Web API Error Attribute

HandleWebApiErrorAttribute.cs

 // This attribute helps return exception text from web API methods when applied to a MVC Web API controller.
 public class HandleWebApiErrorAttribute : ExceptionFilterAttribute
 {
  public override void OnException(HttpActionExecutedContext context)
  {
   var exception = context.Exception as Exception;
   if (exception != null)
   {
    var message = exception.Message;
    message = message.Replace('\r', ' ').Replace('\n', ' ');
    var response = new HttpResponseMessage(HttpStatusCode.InternalServerError);
    response.Content = new StringContent(message);
    response.ReasonPhrase = message;
    context.Response = response;
  }
 }
}