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Ajax for Web Application Developers
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Ajax for Web Application Developers

by Kris Hadlock
October 2006
Intermediate to advanced
288 pages
5h 55m
English
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HTTP Status Codes and Headers

The request status of the Ajax object is equivalent to the HTTP status of the file that is being requested. HTTP status codes represent the response from the server based on the status of the file that is being requested. There are five categories of status codes available for the HTTP request and the XHR:

  • Informational: 1xx

  • Successful: 2xx

  • Redirection: 3xx

  • Client Error: 4xx

  • Server Error: 5xx

When a status code is received through the Web, it is represented as a number, such as when you try to go to a website and get a 404 error. This is not an arbitrary number; it is representative of the file status and in this case represents the “File Not Found” response. All status codes must be handled appropriately by the server ...

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