Proper JSON serialization in MVC 4

Question

I\'d like to have JSON \'properly\' serialized (camelCase), and the ability to change date formats if necessary.

For Web API it is very easy - in the Global.asax I

Answer 1

While Web API uses JSON.NET, MVC4 uses by default the JavaScriptSerializer, and I dont think it supports changing to Camel Case serialization. Check this: Setting the default JSON serializer in ASP.NET MVC

My suggestion is that you create a custom JsonNetResult as described here Using JSON.NET as the default JSON serializer in ASP.NET MVC 3 - is it possible? and change the last line to:

var serializedObject = JsonConvert.SerializeObject(
      Data,
      Formatting.Indented,
      new JsonSerializerSettings { MappingResolver = new CamelCaseMappingResolver() });