Your Guide to HTTP Response Status Code

Hello, I'm Aya Bouchiha and this is #day-31, in this post, we'll cover the most famous HTTP Status Codes.

Definition of HTTP Response Status Codes

HTTP response status codes are three-digit responses from the server to the browser-side request. such as 500 and 404.

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HTTP Status Codes Groups

These are the most famous HTTP Status Codes, for more details:

• https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Status
• https://umbraco.com/knowledge-base/http-status-codes/#400-bad-request
• https://restfulapi.net/http-status-codes/

1. Informational Responses (100 - 199)

• 100: (Continue) means that the initial part of the request has been received and has not yet been rejected by the server.

• 102: (Processing) this status code means that the server has received and is processing the request. But no response is available yet

2. Successful Responses (200 - 299)

• 200 : (OK) the request has succeded.

• 201 : (Created) means that the request (POST or PUT) has succeeded and a new resource has been created as a result.

• 202: (Accepted) the request has been accepted for processing, but the processing has not been completed

3. Redirection Messages (300 - 399)

• 301: (Moved Permanently) indicates that the URL has been changed permanently & the new one is given in the response

• 307: (Temporary Redirect) the server-side send this kind of response in order to direct the client to get the requested resource at another URI

4. Client Error Responses (400 - 499)

• 400: (Bad Request) the server can't understand the request due to the invalid syntax.

• 401: (Unauthorized) means that the client is unauthenticated, and should authenticate for getting the requested response

• 403: (Forbidden) the server refused to give the requested resource because the client is unauthorized to get the content.

• 404: (Not Found) indicates that the URL is not recognized.

• 405: (Method Not Allowed) The request method is not supported.

5. Server Error Responses (500 - 599)

• 500: (Internal Server Error)given when an unexpected condition was encountered and no more specific message is suitable

• 501: (Not Implemented) indicates that the request can not be handled because it is not supported by the server

• 503: (Service Unavailable) indicates that the server is currently not ready to handle the request.

• 511: (Network Authentication Required) means that the client needs to authenticate to gain network access.

References and useful Resources

• https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Status
• https://umbraco.com/knowledge-base/http-status-codes/#400-bad-request
• https://restfulapi.net/http-status-codes/
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iYM2zFP3Zn0
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wJa5CTIFj7U

Quote of the day

"failure is an event, not a person"

• Zig Ziglar

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