Set status code

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APPLIES TO: All API Management tiers

The set-status policy sets the HTTP status code to the specified value.

Note

Set a policy's elements and child elements in the order provided in the policy statement. Learn more about how to set or edit API Management policies.

Policy statement

<set-status code="HTTP status code" reason="description"/>

Attributes

Attribute Description Required Default
code Integer. The HTTP status code to return. Policy expressions are allowed. Yes N/A
reason String. A description of the reason for returning the status code. Policy expressions are allowed. Yes N/A

Usage

Example

This example shows how to return a 401 response if the authorization token is invalid. For more information, see Using external services from the Azure API Management service.

<choose>
  <when condition="@((bool)((IResponse)context.Variables["tokenstate"]).Body.As<JObject>()["active"] == false)">
    <return-response response-variable-name="existing response variable">
      <set-status code="401" reason="Unauthorized" />
      <set-header name="WWW-Authenticate" exists-action="override">
        <value>Bearer error="invalid_token"</value>
      </set-header>
    </return-response>
  </when>
</choose>

Next steps

For more information about working with policies, see: