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title: "Serialization and Model Binding in ASP.NET Web API | Microsoft Docs"
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description: "How ASP.NET Web API binds HTTP messages to domain models, and how to work with media formats in Web API."
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Serialization and Model Binding in ASP.NET Web API
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> How ASP.NET Web API binds HTTP messages to domain models, and how to work with media formats in Web API.


- [Media Formatters in Web API 2](media-formatters.md)
- [JSON and XML Serialization in Web API](json-and-xml-serialization.md)
- [BSON Support in Web API 2.1](bson-support-in-web-api-21.md)
- [Content Negotiation in Web API](content-negotiation.md)
- [Model Validation in Web API](model-validation-in-aspnet-web-api.md)
- [Parameter Binding in Web API](parameter-binding-in-aspnet-web-api.md)