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HTTP Pocket Reference
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HTTP Pocket Reference

by Clinton Wong
June 2000
Beginner to intermediate
80 pages
2h 49m
English
O'Reilly Media, Inc.
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Server Error (500 Range)

Occasionally, the error might be with the server itself—or, more commonly, with the CGI portion of the server. CGI programmers are painfully familiar with the 500 (Internal Server Error) code, which frequently means that their program crashed. One error that client programmers should pay attention to is 503 (Service Unavailable), which means that their request cannot be performed right now, but the Retry-After header (if supplied) indicates when the client might try again.

The following is a complete listing of response codes implying a server error:

Code

Meaning

500 Internal Server Error

This code indicates that a part of the server (for example, a CGI program) has crashed or encountered a configuration error.

501 Not Implemented

This code indicates that the client requested an action that cannot be performed by the server.

502 Bad Gateway

This code indicates that the server (or proxy) encountered invalid responses from another server (or proxy).

503 Service Unavailable

This code means that the service is temporarily unavailable, but should be restored in the future. If the server knows when it will be available again, a Retry-After header may also be supplied.

504 Gateway Time-out

This response is like 408 (Request Time-out) except that a gateway or proxy has timed out.

505 HTTP Version Not Supported

The server will not support the HTTP protocol version used in the request.

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