How to set custom JsonSerializerSettings for Json.NET in ASP.NET Web API?
You can specify JsonSerializerSettings
for each JsonConvert
, and you can set a global default.
Single JsonConvert
with an overload:
// Option #1.
JsonSerializerSettings config = new JsonSerializerSettings { ReferenceLoopHandling = Newtonsoft.Json.ReferenceLoopHandling.Ignore };
this.json = JsonConvert.SerializeObject(YourObject, Formatting.Indented, config);
// Option #2 (inline).
JsonConvert.SerializeObject(YourObject, Formatting.Indented,
new JsonSerializerSettings() {
ReferenceLoopHandling = Newtonsoft.Json.ReferenceLoopHandling.Ignore
}
);
Global Setting with code in Application_Start()
in Global.asax.cs:
JsonConvert.DefaultSettings = () => new JsonSerializerSettings {
Formatting = Newtonsoft.Json.Formatting.Indented,
ReferenceLoopHandling = Newtonsoft.Json.ReferenceLoopHandling.Ignore
};
Reference: https://github.com/JamesNK/Newtonsoft.Json/issues/78
You can customize the JsonSerializerSettings
by using the Formatters.JsonFormatter.SerializerSettings
property in the HttpConfiguration
object.
For example, you could do that in the Application_Start() method:
protected void Application_Start()
{
HttpConfiguration config = GlobalConfiguration.Configuration;
config.Formatters.JsonFormatter.SerializerSettings.Formatting =
Newtonsoft.Json.Formatting.Indented;
}