Send generic JSON data to MVC2 Controller - json

Question

I have a javascript client that is going to send json-formatted data to a set of MVC2 controllers. The client will format the json, and the controller will have no prior knowledge of how to interpret the json into any model. So, I can't cast the Controller method parameter into a known model type, I just want to grab the generic json and pass it to a factory of some sort.
My ajax call:
function SendObjectAsJSONToServer(object,url,idForResponseHTML) {
// Make a call to the server to process the object
var jsonifiedObject = JSON.stringify(object);
$.ajax({
url: url // set by caller
, dataType: 'json'
, data: jsonifiedObject
, type: 'GET'
, error: function(data) { alert('error in sendObjectAsJSONToServer:' + data); }
, success: function(data) {
alert(data.message); // Note that data is already parsed into an object
}
});
}
My MVC Controller:
public ActionResult SaveForm(string obj)
{
// Ok, try saving the object
string rc = PassJSONToSomething(obj.ToString());
string message = "{\"message\":\""+rc+"\",\"foo\":\"bar\"}";
return new ContentResult { Content = message, ContentType = "application/json" };
}
The problem is that obj is always null. Can anyone tell me how I should structure the ajax call and the controller parameter so that I get my json to the server? I'm using MVC2. This may appear to be a duplicate of some SO questions, but in my case I do not know the Model that the json maps to, so I can't use a specific model type in the controller parameter type.
Thanks very much.

Answer 1

Have you tried something like that?
$.ajax({
url: url // set by caller
, dataType: 'json'
, data: {obj :jsonifiedObject}
, contentType: 'application/json; charset=utf-8'
, type: 'GET'
, error: function(data) { alert('error in sendObjectAsJSONToServer:' + data); }
, success: function(data) {
alert(data.message); // Note that data is already parsed into an object
}
});