How does one configure HttpClient not to automatically redirect when it receives a 301 HTTP Status Code?

Question

Consider an ASP.NET Web API service that redirects

public class ThisController : ApiController
{
    /* more methods */

    public override HttpResponseMes         


        

Answer 1

Try:

var handler = new HttpClientHandler() 
{
    AllowAutoRedirect = false
};

HttpClient client = new HttpClient(handler);