[Web-SIG] Use 200 or 400 Status Code When...

[Randy Syring]

Thomas,

Unfortunately, it wasn't obvious to me that a 404 was appropriate in 
this situation.  But, now that you mention it, I think you are right.  
Thank you for your input.

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Thomas Broyer wrote:
> On Mon, Apr 27, 2009 at 4:32 AM, Randy Syring <randy at rcs-comp.com> wrote:
>   
>> I have a page that accepts URL arguments like:
>>
>> /student/<id>
>>
>> The id must be an integer or the URL doesn't match and the user is given a
>> 404.  But what should I do if the id is given, is an integer, but a student
>> with that id does not exist? I already output a message telling the user
>> that they requested an invalid student.  However, should that document have
>> a 200 or 400 (or some other) status code?
>>     
>
> Obviously a 404 too, as the URL identifies something that doesn't exist.
>
> (in the case of an invalid id, i.e. not a number, you could use 410
> status code too)
>
>   
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