Http Status Codes

You can declaratively check the status code with this syntax:

public async Task check_the_status(IAlbaHost system)
{
    await system.Scenario(_ =>
    {
        // Shorthand for saying that the StatusCode should be 200
        _.StatusCodeShouldBeOk();

        // Or a specific status code
        _.StatusCodeShouldBe(403);

        // Any status code between 200 and 299; this is the
        // default expectation for every scenario
        _.StatusCodeShouldBeSuccess();

        // Ignore the status code altogether
        _.IgnoreStatusCode();
    });
}

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Do note that by default, if you do not specify the expected status code, Alba assumes that the request should return a success status code (200-299) and will fail the scenario otherwise. Use StatusCodeShouldBe(...) or StatusCodeShouldBeOk() to require one exact status code, or Scenario.IgnoreStatusCode() to skip the check altogether. StatusCodeShouldBeSuccess() restores the default success-range expectation after either of those.