Response to Hook OData $ metadata and converting it from XML to JSON

Question

The response Receive OData $ metadata in JSON format indicates that OData cannot return metadata as JSON by default.

But is it possible then to capture or track its response for the URL $metadata , and then convert it on the fly to JSON before sending it to the client?

I present the pseudo code as follows:

 [HttpGet] [ODataRoute("$metadata")] public string GetMetadataAsJson() { string xml = GetOdataMetadataAsXML(); string json = ConvertToJson(xml); return json; } 

I don’t know how to implement it correctly, although, in particular, I’m not sure how to get the standard OData response as a string and how to include the $metadata URL.