How do I get ASP.NET Web API to return JSON instead of XML using Chrome?

Answer 1

Most of the above answers makes perfect sense. Since you are seeing data being formatted in XML format ,that means XML formatter is applied,SO you can see JSON format just by removing the XMLFormatter from the HttpConfiguration parameter like

public static void Register(HttpConfiguration config)
        {
            config.Routes.MapHttpRoute(
                name: "DefaultApi",
                routeTemplate: "{controller}/{id}",
                defaults: new { id = RouteParameter.Optional }
            );                
            config.Formatters.Remove(config.Formatters.XmlFormatter);                
            config.EnableSystemDiagnosticsTracing();
        }

since JSON is the default format