从这个问题被问到(和回答)已经过去了一段时间，但是另一个选择是在请求处理过程中使用MessageHandler覆盖服务器上的Accept头，如下所示:

public class ForceableContentTypeDelegationHandler : DelegatingHandler
{
    protected async override Task<HttpResponseMessage> SendAsync(
                HttpRequestMessage request,
                CancellationToken cancellationToken)
    {
        var someOtherCondition = false;
        var accHeader = request.Headers.GetValues("Accept").FirstOrDefault();
        if (someOtherCondition && accHeader.Contains("application/xml"))
        {
            request.Headers.Remove("Accept");
            request.Headers.Add("Accept", "application/json");
        }
        return await base.SendAsync(request, cancellationToken);
    }
}

其中someOtherCondition可以是任何东西，包括浏览器类型等。这将用于有条件的情况，即有时我们只想覆盖默认的内容协商。否则，根据其他答案，您只需从配置中删除一个不必要的格式化程序。

当然你需要注册。你可以全局执行:

  public static void Register(HttpConfiguration config) {
      config.MessageHandlers.Add(new ForceableContentTypeDelegationHandler());
  }

或按路线划分:

config.Routes.MapHttpRoute(
   name: "SpecialContentRoute",
   routeTemplate: "api/someUrlThatNeedsSpecialTreatment/{id}",
   defaults: new { controller = "SpecialTreatment" id = RouteParameter.Optional },
   constraints: null,
   handler: new ForceableContentTypeDelegationHandler()
);

由于这是一个消息处理程序，它将运行在管道的请求端和响应端，就像HttpModule一样。所以你可以很容易地用一个自定义头来确认覆盖:

public class ForceableContentTypeDelegationHandler : DelegatingHandler
{
    protected async override Task<HttpResponseMessage> SendAsync(
                HttpRequestMessage request,
                CancellationToken cancellationToken)
    {
        var wasForced = false;
        var someOtherCondition = false;
        var accHeader = request.Headers.GetValues("Accept").FirstOrDefault();
        if (someOtherCondition && accHeader.Contains("application/xml"))
        {
            request.Headers.Remove("Accept");
            request.Headers.Add("Accept", "application/json");
            wasForced = true;
        }

        var response =  await base.SendAsync(request, cancellationToken);
        if (wasForced){
          response.Headers.Add("X-ForcedContent", "We overrode your content prefs, sorry");
        }
        return response;
    }
}

当User-Agent头包含“Chrome”时，我使用全局动作过滤器删除Accept: application/xml:

internal class RemoveXmlForGoogleChromeFilter : IActionFilter
{
    public bool AllowMultiple
    {
        get { return false; }
    }

    public async Task<HttpResponseMessage> ExecuteActionFilterAsync(
        HttpActionContext actionContext,
        CancellationToken cancellationToken,
        Func<Task<HttpResponseMessage>> continuation)
    {
        var userAgent = actionContext.Request.Headers.UserAgent.ToString();
        if (userAgent.Contains("Chrome"))
        {
            var acceptHeaders = actionContext.Request.Headers.Accept;
            var header =
                acceptHeaders.SingleOrDefault(
                    x => x.MediaType.Contains("application/xml"));
            acceptHeaders.Remove(header);
        }

        return await continuation();
    }
}

似乎有用。

只需在WebApiConfig类中添加这两行代码

public static class WebApiConfig
{
     public static void Register(HttpConfiguration config)
     {
          //add this two line 
          config.Formatters.Clear();
          config.Formatters.Add(new JsonMediaTypeFormatter());


          ............................
      }
}

MVC4快速提示#3 -从ASP中删除XML格式化器。Net Web API

在全球。Asax加一行:

GlobalConfiguration.Configuration.Formatters.XmlFormatter.SupportedMediaTypes.Clear();

像这样:

protected void Application_Start()
{
    AreaRegistration.RegisterAllAreas();

    RegisterGlobalFilters(GlobalFilters.Filters);
    RegisterRoutes(RouteTable.Routes);

    BundleTable.Bundles.RegisterTemplateBundles();
    GlobalConfiguration.Configuration.Formatters.XmlFormatter.SupportedMediaTypes.Clear();
}

在最新版本的ASP.net WebApi 2中，在WebApiConfig.cs下，这将工作:

config.Formatters.Remove(GlobalConfiguration.Configuration.Formatters.XmlFormatter);
config.Formatters.Add(GlobalConfiguration.Configuration.Formatters.JsonFormatter);

在最近更新了核心库和Json之后，多年来一直使用Felipe Leusin的答案。Net，我遇到了System.MissingMethodException:SupportedMediaTypes。 在我的案例中，解决方案是安装System.Net.Http，希望对遇到同样意外异常的其他人有所帮助。NuGet显然会在某些情况下删除它。手动安装后，该问题得到了解决。