force-reject-api-call

try {
  return await this.http.get(`/whatever`, {
    validateStatus: status => status === 301 //this throws an error if status code is not = 301
  });
} catch (e) {
  const error = {
    isAxiosError: true,
    response: {
      status: HttpStatusCode.INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR,
      data: [
        {
          code: 'UNEXPECTED_ERROR',
          message: 'API responded with Internal Server Error'
        }
      ]
    }
  } as AxiosError;
  throw error;
}