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What status code should put return?
For a PUT request: HTTP 200 or HTTP 204 should imply “resource updated successfully”. For a DELETE request: HTTP 200 or HTTP 204 should imply “resource deleted successfully”. HTTP 202 can also be returned which would imply that the instruction was accepted by the server and the “resource was marked for deletion”.
How do I return HTTP status codes?
The entity format is specified by the media type given in the Content-Type header field. The origin server MUST create the resource before returning the 201 status code. If the action cannot be carried out immediately, the server SHOULD respond with 202 (Accepted) response instead.
What is the status code returned from the server to your browser request is successful?
200s: Success codes returned when browser request was received, understood, and processed by the server.
What does bad HTTP status mean?
The HyperText Transfer Protocol (HTTP) 400 Bad Request response status code indicates that the server cannot or will not process the request due to something that is perceived to be a client error (e.g., malformed request syntax, invalid request message framing, or deceptive request routing).
What’s the HTTP status code to return if multiple actions?
The response MAY be used in success, partial success and also in failure situations. Allthough multi-status is an option, I would return 200 (All is well) if all requests succeeded and an error (500 or maybe 207) otherwise. The standard case should usually be 200 – everything works.
When to use the correct HTTP status code?
Use the appropriate status code in 2xx for a successfully handled login request with the wrong password. Before asking “what is the correct HTTP status code”, it’s important to consider this question: “Should success or failure of login be reflected in the HTTP status code of the response?”
Why does my website always return a 200 code?
From the code, it’s hard to understand what was the failure reason, a HTTP (transport) failure or a REST (logical) failure. If the HTTP request physically was performed successfully it should always return 200 code, regardless is the record (s) found or not. Because URI resource is found and was handled by the HTTP server.
When to use status code for bad data?
I’d like to use a status code so that Flash and AJAX clients can distinguish between success, bad data, and server error without having to parse a response. This is exactly what 400 is for. Yes, it’s used for bad HTTP protocol usage, but it’s not exclusively for that purpose.