HTTP Response Status Codes

Let’s do something a tad different. Instead of talking about the nitty gritty straight forward I want to try to make everything memorable.

I will be relating the status codes to my dysfunctional family. We all have a little messed up family… Don’t pretend you don’t. This is SUPER relatable.

First and foremost, lets talk about what status codes are. Every time you communicate with a website you are interfacing with status codes. Whether you realize it not its happening. Some of you may be aware of “404” errors and that itself is a status code.

There are 5 unique identifiers for our status codes: (this is where we relate to our families to make it easier to remember)

1xx - Informational Status Code

These would be the family members who always come up and tell you too much information. Sure a lot of it can be important but they tend to overshare just a bit too much

2xx - Successful Status Code

2xx family members could easily be the family that is always doing well or atleast appears to be doing well

3xx - Redirection Status Codes

Best example I can provide to these family members are the ones that avoid things and put it on others

4xx - Client Error Status Codes

These individuals do not accept responsibility for their actions. Always anothers fault, internet isnt working and that’s on you, kinda guy.

5xx - Server Error Status Codes

This can go one of two ways. The family member that accepts responsibility and says “hey, my fault I messed up”, or the ones that always have something happening to them for some reason.