Saturday, July 30, 2011

List of HTTP Response Codes

1xx Informational
Request received, continuing process.
This class of status code indicates a provisional response, consisting only of the Status-Line and optional headers, and is terminated by an empty line. Since HTTP/1.0 did not define any 1xx status codes, servers must not send a 1xx response to an HTTP/1.0 client except under experimental conditions.

100 Continue
    This means that the server has received the request headers, and that the client should proceed to send the request body (in the case of a request for which a body needs to be sent; for example, a POST request). If the request body is large, sending it to a server when a request has already been rejected based upon inappropriate headers is inefficient. To have a server check if the request could be accepted based on the request's headers alone, a client must send Expect:
100-continue as a header in its initial request and check if a 100 Continue status code is received in response before continuing (or receive 417 Expectation Failed and not continue).

101 Switching Protocols
    This means the requester has asked the server to switch protocols and the server is acknowledging that it will do so.

102 Processing (WebDAV) (RFC 2518)
    as a WebDAV request may contain many sub-requests involving file operations, it may take a long time to complete the request. This code indicates that the server has received and is processing the request, but no response is available yet. This prevents the client from timing out and assuming the request was lost.

122 Request-URI too long
    This is a non-standard IE7-only code which means the URI is longer than a maximum of 2083 characters.

2xx Success
This class of status codes indicates the action requested by the client was received, understood, accepted and processed successfully.

200 OK
Standard response for successful HTTP requests. The actual response will depend on the request method used. In a GET request, the response will contain an entity corresponding to the requested resource. In a POST request the response will contain an entity describing or containing the result of the action.

201 Created
Following a POST command, this indicates success, but the textual part of the response line indicates the URI by which the newly created document should be known.

202 Accepted
    The request has been accepted for processing, but the processing has not been completed. The request might or might not eventually be acted upon, as it might be disallowed when processing actually takes place.

203 Partial Information
When received in the response to a GET command, this indicates that the returned meta information is not a definitive set of the object from a server with a copy of the object, but is from a private overlaid web. This may include annotation information about the object, for example.

204 No Response
Server has received the request but there is no information to send back, and the client should stay in the same document view. This is mainly to allow input for scripts without changing the document at the same time.

205 Reset Content
    The server successfully processed the request, but is not returning any content. Unlike a 204 response, this response requires that the requester reset the document view.

206 Partial Content
   The server has fulfilled the partial GET request for the resource. The request MUST have included a Range header field indicating the desired range, and MAY have included an If-Range header field to make the request conditional.
If the 206 response is the result of an If-Range request that used a strong cache validator the response SHOULD NOT include other entity-headers. If the response is the result of an If-Range request that used a weak validator, the response MUST NOT include other entity-headers; this prevents inconsistencies between cached entity-bodies and updated headers. Otherwise, the response MUST include all of the entity-headers that would have been returned with a 200 (OK) response to the same request.
A cache MUST NOT combine a 206 response with other previously cached content if the ETag or Last-Modified headers do not match exactly, A cache that does not support the Range and Content-Range headers MUST NOT cache 206 (Partial) responses.


207 Multi-Status (WebDAV) (RFC 4918)
    The message body that follows is an XML message and can contain a number of separate response codes, depending on how many sub-requests were made.

226 IM Used (RFC 3229)
    The server has fulfilled a GET request for the resource, and the response is a representation of the result of one or more instance-manipulations applied to the current instance.

3xx Redirection
The client must take additional action to complete the request.
This class of status code indicates that further action needs to be taken by the user agent in order to fulfil the request. The action required may be carried out by the user agent without interaction with the user if and only if the method used in the second request is GET or HEAD. A user agent should not automatically redirect a request more than five times, since such redirections usually indicate an infinite loop.

300 Multiple Choices
    Indicates multiple options for the resource that the client may follow. It, for instance, could be used to present different format options for video, list files with different extensions, or word sense disambiguation.

