Return “raw” json in ASP.NET Core 2.0 Web Api

Question

The standard way AFAIK to return data in ASP.NET Core Web Api is by using IActionResult and providing e.g. an OkObject result. This works fine with

Answer 1

And of course a few minutes after posting the question I stumble upon a solution :)

Just return Content with the content type application/json...

return Content("{ \"name\":\"John\", \"age\":31, \"city\":\"New York\" }", "application/json");

Answer 2

In your action, replace Ok() with the Content() method, which lets you set the content (raw content), content type, and status code of your response: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/api/microsoft.aspnetcore.mvc.contentresult?view=aspnetcore-2.0