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HTTP Status Codes

HTTP Status Codes

In a server response, the Status-Code element is a 3-digit integer where the first digit of the Status-Code defines the response class and the last two digits have no categorising role. There are 5 First Digit values:

Sr No Code and Description
1. 1xx: Informational
This means that the request was received, and the process continues.
2. 2xx: Success
It means that the action was taken, understood and accepted with success.
3. 3xx: Redirection
This means further action to complete the request must be taken.
4. 4xx: Client Error
It means that the request contains incorrect syntax or cannot be complied with.
5. 5xx: Server Error
It means that the server failed to respond to an obviously valid request.

HTTP status codes are extensible, and it is not mandatory for HTTP applications to recognise the meaning of all registered status codes. A list of all of the status codes is given below.

1xx: Information

Message Description
100 Continue The server has only received a part of the request, but as long as it has not been rejected, the client can proceed with the request.
101 Switching The server switches protocol.

2xx: Successful

Message Description
200 OK The request is OK.
201 Created The request is complete, generating a new resource.
202 Accepted For processing the request is approved but the processing is not complete.
203 Non-authoritative Information The entity header information is from a local or third party copy and not from the original server.
204 No Content In the response, a status code and a header are given but there is no entity-body in the response.
205 Reset Content For additional input, the browser should clear the form used for that transaction.
206 Partial Content The server returns partial data of the necessary size. Used in response to a request that specifies a header for the Set. The server must define the range the Content-Range header includes in the response.

3xx: Redirection

Message Description
300 Multiple Choices A list of Links. The user can choose a connect and proceed to that location. Up to five addresses.
301 Moved Permanently The requested page has moved to a new url .
302 Found The requested page relocated to a new url temporarily.
303 See Other You will find the requested page under a different url.
304 Not Modified This is the response code to an If-Modified-Since or If-None-Match header, where the URL has not been updated since the date defined.
305 Use Proxy You must access the requested URL via the proxy specified in the Location header.
306 Unused In a previous version, the code was used. It won't be used anymore but the code is reserved.
307 Temporary Redirect The requested page has moved temporarily to a new url.

4xx: Client Error

Message Description
400 Bad Request The server did not comprehend the request.
401 Unauthorized The page you are requesting requires a username and a password.
402 Payment Required You still can't use the code.
403 Forbidden Access to requested page is forbidden.
404 Not Found The server can not find the requested page.
405 Method Not Allowed The method established out in the request is not permitted.
406 Not Acceptable Only a response which the client does not accept can be generated by the server.
407 Proxy Authentication Required Before this request can be served you need to authenticate with a proxy server.
408 Request Timeout It took more time to request than the server was prepared to wait.
409 Conflict Due to a conflict the request could not be completed.
410 Gone The requested page is no longer available .
411 Length Required No specification is given for the "Content-Length." Without it, the server will not approve the request.
412 Precondition Failed The pre-condition given in the server 's request assessed to false.
413 Request Entity Too Large Since the request entity is too big the server would not accept the request.
414 Request-url Too Long Because the url is too long the server will not accept the request. It happens when you convert a "post" request with a long query information to a "get" request.
415 Unsupported Media Type The server will not approve the request as it does not support the mediatype.
416 Requested Range Not Satisfiable The requested byte range is not available and is out of bounds.
417 Expectation Failed This server could not meet the expectations provided in an Expect request-header field.

5xx: Server Error

Message Description
500 Internal Server Error The request has not been completed. The server met a state of unexpectedness.
501 Not Implemented The request has not been finalised. The server didn't support the required functionality.
502 Bad Gateway The request has not been completed. The upstream server received an invalid response.
503 Service Unavailable The request has not been completed. Temporarily the server overloads or downs.
504 Gateway Timeout The gateway has timed out.
505 HTTP Version Not Supported The server does not support the "http protocol" version.

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