How to return a StatusCode and Data in action method

Question

How can I return a statuscode and data in a Asp.net web api action method?

I currently just have the status code:

[HttpGet]
public HttpResponseMessage Status(string id)
{              
    var msg2 = Request.CreateResponse(HttpStatusCode.OK);               
    return msg2;          
}

Answer 1

Assuming that you're on the most up to date version, you can just have:

public IHttpActionResult Status(string id)
{           
    return Content(HttpStatusCode.OK,myDataFromSomewhere);
}

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Answer 2

here is an example:

string response = "blabla"
return Request.CreateResponse(HttpStatusCode.OK, response);