Redirect to new url C# MVC with HttpResponse.Redirect

Question

I am struggling with the HttpResponse.Redirect method. I thought it would be included in System.Web but I am getting the

The name 'Response' does not exist in the current context" error.

This is the entire controller:

using System.Net;
using System.Net.Http;
using System.Text;
using System.Web;
using System.Web.Http;
namespace MvcApplication1.Controllers
{
 public class SmileyController : ApiController
 {
 public HttpResponseMessage Get(string id)
 {
 Response.Redirect("http://www.google.com");
 return new HttpResponseMessage
 {
 Content = new StringContent("[]", new UTF8Encoding(), "application/json"),
 StatusCode = HttpStatusCode.NotFound,
 };
 }
 }
}

• Jamie Dixon: possible duplicate of Redirect from asp.net web api post action
• Eren: stackoverflow.com/questions/1549324/…

Answer 1

You can get HttpResponse object for current request in Your action method using the following line:

HttpContext.Current.Response

and so You can write:

HttpContext.Current.Response.Redirect("http://www.google.com"); 

Anyway, You use HttpResponseMessage, so the proper way to redirect would be like this:

public HttpResponseMessage Get(string id)
{
 // Your logic here before redirection
 var response = Request.CreateResponse(HttpStatusCode.Moved);
 response.Headers.Location = new Uri("http://www.google.com");
 return response;
}

• Martea: Why isnt the HttpStatusCode.Redirect used?
• Shawn South: @Martea HttpStatusCode.Redirect is a temporary redirect. HttpStatusCode.Moved indicates the redirect is permanent.

Answer 2

In an MVC web application controller, Response isn't accessed in the same way as it would be from an aspx page. You need to access it through the current http context.

HttpContext.Current.Response.Redirect("http://www.google.com");

Answer 3

Set the Headers.Location property in your HttpResponseMessage instead.

• Coding Flow: He needs to also change the status code to 301 or 302 rather than 404.