Using Json.NET for text and binary Json payloads with WCF WebApi
There is an aging post by Christian on how to use the awesome Json.NET library as a default serializer for the new WCF Web Api.
Rather than having two media type formatters (in the latest bits lingo), I wanted to have a single one and have it pick the flavor of Json/Bson on the fly depending on the accept header on the request. This makes configuration simpler as you have to add only one formatter to the pipeline:
var config = HttpHostConfiguration.Create();
config.Configuration.OperationHandlerFactory.Formatters.Insert(0, new JsonNetMediaTypeFormatter());...
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