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By [Tom Dykstra](https://github.com/tdykstra)
ASP.NET Core MVC has built-in support for data exchange in web APIs by using JSON, XML, or plain text formats. This article shows how to add support for additional formats by creating custom formatters.
ASP.NET Core MVC has built-in support for data exchange in web APIs by using JSON or XML. This article shows how to add support for additional formats by creating custom formatters.
[View or download sample code](https://github.com/aspnet/Docs/tree/master/aspnetcore/web-api/advanced/custom-formatters/sample) ([how to download](xref:index#how-to-download-a-sample))
## When to use custom formatters
Use a custom formatter when you want the [content negotiation](xref:web-api/advanced/formatting#content-negotiation) process to support a content type that isn't supported by the built-in formatters (JSON, XML, and plain text).
Use a custom formatter when you want the [content negotiation](xref:web-api/advanced/formatting#content-negotiation) process to support a content type that isn't supported by the built-in formatters (JSON and XML).
For example, if some of the clients for your web API can handle the [Protobuf](https://github.com/google/protobuf) format, you might want to use Protobuf with those clients because it's more efficient. Or you might want your web API to send contact names and addresses in [vCard](https://wikipedia.org/wiki/VCard) format, a commonly used format for exchanging contact data. The sample app provided with this article implements a simple vCard formatter.
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## Next steps
See the [sample application](https://github.com/aspnet/Docs/tree/master/aspnetcore/web-api/advanced/custom-formatters/sample), which implements simple vCard input and output formatters. The application reads and writes vCards that look like the following example:
* [Plain text formatter sample code on GitHub.](https://github.com/aspnet/Entropy/tree/master/samples/Mvc.Formatters)
* [Sample app for this doc](https://github.com/aspnet/Docs/tree/master/aspnetcore/web-api/advanced/custom-formatters/sample), which implements simple vCard input and output formatters. The apps reads and writes vCards that look like the following example:
```
BEGIN:VCARD