Return camelCased JSON from Web API

Question

I\'m trying to return camel cased JSON from an ASP.Net Web API 2 controller. I created a new web application with just the ASP.Net MVC and Web API bits in it. I hijacked t

Answer 1

In your WebApiConfig.cs make sure to add those two lines

// Serialize with camelCase formatter for JSON.
var jsonFormatter = config.Formatters.OfType().First();
jsonFormatter.SerializerSettings.ContractResolver = new CamelCasePropertyNamesContractResolver();

make sure that you installed Newtonsoft library.

Hope that helps.