title: How to pass a Json String from mvc controller to a d3.js chart?
body: <p>Controller: </p>
  
  <pre><code>    public ActionResult JsonString()
      {
          var p = new Parser("ALL");
          return Content(p.BuildJson());
      }
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>JSON:</p>
  
  <pre><code>[{"date":"28-Feb-14","count":2},{"date":"27-Feb-14","count":4},{"date":"26-Feb-14","count":4},{"date":"25-Feb-14","count":5},{"date":"24-Feb-14","count":5},{"date":"23-Feb-14","count":2},{"date":"22-Feb-14","count":7},{"date":"21-Feb-14","count":2},{"date":"20-Feb-14","count":3},{"date":"19-Feb-14","count":2},{"date":"18-Feb-14","count":6},{"date":"17-Feb-14","count":2},{"date":"16-Feb-14","count":2},{"date":"15-Feb-14","count":0},{"date":"14-Feb-14","count":2},{"date":"13-Feb-14","count":5},{"date":"12-Feb-14","count":4},{"date":"11-Feb-14","count":3},{"date":"10-Feb-14","count":4},{"date":"9-Feb-14","count":2},{"date":"8-Feb-14","count":5},{"date":"7-Feb-14","count":4},{"date":"6-Feb-14","count":12},{"date":"5-Feb-14","count":2},{"date":"4-Feb-14","count":0},{"date":"3-Feb-14","count":0},{"date":"2-Feb-14","count":0},{"date":"1-Feb-14","count":0},{"date":"31-Jan-14","count":0},{"date":"30-Jan-14","count":0}]
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Javascript:</p>
  
  <pre><code>        $.ajax({
          url: '@Url.Action("JsonString", "Dashboard")',
          type: 'GET',
          success: function (dat) {
  
          var data = jQuery.parseJSON(dat);
  
          var margin = { top: 20, right: 20, bottom: 30, left: 50 },
          width = @graphWidth - margin.left - margin.right,
          height = @graphHeight - margin.top - margin.bottom;
  
          var parseDate = d3.time.format("%d-%b-%y").parse;
  
          var x = d3.time.scale()
              .range([0, width]);
  
          var y = d3.scale.linear()
              .range([height, 0]);
  
          var xAxis = d3.svg.axis()
              .scale(x)
              .orient("bottom");
  
          var yAxis = d3.svg.axis()
              .scale(y)
              .orient("left");
  
          var line = d3.svg.line()
              .x(function (d) { return x(d.date); })
              .y(function (d) { return y(d.count); });
  
          var svg = d3.select("#chart").append("svg")
              .attr("width", width + margin.left + margin.right)
              .attr("height", height + margin.top + margin.bottom)
              .append("g")
              .attr("transform", "translate(" + margin.left + "," + margin.top + ")");
  
          d3.json = data; ??????????????????????????????????????????????????
  
          x.domain(d3.extent(data, function(d) { return d.date; }));
          y.domain(d3.extent(data, function(d) { return d.count; }));
  
          svg.append("g")
              .attr("class", "x axis")
              .attr("transform", "translate(0," + height + ")")
              .call(xAxis);
  
          svg.append("g")
              .attr("class", "y axis")
              .call(yAxis)
              .append("text")
              .attr("transform", "rotate(-90)")
              .attr("y", 6)
              .attr("dy", "1.21em")
              .style("text-anchor", "end")
              .style("font-size", "18px")
              .text("Occurences");
  
          svg.append("path")
              .datum(data)
              .attr("class", "line")
              .attr("d", line);
  
          svg.append("text")
              .attr("x", (width / 2))
              .attr("y", 50 - (margin.top))
              .attr("text-anchor", "middle")
              .style("font-size", "26px")
              .style("text-decoration", "underline")
              .text("Incidents/Time");
  
              alert(data);
              alert(dat);
          }
  </code></pre>