Chapter 12: Content Negotiation Using a Custom OutputFormatter

In this chapter, we are going to learn about how to send your data to the client in different formats and types. By default, the ASP.NET Core web API sends data as JSON, but there are some more ways to distribute data.

We'll cover the following sections in this chapter:

• Introducing OutputFormatter objects
• Creating custom Outputformatter objects

The topics in this chapter relate to the WebAPI layer of the ASP.NET Core architecture:

Figure 12.1 – The ASP.NET Core architecture