phonyDTOfromEF

CustomResolver.cs

// credit RAM && BrianRogers -- https://stackoverflow.com/questions/26162902/how-can-i-do-json-serializer-ignore-navigation-properties/#32797274
namespace DataModel
{
    class CustomResolver : DefaultContractResolver
    {
        protected override JsonProperty CreateProperty(MemberInfo member, MemberSerialization memberSerialization)
        {
            JsonProperty prop = base.CreateProperty(member, memberSerialization);
            var propInfo = member as PropertyInfo;
            if (propInfo != null)
            {
                if (propInfo.GetMethod.IsVirtual && !propInfo.GetMethod.IsFinal)
                {
                    prop.ShouldSerialize = obj => false;
                }
            }
            return prop;
        }
    }
}

DbContext2.cs

// credit RAM && BrianRogers -- https://stackoverflow.com/questions/26162902/how-can-i-do-json-serializer-ignore-navigation-properties/#32797274
namespace DataModel
{
    public partial class DbContext2 : DbContext
    {
        JsonSerializerSettings JsonSettings;
        public DbContext2() : base()
        {
            JsonSettings = new JsonSerializerSettings()
            {
                ContractResolver = new CustomResolver(),
                PreserveReferencesHandling = PreserveReferencesHandling.None,
                ReferenceLoopHandling = ReferenceLoopHandling.Ignore
            };
        }
    }
}