Return Json, but it includes backward slashes "\", which I don't want

I use MVC4 web-api, c#, and want to return Json using Json.net.

The problem is it comes with "backward slashes".

I also added this code to Global.asax. GlobalConfiguration.Configuration.Formatters.XmlFormatter.SupportedMediaTypes.Clear();

Here is what it returns:

"{\"cid\":1,\"model\":\"WT50JB\",\"detail\":\"sdf??\",\"unit\":2,\"time_in\":\"2012-12-11T19:00:00\",\"time_out\":\"2012-12-12T13:00:06.2774691+07:00\",\"time_used_dd\":0.0,\"time_used_hh\":0.0}"

So what I want to see is this: {"cid":1,"model":"WT50JB","detail":"sdf??","unit":2,"time_in":"2012-12-11T19:00:00","time_out":"2012-12-12T13:08:50.5444555+07:00","time_used_dd":0.0,"time_used_hh":0.0}

Here is JsonConvertor

string json = JsonConvert.SerializeObject(myObj);

I had the same issue, until just a few moments ago. Turns out that I was "double serializing" the JSON string. I use a jQuery $.getJson( AJAX call to a JsonResult controller action. And because the action builds a C# Generic List<t> I thought that I had to use JSON.net/NewtonSoft to convert the C# Generic List<t> to a JSON object before returning the JSON using the following:

return Json(fake, JsonRequestBehavior.AllowGet);

I didn't have to use the JsonConvert.SerializeObject( method after all, evidently this return will conver the serialization for us.

Hope it helps you or someone else too.

i found the solution here it is

return new HttpResponseMessage() 
{
    Content = new StringContent(json, System.Text.Encoding.UTF8, "application/json")
};

using Newtonsoft.Json.Linq;
string str = "Your String with Back Slashes";
str = JToken.Parse(str).ToString(); `// Now You will get the Normal String with "NO SLASHES"`

Most likely, the slashes are an artifact because you copied them out of the VisualStudio debugger. The debugger displays all strings in a way that they could be pasted into C/C# code. They aren't really in the transmitted data.

BTW: These slashes are backward slashes. A forward slash would look like this: /.

For the sake of seeing a "full" snippet of code, this is what I used to achieve a solution:

    [AllowAnonymous]
    [HttpGet]
    public HttpResponseMessage GetAllMessages()
    {

        try
        {
            //Load Data Into List
            var mm = new MessageManager();
            List<Message> msgs = mm.GetAllMessages();

            //Convert List Into JSON
            var jsonmsgs = JsonConvert.SerializeObject(msgs);

            //Create a HTTP response - Set to OK
            var res = Request.CreateResponse(HttpStatusCode.OK);

            //Set the content of the response to be JSON Format
            res.Content = new StringContent(jsonmsgs, System.Text.Encoding.UTF8, "application/json");

            //Return the Response
            return res;
        }
        catch (Exception exc)
        {
            return Request.CreateErrorResponse(HttpStatusCode.InternalServerError, exc);
        }
    }