Asp.net Core Minimal Web Api : Redirect to url showing json response

Question

Hello everyone
in my asp.net core 6.0 minimal web api, i want to have a api method that redirect to a url instead of display anyThing. see my method :

app.MapGet("/", (LinkGeneratorContext db) =>  
{  
    RedirectResult redirect = new RedirectResult("http://www.cnn.com", true);  
    return redirect;  
});  

But this code display json result in my browser & does not redirect to url!
Does something wrong?
Any help can greatly appreciated.
Thanks

Answer 1

app.MapGet("/", async context =>
{    
    await context.Response.Redirect("http://www.cnn.com");
});

Answer 2

Hi again
I've solved the problem!
Try using response.Redirect method (Inject HttpResponse object into your api method via DI).
I'm developing a short link generator with a single service (link generator). i want to create another service which redirect to orginal link when call from browser get request.
Thanks

Answer 3

the webapi system can host a swagger endpoint. instead of having to write /swagger, I'd like to simply redirect to the swagger page.

If I understand correctly, you want to display the swagger doc when using a browser and accessing the application root.

Create an MVC controller where the route in the root and redirect to swagger.

    public class HomeController : Controller
    {
        [Route(""), HttpGet]
        [ApiExplorerSettings(IgnoreApi = true)]
        public RedirectResult Index()
        {
            return Redirect("/swagger/");
        }
    }