Exception Handling in WebAPI

http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/733512/Exception-Handling-in-WebAPI

http://weblogs.asp.net/fredriknormen/asp-net-web-api-exception-handling

Форматтеры: Удаление xmlFormattera

public static class WebApiConfig
{
 public static void Register(System.Web.Http.HttpConfiguration config)
  {
     //Route Configuration
     config.Routes.MapHttpRoute(
                name: "DefaultApi",
                routeTemplate: "api/{controller}/{action}"
     );
            
     //Only JSON OUPUT
     var appXmlType = config.Formatters.XmlFormatter.SupportedMediaTypes.FirstOrDefault
     (t => t.MediaType == "application/xml");
     config.Formatters.XmlFormatter.SupportedMediaTypes.Remove(appXmlType);
  }
} 

Main with SelHost

class Program
    {
        public static void Main()
        {
            var config = new System.Web.Http.SelfHost.HttpSelfHostConfiguration("http://Localhost:8080");
            WebApiConfig.Register(config);
 
            using (var server = new System.Web.Http.SelfHost.HttpSelfHostServer(config))
            {
                server.OpenAsync().Wait();
                Console.WriteLine("Press Enter to quit.");
                Console.ReadLine();
            } 
        }
    }