How to return raw string with ApiController?

Question

I have an ApiController that serves XML/JSON, but I would like one of my actions to return pure HTML. I tried the below but it still return XML/JSON.

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Answer 1

We must strive not to return html but pure data from our API's and format data accordingly in the UI, but maybe you can use:

return this.Request.CreateResponse(HttpStatusCode.OK, 
     new{content=YourStringContent})

it works for me