webapi2 return simple string without quotation mark

Question

Simple scenario:

public IHttpActionResult Get()
{
    return Ok<string>("I am send by HTTP resonse");
}

returns:

"I am send by HTTP resonse"

Just curious, can I avoid the quotation mark in other words return:

I am send by HTTP resonse

or is this necessary in HTTP?

Answer 1

Yes you can avoid the "

public class ValuesController : ApiController
{
        public string Get()
        {
            return "qwerty";
        }
}

now check http://localhost:3848/api/values

and response

<string xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/2003/10/Serialization/">qwerty</string>

The result with <string> tag but without quotes :)

EDIT

If you don't like this approach,try this.It returns just text

public HttpResponseMessage Get()
{
    string result = "Your text";
    var resp = new HttpResponseMessage(HttpStatusCode.OK);
    resp.Content = new StringContent(result, System.Text.Encoding.UTF8, "text/plain");
    return resp;
}