Return Custom HTTP Status Code from WebAPI 2 endpoint

Question

I\'m working on a service in WebAPI 2, and the endpoint currently returns an IHttpActionResult. I\'d like to return a status code 422, but since it\'s

Answer 1

I use this way simple and elegant.

public ActionResult Validate(User user)
{
     return new HttpStatusCodeResult((HttpStatusCode)500, 
               "My custom internal server error.");
}

Then angular controller.

function errorCallBack(response) {            
$scope.response = {
   code: response.status,
   text: response.statusText
}});    

Hope it helps you.