Http Status Code Response

HTTP Status Codes

This page is useful for to identify the meaning and reason for a specific http or https response. HTTP response status codes indicate whether a specific HTTP request has been successfully completed. Each group contains a lot of different responses, on this page you will find an overview of the most common HTTP status codes.

A typical web server will return the HTTP error code or status code that was requested.

HTTP/1.1 {status code} {status description}
Content-Type: text/plain
Content-Length: {something}
{any custom response headers}
{status code} {status description}
{list of any custom response headers added}
 

How do HTTP status codes work?

Three-digit HTTP status codes are the server's answers to browser-side requests. There are many code classes based on the type of information being communicated by the server and the internet browser, and these status codes (also known as response status codes) are used to facilitate communication between the two.

While they are exploring your website, search engine bots can view the HTTP status codes. In some situations, these notifications can affect your pages' indexing status and how search engines view your website's overall health. The easiest strategy to maintain a website's SEO is to routinely check its HTTP status codes.

Webmasters and other Internet users must be able to read HTTP status codes. Internet users, in particular webmasters, need to be able to read HTTP status codes. Each status code relays information about the status of a client's request, letting the user know whether the server can really get the requested resource or not.

Common HTTP Response Codes

The Status-Code element in a server response, is a 3-digit integer where first digit of the Status-Code defines the class of response and the last two digits do not have any categorization role. There are 5 values for the first digit. The groupings of responses are based on events with identical or related meanings. Knowing what they are can help you quickly determine the general substance of a status code without needing to know their specific meaning.

• 1xx: Informational - Request received, continuing process
• 2xx: Success - The action was successfully received, understood, and accepted
• 3xx: Redirection - Further action must be taken in order to complete the request
• 4xx: Client Error - The request contains bad syntax or cannot be fulfilled
• 5xx: Server Error - The server failed to fulfill an apparently valid request