Do WCF REST services support HTTP 301 redirects?

http-status-code-301, rest, wcf

Solution

Sure just set the location and the status code

WebOperationContext.Current.OutgoingResponse.Location = "http://server/customers/324";
WebOperationContext.Current.OutgoingResponse.StatusCode = HttpStatusCode.MovedPermanently;

I don't know how the WCF client handles redirects, but it is relatively simple to do using HttpWebRequest.

Problem

Is it possible to implement a HTTP 301 redirect for a WCF REST Service so that URLs of the form: http://server/customers/?name=John redirects to http://server/customers/324 (For the client-side case of this question, see Does the WCF REST WebChannelFactory client support REST services that use redirects?)

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