How to report error to $.ajax without throwing exception in MVC controller?

Question

I have a controller, and a method as defined...

[HttpPost]
public ActionResult UpdateUser(UserInformation model){

   // Instead of throwing exception
   thr         


        

Answer 1

I use this Particular class for Ajax errors

public class HttpStatusCodeResultWithJson : JsonResult
{
    private int _statusCode;
    private string _description;
    public HttpStatusCodeResultWithJson(int statusCode, string description = null)
    {
        _statusCode = statusCode;
        _description = description;
    }
    public override void ExecuteResult(ControllerContext context)
    {
        var httpContext = context.HttpContext;
        var response = httpContext.Response;
        response.StatusCode = _statusCode;
        response.StatusDescription = _description;
        base.JsonRequestBehavior = JsonRequestBehavior.AllowGet;
        base.ExecuteResult(context);
    }
}

Status code is a custom HTTP Status Code and in a global Ajax Error Function I test it like:

MyNsp.ErrorAjax = function (xhr, st, str) {
        if (xhr.status == '418') {
            MyNsp.UI.Message("Warning: session expired!");
            return;
        }
        if (xhr.status == "419") {
            MyNsp.UI.Message("Security Token Missing");
            return;
        }
        var msg = 'Error: ' + (str ? str : xhr.statusText);
        MyNsp.UI.Message('Error. - status:' + st + "(" + msg + ")");
        return;
    };