MVC Controller return a bad request?

Question

I was wondering if it was possible to return a bad request with content from an MVC Controller? The only way I have been able to do this is to throw HttpException however here I can't set any content. Tried this approach to but for some odd reason I am always getting an OK back. Is it possible to do this?

public class SomeController : Controller {     [HttpPost]     public async Task<HttpResponseMessage> Foo()     {         var response = new HttpResponseMessage(HttpStatusCode.BadRequest);         response.Content = new StringContent("Naughty");          return response;         } } 

Answer 1

return new HttpStatusCodeResult(HttpStatusCode.BadRequest, "naughty"); 

Answer 2

Set the Http status code to bad request and use Content method to send your content along with response.

public class SomeController : Controller {     [HttpPost]     public async Task<ActionResult> Foo()     {         Response.StatusCode = 400;         return Content("Naughty");     } }