How to pass content in response from Exception filter in Asp.net WebAPI?
- by jaffa
Consider following code:
My problem is:
1) I can't seem to cast the errors to HttpContent
2) I can't use the CreateContent extension method as this doesn't exist on the context.Response.Content.CreateContent
public class ServiceLayerExceptionFilter : ExceptionFilterAttribute
{
public override void OnException(HttpActionExecutedContext context)
{
if (context.Response == null)
{
var exception = context.Exception as ModelValidationException;
if ( exception != null )
{
var modelState = new ModelStateDictionary();
modelState.AddModelError(exception.Key, exception.Description);
var errors = modelState.SelectMany(x => x.Value.Errors).Select(x => x.ErrorMessage);
// Cannot cast errors to HttpContent??
// var resp = new HttpResponseMessage(HttpStatusCode.BadRequest) {Content = errors};
// throw new HttpResponseException(resp);
// Cannot create response from extension method??
//context.Response.Content.CreateContent
}
else
{
context.Response = new HttpResponseMessage(context.Exception.ConvertToHttpStatus());
}
}
base.OnException(context);
}
}
