JsonResult shows up a file download in browser
- by joshb
I'm trying to use jquery.Ajax to post data to an ASP.NET MVC2 action method that returns a JsonResult. Everything works great except when the response gets back to the browser it is treated as a file download instead of being passed into the success handler. Here's my code:
Javascript:
<script type="text/javascript">
$(document).ready(function () {
$("form[action$='CreateEnvelope']").submit(function () {
$.ajax({
url: $(this).attr("action"),
type: "POST",
data: $(this).serialize(),
dataType: "json",
success: function (envelopeData) {
alert("test");
}
});
});
return false;
});
</script>
Action method on controller:
public JsonResult CreateEnvelope(string envelopeTitle, string envelopeDescription)
{
//create an envelope object and return
return Json(envelope);
}
If I open the downloaded file the json is exactly what I'm looking for and the mime type is shown as application/json. What am I missing to make the jquery.ajax call receive the json returned?
