Redirect from asp.net web api post action

Question

I'm very new to ASP.NET 4.0 Web API. Can we redirect to another URL at the end of the POST action?, something like ... Response.Redirect(url)

Actually I upload file from a MVC application (say www.abcmvc.com) through Web API (say www.abcwebapi.com/upload)

Here upload is the POST action. I post a multi-part form to Web API upload controller's post action. After uploading I would like to redirect back to www.abcmvc.com.

Is this possible?

Solution 1

Sure:

public HttpResponseMessage Post()
{
    // ... do the job

    // now redirect
    var response = Request.CreateResponse(HttpStatusCode.Moved);
    response.Headers.Location = new Uri("http://www.abcmvc.com");
    return response;
}

Solution 2

Here is another way you can get to the root of your website without hard coding the url:

var response = Request.CreateResponse(HttpStatusCode.Moved);
string fullyQualifiedUrl = Request.RequestUri.GetLeftPart(UriPartial.Authority);
response.Headers.Location = new Uri(fullyQualifiedUrl);

Note: Will only work if both your MVC website and WebApi are on the same URL

Solution 3

    [HttpGet]
    public RedirectResult Get()
    {
        return RedirectPermanent("https://www.google.com");
    }

Solution 4

You can check this

[Route("Report/MyReport")]
public IHttpActionResult GetReport()
{

   string url = "https://localhost:44305/Templates/ReportPage.html";

   System.Uri uri = new System.Uri(url);

   return Redirect(uri);
}

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Comments

[AaronLS]

Using this Redirect technique solved the "object moved to" WebAPI page I was getting with other redirect techniques. Also for Redirect temporary instead of permanent you can use HttpStatusCode.Redirect (302) or .RedirectMethod (303)

[Brett]

@Darin Dimitrov, this works. Why is it that when I use HttpStatusCode.Redirect instead, my client receives a 401 response?

[Kaspar Lee]

@dotnetguy Please stop suggesting the same edit. If you want, post the code you changed in a separate answer. There is no point in continuing to edit, the reviewers will turn each edit down.