Disable JSON Support in ASP.NET MVC Web API

Question

In the creation of our new MVC Web API-based service, we want to focus on XML to begin with and add JSON functionality later as an enhancement, using the full release with nativ

Answer 1

There's an even shorter option, because there can be only one Json formatter and the MediaTypeFormatterCollection exposes it as a property. Available since Web API 2 (maybe also in v1, not sure).

Formatters.Remove(controllerSettings.Formatters.JsonFormatter)