How to parse object (and its elements) from ajax request - asp.net-mvc

Question

Here's my issue. I'm making an ajax request to obtain an object from a controller. The object (or something) is being brought back, but I don't know how to access the attributes of that object being brought back. The object is of type "Address" and thus has attributes like Address.Address1, Address.City, etc. Here is my code: After a button is clicked,
function showEditAddress(addressid) {
$.get("/Website/Accommodation/AddressGet",
{ guid: addressid.toString() },
function(data) {
//Get values from variable 'data' such as described above
//and append to form 'dialog'
$("#dialog").dialog({
// autoOpen: false,
show: {
effect: "explode",
duration: 250
},
hide: {
effect: "explode",
duration: 250
},
buttons: {
"Save": {
text: "Save",
class: "",
click: function () {
//save form
$(this).dialog("close");
}
},
"Cancel": {
text: "Cancel",
class: "",
click: function () {
$(this).dialog("close");
}
}
},
modal: true
});
});
}
Controller action:
public Address AddressGet(string guid)
{
Guid g = new Guid(guid);
return _iCoreRepository.Addresses.Where(p => p.AddressID == g).SingleOrDefault();
}
Any help will be greatly appreciated!!! Thank you!!!

Answer 1

Jose is quite simple. You already answer the question. To get the value of the properties of Address you only need put a dot in front of data and type de property name. like this:
//(....)
function(data) {
//Get values from variable 'data' such as described above
//and append to form 'dialog'
//show address id.
alert(data.AddressID);
Remember that javascript is case sensitive, so you need use upper case to A and ID in AddressID like you did in C#.
And in controller you need replace the last line to something like this:
var address = _iCoreRepository.Addresses.Where(p => p.AddressID == g).SingleOrDefault();
return Json(address, JsonRequestBehavior.AllowGet);
the method must be return JsonResult. The method Json serialize the object, in this case address, in a json format before response the data to the client.
If you need the Json method accepts IEnumerables to, like List<> or Array. In javascript your data object will be a lenght property and will acess each element by using indexer like:
data[0].AddressID.

Answer 2

Instead of returning just your Address object you can try returning a JsonResult.
public ActionResult AddressGet(string guid)
{
Guid g = new Guid(guid);
var address = _iCoreRepository.Addresses.Where(p => p.AddressID == g).SingleOrDefault();
return Json(address, JsonRequestBehavior.AllowGet);
}
Then in your jquery, the returned data is your address object and you can access the fields as they appear in your C# class:
function showEditAddress(addressid) {
$.get("/Website/Accommodation/AddressGet",
{ guid: addressid.toString() },
function(data) {
//Get values from variable 'data' such as described above
//and append to form 'dialog'
//Access it like: data.Address1, data.City etc...
});
}
}