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25. HTTP status code selection best practices
Choose appropriate HTTP status codes (200, 201, 204, 400, 401, 403, 404, 409, 500) for responses.
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HTTP status code selection best practices
Choosing the correct HTTP status code communicates what happened with an API request in a standardized way.
"I want clients to know exactly why their request failed or succeeded without reading my docs."
HTTP status codes are short numeric signals (like 200, 404, 500) sent in responses to indicate success, client errors, or server errors so clients can react appropriately.
"I want clients to know exactly why their request failed or succeeded without reading my docs."
HTTP status codes are short numeric signals (like 200, 404, 500) sent in responses to indicate success, client errors, or server errors so clients can react appropriately.