How to rename Request/Response object properties in ASP.Net MVC Web API?

Question

Could you help me please to minimize response of my Web API Route.

public class Product
{
    public string UniqueId {get;set;}
    public string Title {get;set;}
    ...
}

public class ProductsController : ApiController
{
    public IEnumerable<Product> GetAllProducts()
    {
        return repository.GetAll();
    }
    // ....
}

The response contains full names of the entity properties:

[{
    UniqueId: 123,
    Title: 'Book 1'
},...]

I would like to minimize traffic by using short aliases for DTO properties and see something like this:

[{
    u: 123,
    t: 'Book 1'
},...]

I'm wondering if special attributes could be used to rename properties in request/response. BTW I'm talking about requests because I have the same issue for POST requests.

elolos · Accepted Answer · 2015-05-15 12:10:19Z

4

Try applying the following attribute on your DTO's properties:

[JsonProperty(PropertyName = "u")]
public string UniqueId {get; set;}

In this way, JSON.NET will know which name to use when serializing or deserializing your DTOs.

answered May 15, 2015 at 12:10

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Karen B Over a year ago

You can also do this without JSON.NET by adding [DataContract] attribute to your class and [DataMember(Name="u")] attribute to the property.

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