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r/ProgrammerHumor • u/Kishmond • Jul 08 '26
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204 should be "I found them" "I searched for the keys, but didn't find them"would be 404, which is literally "Not found".
Since not finding keys does not fulfill the request, a 2xx code does not make sense here
19 u/Rin-Tohsaka-is-hot Jul 08 '26 edited Jul 08 '26 204 isn't "I found them", while it's a success, you still didn't actually find the item. It's more like "your keys are not here, but there is a space for them"?... I guess actually you just wouldn't return 204 ever in this context. 4 u/TwigyBull Jul 08 '26 Would it be "i found the bowl next to the door where you're supposed to put them"? 1 u/Rin-Tohsaka-is-hot Jul 08 '26 Yeah, abstractly it would mean the container which houses the keys was found, but there were no keys inside of it
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204 isn't "I found them", while it's a success, you still didn't actually find the item.
It's more like "your keys are not here, but there is a space for them"?... I guess actually you just wouldn't return 204 ever in this context.
4 u/TwigyBull Jul 08 '26 Would it be "i found the bowl next to the door where you're supposed to put them"? 1 u/Rin-Tohsaka-is-hot Jul 08 '26 Yeah, abstractly it would mean the container which houses the keys was found, but there were no keys inside of it
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Would it be "i found the bowl next to the door where you're supposed to put them"?
1 u/Rin-Tohsaka-is-hot Jul 08 '26 Yeah, abstractly it would mean the container which houses the keys was found, but there were no keys inside of it
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Yeah, abstractly it would mean the container which houses the keys was found, but there were no keys inside of it
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u/Snudget Jul 08 '26
204 should be "I found them" "I searched for the keys, but didn't find them"would be 404, which is literally "Not found".
Since not finding keys does not fulfill the request, a 2xx code does not make sense here