How do I serialize a C# anonymous type to a JSON s

Question

I'm attempting to use the following code to serialize an anonymous type to JSON:

var serializer = new DataContractJsonSerializer(thing.GetType());
var ms = new MemoryStream();
serializer.WriteObject(ms, thing);
var json = Encoding.Default.GetString(ms.ToArray()); 

However, I get the following exception when this is executed:

Type '<>f__AnonymousType1`3[System.Int32,System.Int32,System.Object[]]' cannot be serialized. Consider marking it with the DataContractAttribute attribute, and marking all of its members you want serialized with the DataMemberAttribute attribute. See the Microsoft .NET Framework documentation for other supported types.

I can't apply attributes to an anonymous type (as far as I know). Is there another way to do this serialization or am I missing something?

Answer 1

The fastest way I found was this:

var obj = new {Id = thing.Id, Name = thing.Name, Age = 30};
JavaScriptSerializer serializer = new JavaScriptSerializer();
string json = serializer.Serialize(obj);

Namespace: System.Web.Script.Serialization.JavaScriptSerializer