200_request_response.txt

Request:
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
GET http://localhost:49207/api/cars HTTP/1.1
User-Agent: Fiddler
Host: localhost:49207
Accept: application/json

Response:
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Cache-Control: no-cache
Pragma: no-cache
Content-Type: application/json; charset=utf-8
Expires: -1
Server: Microsoft-IIS/7.5
X-AspNet-Version: 4.0.30319
X-SourceFiles: =?UTF-8?B?QzpcYXBwc1xAcG9zdHNcQ29ubmVnV2l0aEV4Y2x1ZGVNYXRjaE9uVHlwZU9ubHlcQ29ubmVnV2l0aEV4Y2x1ZGVNYXRjaE9uVHlwZU9ubHlcYXBpXGNhcnM=?=
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Date: Thu, 21 Jun 2012 20:14:09 GMT
Content-Length: 17

["Car 1","Car 2"]

406_request_response.txt

Request:
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
GET http://localhost:49207/api/cars HTTP/1.1
User-Agent: Fiddler
Host: localhost:49207

Response:
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
HTTP/1.1 406 Not Acceptable
Cache-Control: no-cache
Pragma: no-cache
Expires: -1
Server: Microsoft-IIS/7.5
X-AspNet-Version: 4.0.30319
X-SourceFiles: =?UTF-8?B?QzpcYXBwc1xAcG9zdHNcQ29ubmVnV2l0aEV4Y2x1ZGVNYXRjaE9uVHlwZU9ubHlcQ29ubmVnV2l0aEV4Y2x1ZGVNYXRjaE9uVHlwZU9ubHlcYXBpXGNhcnM=?=
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Date: Thu, 21 Jun 2012 20:13:02 GMT
Content-Length: 0

Global.asax.cs

protected void Application_Start(object sender, EventArgs e) {

    var config = GlobalConfiguration.Configuration;
    var routes = config.Routes;

    // From DefaultContentNegotiator class:
    // If ExcludeMatchOnTypeOnly is true then we don't match on type only which means
    // that we return null if we can't match on anything in the request. This is useful
    // for generating 406 (Not Acceptable) status codes.
    config.Services.Replace(
        typeof(IContentNegotiator), 
        new DefaultContentNegotiator(excludeMatchOnTypeOnly: true)
    );

    routes.MapHttpRoute(
        "DefaultHttpRoute",
        "api/{controller}/{id}",
        new { id = RouteParameter.Optional }
    );
}