Returning http status code from Web Api controller

Question

I\'m trying to return a status code of 304 not modified for a GET method in a web api controller.

The only way I succeeded was something like this:

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Answer 1

In MVC 5, things got easier:

return new StatusCodeResult(HttpStatusCode.NotModified, this);

Answer 2

public HttpResponseMessage Post(Article article)
{
    HttpResponseMessage response = Request.CreateResponse<Article>(HttpStatusCode.Created, article);

    string uriToTheCreatedItem = Url.Route(null, new { id = article.Id });
    response.Headers.Location = new Uri(Request.RequestUri, uriToTheCreatedItem);

    return response;
}

Answer 3

.net core 2.2 returning 304 status code. This is using an ApiController.

    [HttpGet]
    public ActionResult<YOUROBJECT> Get()
    {
        return StatusCode(304);
    }

Optionally you can return an object with the response

    [HttpGet]
    public ActionResult<YOUROBJECT> Get()
    {
        return StatusCode(304, YOUROBJECT); 
    }

Answer 4

Another option:

return new NotModified();

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public class NotModified : IHttpActionResult
{
    public Task<HttpResponseMessage> ExecuteAsync(CancellationToken cancellationToken)
    {
        var response = new HttpResponseMessage(HttpStatusCode.NotModified);
        return Task.FromResult(response);
    }
}

Answer 5

If you need to return an IHttpActionResult and want to return the error code plus a message, use:

return ResponseMessage(Request.CreateErrorResponse(HttpStatusCode.NotModified, "Error message here"));

Answer 6

An update to @Aliostads answer using the more moden IHttpActionResult introduced in Web API 2.

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/aspnet/web-api/overview/getting-started-with-aspnet-web-api/action-results#ihttpactionresult

public class TryController : ApiController
{
    public IHttpActionResult GetUser(int userId, DateTime lastModifiedAtClient)
    {
        var user = new DataEntities().Users.First(p => p.Id == userId);
        if (user.LastModified <= lastModifiedAtClient)
        {
            return StatusCode(HttpStatusCode.NotModified);
            // If you would like to return a Http Status code with any object instead:
            // return Content(HttpStatusCode.InternalServerError, "My Message");
        }
        return Ok(user);
    }
}