I am using the WebAPI with .NET 4.5. I have a enum called DareStatus which is a list of statuses and their corresponding integer ID's. To minimize bandwidth traffic I want to send the int values of the enums, not the full text as it is currently doing. (I have control over the client so I can map it on the clientside). The strange thing is that in my RTFM-ing everyone seems to have the opposite issue!

http://www.ftter.com/desktopmodules/framework/api/dare/getalldares

public enum DareStatus : int
{
    All = 0,
    Accepted = 2,
    Pending = 1,
    Declined = 3,
    Cancelled = 4,
    Failed = 5,
    Won = 6
}


    public IEnumerable<DareInfo> GetDares()
    {
        IEnumerable<DareInfo> dareInfos;
        using (IDataContext ctx = DataContext.Instance())
        {
            var rep = ctx.GetRepository<DareInfo>();
            dareInfos = rep.Get();

        }
        return dareInfos;
    }