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,
            };
        }
    }
}

possible duplicate of [Redirect from asp.net web api post action](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/11324711/redirect-from-asp-net-web-api-post-action) — Jamie Dixon, Oct 10 '13 at 11:31
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1549324/net-mvc-redirect-to-external-url — Eren, Oct 10 '13 at 11:36

Aleksei Chepovoi · Accepted Answer · 2013-10-10T11:47:59.167

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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;
}

edited Oct 10 '13 at 11:47

answered Oct 10 '13 at 11:42

Aleksei Chepovoi

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Why isnt the HttpStatusCode.Redirect used? – Martea Feb 17 '14 at 09:51
@Martea `HttpStatusCode.Redirect` is a temporary redirect. `HttpStatusCode.Moved` indicates the redirect is permanent. – Shawn South Jul 11 '15 at 00:00

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Oct 10 '13 at 11:34

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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");

answered Oct 10 '13 at 11:34

Tom Bowers

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score 0 · Answer 3 · edited Mar 28 '17 at 12:37

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Set the Headers.Location property in your HttpResponseMessage instead.

edited Mar 28 '17 at 12:37

Roman Marusyk

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answered Oct 10 '13 at 11:34

Natan

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He needs to also change the status code to 301 or 302 rather than 404. – Ben Robinson Oct 10 '13 at 11:40

Redirect to new url C# MVC with HttpResponse.Redirect

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