MVC4 WebAPI Mind Argument?

Question

According to the HttpResponseMessage MSDN documentation, the reason for the phrase (such as "OK" 200 OK) must be set. The HTTP response allows me to specify a reason phrase:

HttpResponseMessage response = new HttpResponseMessage(System.Net.HttpStatusCode.Conflict); response.ReasonPhrase = "conflict message"; 

However, when I use the client-side response as WebResponse, I do not see my own reason. I expect to find it under StatusDescription. Looking at the original answer with Fiddler, it doesn't seem that the reason for the phrase is being installed on the server.

A helpful employee indicated that with the results of the action (and the results) I could do something similar to:

new HttpStatusCodeResult(System.Net.HttpStatusCode.Conflict, "conflict message");

This seems to be the exact functionality that I do, but I'm not sure how to convince WebAPI to collaborate.

Where am I going wrong?

Answer 1

ReasonPhrase does not work in Cassini. Use IIS Express, not Cassini, and you will find that the answer includes a reason.