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Reputation: 1288

Redirection from ASP.Net Web API controller action

My api controller need to implement a simple GET action using 2 parameters: an ItemID and a SectionID. The return type ItemInSection contains data about the item in the section.

A same item can be in multiple sections. It's why the SectionID is required.

If the item has been moved and is no longer in the corresponding section, I need to return a redirect code 301 with a location url corresponding to one of the sections containing the item.

What is the best way to do this?

For other errors (eg 404, 401 ...) code, I use HttpResponseException. But for 301 case, how to specify the redirection url?

Upvotes: 2

Views: 4144

Answers (1)

nlips
nlips

Reputation: 1288

The solution is simply to use the HttpResponseException(HttpResponseMessage response) constructor (instead of the constructor taken a simple HttpStatusCode).

Just write:

HttpResponseMessage response = new HttpResponseMessage(HttpStatusCode.Moved);
response.Headers.Location = ...;
throw new HttpResponseException(response);

Upvotes: 6

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