MVC.net Hiding Fields within a model

Question

So I am creating a an API with ASP.net MVC Web API. I currently have a model which contains the fields for a user in the database. I have a password field on this model. See below for an example.

public class Account
{
    [Key]
    public Guid UserId { get; set; }
    public string FirstName { get; set; }
    public string LastName { get; set; }
    public string UserName { get; set; }
    public string Email { get; set; }
    public string Password { get; set;  }
 }

I return this model using JSON when a controller method is called over HTTP. This works fine. My question is, how do I stop the password field being returned alongside with it? Without removing the field altogether.

My initial idea is to create another model class which I use to return the data without the password field, but I'd rather not repeat myself for the sake of one field.

Any suggestions?

Do not store passwords in plain text. You should replace that with a hash. — SLaks
– SLaks, Commented Jan 13, 2015 at 13:15
Thanks @SLaks. I neglated to mention that the password is hashed and salted. — Rob Sykes
– Rob Sykes, Commented Jan 13, 2015 at 13:17

Allmighty · Accepted Answer · 2015-01-13 13:24:39Z

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You should be able to mark these fields with

 [JsonIgnore]
 [XmlIgnore]
 public string Password { get; set;  }

Preventing these fields to be used in either JSON or XML requests.

edited Jan 13, 2015 at 13:24

answered Jan 13, 2015 at 13:18

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Rob Sykes Over a year ago

Absolute star. This did the job.

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