I have a get operation that I want to return a string from. An example would be
"000875"
When I return this string from a controller in my Web API Controller in full .NET, it formats it like this:
{
"Property": "000875"
}
When I return the string in my converted .NET Core Controller it returns this:
{
"$id": "1",
"$type": "System.Net.Http.HttpResponseMessage, System.Net.Http",
"Version": "1.1",
"Content": {
"$id": "2",
"$type": "System.Net.Http.StringContent, System.Net.Http",
"Headers": [
{
"Key": "Content-Type",
"Value": [
"application/json; charset=utf-8"
]
}
]
},
"StatusCode": "OK",
"ReasonPhrase": "OK",
"Headers": [],
"TrailingHeaders": [],
"RequestMessage": null,
"IsSuccessStatusCode": true
}
It is interesting to note that the value is not even in there!
I am running some interesting JSON Serialization to make BreezeJs work with .NET Core. It is possible that it is the cause of this weirdness:
.AddNewtonsoftJson(opt =>
{
// Let Breeze say how we serialize. This adds in the Type and Id options the way breeze expects
var jsonSerializerSettings = JsonSerializationFns.UpdateWithDefaults(opt.SerializerSettings);
......
I am hoping for a way to get strings through without all this mess. Can that be done?
I get the impression that the subject action definition returns HttpResponseMessage.
public HttpResponseMessage MyAction(....
HttpRequestMessage is no longer a first class citizen in asp.net-core framework and will be treated as a normal model and serialized.
That explains the JSON you are seeing with your controller
The syntax needs to be updated to return IActionResult derived responses
public IActionResult MyAction() {
//...
return Ok("000875");
}
ActionResult<T>
public ActionResult<string> MyAction() {
//...
if(somecondition)
return NotFound();
return "000875";
}
or the model itself.
public string MyAction() {
//...
return "000875";
}