Add message to context.result

Question

I'm creating a DataAnnotation that if not successful will return a BadRequest.

context.Result = new BadRequestResult();

That works fine.

I want to include a message along with this, but BadRequestResult doesn't appear to take any message params?

Is there a way to do this...include a message to say e.g. "reference number not supplied"

Thanks

There's an overloaded constructor that takes a message, like [`BadRequestResult(HttpRequestMessage)`](https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.web.http.results.badrequestresult(v=vs.118).aspx#M:System.Web.Http.Results.BadRequestResult.#ctor(System.Net.Http.HttpRequestMessage)) — juanferrer, Jul 03 '17 at 14:03

score 12 · Answer 1 · edited Aug 23 '19 at 11:39

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This appears to work:

context.Result = new BadRequestObjectResult("Reference number not supplied.");

edited Aug 23 '19 at 11:39

Rory McCrossan

answered Jul 03 '17 at 14:10

thegunner

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Jul 03 '17 at 14:13

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You can use ApiController.BadRequest("Reference number not supplied") to pass a message along with the result. Here's the documentation in MSDN.

answered Jul 03 '17 at 14:13

juanferrer

2 Answers2