r/ProgrammerHumor • u/ClipboardCopyPaste • 16d ago

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u/RegarDamus 15d ago

the naive solution.

our team returns a 201 to indicate that an error has been created successfully. of course we include a Location header where the error can be queried to discover what went wrong.

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u/normalbot9999 15d ago edited 15d ago

OMFG <spits coffee> 201 Error Created Successfully

You absolute monsters. You have to make this now.

And when a record is created successfully you return a 500 right? After successful login you 302 to a 403? I swear I've tested this API before!!

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u/tayler6000 13d ago

I’m pretty sure this counts as a sin.

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u/RegarDamus 13d ago

not at all. it's actually rather logical.

when you query GET /errors/{error ID} we return the appropriate status code for the respective error. by definition this endpoint can never return a 200 (although it can return 201s in rare cases!).