What is the best way to return errors from a WCF service in a RESTful way?

Question

Using WCF in a RESTful way seems great. I’m a big fan of the big guns like simplicity and flexibility, but I also love the way the Urls end up looking. What can I say, I’m a

Answer 1

I add the error code both as above (in the status description) and in the body of the returned page in my REST services as:

OutgoingWebResponseContext response = WebOperationContext.Current.OutgoingResponse;
response.StatusCode = HttpStatusCode.Unauthorized;
response.StatusDescription = "You are not authorized.";
HttpContext.Current.Response.Write("You are not authorized.");
return null;