Asp.net Web API - return data from actionfilter

Question

I want to return a json object from the wep api actionfilter. How can I achieve this?

I can return the object from action but I need to return some data from the actionf

Answer 1

Just throwing this out there in case anyone else comes here like me and doesn't find an answer to their problem:

You may be using the wrong import - You have 2 options:

• System.Web.Http.Filters
• System.Web.Mvc (or System.Web.Http.Mvc)

Courtesy of Troy Dai from this question: Why is my ASP.NET Web API ActionFilterAttribute OnActionExecuting not firing?