Model Validation in ASP.NET Web API By Mike Wasson|July 20, 2012 268 of 294 people found this helpful

using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Net;
using System.Net.Http;
using System.Web.Http.Controllers;
using System.Web.Http.Filters;
using System.Web.Http.ModelBinding;

namespace MyApi.Filters
{
    public class ValidateModelAttribute : ActionFilterAttribute
    {
        public override void OnActionExecuting(HttpActionContext actionContext)
        {
            if (actionContext.ModelState.IsValid == false)
            {
                actionContext.Response = actionContext.Request.CreateErrorResponse(
                    HttpStatusCode.BadRequest, actionContext.ModelState);
            }
        }
    }
}

　　Corresponding result pasted below:

HTTP/1.1 400 Bad Request
Content-Type: application/json; charset=utf-8
Date: Tue, 16 Jul 2013 21:02:29 GMT
Content-Length: 331

{
  "Message": "The request is invalid.",
  "ModelState": {
    "product": [
      "Required property 'Name' not found in JSON. Path '', line 1, position 17."
    ],
    "product.Name": [
      "The Name field is required."
    ],
    "product.Weight": [
      "The field Weight must be between 0 and 999."
    ]
  }
}

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