How to return Json object from MVC controller to view

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I am doing an MVC application where i need to pass json object from controller to view   var dictionary   listLocation ToDictionary x   gt  x label  x   gt  x value   return Json new   values   listLocation   JsonRequestBehavior AllowGet     The above code i  am using in my controller   now when i deploy the view page its opening a download dialog in my browser   when  open the file it gives me json object as i needed format    Now i want to return my view page also want to access the json object in the view page  how can i do that

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You could use AJAX to call this controller action  For example if you are using jQuery you might use the   ajax   method    lt script type  text javascript  gt        ajax           url    Url Action  NameOfYourAction             type   GET           cache  false          success  function result                   you could use the result values dictionary here                    lt  script gt

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When you do return Json      you are specifically telling MVC not to use a view  and to serve serialized JSON data  Your browser opens a download dialog because it doesn t know what to do with this data   If you instead want to return a view  just do return View      like you normally would   var dictionary   listLocation ToDictionary x   gt  x label  x   gt  x value   return View new   Values   listLocation       Then in your view  simply encode your data as JSON and assign it to a JavaScript variable    lt script gt      var values    Html Raw Json Encode Model Values     lt  script gt      EDIT  Here is a bit more complete sample  Since I don t have enough context from you  this sample will assume a controller Foo  an action Bar  and a view model FooBarModel  Additionally  the list of locations is hardcoded   Controllers FooController cs  public class FooController   Controller       public ActionResult Bar                 var locations   new                         new SelectListItem   Value    US   Text    United States                 new SelectListItem   Value    CA   Text    Canada                 new SelectListItem   Value    MX   Text    Mexico                         var model   new FooBarModel                       Locations   locations                      return View model             Models FooBarModel cs  public class FooBarModel       public IEnumerable lt SelectListItem gt  Locations   get  set        Views Foo Bar cshtml   model MyApp Models FooBarModel   lt script gt      var locations    Html Raw Json Encode Model Locations     lt  script gt    By the looks of your error message  it seems like you are mixing incompatible types  i e  Ported LI Models Locatio  n and MyApp Models Location  so  to recap  make sure the type sent from the controller action side match what is received from the view  For this sample in particular  new FooBarModel in the controller matches  model MyApp Models FooBarModel in the view

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