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HTTP - Status Codes
The Status-Code element in a server response, is a 3-digit integer where the first digit of the Status-Code defines the class of response and the last two digits do not have any categorization role. There are 5 values for the first digit:
S.N. | Code and Description |
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1 | 1xx: Informational It means the request has been received and the process is continuing. |
2 | 2xx: Success It means the action was successfully received, understood, and accepted. |
3 | 3xx: Redirection It means further action must be taken in order to complete the request. |
4 | 4xx: Cpent Error It means the request contains incorrect syntax or cannot be fulfilled. |
5 | 5xx: Server Error It means the server failed to fulfill an apparently vapd request. |
HTTP status codes are extensible and HTTP apppcations are not required to understand the meaning of all the registered status codes. Given below is a pst of all the status codes.
1xx: Information
Message | Description |
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100 Continue | Only a part of the request has been received by the server, but as long as it has not been rejected, the cpent should continue with the request. |
101 Switching Protocols | The server switches protocol. |
2xx: Successful
Message | Description |
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200 OK | The request is OK. |
201 Created | The request is complete, and a new resource is created . |
202 Accepted | The request is accepted for processing, but the processing is not complete. |
203 Non-authoritative Information | The information in the entity header is from a local or third-party copy, not from the original server. |
204 No Content | A status code and a header are given in the response, but there is no entity-body in the reply. |
205 Reset Content | The browser should clear the form used for this transaction for additional input. |
206 Partial Content | The server is returning partial data of the size requested. Used in response to a request specifying a Range header. The server must specify the range included in the response with the Content-Range header. |
3xx: Redirection
Message | Description |
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300 Multiple Choices | A pnk pst. The user can select a pnk and go to that location. Maximum five addresses . |
301 Moved Permanently | The requested page has moved to a new url . |
302 Found | The requested page has moved temporarily to a new url . |
303 See Other | The requested page can be found 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 modified since the specified date. |
305 Use Proxy | The requested URL must be accessed through the proxy mentioned in the Location header. |
306 Unused | This code was used in a previous version. It is no longer used, but the code is reserved. |
307 Temporary Redirect | The requested page has moved temporarily to a new url. |
4xx: Cpent Error
Message | Description |
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400 Bad Request | The server did not understand the request. |
401 Unauthorized | The requested page needs a username and a password. |
402 Payment Required | You can not use this code yet. |
403 Forbidden | Access is forbidden to the requested page. |
404 Not Found | The server can not find the requested page. |
405 Method Not Allowed | The method specified in the request is not allowed. |
406 Not Acceptable | The server can only generate a response that is not accepted by the cpent. |
407 Proxy Authentication Required | You must authenticate with a proxy server before this request can be served. |
408 Request Timeout | The request took longer than the server was prepared to wait. |
409 Confpct | The request could not be completed because of a confpct. |
410 Gone | The requested page is no longer available . |
411 Length Required | The "Content-Length" is not defined. The server will not accept the request without it . |
412 Precondition Failed | The pre condition given in the request evaluated to false by the server. |
413 Request Entity Too Large | The server will not accept the request, because the request entity is too large. |
414 Request-url Too Long | The server will not accept the request, because the url is too long. Occurs when you convert a "post" request to a "get" request with a long query information . |
415 Unsupported Media Type | The server will not accept the request, because the mediatype is not supported . |
416 Requested Range Not Satisfiable | The requested byte range is not available and is out of bounds. |
417 Expectation Failed | The expectation given in an Expect request-header field could not be met by this server. |
5xx: Server Error
Message | Description |
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500 Internal Server Error | The request was not completed. The server met an unexpected condition. |
501 Not Implemented | The request was not completed. The server did not support the functionapty required. |
502 Bad Gateway | The request was not completed. The server received an invapd response from the upstream server. |
503 Service Unavailable | The request was not completed. The server is temporarily overloading or down. |
504 Gateway Timeout | The gateway has timed out. |
505 HTTP Version Not Supported | The server does not support the "http protocol" version. |