How to change ASP NET MVC Web API output to camelCase
Unlike ASP.NET CORE Web API, ASP.NET MVC Web API’s will not serialize the output in camelCase.
camelCase example:
firstName
lastName
PascalCase example:
FirstName
LastName
So you may encounter the difference when you convert your API from ASP.NET MVC Web API to ASP.NET CORE Web API or vice versa.
Don’t panic!
In the case that you need to enable the camelCase in ASP.NET MVC Web API, you can change the json formatter settings in the startup configuration, as following:
public void Configuration(IAppBuilder app){
var config = new HttpConfiguration;
config.Formatters.Remove(config.Formatter.XmlFormatter);
config.Formatters.Add(config.Formatter.JsonFormatter);
config.Formatters.JsonFormatter.SerializerSettings.ContractResolver = new CamelCasePropertyNamesContractResolver();
config.Formatters.JsonFormatter.UseDataContractJsonSerializer = false;
}
