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OData $select and $expand not working on XML response?

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I have been developing an API with XML and JSON responses integrating OData, but I'm having a problem retrieving XML responses with OData $select and $expand methods, but other methods work fine like $top, $filter and $orderby etc... In JSON response everything works fine with OData methods.

This is the response Error

System.Runtime.Serialization.InvalidDataContractException: Type 'Microsoft.AspNetCore.OData.Query.Wrapper.SelectSome`1[Test_API.v2.Models.User]' cannot be serialized. Consider marking it with the DataContractAttribute attribute, and marking all of its members you want serialized with the DataMemberAttribute attribute. Alternatively, you can ensure that the type is public and has a parameterless constructor - all public members of the type will then be serialized, and no attributes will be required.

This is my Program.cs

builder.Services.AddMvc(config =>
{
config.RespectBrowserAcceptHeader = true;
config.ReturnHttpNotAcceptable = true;
config.InputFormatters.Add(new XmlDataContractSerializerInputFormatter(config));
config.OutputFormatters.Add(new XmlDataContractSerializerOutputFormatter());
config.FormatterMappings.SetMediaTypeMappingForFormat("xml", MediaTypeHeaderValue.Parse("application/xml"));
})
.AddOData(options => options.Select().Filter().OrderBy().Expand().OrderBy().Count().SetMaxTop(null));

This is my User.cs class

// This file has been auto generated by EF Core Power Tools.
#nullable disable
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Runtime.Serialization;
namespace Test_API.v2.Models
{
public partial class User
{
public int UserId { get; set; }
public string Username { get; set; }
public string Email { get; set; }
public string Password { get; set; }
public virtual UserProfile Profile { get; set; }
}
}

This is my UserProfile.cs class

// This file has been auto generated by EF Core Power Tools.
#nullable disable
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Runtime.Serialization;
namespace Test_API.v2.Models
{
public partial class UserProfile
{
public UserProfile()
{
Users = new HashSet();
}
public int ProfileId { get; set; }
public string ProfileName { get; set; }
public string Email { get; set; }
public virtual ICollection Users { get; set; }
}
}

This is my Controller

[HttpGet]
[EnableQuery]
[ProducesResponseType(typeof(IUser), 200)]
public IQueryable GetUser()
{
return _context.Users.AsQueryable();
}

hoping anyone could help, been stuck in this for a month also I have been posting this on different community-based space websites but apparently, no one could help me find the solution.

please I really need a help

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Research direction

Start with Program.cs and the controller action returning IQueryable, then reproduce an XML request using $select and $expand while comparing it with the working JSON response. Inspect the interaction between the configured XML output formatter and OData query results; done means those XML queries serialize successfully without the reported InvalidDataContractException.

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Tech stack
csharp
Domain
api, backend
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
30/100

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