How to return 401 instead of 302 in ASP.NET Core?

Question

I\'m trying to get ASP.NET Core Identity to return 401 when a user isn\'t logged in. I\'ve added an [Authorize] attribute to my method and instead of returning

Answer 1

As of ASP.NET Core 2.x:

services.ConfigureApplicationCookie(options =>
{
    options.Events.OnRedirectToLogin = context =>
    {
        context.Response.StatusCode = 401;    
        return Task.CompletedTask;
    };
});