How to return HTTP Status Codes from API?

I am no expert on the matter, but did you check the HTTPStatusCodes sample from the APISamples project on the product delivery (<Product>\Modules\QBM\dvd\AddOn\ApiSamples)?

No, didn't stumbled upon that. Sorry and thanks.

That example uses a HttpException to return status codes. While that works fine in some (if not most) cases, it assumes that every status code change has to be an error.
That's not true for status codes 1xx-3xx.

Indeed, for most of my work this is sufficient.

Hi Wolfgang,

You could emit any status code without using a HttpException, but it's a bit more complex.

It's true that the default model focuses on the data, and abstracts away stuff like HTTP headers, status codes and content types. There will be a more flexible way to configure the underlying HttpResponseMessage object starting with version 8.2.

Do you have a specific use case for the status codes 1xx-3xx in mind?

Hanno

Hi Wolfgang,

You could emit any status code without using a HttpException, but it's a bit more complex.

It's true that the default model focuses on the data, and abstracts away stuff like HTTP headers, status codes and content types. There will be a more flexible way to configure the underlying HttpResponseMessage object starting with version 8.2.

Do you have a specific use case for the status codes 1xx-3xx in mind?

Hanno

Hi Hanno,

we had 201 (created), 202 (accepted - e.g. on creating a process), 204 (no content), and 304 (not modified) in mind when we started to investigate. And as I wrote - for most of our work we could forego different status codes.

But 8.2 would be fine for us - thanks.