model view controller - WebApi: Reading errors -

i've got simple web api consumed mvc project, keep on getting 'response status code not indicate success' , wondering how response body error, can see error within rest viewer can't navigate through error. following code within mvc app

public actionresult index()     {          try         {             var uri = "http://localhost:57089/api/values";              using (var client = new httpclient())             {                 task<string> response =  client.getstringasync(uri);                  object result = jsonconvert.deserializeobject(response.result);                  return (actionresult) result;              }           }         catch (exception ex)         {             return content(ex.tostring());         }          return view();     } 

within api controller i'm sending bad request, here's code

        public ihttpactionresult get()         {          return badrequest("this bad request " + system.datetime.now.touniversaltime());          } 

i've tried use webexception, httprequestexception exceptions catch error no luck.

i can see response body within rest viewer

i want able navigate error message can pass client (which later changed guid).

[edited]

i've got solution without using getstringasync, wanted use if possible.

here's solution

 var httpclient = new httpclient();             httpclient.baseaddress = new uri(url);             httpresponsemessage responsemessage = httpclient.getasync("").result;              if (responsemessage.issuccessstatuscode) return content(responsemessage.tostring());             var = responsemessage.content.readasstringasync().result;              var result = jsonconvert.deserializeobject<httperror>(a);              object value = "";              return content(result.trygetvalue("errormessage", out value) ? value.tostring() : responsemessage.tostring()); 

is there better way?

using webexception should able responsestream , custom error message this:

catch (webexception e) {     var message = e.message;     using (var reader = new streamreader(e.response.getresponsestream()))     {         var content = reader.readtoend();     } } 

hope helps.