HTTP Pocket Reference

Client Request Successful (200 Range)

The most common response for a successful HTTP transaction is 200 (OK), indicating that the client’s request was successful, and the server’s response contains the request data. If the request was a GET method, the requested information is returned in the response data section. The HEAD method is honored by returning header information about the URL. The POST method is honored by executing the POST data handler and returning a resulting entity-body.

The following is a complete list of successful response codes:

Code	Meaning
200 OK	The client’s request was successful, and the server’s response contains the requested data.
201 Created	This status code is used whenever a new URL is created. With this result code, the Location header is given by the server to specify where the new data was placed.
202 Accepted	The request was accepted but not immediately acted upon. More information about the transaction may be given in the entity-body of the server’s response. There is no guarantee that the server will actually honor the request, even though it may seem like a legitimate request at the time of acceptance.
203 Non-Authoritative Information	The information in the entity header is from a local or third-party copy, not from the original server.
204 No Content	A status code and header are given in the response, but there is no entity-body in the reply. Browsers should not update their document view upon receiving this response. This is a ...