reading-notes

Status Codes Based On REST Methods

1. In your own words, describe what each group of status code represents:

100’s = its informational status codes that tell the server the requset information 200’s = its success codes that tell the client that its request was accepted 300’s = its redirection codes that tell the client that the resource they are requesting isn’t available at the expected location anymore 400’s = its client error codes that are all about invalid requests a client sent to a server. 500’s = its server error codes. Often they indicate problems with overwhelmed servers

1. What is a status code 202?

mean This code tells the client that the request was valid, but its processing will finish sometime in the future .

1. What is a status code 308?

This tells the client to use another URL to access the resource and not use the current URL anymore.

1. What code would you use if an update didn’t return data to a client?

code 204

1. What code would you use if a resource used to exist but no longer does?

code 410

1. What is the ‘Forbidden’ status code?

The client has authorized or doesn’t need to authorize itself, but still has no permissions to access the resource.