Acceptable return options for IHttpActionResult

Question

I am looking for, but not finding, a list of all acceptable return options for IHttpActionResult. I know of these two:

Are there more? And where are they documented?

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Aug 23 '17 at 18:55

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There are tons:

This one is my favorite because you can put custom return codes in it e.g.: NoContent 204

Example:

public async Task<IHttpActionResult> DoIt()
{
     return StatusCode(HttpStatusCode.NoContent);
}

Basically all http error codes are supported, I would advise to stick with them for compliance reasons.

answered Aug 23 '17 at 18:55

Stefan

marked as answer because of the example. Thanks! – Casey Crookston Aug 23 '17 at 19:06
If you want something custom, it's worth checking out this post: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/20139621/how-do-i-return-notfound-ihttpactionresult-with-an-error-message-or-exception – Stefan Aug 23 '17 at 19:12

score 2 · Answer 2 · answered Aug 23 '17 at 18:54

2

Is this what you're looking for?

answered Aug 23 '17 at 18:54

lancew

score 2 · Answer 3 · answered Aug 23 '17 at 18:55

2

All of those methods are implemented by ApiController, the base class for your Web API controllers.

Every method on that page with a description that starts with "Creates a" is such a method.

answered Aug 23 '17 at 18:55

Score for the `Creates a` remark, it makes life easier :-) – Stefan Aug 23 '17 at 19:11

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