Return content with IHttpActionResult for non-OK response

Question

For returning from a Web API 2 controller, I can return content with the response if the response is OK (status 200) like this:

    public IHttpActionResult          


        

Answer 1

For exceptions, I usually do

 catch (Exception ex)
        {
            return InternalServerError(new ApplicationException("Something went wrong in this request. internal exception: " + ex.Message));
        }