How to return HTTP 500 from ASP.NET Core RC2 Web Api?

Question

Back in RC1, I would do this:

[HttpPost]
public IActionResult Post([FromBody]string something)
{    
    try{
        // ...
    }
    catch(Exception e)
            


        

Answer 1

A better way to handle this as of now (1.1) is to do this in Startup.cs's Configure():

app.UseExceptionHandler("/Error");

This will execute the route for /Error. This will save you from adding try-catch blocks to every action you write.

Of course, you'll need to add an ErrorController similar to this:

[Route("[controller]")]
public class ErrorController : Controller
{
    [Route("")]
    [AllowAnonymous]
    public IActionResult Get()
    {
        return StatusCode(StatusCodes.Status500InternalServerError);
    }
}

More information here.

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In case you want to get the actual exception data, you may add this to the above Get() right before the return statement.

// Get the details of the exception that occurred
var exceptionFeature = HttpContext.Features.Get();

if (exceptionFeature != null)
{
    // Get which route the exception occurred at
    string routeWhereExceptionOccurred = exceptionFeature.Path;

    // Get the exception that occurred
    Exception exceptionThatOccurred = exceptionFeature.Error;

    // TODO: Do something with the exception
    // Log it with Serilog?
    // Send an e-mail, text, fax, or carrier pidgeon?  Maybe all of the above?
    // Whatever you do, be careful to catch any exceptions, otherwise you'll end up with a blank page and throwing a 500
}

Above snippet taken from Scott Sauber's blog.