how to return json error msg in asp.net web api?

Question

I would like to return a json errormessage but at the moment in fiddler I cannot see this in the json panel:

string error = \"An error just happened\";
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Answer 1

You can directly set the status code of the current HTTP response through Response property

Response.StatusCod = (int)HttpStatusCode.BadRequest;
return Json(HttpStatusCode.BadRequest);