Asp.net Web Api set response status code to number

Question

In Asp.net Web Api, how do I set the status code of my response using an int or string, not the StatusCode enum?

In my case, I\'d like to return validation errors with

Answer 1

Convert your HttpStatusCode to integer:

response.StatusCode = Convert.ToInt32(HttpStatusCode.UnprocessableEntity)

Answer 2

You can cast any int to a HttpStatusCode.

response.StatusCode = (HttpStatusCode)422;

You can also:

HttpResponseMessage response = Request.CreateResponse((HttpStatusCode)422, "Unprocessable Entity");

Answer 3

I ended up creating a class for this:

  public class HttpStatusCodeAdditions
    {
        public const int UnprocessableEntityCode = 422;
        public static HttpStatusCodeAdditions UnprocessableEntity = new HttpStatusCodeAdditions(UnprocessableEntityCode);

        private HttpStatusCodeAdditions(int code)
        {
            Code = code;
        }
        public int Code { get; private set; }

        public static implicit operator HttpStatusCode(HttpStatusCodeAdditions addition)
        {
            return (HttpStatusCode)addition.Code;
        }
    }

which can be used like this:

response.StatusCode = HttpStatusCodeAdditions.UnprocessableEntity;