Examples
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Not Found
404 -
Internal Server Error
500
About HTTP Status Code Lookup
Most developers have 200, 404, and 500 memorized, but the long tail - 409, 422, 429, 503 - gets confused often enough that a quick lookup beats guessing from memory or half-remembering which RFC it's from.
Enter a status code and get its standard name and a plain-language description of when it's used, or leave the input blank to see the full list of commonly used codes at a glance.
This covers the codes developers actually encounter day to day, not the complete IANA registry - for the full authoritative list, the HTTP status code registry itself is the source of truth.
FAQ
- What's the difference between 401 and 403?
- 401 Unauthorized means authentication is missing or invalid - the client needs to log in. 403 Forbidden means the server understood who you are but you don't have permission for that specific resource.
- Is 422 the same as 400?
- Both indicate a client-side problem, but 400 Bad Request usually means malformed syntax the server couldn't parse at all, while 422 Unprocessable Entity means the request was well-formed but failed validation rules.