HTTP Status Codes

When REST API requests are sent to carry out various actions, various HTTP status codes will be returned based on the state of the action (success or failure) and the HTTP method (POST, GET, PUT, DELETE) executed. The following are the definitions of the various HTTP status codes that are returned.

HTTP status codes indicating successful delivery

200
Code Code Summary Description
Ok HTTP request was successful. The output corresponding to the HTTP request will be returned. Generally used as a response to successful GET and PUT REST API HTTP methods.
201 Created HTTP request was successfully processed and a new resource was created. Generally used as a response to a successful POST REST API HTTP method.
204 No content HTTP request was successfully processed. No content will be returned. Generally used as a response to a successful DELETE REST API HTTP method.
202 Accepted HTTP request was accepted for processing, but the processing was not complete. This generally occurs when you are successful in trying to undeploy an application.

Error HTTP status codes

Code Code Summary Description
404 Not found Requested resource not found. Generally used as a response for unsuccessful GET and PUT REST API HTTP methods.
409 Conflict Request could not be processed because of conflict in the request. This generally occurs when you are trying to add a resource that already exists. For example, when trying to add an auto-scaling policy that has an already existing ID.
500 Internal server error Server error occurred.
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