Question: I'm new to c# and the whole .net platform so I'm struggling with a lot of what are probably pretty basic things. go easy on me. All I'm trying to do right now is return an array of json objects (as strings, obviously). 

```
[HttpPost]
public string[] PostJsonString([FromBody] string[] arr)
    {

        return arr;

    }

```

And in Postman, I'm sending

```
[{"someProp":"someVal"},{ "aThing":"someOtherThing"}]

```

So painfully simple... Literally only trying to respond with the exact contents of the request body, but for some reason I get back an empty array. Does anyone have any idea why this might be? I've tried returning the array as a string with `str.toArray` but then I get back the object type, i.e. `"System.String[]"`. I just want a simple JSON response with the objects in an array. 

Any tips are appreciated. Even if it's just pointing me to a helpful resource. I've exhausted all the relevant S/O questions and a) don't see one that quite addresses what i'm trying to accomplish, and b) have still tried some of the solutions to no avail.

Answer: 
```
[HttpPost]
public JsonResult PostJsonString([FromBody] string[] arr)
{
    return Json(arr);
}

```
Your controller will receive a *single string*

```
"[{\"someProp\":\"someVal\"},{ \"aThing\":\"someOtherThing\"}]"

```

Change the method's signature to 

```
public string PostJsonString([FromBody] string arr)

```

When you want to work with the JSON array, I recommend using `JSON.net` (aka `Newtonsoft.Json`) and [JArray.Parse](http://www.newtonsoft.com/json/help/html/ParseJsonArray.htm) or [JObject.Parse](http://www.newtonsoft.com/json/help/html/ParseJsonObject.htm)

```
using Newtonsoft.Json
// ...
JArray a = JArray.Parse(json);

```