How to redirect to action in ASP.NET Core WebAPI?

Question

I've got two actions in my ASP.NET Core Web API application's controller:

[HttpGet("get-all")]
public IActionResult GetAll() { ... }

and

[HttpDelete("{id}")]
public IActionResult Delete(int id)
{
    ...

    return RedirectToAction("GetAll"); 
}

Delete action always redirects to itself and never to GetAll. Why so? In the same time similar redirect from Post action works ok.

Can't find any docs on the subject. Any help?

You can make a request in Delete action to GetAll action by HttpClient's GetAsync method and return it's result. — Orhun
– Orhun, Commented May 26, 2018 at 7:59
@Brad, I just want to return updated collection to the client without issuing a new request to GetAll. — Serhii Ka.
– Serhii Ka., Commented May 26, 2018 at 8:04
@Orhun, RedirectToAction method is meant to do the thing, isn't it? — Serhii Ka.
– Serhii Ka., Commented May 26, 2018 at 8:06
The DRY solution is for your delete action to return NoContent() and then let the client request GetAll(). — Brad
– Brad, Commented May 26, 2018 at 13:36

KYG · Accepted Answer · 2018-09-11 22:02:20Z

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Have you tried to use RedirectToActionResult? Like this (change ControllerName with your actual Controller's name ):

RedirectToActionResult("GetAll", "ControllerName", null);

Documentation

Hope you'll find this useful.

answered Sep 11, 2018 at 22:02

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KYG Over a year ago

You can Aldo try to RedirectToRoute("routeName", routeValues) where routeName can be Added to the http route as a name e.g. [HttpGet("get-all", Name = "routeName")]

Matt Drouillard Over a year ago

What is the difference between ReDirectToAction & ReDirectToActionResult?

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