How to pretty-print JSON script in MVC 4 API

Question

How can I get the following JSON response to look cleaner using MVC 4 API. This is a sample JSON

{"Name":"Apple","Expiry":"2008-12-28T00:00:00","Price":3.99}

Pretty JSON

{
  "Name":"Apple",
  "Expiry":"2008-12-28T00:00:00",
  "Price":3.99
}

Answer 1

You can do this using Json.net NuGet package:

JObject.Parse(json).ToString(Formatting.Indented)

Answer 2

If you're using the Web Api. You can set:

var json = GlobalConfiguration.Configuration.Formatters.JsonFormatter;
json.SerializerSettings.Formatting = Newtonsoft.Json.Formatting.Indented;