Return View from Asp.Net MVC 4 Web API

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As I am working on Asp.Net MVC 4 Web API, I also need to return a View on specific condition. My flow is as given below:

Third party application will call my Web API method. (e.g. User Authentication)
If there is a valid Credential, I need to return HTTP status as a SUCCESS (200)
If user is Invalid, I need to return a VIEW (Login View) from the same MVC application to ask for Credential. (in the view there will be a 'Register' link)

So the point is, Is this possible to return both the LOGIN View (html) and a WebResponse Status (200) on different condition by the same WEB API method?

Thanks in advance.

You might be better off returning a result with a redirect url to your view. — jrummell
– jrummell, Commented May 17, 2012 at 18:16

lucask · Accepted Answer · 2012-05-17 19:26:10Z

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You could do two things:

Use AuthorizeAttribute like in Jon Galloway's tutorial: Getting started with WebAPI

Wrap Your response data in HttpResponseMessage and redirect user if needed. For example:

var responseMessage = new HttpResponseMessage<Stock>(null, HttpStatusCode.RedirectMethod);
responseMessage.Headers.Location = new Uri("http://www.mysite.com/login");

return responseMessage;

answered May 17, 2012 at 19:26

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robrich · Accepted Answer · 2012-05-17 18:13:32Z

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You should be able to, provided your method's return type is ActionResult. After all, Web API just derives from Controller. The bigger question though: can your client handle such varried answers to the same question? Perhaps you should return 200 on success and non-200 on "go ask the other method for the view".

answered May 17, 2012 at 18:13

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