ASP.NET web api returning XML instead of JSON -

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i read default, web api return json data reason when creating api, returns xml instead of json.

public class currencycontroller : apicontroller {     private companydatabasecontext db = new companydatabasecontext();      // api/currency     public ienumerable<currency> getcurrencies()     {         return db.currencies.asenumerable();     } } 

i haven't modified out of ordinary i'm stumped

if modify webapiconfig follows you'll json default.

public static class webapiconfig {     public static void register(httpconfiguration config)     {         config.routes.maphttproute(             name: "defaultapi",             routetemplate: "api/{controller}/{id}",             defaults: new { id = routeparameter.optional }         );          var appxmltype = config.formatters.xmlformatter.supportedmediatypes.firstordefault(t => t.mediatype == "application/xml");         config.formatters.xmlformatter.supportedmediatypes.remove(appxmltype);     } }