Returning error message to AJAX as well as HTTP status code

Question

I know how to return HTTP status codes to indicate if an AJAX call failed or succeeded using the HttpStatusCode and HttpStatusCodeResult classes, and I know how to return objects using Json(), but now I need to return both a HttpStatusCode.BadRequest and a string containing the error message. I need to return the HttpStatusCode so the AJAX call goes to the error property, and can access the error message.

How would I do this in C#?

UPDATE I found this bit of code:

 return new HttpStatusCodeResult(HttpStatusCode.BadRequest, "This is an error message");

That works alright and I can see the response in my browser. How would I extract the message part of this to display it in an alert through jQuery?

In your $.ajax() error handler, the error message should appear as the second argument, textStatus. — Roamer-1888
– Roamer-1888, Commented Mar 30, 2015 at 21:43

Vim · Accepted Answer · 2015-03-30 21:46:40Z

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Are you trying to do something like this,

try
{
} 
catch (Exception ex)
{
   return Request.CreateResponse(HttpStatusCode.BadRequest, ex.Message);
}

Edit:

error: function (xhr, textStatus, errorThrown) {                
              //errorThrown will have the message you sent. 
              //Also, debug and see the values in xhr object.
            }

edited Mar 30, 2015 at 21:46

answered Mar 30, 2015 at 21:36

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Oscan · Accepted Answer · 2015-03-30 21:35:13Z

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simply you can use this line in your method,

 [HttpGet]
 [Route("Your web api path",Name = "Your web api path")]
 public HttpResponseMessage test ()
 {
     //some codes here 

 return Request.CreateResponse(HttpStatusCode.Ok,[You want to return value]);
 }

I hope this can be help you, cheers dude,

Edit : Also you should add them in your codes, System.Web.Http; System.Net.Http and "System.Web.Http.Results;"

answered Mar 30, 2015 at 21:35

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