Make ASP.NET WCF convert dictionary to JSON, omitting “Key” & “Value” tags

Question

Here\'s my dilemma. I\'m using a RESTful ASP.NET service, trying to get a function to return a JSON string in this format:

{\"Test1Key\":\"Test1Value\",\"Te         


        

Answer 1

avoiding the "__type" in json...

in the webapi.config, there are several options (look to the last one):

        // To disable tracing in your application, please comment out or remove the following line of code
        // For more information, refer to: http://www.asp.net/web-api
        //config.EnableSystemDiagnosticsTracing();

        // Use camel case for JSON data.
        config.Formatters.JsonFormatter.SerializerSettings.ContractResolver = new CamelCasePropertyNamesContractResolver();

        // The setting will let json.net to save type name in the payload if the runtime type is different with the declare type. 
        // When you post it back, json.net will deserialize the payload to the type you specified in the payload.
        // source: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/12858748/asp-net-webapi-posting-collection-of-subclasses
        //config.Formatters.JsonFormatter.SerializerSettings.TypeNameHandling = TypeNameHandling.Objects;