I'm using jQuery to post JSON to a Java server, but I think my JSON must be wrong. Here's an example of my data and how I'm sending it:
var lookup = {
'name': name,
'description': description,
'items': [{
'name': itemName,
'value': itemValue
}]
}
$.ajax({
type: 'post',
data: lookup,
dataType: 'json'
});
I'm using Wicket's AbstractAjaxBehavior to receive the data and would like to get a single JSON string that I can parse. When I get a Map of the parameters passed, the keyset looks like this:
items[0][name],
description,
name,
items[0][value],
Obviously I can easily get the values for name and description, but the key for my array of items is messed up. I'm sure it's something simple, but I seem to keep running around the solution. Any suggestions? Thanks!
You have to use JSON.stringify:
$.ajax({
type: 'post',
data: JSON.stringify(lookup),
contentType: 'application/json',
dataType: 'json'
});
You should also specify 'application/json' as the contentType. By default jQuery will serialize objects with application/x-www-form-urlencoded (even if the contentType is application/json'). So you have to do it manually.
EDIT: Key for 'post' should be type, not method.