301 Moved Permanently
    This and all future requests should be directed to the given URI.

302 Found
    This is an example of industrial practice contradicting the standard. HTTP/1.0

specification (RFC 1945) required the client to perform a temporary redirect (the original describing phrase was "Moved Temporarily"), but popular browsers implemented 302 with the functionality of a 303 See Other. Therefore, HTTP/1.1 added status codes 303 and 307 to distinguish between the two behaviors. However, the majority of Web applications and frameworks still [as of?] use the 302 status code as if it were the 303.

303 See Other (since HTTP/1.1)
    The response to the request can be found under another URI using a GET method. When received in response to a POST (or PUT/DELETE), it should be assumed that the server has received the data and the redirect should be issued with a separate GET message.

304 Not Modified
    Indicates the resource has not been modified since last requested. Typically, the HTTP client provides a header like the If-Modified-Since header to provide a time against which to compare. Using this saves bandwidth and reprocessing on both the server and client, as only the header data must be sent and received in comparison to the entirety of the page being re-processed by the server, then sent again using more bandwidth of the server and client.

305 Use Proxy (since HTTP/1.1)
    Many HTTP clients (such as Mozilla and Internet Explorer) do not correctly handle responses with this status code, primarily for security reasons.

306 Switch Proxy
    No longer used.

307 Temporary Redirect (since HTTP/1.1)
    In this occasion, the request should be repeated with another URI, but future requests can still use the original URI. In contrast to 303, the request method should not be changed when reissuing the original request. For instance, a POST request must be repeated using another POST request.

4xx Client Error
The 4xx class of status code is intended for cases in which the client seems to have erred. Except when responding to a HEAD request, the server should include an entity containing an explanation of the error situation, and whether it is a temporary or permanent condition. These status codes are applicable to any request method. User agents should display any included entity to the user. These are typically the most common error codes encountered while online.

400 Bad request
The request had bad syntax or was inherently impossible to be satisfied.

401 Unauthorized
The request requires user authentication. Similar to 403 Forbidden, the page you were trying to access can not be loaded until you first log on with a valid user ID and password. If you have just logged on and received the 401 Unauthorized error, it means that the credentials you entered were invalid for some reason.

402 Payment Required
    Reserved for future use. The original intention was that this code might be used as part of some form of digital cash or micro payment scheme, but that has not happened, and this code is not usually used. As an example of its use, however, Apple's MobileMe service generates a 402 error ("httpStatusCode:402" in the Mac OS X Console log) if the MobileMe account is delinquent.

403 Forbidden
    The request was a legal request, but the server is refusing to respond to it. Unlike a 401 Unauthorized response, authenticating will make no difference.

404 Not Found
    The requested resource could not be found but may be available again in the future. Subsequent requests by the client are permissible.

405 Method Not Allowed
    A request was made of a resource using a request method not supported by that resource; for example, using GET on a form which requires data to be presented via POST, or using PUT on a read-only resource.

406 Not Acceptable
    The requested resource is only capable of generating content not acceptable according to the Accept headers sent in the request.

407 Proxy Authentications Required
The Web server (running the Web site) thinks that the HTTP data stream sent from the client (e.g. your Web browser or our CheckUpDown robot) was correct, but access to the URL resource requires the prior use of a proxy server that needs some authentication which has not been provided. This typically means you must log in (enter user ID and password) with the proxy server first.
A 407 error detected via a Web browser can often be resolved by navigating to the URL in a slightly different way e.g. accessing another URL for the proxy server first. Your ISP should be able to explain the role of the proxy server in their security setup and how you should use it.


408 Request Timeout
    Client stopped the request before the server finished retrieving it. A user will either hit the stop button, close the browser, or click on a link before the page loads. Usually occurs when servers are slow or file sizes are large.

409 Conflict
    Indicates that the request could not be processed because of conflict in the request, such as an edit conflict.

410 Gone
    Indicates that the resource requested is no longer available and will not be available again. This should be used when a resource has been intentionally removed and the resource should be purged. Upon receiving a 410 status code, the client should not request the resource again in the future. Clients such as search engines should remove the resource from their indices. Most use cases do not require clients and search engines to purge the resource, and a "404 Not Found" may be used instead.

