ASP.NET - setting status code in controller response

Question

I am a little bit confused sending specific status codes in responses from Web API controllers. Here is example of a simple controller method:

public IHttpActionResult GetDeliveryMethods()
    {
        if (AuthenticationControl)
        {                
            return Ok(db.DeliveryMethods);
        }
        else
            return StatusCode(HttpStatusCode.Unauthorized);
    }

Well, "AuthenticationControl" represents some procedure checking, if a client can get data from the server. Whole method works well, but when I get back a response from the server status code is always 200 OK. I don't understand why, this declaration of responses and status codes is also in main controller template in VS.

What I have to do to send my declaration of status code in response?

Answer 1

Return HTTPResoponse instead of your current return type.

This allows you to set HTTP status codes