How to tweak default JSON serializer in WCF REST

Question

WCF REST service works great in a way that it will reply/accept JSON or XML depending on header.

I want to tweak built-in JSON serializer a little so it encodes/decodes Byte[] little different. More specifically, I want to use Base64 for that.

Is that any pointers/samples where I can set custom type serializer that will affect whole service?

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 07 '11 at 04:40

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The post at http://blogs.msdn.com/b/carlosfigueira/archive/2011/05/03/wcf-extensibility-message-formatters.aspx shows how to replace the default JSON serializer (DataContractJsonSerializer) with a custom one (in this case, JSON.NET).

answered Jul 07 '11 at 04:40

carlosfigueira

I see that it was done for older WCF. I'm using .NET 4 WCF rest and there is no attributes involved. code is very clear an transparent. I wonder if there any way to setup serializer somewhere in web.config? – katit Jul 07 '11 at 13:33
You can create a behavior extension (info at http://blogs.msdn.com/b/carlosfigueira/archive/2011/06/28/wcf-extensibility-behavior-configuration-extensions.aspx) to add it in config, but you still need the code to plug it in to the WCF pipeline as of 4.0. With the new WCF Web APIs (currently in preview at http://wcf.codeplex.com) it will be a lot easier (you'd write a media type formatter and plug it in using the factory). – carlosfigueira Jul 07 '11 at 13:38

score 0 · Answer 2 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:19

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I just succeeded swapping out the default DataContractJsonSerializer with JSON.NET serializer in my WCF REST services 4.0 using NETFx Json.NET MediaTypeFormatter . Also see JSON.NET Serializer for WCF REST Services for the solution to a problem I ran into to get this working.

edited May 23 '17 at 12:19

Community

answered Mar 22 '12 at 20:02

muruge

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