how to remove $id during JSON serialization

Question

I am using NewtonSoft.JSON. When running

JsonConvert.SerializeObject(myObject) 

it is adding an $id value to my JSON - like this:

  "$id": "1",   "BookingId": 0,   "CompanyId": 0,   "IsCashBooking": false,   "PaymentMethod": 0,   "IsReferral": false,   "IsReferralPercent": false,   "ReferralPaymentType": 0,   "ReferralDues": 0,   "PassengerId": 0,   "DepartmentID": 0,   "CostCenterID": 0,   "DeadMiles": 0 

Can we remove this $id with some JsonSerializerSettings or by any other method?

If yes - then how...

Answer 1

I added this code to my WebApiConfig register method and I got rid of all $id in JSON.

var json = config.Formatters.JsonFormatter; json.SerializerSettings.PreserveReferencesHandling = Newtonsoft.Json.PreserveReferencesHandling.None; 

Answer 2

If for some reason you're using a custom ContractResolver, take a look at this other stack overflow;

Json.Net adding $id to EF objects despite setting PreserveReferencesHandling to "None"