using System;

using System.Collections.Generic;

using Newtonsoft.Json;

using System.Runtime.Serialization.Formatters;

namespace MyNamespace

{

    public class Program

{

    public static void Main()

    {

        var thing = new Thing {Name = "woo", Id=1234, Timestamp = DateTimeOffset.UtcNow};

        thing.TheThing = thing;

        thing.AnotherThing = new Thing2() {Name = "WEWWEWEWEWE"};

        var jsonSerializerSettings = new JsonSerializerSettings() { 

            TypeNameHandling = TypeNameHandling.All,

            ReferenceLoopHandling = ReferenceLoopHandling.Ignore,

            StringEscapeHandling = StringEscapeHandling.EscapeHtml,

            TypeNameAssemblyFormat = FormatterAssemblyStyle.Simple

        };

        var json = JsonConvert.SerializeObject(thing, Formatting.None, jsonSerializerSettings);//////

        Console.WriteLine(json);

    }

}

​

public class Thing

{

    public string Name {get; set;}

    public int Id {get; set;}

    public DateTimeOffset Timestamp {get; set;}

    public Thing TheThing {get; set;}

    public Thing2 AnotherThing {get; set;}

}

​

public class Thing2

{

    public string Name {get; set;}

}

}

​