How to Serialize XML to a JSON object with Json.NET

Question

I can serialize XML to a JSON string like this:

var xml = new XmlDocument();
xml.LoadXml("<person><name>John</name></person>");
string jsonString = Newtonsoft.Json.JsonConvert.SerializeXmlNode(xml, Newtonsoft.Json.Formatting.None);
Response.ContentType = "application/json";
Response.Write(Newtonsoft.Json.JsonConvert.SerializeObject(jsonString));

That would give me:

"{\"person\":{\"name\":\"John\"}}"

But how can I serialize it to a JSON object? Like this:

{"person":{"name":"John"}}

98374598347934875 · Accepted Answer · 2011-07-29 08:13:25Z

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Sometimes we just want to make it harder than it is ...

var xml = new XmlDocument();
xml.LoadXml("<person><name>John</name></person>");
Response.ContentType = "application/json";
Response.Write(Newtonsoft.Json.JsonConvert.SerializeObject(xml));

What I did wrong was to serialize the XML into a string and then serialize it again.

answered Jul 29, 2011 at 8:13

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Rajiv yadav Over a year ago

in my case i have a wcf method from which i need to return json string. Dataset > xml> json but when i am converting into json string than i am encountering the same problem. my method signature : [WebGet(RequestFormat = WebMessageFormat.Json, ResponseFormat = WebMessageFormat.Json, BodyStyle = WebMessageBodyStyle.Wrapped, UriTemplate = "/methosnamenamespoace?querystring")] string mthodname(args); what should i return in case to get proper json on other end. Please Guide.

cardiac7 Over a year ago

Can a local .xml file be used in place of the xml string in the Loadxml()?

Koopakiller Over a year ago

@cardiac7 Yes you can use any XmlDocument for that. It does not matter how the object was filled with XML.

kuldeep chauhan · Accepted Answer · 2015-07-29 12:22:05Z

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when you will access data then / automatically does not show . I am accessing in HTML5 help of AJAX post . Result is showing

in C# result is showing that "{\"person\":{\"name\":\"John\"}}"

But in HTML5 , it is working fine {"person":{"name":"John"}}

answered Jul 29, 2015 at 12:22

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