Conversation With API Builders

Bad APIs have one thing in common—they do not handle response status codes effectively. They all use custom solutions while the status code value can be attached to the HTTP response. This ebook covers when to use what status code and much mor

  • Return 200 when it's all good
  • Return 400 when invalid request payload
  • Return 422 when the input data is invalid
  • Return 401 when the user is not authenticated
  • Return 403 when the user is not authorized
  • Return 404 when no record is found
  • Return 500 when an error is encountered
  • Success key not needed in response
  • Do not use redirect in API
  • Response should be valid JSON even when things go wrong

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