Level 61
I always use correct codes.
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Nov 19, 2020
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HTTP Status Codes
I would like to know if you guys really use each http status code when you develop API's, cause I noticed that there are many API's that just use 404 when something goes wrong (ALL/ALMOST ALL cases). If I remember well there is a video here talking about that. Let me you know your opinion about that.
Level 54
@lucianonascimento this is a good resource covering status codes and when they should be returned.
https://www.restapitutorial.com/httpstatuscodes.html
knowing which is which is essential for good api development.
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Level 102
Making me able to simply look up a code quickly and see what when wrong (or just recall it from memory) is alot better than being expected to see some homemade error string that might be hard to decode.
An example is 429. I instantly know it its too many requests (instead of guessing the meaning of "you are too eager" or some other random text)
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Level 54
i find it is best to use constants from
Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\Response class.
then in your code you can use Response::HTTP_TOO_MANY_REQUESTS instead of 429 magic numbers.
https://symfony.com/doc/current/components/http_foundation.html
Level 102
Oh yes agreed. I mean when using some external api. If they return a 404 code when the error is something else. By just looking at an error code, I often know the error instantly
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Level 54
yup. Following convention is much easier for everybody.
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Level 2
I agree with you !
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Thank you all !
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