Exclude property from WebApi OData (EF) response in c#

Question

I'm working with a WebApi project in C# (EF code first) and I'm using OData. I have a "User" model with Id, Name, LastName, Email, and Password.

In controller for example I have this code:

// GET: odata/Users
[EnableQuery]
public IQueryable<User> GetUsers()
{
    return db.Users;
}

If I call /odata/Users I'll get all the data: Id, Name, LastName, Email, and Password.

How can I exclude Password from results but keep available in controller to make Linq queries?

Answer 1

I made a craft and temporary solution to this problem (is not the best solution because UserInfo is not an entity type and not support $select or $expand). I created a new model called UserInfo just with the properties I need (apart of User):

public class UserInfo
{
    public int Id { get; set; }
    public string Name { get; set; }
    public string Email { get; set; }
}

Then I changed the method in the controller:

// GET: odata/Users
[EnableQuery]
public IQueryable<UserInfo> GetUsers()
{
    List<UserInfo> lstUserInfo = new List<UserInfo>();

    foreach(User usr in db.Users)
    {
        UserInfo userInfo = new UserInfo();
        userInfo.Id = usr.Id;
        userInfo.Name = usr.Name;
        userInfo.Email = usr.Email;

        lstUserInfo.Add(userInfo);
    }

    return lstUserInfo.AsQueryable();
}