# Best approach to pass hash type data in string form from Rails/Ruby to a C# app? **URL:** \ **Category:** Rails\ **Created:** [December 30, 2009, 12:13am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/best-approach-to-pass-hash-type-data-in-string-form-from-rails-ruby-to-a-c-app/180827 "2009-12-30T00:13:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![greghauptmann](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/e5b9ba/32.png) [@greghauptmann](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/greghauptmann)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2009, 12:13am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/best-approach-to-pass-hash-type-data-in-string-form-from-rails-ruby-to-a-c-app/180827/1 "2009-12-30T00:13:57Z")
Hi, I need to pass (via string content of a HTTP request/response body) name value pairs of data (like a hash) back from a Ruby on Rails server to a C# client. Anyone happen to know offhand what would be the best format to do this in? Probably XML I would guess? tks – You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups “Ruby on Rails: Talk” group. To post to this group, send email to removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid. For more options, visit this group at [http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en](http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en). ---
**Author:** ![greghauptmann](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/e5b9ba/32.png) [@greghauptmann](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/greghauptmann)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2009, 12:15am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/best-approach-to-pass-hash-type-data-in-string-form-from-rails-ruby-to-a-c-app/180827/2 "2009-12-30T00:15:31Z")
greghauptmann wrote: > Hi, > > I need to pass (via string content of a HTTP request/response body) > name value pairs of data (like a hash) back from a Ruby on Rails > server to a C# client. > > Anyone happen to know offhand what would be the best format to do this > in? Probably XML I would guess? No, XML is a bit too heavy. I’d usually advise JSON or Yaml. > tks > > – > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups “Ruby on Rails: Talk” group. > To post to this group, send email to removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid. > For more options, visit this group at > [http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en](http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en). ## Best, Marnen Laibow-Koser [http://www.marnen.org](http://www.marnen.org) removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid ---
**Author:** ![greghauptmann](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/e5b9ba/32.png) [@greghauptmann](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/greghauptmann)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2009, 12:19am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/best-approach-to-pass-hash-type-data-in-string-form-from-rails-ruby-to-a-c-app/180827/3 "2009-12-30T00:19:49Z")
JSON might be better suited for key=\>value pairs… depends on your app i suppose. Also dont know about json support in C#, but it’s pretty much a web standard as far as i know… On Wed, Dec 30, 2009 at 1:12 AM, greghauptmann [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid)wrote: > – You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups “Ruby on Rails: Talk” group. To post to this group, send email to removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid. For more options, visit this group at [http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en](http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en). ---
**Author:** ![greghauptmann](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/e5b9ba/32.png) [@greghauptmann](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/greghauptmann)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2009, 12:20am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/best-approach-to-pass-hash-type-data-in-string-form-from-rails-ruby-to-a-c-app/180827/4 "2009-12-30T00:20:59Z")
do you know offhand then whether C# has a library to parse JSON or Yaml to C# variables? On Dec 30, 9:15 am, Marnen Laibow-Koser [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > No, XML is a bit too heavy. I’d usually advise JSON or Yaml. > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid. > > For more options, visit this group at > > [http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en](http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en). > > ## Best, > > ## Marnen Laibow-Koserhttp://www.marnen.org removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid > > Posted viahttp://www.ruby-forum.com/. – You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups “Ruby on Rails: Talk” group. To post to this group, send email to removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid. For more options, visit this group at [http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en](http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en). ---
**Author:** ![greghauptmann](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/e5b9ba/32.png) [@greghauptmann](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/greghauptmann)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2009, 2:40am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/best-approach-to-pass-hash-type-data-in-string-form-from-rails-ruby-to-a-c-app/180827/5 "2009-12-30T02:40:20Z")
json rocks On Tue, Dec 29, 2009 at 4:12 PM, greghauptmann [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > – > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google G. “Ruby on Rails: Talk” group. > To post to this group, send email to removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid. > For more options, visit this group at [http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en](http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en). – You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups “Ruby on Rails: Talk” group. To post to this group, send email to removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid. For more options, visit this group at [http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en](http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en). ---
**Author:** ![greghauptmann](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/e5b9ba/32.png) [@greghauptmann](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/greghauptmann)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2009, 2:40am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/best-approach-to-pass-hash-type-data-in-string-form-from-rails-ruby-to-a-c-app/180827/6 "2009-12-30T02:40:20Z")
[http://www.json.org/](http://www.json.org/) list at the bottom for languages On Tue, Dec 29, 2009 at 4:17 PM, greghauptmann [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > > Marnen Laibow-Koserhttp://www.marnen.org – You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups “Ruby on Rails: Talk” group. To post to this group, send email to removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid. For more options, visit this group at [http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en](http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en). ---
**Author:** ![greghauptmann](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/e5b9ba/32.png) [@greghauptmann](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/greghauptmann)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2009, 12:32am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/best-approach-to-pass-hash-type-data-in-string-form-from-rails-ruby-to-a-c-app/180827/7 "2009-12-30T00:32:41Z")
greghauptmann wrote: > do you know offhand then whether C# has a library to parse JSON or > Yaml to C# variables? No, but the JSON and (I think) Yaml websites list a number of libraries for various languages. There’s almost certainly a JSON library at the very least. > On Dec 30, 9:15�am, Marnen Laibow-Koser [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > > > No, XML is a bit too heavy. �I’d usually advise JSON or Yaml. > > > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > > removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid. > > > For more options, visit this group at > > > [http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en](http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en). > > > > ## Best, > > > > ## Marnen Laibow-Koserhttp://www.marnen.org removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid > > > > Posted viahttp://www.ruby-forum.com/. > > – > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups “Ruby on Rails: Talk” group. > To post to this group, send email to removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid. > For more options, visit this group at > [http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en](http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en). ---
**Author:** ![greghauptmann](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/e5b9ba/32.png) [@greghauptmann](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/greghauptmann)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2009, 3:12am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/best-approach-to-pass-hash-type-data-in-string-form-from-rails-ruby-to-a-c-app/180827/8 "2009-12-30T03:12:32Z")
On Tue, Dec 29, 2009 at 3:12 PM, greghauptmann [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid)wrote: > I would recommend JSON and you can find out what’s available at [json.org](http://json.org). Good luck, -Conrad > – You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups “Ruby on Rails: Talk” group. To post to this group, send email to removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid. For more options, visit this group at [http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en](http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en).