HTTP - Status Codes
HTTP - Status Codes
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:
1 1xx: Informational
It means the request has been received and the process is continuing.
2 2xx: Success
3 3xx: Redirection
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 Continue Only a part of the request has been received by the server, but as long as it has not been
rejected, the client should continue with the request.
202 Accepted The request is accepted for processing, but the processing is not complete.
203 Non- The information in the entity header is from a local or third-party copy, not from the original
authoritative server.
Information
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
300 Multiple A link list. The user can select a link and go to that location. Maximum five addresses .
Choices
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 The requested page has moved temporarily to a new url.
Redirect
4xx: Client Error
Message Description
400 Bad Request The server did not understand the request.
402 Payment Required You can not use this code yet.
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 client.
407 Proxy Authentication You must authenticate with a proxy server before this request can be served.
Required
408 Request Timeout The request took longer than the server was prepared to wait.
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 The server will not accept the request, because the request entity is too large.
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 The server will not accept the request, because the mediatype is not supported .
Type
416 Requested Range The requested byte range is not available and is out of bounds.
Not Satisfiable
417 Expectation Failed The expectation given in an Expect request-header field could not be met by this
server.
5xx: Server Error
Message Description
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 functionality
required.
502 Bad Gateway The request was not completed. The server received an invalid response from the
upstream server.
503 Service Unavailable The request was not completed. The server is temporarily overloading or down.
505 HTTP Version Not The server does not support the "http protocol" version.
Supported
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