How to return a CSV file with status code from a .Net Core Web API?

Question

I have created WebAPI using.NetCore 6.0. The API will receive a csv file and return the results as a csv file.

    [HttpPost]
    [Route("Search")]
    public async Task<IActionResult> Search(IFormFile file)
    {
    
        StringBuilder sb  = await GetList(int id);
        return File(Encoding.ASCII.GetBytes(sb.ToString()), "text/csv", fileName);
    }

But I would like to return a status code along with result data. Thank you.

Answer 1

Use of Ok() method from ControllerBase class, which your controller should extend.

return Ok(File(Encoding.ASCII.GetBytes(sb.ToString()), "text/csv", fileName));