Return empty json on null in WebAPI

Question

Is it possible to return { } instead of null when webApi returns a null object? This, to prevent my user from getting errors while parsing the response. And to make the respon

Answer 1

If you are building a RESTful service, and have nothing to return from the resource, I believe that it would be more correct to return 404 (Not Found) than a 200 (OK) response with an empty body.