server/AyaNova/biz/WidgetBiz.cs

@@ -90,6 +90,7 @@ namespace AyaNova.Biz
                 outObj.Serial = ServerBootConfig.WIDGET_SERIAL.GetNext();
 
                 outObj.Tags = TagUtil.NormalizeTags(outObj.Tags);
+                outObj.CustomFields=JsonUtil.CompactJson(outObj.CustomFields);
 
                 await ct.Widget.AddAsync(outObj);
                 await ct.SaveChangesAsync();
@@ -117,6 +118,7 @@ namespace AyaNova.Biz
                 //Test get serial id visible id number from generator
                 outObj.Serial = ServerBootConfig.WIDGET_SERIAL.GetNext();
                 outObj.Tags = TagUtil.NormalizeTags(outObj.Tags);
+                outObj.CustomFields=JsonUtil.CompactJson(outObj.CustomFields);
 
                 TempContext.Widget.Add(outObj);
                 TempContext.SaveChanges();
@@ -174,6 +176,7 @@ namespace AyaNova.Biz
             CopyObject.Copy(inObj, dbObj, "Id,Serial");
 
             dbObj.Tags = TagUtil.NormalizeTags(dbObj.Tags);
+            dbObj.CustomFields=JsonUtil.CompactJson(dbObj.CustomFields);
 
             //Set "original" value of concurrency token to input token
             //this will allow EF to check it out
@@ -207,6 +210,7 @@ namespace AyaNova.Biz
             objectPatch.ApplyTo(dbObj);
 
             dbObj.Tags = TagUtil.NormalizeTags(dbObj.Tags);
+            dbObj.CustomFields=JsonUtil.CompactJson(dbObj.CustomFields);
 
             ct.Entry(dbObj).OriginalValues["ConcurrencyToken"] = concurrencyToken;
             Validate(dbObj, SnapshotOfOriginalDBObj);

server/AyaNova/util/JsonUtil.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+using System;
+using System.Linq;
+using Newtonsoft.Json;
+using Newtonsoft.Json.Linq;
+
+namespace AyaNova.Util
+{
+
+
+    internal static class JsonUtil
+    {
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Clean JSON string fragment, remove unnecessary characters
+        /// can be called with anything and should handle it properly even empty values etc
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="jsonIn"></param>
+        /// <returns></returns>
+        public static string CompactJson(string jsonIn)
+        {
+            if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(jsonIn))
+            {
+                return jsonIn;
+            }
+            if (jsonIn.StartsWith("["))
+            {
+                JArray j = JArray.Parse(jsonIn);
+                return JsonConvert.SerializeObject(j, Formatting.None);
+            }
+
+            if (jsonIn.StartsWith("{"))
+            {
+                JObject j = JObject.Parse(jsonIn);
+                return JsonConvert.SerializeObject(j, Formatting.None);
+            }
+
+            //Not an object or an array so just return it, possibly suspect, maybe log this shit
+            return jsonIn;
+        }
+
+
+    }//eoc
+
+}//eons