411 Length Required
    The request did not specify the length of its content, which is required by the requested resource.

412 Precondition Failed
    The server does not meet one of the preconditions that the requester put on the request.

413 Request Entity Too Large
    The request is larger than the server is willing or able to process.

414 Request-URI Too Long
    The URI provided was too long for the server to process.

415 Unsupported Media Type
    The request entity has a media type which the server or resource does not support. For example, the client uploads an image as image/svg+xml, but the server requires that images use a different format.

416 Requested Range Not Satisfiable
    The client has asked for a portion of the file, but the server cannot supply that portion. For example, if the client asked for a part of the file that lies beyond the end of the file.

417 Expectation Failed
    The server cannot meet the requirements of the Expect request-header field.

418 I'm a teapot
    This code was defined in 1998 as one of the traditional IETF April Fools' jokes, in RFC 2324, Hyper Text Coffee Pot Control Protocol, and is not expected to be implemented by actual HTTP servers.

422 Unprocessable Entity (WebDAV) (RFC 4918)
    The request was well-formed but was unable to be followed due to semantic errors.

423 Locked (WebDAV) (RFC 4918)
    The resource that is being accessed is locked.

424 Failed Dependency (WebDAV) (RFC 4918)
    The request failed due to failure of a previous request (e.g. a PROPPATCH).

425 Unordered Collection (RFC 3648)
    Defined in drafts of "WebDAV Advanced Collections Protocol", but not present in "Web Distributed Authoring and Versioning (WebDAV) Ordered Collections Protocol".

426 Upgrade Required (RFC 2817)
    The client should switch to a different protocol such as TLS/1.0.

444 No Response
    A Nginx HTTP server extension. The server returns no information to the client and closes the connection (useful as a deterrent for malware).

449 Retry With

    A Microsoft extension. The request should be retried after performing the appropriate action.

450 Blocked by Windows Parental Controls
    A Microsoft extension. This error is given when Windows Parental Controls are turned on and are blocking access to the given webpage.

499 Client Closed Request
    An Nginx HTTP server extension. This code is introduced to log the case when the connection is closed by client while HTTP server is processing its request, making server unable to send the HTTP header back.

5xx Server Error
The server failed to fulfill an apparently valid request.

Response status codes beginning with the digit "5" indicate cases in which the server is aware that it has encountered an error or is otherwise incapable of performing the request. Except when responding to a HEAD request, the server should include an entity containing an explanation of the error situation, and indicate whether it is a temporary or permanent condition. Likewise, user agents should display any included entity to the user. These response codes are applicable to any request method.

500 Internal Error
    Couldn't retrieve the HTML document because of server-configuration problems. Contact site administrator.

501 Not Implemented
    Web server doesn't support a requested feature.

502 Service Temporarily Overloaded
    Server congestion; too many connections; high traffic. Keep trying until the page loads.

503 Service Unavailable
    Server busy, site may have moved, or you lost your dial-up Internet connection.

504 Gateway Timeout
    The server was acting as a gateway or proxy and did not receive a timely response from the upstream server.

505 HTTP Version Not Supported
    The server does not support the HTTP protocol version used in the request.
506 Variant Also Negotiates (RFC 2295)
    Transparent content negotiation for the request results in a circular reference.

507 Insufficient Storage (WebDAV) (RFC 4918)
    The Exchange server size limits are smaller than the size of the item we are attempting to migrate.  For example, the size limit of the server is 10MB but the item has a 20MB attachment.

By default, Exchange Server has message size limits of 10MB.  Although the Exchange server may accept delivery of items larger than 10MB via SMTP, MigrationWiz delivers emails using an email API which is subject to different size limits.


509 Bandwidth Limit Exceeded (Apache bw/limited extension)
    This status code, while used by many servers, is not specified in any RFCs.

510 Not Extended (RFC 2774)
    Further extensions to the request are required for the server to fulfill it.

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