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

Sorry for the late answer why don't you simple use

return BadRequest("your message");

I use it for all my IHttpActionResult errors its working well

here is the documentation : https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.web.http.apicontroller.badrequest(v=vs.118).aspx