How do I catch the http status code of server errors into a generic custom error view in ASP.NET MVC

Question

I am trying to implement a general custom error page in ASP.NET MVC 4. I basically set up an Error Layout, which defines a section for outputting the http status code of the

Answer 1

If you're using IIS7+ I'd disable "customerrors" like so:

and use httpErrors like so:

 
     
     
 
....

This allows you to get a non-url changing error page displaying with a 404 status code using the following in your controller:

public class ErrorController : Controller
{
public ActionResult notfound()
    {
        Response.TrySkipIisCustomErrors = true;
        Response.StatusCode = (int)HttpStatusCode.NotFound;
        return View("OneErrorViewToRuleThemAll");
    }
}

ps. "errorMode" needs to change to "Custom" to see it locally....depending on your local setup (i.e. if you're using IISExpress) you might not see the proper error until you upload to a live server.

pps. you could have the single view "OneErrorViewToRuleThemAll" to handle the on-screen output of whatever status codes you decide to handle this way. Each ErrorController Action would end up on this view.