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How to create a security ASP.NET Web API controller

 Hi, Here is a code that has base response class and use it in an ASP.NET Web API controller to send a response with a cookie and security headers. This code creates a BaseResponse<T> class with a Status property and a Data property of type T. In the Post method of MyController, a new HttpResponseMessage is created with a status of OK and the content set to a serialized BaseResponse<string>. A cookie is added to the response headers, and then several security headers are added. The X-Content-Type-Options header is set to nosniff to prevent the browser from trying to interpret content with a MIME type that doesn't match the declared type. The X-Frame-Options header is set to SAMEORIGIN to prevent the page from being displayed in a frame or iframe. The Content-Security-Policy header is set to only allow content from the same origin In this code, I've assumed that you have a service IDatabaseService with a method CheckIfExists that checks if an ID exists in the databas