Best Practices

The Language of Web Conversations 🌐 HTTP status codes are the internet’s secret handshake. Here’s your decoder ring: 1xx: Informational 100 Continue: “Keep sending, I’m listening!” 2xx: Success 200 OK: “Everything worked perfectly!” 201 Created: “New resource born successfully” 204 No Content: “Request succeeded, nothing to show” 3xx: Redirection 301 Moved Permanently: “We’ve moved houses!” 304 Not Modified: “Cache still fresh ☕” 4xx: Client Errors 400 Bad Request: “Check your syntax, friend” 401 Unauthorized: “Who goes there?” 404 Not Found: “Digital ghost town” 418 I’m a teapot: (RFC 2324 Easter egg 🫖) 5xx: Server Errors 500 Internal Error: “Our bad!” 503 Service Unavailable: “Try again later” Pro Tip: Always return appropriate status codes with meaningful error messages: ...