Adjust MVC 4 WebApi XmlSerializer to lose the nameSpace

Question

I\'m working on a MVC WebAPI, that uses EF with POCO classes for storage. What I want to do is get rid of the namespace from the XML, so that the endpoints would return and

Answer 1

This answer here is spot on the mark Remove namespace in XML from ASP.NET Web API.\

If you don't want to decorate your POCO's at all use the 1st option:

config.Formatters.XmlFormatter.UseXmlSerializer = true;

If you use option 2, you may need to add a reference to System.Runtime.Serialization

Assuming a post like this with Accept set correct:

GET http:// ANY OLD SERVER/api/foos/5 Accept: application/xml

Controller

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Net;
using System.Net.Http;
using System.Runtime.Serialization;
using System.Web.Http;

namespace CutomXmlFormater.Controllers
{
//[DataContract(Namespace = "")]
public class Foo
{
    //[DataMember]
    public string Bar { get; set; }
}

public class FoosController : ApiController
{
    // GET api/foos/5
    public Foo Get(int id)
    {
        return new Foo() { Bar = "Test" };
    }
}

}

Config (App_Start/WebApiConfig)

//(Use this is you don't go the data contact and model annotation route)
config.Formatters.XmlFormatter.UseXmlSerializer = true;

Result

Either (With annotation and data contact):

Test

Or (with XML serialiser route):

Test