在WebApiConfig.cs类中使用:

var json = config.Formatters.JsonFormatter;
json.SerializerSettings.PreserveReferencesHandling = Newtonsoft.Json.PreserveReferencesHandling.Objects;
config.Formatters.Remove(config.Formatters.XmlFormatter);

修复方法是忽略循环引用，不序列化它们。此行为在JsonSerializerSettings中指定。

带重载的单个JsonConvert:

JsonConvert.SerializeObject(YourObject, Formatting.Indented,
    new JsonSerializerSettings() {
        ReferenceLoopHandling = Newtonsoft.Json.ReferenceLoopHandling.Ignore
    }
);

Global.asax.cs中的Application_Start()代码中的全局设置:

JsonConvert.DefaultSettings = () => new JsonSerializerSettings {
     Formatting = Newtonsoft.Json.Formatting.Indented,
     ReferenceLoopHandling = Newtonsoft.Json.ReferenceLoopHandling.Ignore
};

参考:https://github.com/JamesNK/Newtonsoft.Json/issues/78

要在MVC 6中忽略循环引用并且不全局序列化它们，请在startup.cs中使用以下命令:

    public void ConfigureServices(IServiceCollection services)
    {
        services.AddMvc().Configure<MvcOptions>(options =>
        {
            options.OutputFormatters.RemoveTypesOf<JsonOutputFormatter>();
            var jsonOutputFormatter = new JsonOutputFormatter();
            jsonOutputFormatter.SerializerSettings.ReferenceLoopHandling = Newtonsoft.Json.ReferenceLoopHandling.Ignore;
            options.OutputFormatters.Insert(0, jsonOutputFormatter);
        });
    }

在WebApiConfig.cs类中使用:

var json = config.Formatters.JsonFormatter;
json.SerializerSettings.PreserveReferencesHandling = Newtonsoft.Json.PreserveReferencesHandling.Objects;
config.Formatters.Remove(config.Formatters.XmlFormatter);

请确保在您的方法中使用await和async。如果对象没有正确序列化，就会出现此错误。

我们可以将这两行添加到DbContext类构造函数中以禁用Self引用循环，例如

public TestContext()
        : base("name=TestContext")
{
    this.Configuration.LazyLoadingEnabled = false;
    this.Configuration.ProxyCreationEnabled = false;
}