Asp.Net web service: I would like to return error 403 forbidden

Question

I have got a web service programmed in c# / asp.net.

[WebService(Namespace = "http://example.com/")] [WebServiceBinding(ConformsTo = WsiProfiles.BasicProfile1_1)] [ScriptService] [System.ComponentModel.ToolboxItem(false)] public class Service: System.Web.Services.WebService {      [WebMethod]     [ScriptMethod(ResponseFormat = ResponseFormat.Json)]     public Result GetData()     {         User user = GetUser();          if (user.LoggedIn)         {             return GetData();         }         else         {             // raise exception -> return error 403         }     } 

How is it possible to return error 403 out of this web service? I can throw an exception - but this shows the exeption and not his error.

Any ideas?

Answer 1

If you were using MVC you'd do the following:

            return new HttpStatusCodeResult(HttpStatusCode.Forbidden);