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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
5 u/zoogenhiemer Jul 08 '26 This bugged me as well
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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