.Net Web Controller JsonResult Function return a html code instead of Json format when calling an api

Question

i cannot find any specific issue in google so better post it here, hope there is some solutions. for more than a week, i am facing this issue. I have a function in my web controller like this

 public JsonResult DeleteAccount(AccountDeletion accountDeletion) { string msg, sts, is_success; try { var response = new ApiResponse(); var reqDTO = new ChangePassword { email = accountDeletion.email, currentPassword = accountDeletion.password, username = accountDeletion.username }; response = _client.PutApiResponse<ApiResponseConfirmPassword>($"{url}/api/Authentication/submit-delete-account", reqDTO).Result; sts = response.StatusCode; msg = response.messsage; is_success = response.IsSuccess; } catch (Exception e) { msg = e.Message; sts = "fail"; is_success = "false"; } return Json(new { data = "", status = "200", message = msg, success = "false" }); } 

this function is being called by ajax request like this

 $.ajax({ url: "/AccountDeletion/DeleteAccount", type: 'POST', data: { 'email': $('#email').val(), 'password': $('#password').val(), 'username': $('#username').val() }, success: function (respond) { //console.log(response); if (respond.success === "true") { ////some code } else { /////some code }, error: function (jqXHR, textStatus, errorThrown) { } } }); 

it always return html code (login.cshtml) when i debug on browser, but when i debug on controller it returns correct json format

i tried commenting the line with api request, and it returns the correct format, but when put it back again, it returns html code again

Answer 1

So, i know the answer...Basically what i am trying to do is creating a simple form in my website to following google policy of "Account Deletion". A bit troublesome that the account used on my mobile apps is no eligible to access web. so, i simulate a login function in the background before user can request to delete their account. thanks to @Aaron mention, i need to put a token in my request to other api. And my code works