Creating new IHttpActionResult action result methods
Is there a way I can use the new IHttpActionResult interface to return a HttpStatusCode.NoContent response message?
I am currently using return new HttpResponseMessage( HttpStatusCode.NoContent );
and would like to convert this into return NoContent();.
IHttpActionResult has already got Ok(), Conflict() and NotFound() but I cannot find any for Forbidden() and NoContent() which I need to use in my project.
How easy is it to add other result types?
Answer
There's no convenience method for no-content result because, by default, when a action returns void, the response will have the HTTP status 204.
If you wish to explicitly indicate that on the action, you could also return a StatusCode(HttpStatusCode.NoContent) from your action or a
ResponseMessage(new HttpResponseMessage(HttpStatusCode.NoContent)).
The Unauthorized() convenience method gives you a 401 status so, for Forbidden (403), you would also have to use StatusCode(HttpStatusCode.Forbidden) or
ResponseMessage(new HttpResponseMessage(HttpStatusCode.Forbidden))