Remove xml namespaces from WCF restful response

Question

I am using WCF to return a plain old XML (POX) document to the caller. I am using the XML Serializer formatter to turn the objects into XML.

In the returned docum

Answer 1

In my RESTful WCF service which I wrote prior to the WCF RESTful starter kit I did the following which gives me nice, clean results.

First, make sure the webHttp endpoint behavior is set:

Your endpoint should look something like this (minus the contract for simplicity):

My service contract has these operation contracts in it:

    [WebGet(UriTemplate="tasks", ResponseFormat=WebMessageFormat.Xml )]
    [OperationContract]
    Task[] GetTasks();

    [WebGet(UriTemplate="tasks/{id}", ResponseFormat=WebMessageFormat.Xml)]
    [OperationContract]
    Task GetTask(string id);

The service implementation itself has nothing special about it. You can try changing up the WebMessageFormat but the only other item in the enumeration is "json".