Forms authentication: disable redirect to the login page

Question

I have an application that uses ASP.NET Forms Authentication. For the most part, it\'s working great, but I\'m trying to add support for a simple API via an .ashx file. I wa

Answer 1

I'm not sure if this will work for everyone, but in IIS7 you can call Response.End() after you've set the status code and description. This way, that #&$^#@*! FormsAuthenticationModule won't do a redirect.

public void ProcessRequest(HttpContext context) {
    Response.StatusCode = 401;
    Response.StatusDescription = "Authentication required";
    Response.End();
}