How do you return status 401 from WebAPI to AngularJS and also include a custom message?

Question

In my WebAPI class, an ApiController, I make a call such as:

string myCustomMessage = .....;

throw new HttpResponseException(
    new HttpRespo         


        

Answer 1

Try returning HttpResponseMessage like this.

public HttpResponseMessage Get()
{
    return Request.CreateErrorResponse(
              HttpStatusCode.Unauthorized, "You are not authorized");
}

This should produce an HTTP response message like this.

HTTP/1.1 401 Unauthorized
Content-Type: application/json; charset=utf-8
Server: Microsoft-IIS/8.0
Date: Sat, 12 Apr 2014 07:12:54 GMT
Content-Length: 36

{"Message":"You are not authorized"}