public HttpResponseMessage GetEmployee() { HttpResponseMessage response = new HttpResponseMessage(); DataSet ds = new DataSet(); try { ds = objEmp.GetEmployeeData(); var data = ds.DataSetToJSON(); response = this.Request.CreateResponse(HttpStatusCode.OK); response.Content = new StringContent(data, Encoding.UTF8, "application/json"); } catch (Exception e) { throw; } return(response); }