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
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: Client 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 valid request.
HTTP status codes are extensible and HTTP applications are not required to understand the meaning of all the registered status codes. Given below is a list of all the status codes.
1xx: Information
Message Description
100 Only a part of the request has been received by the server, but as long as it has Continue not been rejected, the client should continue with the request.
101 The server switches protocol.
Switching Protocols
2xx: Successful
Message Description
200 OK The request is OK.
201 Created The request is complete, and a new resource is created .
202 The request is accepted for processing, but the processing is not complete. Accepted 203 Non- The information in the entity header is from a local or third-party copy, not from authoritative the original server. Information
204 No A status code and a header are given in the response, but there is no entity-body Content in the reply.
205 Reset The browser should clear the form used for this transaction for additional input. Content
206 Partial The server is returning partial data of the size requested. Used in response to a Content request specifying a Range header. The server must specify the range included in the response with the Content-Range header.
3xx: Redirection
Message Description
300 Multiple A link list. The user can select a link and go to that location. Maximum five Choices addresses .
301 Moved The requested page has moved to a new url .
Permanently
302 Found The requested page has moved temporarily to a new url .
303 See The requested page can be found under a different url . Other
304 Not This is the response code to an If-Modified-Since or If-None-Match header, where Modified the URL has not been modified since the specified date.
305 Use The requested URL must be accessed through the proxy mentioned in the Proxy Location header.
306 Unused This code was used in a previous version. It is no longer used, but the code is reserved.
307 The requested page has moved temporarily to a new url.
Temporary Redirect
4xx: Client Error
Message Description
400 Bad Request The server did not understand the request.
401 The requested page needs a username and a password.
Unauthorized
402 Payment You can not use this code yet.
Required
403 Forbidden Access is forbidden to the requested page.
404 Not Found The server can not find the requested page.
405 Method Not The method specified in the request is not allowed. Allowed
406 Not The server can only generate a response that is not accepted by the client. Acceptable
407 Proxy You must authenticate with a proxy server before this request can be served. Authentication Required
408 Request The request took longer than the server was prepared to wait. Timeout
409 Conflict The request could not be completed because of a conflict.
410 Gone The requested page is no longer available .
411 Length The "Content-Length" is not defined. The server will not accept the request Required without it .
412 Precondition The pre condition given in the request evaluated to false by the server. Failed
413 Request The server will not accept the request, because the request entity is too Entity Too Large large.
414 Request-url The server will not accept the request, because the url is too long. Occurs Too Long when you convert a "post" request to a "get" request with a long query information .
415 Unsupported The server will not accept the request, because the mediatype is not Media Type supported .
416 Requested The requested byte range is not available and is out of bounds. Range Not Satisfiable
417 Expectation The expectation given in an Expect request-header field could not be met by Failed this server.
5xx: Server Error
Message Description
500 Internal Server The request was not completed. The server met an unexpected Error condition.
501 Not Implemented The request was not completed. The server did not support the functionality required.
502 Bad Gateway The request was not completed. The server received an invalid response from the upstream server.
503 Service The request was not completed. The server is temporarily overloading Unavailable or down.
504 Gateway Timeout The gateway has timed out.
505 HTTP Version Not The server does not support the "http protocol" version. Supported
