return new NotModified();
public class NotModified : IHttpActionResult
{
public Task<HttpResponseMessage> ExecuteAsync(CancellationToken cancellationToken)
{
var response = new HttpResponseMessage(HttpStatusCode.NotModified);
return Task.FromResult(response);
}
}
namespace MyApplication.WebAPI.Controllers
{
public class BaseController : ApiController
{
public T SendResponse<T>(T response, HttpStatusCode statusCode = HttpStatusCode.OK)
{
if (statusCode != HttpStatusCode.OK)
{
// leave it up to microsoft to make this way more complicated than it needs to be
// seriously i used to be able to just set the status and leave it at that but nooo... now
// i need to throw an exception
var badResponse =
new HttpResponseMessage(statusCode)
{
Content = new StringContent(JsonConvert.SerializeObject(response), Encoding.UTF8, "application/json")
};
throw new HttpResponseException(badResponse);
}
return response;
}
}
}
//and then just inherit from the BaseController
[RoutePrefix("api/devicemanagement")]
public class DeviceManagementController : BaseController
{...
//and then using it
[HttpGet]
[Route("device/search/{property}/{value}")]
public SearchForDeviceResponse SearchForDevice(string property, string value)
{
//todo: limit search property here?
var response = new SearchForDeviceResponse();
var results = _deviceManagementBusiness.SearchForDevices(property, value);
response.Success = true;
response.Data = results;
var statusCode = results == null || !results.Any() ? HttpStatusCode.NoContent : HttpStatusCode.OK;
return SendResponse(response, statusCode);
}
[ResponseType(typeof(User))]
public HttpResponseMessage GetUser(HttpRequestMessage request, int userId, DateTime lastModifiedAtClient)
{
var user = new DataEntities().Users.First(p => p.Id == userId);
if (user.LastModified <= lastModifiedAtClient)
{
return new HttpResponseMessage(HttpStatusCode.NotModified);
}
return request.CreateResponse(HttpStatusCode.OK, user);
}