API Json response to C# Object with capital case properties first letter

Question

I've made an API where after an Entity Framework elaboration I send an object serialized in Json.

My Object:

public class Package
{
    public int Items { get; set; }
    public string Code { get; set; }
    public string Description { get; set; }
    public double? Weight { get; set; }
    public string Size { get; set; }
    public string PackageType { get; set; }
}

The problem start when after recieve it (Xamarin app) the Json have the first letter lowercase, but I want deserialize it in the exact same class and it can't because the class have properties in capitalcase (C# standard). Now I'm using a horrible 'helper' class that have the properties in lowercase for translating it.

Any idea how to handle this and send the Json directly with capital case first letter?

Edit

I use ASP.NET web API Core and Newtonsoft.Json

In Xamarin app I use System.Text.Json

Answer 1

You have to change the default property naming policy on the json serialization options.

By default it's set to camel case but if you set it to null , the property names are to remain unchanged (or remain as you wrote on your class).

Simply add this to your Startup.cs :

services.AddControllers()
.AddJsonOptions(options =>
{
   options.JsonSerializerOptions.PropertyNamingPolicy = null;
});

Answer 2

By default, ASP.NET Core encodes all JSON properties names in camel case, to match JSON conventions (see the announcement of the change on GitHub ).

If you want to keep the C# conventions, you need to change the default JSON serializer.

In your Startup.cs , configure the MVC part like this (ASP.Net Core 3.0):

services
    .AddMvc()
    .AddNewtonsoftJson(options =>
    {
        // don't serialize with CamelCase (see https://github.com/aspnet/Announcements/issues/194)
        jsonSettings.ContractResolver = new JsonContractResolver();
    });

For ASP.NET Core 2.0 :

services
    .AddMvc()
    .AddJsonOptions(options =>
    {
        // don't serialize with CamelCase (see https://github.com/aspnet/Announcements/issues/194)
        jsonSettings.ContractResolver = new DefaultContractResolver();
    });