HTTP status codes and their respective Rails symbol representations. For example, :not_found
can be used instead of 404
in a render call:
Rest Http Response Codes Cheat Sheet
Today’s poster is for the variety of HTTP status codes which exist. Not only is there the 34 original HTTP v1.0 ones and the 6 new ones that came in with 1.1. There is also another 10 extensions from official RFC’s, and two special case ones. That is 52 in total, and it isn’t easy to remember what they are all are – so this poster is a cheat sheet to help with that. HTTP Status Code directory, with definitions, details and helpful code references. Sponsored by Runscope — API Monitoring & Testing. HTTP Status Codes. Httpstatuses.com is an easy to reference database of HTTP Status Codes with their definitions and helpful code references all in one place. Examples of using HTTP Status Codes in REST 201 – When doing a POST to create a new resource it is best to return 201 and not 200. 204 – When deleting a resources it is best to return 204, which indicates it succeeded but there is no body to return. HTTP Status codes cheat sheet In HTTP /1.0 and since, the first line of the HTTP response is called the status line and includes a numeric status code (such as “404”) and a.
1xx Informational
| The server has received the request headers, and that the client should proceed to send the request body. |
| The requester has asked the server to switch protocols and the server is acknowledging that it will do so. |
| The server has received and is processing the request, but no response is available yet. |
2xx Success
| The standard response for successful HTTP requests. |
| The request has been fulfilled and a new resource has been created. |
| The request has been accepted but has not been processed yet. This code does not guarantee that the request will process successfully. |
| HTTP 1.1. The server successfully processed the request but is returning information from another source. |
| The server accepted the request but is not returning any content. This is often used as a response to a |
| Similar to a |
| The server is delivering only a portion of the content, as requested by the client via a range header. |
| The message body that follows is an XML message and can contain a number of separate response codes, depending on how many sub-requests were made. WebDAV - RFC 4918 |
| The members of a DAV binding have already been enumerated in a previous reply to this request, and are not being included again. WebDAV - RFC 5842 |
| The server has fulfilled a GET request for the resource, and the response is a representation of the result of one or more instance-manipulations applied to the current instance. |
3xx Redirection
| There are multiple options that the client may follow. |
| The resource has been moved and all further requests should reference its new URI. |
| The HTTP 1.0 specification described this status as 'Moved Temporarily', but popular browsers respond to this status similar to behavior intended for |
| The resource can be retrieved by following other URI using the |
| The resource has not been modified since the version specified in |
| HTTP 1.1. The resource is only available through a proxy and the address is provided in the response. |
| Deprecated in HTTP 1.1. Used to mean that subsequent requests should be sent using the specified proxy. |
| HTTP 1.1. The request should be repeated with the URI provided in the response, but future requests should still call the original URI. |
| Experimental. The request and all future requests should be repeated with the URI provided in the response. The HTTP method is not allowed to be changed in the subsequent request. |
4xx Client Error
| The request could not be fulfilled due to the incorrect syntax of the request. |
| The requestor is not authorized to access the resource. This is similar to |
| Reserved for future use. Some web services use this as an indication that the client has sent an excessive number of requests. |
| The request was formatted correctly but the server is refusing to supply the requested resource. Unlike |
| The resource could not be found. This is often used as a catch-all for all invalid URIs requested of the server. |
| The resource was requested using a method that is not allowed. For example, requesting a resource via a |
| The resource is valid, but cannot be provided in a format specified in the |
| Authentication is required with the proxy before requests can be fulfilled. |
| The server timed out waiting for a request from the client. The client is allowed to repeat the request. |
| The request cannot be completed due to a conflict in the request parameters. |
| The resource is no longer available at the requested URI and no redirection will be given. |
| The request did not specify the length of its content as required by the resource. |
| The server does not meet one of the preconditions specified by the client. |
| The request is larger than what the server is able to process. |
| The URI provided in the request is too long for the server to process. This is often used when too much data has been encoded into the URI of a |
| The client provided data with a media type that the server does not support. |
| The client has asked for a portion of the resource but the server cannot supply that portion. |
| The server cannot meet the requirements of the Expect request-header field. |
| The request was formatted correctly but cannot be processed in its current form. Often used when the specified parameters fail validation errors. WebDAV - RFC 4918 |
| The requested resource was found but has been locked and will not be returned. WebDAV - RFC 4918 |
| The request failed due to a failure of a previous request. WebDAV - RFC 4918 |
| The client should repeat the request using an upgraded protocol such as TLS 1.0. |
Httpstatuses
5xx Server Error
| A generic status for an error in the server itself. |
| The server cannot respond to the request. This usually implies that the server could possibly support the request in the future — otherwise a |
| The server is acting as a proxy and did not receive an acceptable response from the upstream server. |
| The server is down and is not accepting requests. |
| The server is acting as a proxy and did not receive a response from the upstream server. |
| The server does not support the HTTP protocol version specified in the request. |
| Transparent content negotiation for the request results in a circular reference. |
| The user or server does not have sufficient storage quota to fulfill the request. WebDAV - RFC 4918 |
| The server detected an infinite loop in the request. WebDAV - RFC 5842 |
| Further extensions to the request are necessary for it to be fulfilled. |
| The client must authenticate with the network before sending requests. |
Notes
Http Response Status Codes Cheat Sheet
- Based on cheat.errtheblog.com and List of HTTP status codes on Wikipedia.