How to create a Json array in C# MVC Controller

Question

I have an List of Doors that looks like :

DoorId   DoorName  ControllerId ControllerName
------   --------  ------------ --------------

Door1    DoorOne   C1           C1
Door2    DoorTwo   C1           C1
Door3    DoorThree C2           C2

I need to format it like this :

            var doorsForSite = new[]
                {
                new { ControllerId ="C1",ControllerName="C1",IsChecked = "false",
                        Doors = new[]
                        {
                            new { DoorId="Door1",DoorName="DoorOne",Schedules = scheduleList},
                            new { DoorId="Door2",DoorName="DoorTwo",Schedules = scheduleList},
                        }

                    },
                new { ControllerId ="C2",ControllerName="C2",IsChecked = "false",
                        Doors = new[]
                        {
                            new { DoorId=  "Door3",DoorName="DoorThree",Schedules = scheduleList}
                        }

                    }
            };

That is group by ControllerId and ControllerName and then build the Doors array .

How to do it ?

Answer 1

Install JSON.net nuget package. Use JsonConvert.SerializeObject function

string jsonArray = JsonConvert.SerializeObject(doorsForSite);