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c#asp.net-web-api
SF Developer
SF Developer

Reputation: 5384

HttpClient result from a WebAPI Request.CreateResponse (StatusCode, Message)

I have a WebAPI method that looks like this: 

    public HttpResponseMessage Login([FromBody] LoginType form)
    {
        if (LoginFails(form.Email, form.Password)
             return Request.CreateErrorResponse(HttpStatusCode.OK, 
                            "Sorry your login failed");

        return this.Request.CreateResponse(HttpStatusCode.OK);
    }

I have an Client that looks like this:

        var sample = new LoginType()
        {
            login = "test",
            Password = "password"
        };

        var client = new HttpClient();
        client.BaseAddress = new Uri("www.example.com);
        client.DefaultRequestHeaders.Accept.Add(
               new MediaTypeWithQualityHeaderValue("application/json"));

        var result = client.PostAsJsonAsync("api/security/login", sample).Result;

QUESTION 1: Where in the result variable, I can read the message "Sorry your login failed" ??
QUESTION 2: When returning a CreateErrorResponse, does it make sense to return HttpStatusCode.OK ??

Upvotes: 0

Views: 2635

Answers (1)

mayabelle
mayabelle

Reputation: 10014

Q1: From Response.Content. If content type is application/json, you can do:

response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync().Result;

Q2: I would return HttpStatusCode.Unauthorized if the login failed.

Upvotes: 1

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