Returning HTTP 403 substatus from Asp.Net WebApi controller

Question

I'd like to return Http 403 errors from my Asp.Net WebApi controllers when the user does not have permission to perform certain tasks.

However, I'd like to use a substatus on this to give further details about the error, along with the error message.

At the moment, what I get is

HTTP/1.1 403 Read access forbidden

but what I'd like to see is

HTTP/1.1 403.2 Read access forbidden

The code I'm using currently:

    [HttpGet]
    public EnrollmentDetail Details(int id)
    {
        var enrollmentDetail = _context.GetEnrollmentDetail(id);

        if (!enrollmentDetail.R)
        {
            throw new HttpResponseException(new HttpResponseMessage(HttpStatusCode.Forbidden)
                {
                    ReasonPhrase = "Read access forbidden"
                });
        }

        return enrollmentDetail;
    }

I can't find any information any where on how to add these sub-statuses to the response. Is there any way it can be done with the built-in classes? If not, is there a way to write a custom HttpException which could do this for me?

I can't find an exact answer but I think these two links should help. http://www.iis.net/learn/troubleshoot/diagnosing-http-errors/how-to-use-http-detailed-errors-in-iis http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.web.httpresponse.substatuscode.aspx — Bruce Burge, Jun 21 '13 at 19:48

score 0 · Answer 1 · edited Oct 07 '21 at 07:15

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That's because sub-statuses are not part of the HTTP spec and should not be used. If you want to send more details about the problem you encountered, take a look at Json-problem

edited Oct 07 '21 at 07:15

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answered Jun 21 '13 at 23:49

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