HTTP Status Codes: The Complete Developer Reference

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2xx — Success

Code Name When to Use

200 OK Successful GET, PUT, DELETE, or PATCH

201 Created Resource successfully created. Include Location header

202 Accepted Request accepted but not yet processed (async operations)

204 No Content Successful DELETE or PUT where no body is needed

// 200 — Standard success res . status ( 200 ). json ({ data : user });

// 201 — Resource created res . status ( 201 ). json ({ data : newUser }). location ( ' /api/users/123 ' );

// 202 — Async task started res . status ( 202 ). json ({ jobId : ' abc123 ' , status : ' pending ' , checkUrl : ' /api/jobs/abc123 ' });

// 204 — Deleted successfully res . status ( 204 ).…