GetName(0);
object value = reader.GetDateTime(0).ToString("yyyy-MM-dd");
listData.Add(new Data() { Name = name, Value = value });
for (int i = 1; i <= reader.FieldCount - 1; i++)
{
name = reader.GetName(i).Replace(" ", "");
value = reader.GetInt32(i);
listData.Add(new Data() { Name = name, Value = value });
}
arrayList.Add(JsonConvert.SerializeObject(listData.ToDictionary(x => x.Name, y => y.Value)));
listData.Clear();
//Debug.WriteLine("{0}\t{1}\t{2}\t{3}\t{4}", reader.GetName(0), reader.GetDateTime(0), reader.GetInt32(1), reader.GetInt32(2), reader.GetInt32(3), reader.GetInt32(4));
}
}
statisikaObject.data = arrayList;
statisikaObject.xkey = reader.GetName(0);
statisikaObject.labels = Enumerable.Range(1, reader.FieldCount - 1).Select(reader.GetName).ToList();
var tempYkey = Enumerable.Range(1, reader.FieldCount - 1).Select(reader.GetName).ToArray();
statisikaObject.ykey = tempYkey.Select(x => x.Replace(" ", "")).ToList();
reader.Close();
db.Database.Connection.Close();
}
return Json(statisikaObject, JsonRequestBehavior.AllowGet);
}
View:
<script type="text/javascript">
$.getJSON('#Url.Action("StatistikaJson")', function (result)
{
new Morris.Line({
element: 'line-example',
data: $.parseJSON("[" + result.data + "]"),
xkey: result.xkey,
ykeys: result.ykey,
labels: result.labels
});
});
</script>

Answer 2

public class Datum
{
public string timeinterval { get; set; }
public int Firm { get; set; }
public int Firm1 { get; set; }
public int Firm2 { get; set; }
public int Firm3 { get; set; }
public int Firm4 { get; set; }
}
public class RootObject
{
public List<Datum> data { get; set; }
public string xkey { get; set; }
public List<string> ykey { get; set; }
public List<string> labels { get; set; }
}
By putting this code get Serialize json string
var collection = new List<RootObject>();
dynamic collectionWrapper = new
{
people = new RootObject()
{
xkey = "timeinterval",
data = new List<Datum>
{
new Datum()
{
timeinterval = "2015-10-22T00: 00: 00",
Firm = 4,
Firm1= 4,
Firm2= 22,
Firm3= 30,
Firm4= 19
},
new Datum()
{
timeinterval = "2015-10-23T00: 00: 00",
Firm = 2,
Firm1= 5,
Firm2= 29,
Firm3= 34,
Firm4= 219
}
},
ykey = new List<string> { "Firm", "Firm1", "Firm2", "Firm3", "Firm4" },
labels = new List<string> { "Firm", "Firm1", "Firm2", "Firm3", "Firm4" }
}
};
var output = JsonConvert.SerializeObject(collectionWrapper);
Edit:
var collection = new StatististikaByCustomer
{
xkey = "timeinterval",
ykey = new List<string>{"Firm","Firm1","Firm2","Firm3","Firm4"},
labels = new List<string> { "Firm", "Firm1", "Firm2", "Firm3", "Firm4" },
data = new Dictionary<string, string>
{
{ "timeinterval", "2015-10-22T00: 00: 00" },
{ "Firm", "4" },
{ "Firm1", "4" },
{ "Firm2", "22" },
{ "Firm3", "30" },
{ "Firm4", "19" }
}
};
string json = JsonConvert.SerializeObject(collection);
Class:
public class StatististikaByCustomer
{
public string xkey { get; set; }
public Dictionary<string, string> data { get; set; }
public List<string> ykey { get; set; }
public List<string> labels { get; set; }
}
Update:
var collection = new StatististikaByCustomer
{
xkey = "timeinterval",
ykey = new List<string> { "Firm", "Firm1", "Firm2", "Firm3", "Firm4" },
labels = new List<string> { "Firm", "Firm1", "Firm2", "Firm3", "Firm4" },
data = new List<Dictionary<string,string>>
{
new Dictionary<string, string>
{
{ "timeinterval", "2015-10-22T00: 00: 00" },
{ "Firm", "4" },
{ "Firm1", "4" },
{ "Firm2", "22" },
{ "Firm3", "30" },
{ "Firm4", "19" }
},
new Dictionary<string, string>
{
{ "timeinterval", "2015-10-23T00: 00: 00" },
{ "Firm", "2" },
{ "Firm1", "5" },
{ "Firm2", "29" },
{ "Firm3", "34" },
{ "Firm4", "219" }
}
}
};
string json = JsonConvert.SerializeObject(collection);
Class:
public class StatististikaByCustomer
{
public string xkey { get; set; }
public List<Dictionary<string, string>> data { get; set; }
public List<string> ykey { get; set; }
public List<string> labels { get; set; }
}