The HTTP 200 OK
successful response status code indicates that a request has succeeded. A 200 OK
response is cacheable by default.
A 200 OK
response has a different meaning and format depending on the HTTP request method. Here's how they vary for different methods:
GET
: A resource was retrieved by the server and included in the response body.POST
: An action succeeded; the response has a message body describing the result.HEAD
: Identical toGET
, except there is no message body.TRACE
: The response has a message body containing the request as received by the server.
Although possible, successful PUT
or DELETE
requests often do not result in a 200 OK
response. It is more common to see 201 Created
if the resource is uploaded or created for the first time, or 204 No Content
upon successful deletion of a resource.
Status
Examples
Receiving a 200 OK for a GET request
In this example, a successful GET
request to https://example.com
returns a 200 OK
response. The response includes representation headers and a message body with the HTML content:
http
HTTP/1.1 200 OKAccept-Ranges: bytesAge: 294510Cache-Control: max-age=604800Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8Date: Fri, 21 Jun 2024 14:18:33 GMTEtag: "3147526947"Expires: Fri, 28 Jun 2024 14:18:33 GMTLast-Modified: Thu, 17 Oct 2019 07:18:26 GMTServer: ECAcc (nyd/D10E)X-Cache: HITContent-Length: 1256<!doctype html><!-- HTML content follows here -->
Receiving a 200 OK for a POST request in form submission
Assuming a form exists to send data to an endpoint for managing subscriptions at http://example.com/subscribe
. A POST
request to subscribe a user may look like the following:
http
POST /subscribe HTTP/1.1Host: example.comContent-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencodedContent-Length: 50name=Brian%20Smith&email=brian.smith%40example.com
In this example, a response with a 200 OK
status could look like this:
http
HTTP/1.1 200 OKContent-Type: application/json{ "message": "User subscription pending. A confirmation email has been sent.", "subscription": { "name": "Brian Smith", "email": "[email protected]", "id": 123, "feed": "default" }}
Specifications
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HTTP Semantics # status.200 |