Re: Proposed resolution for ISSUE-64 (status codes)

Hello,

On 31-07-14 23:54, Markus Lanthaler wrote:
> On 1 Aug 2014 at 00:57, Gregg Kellogg wrote:
>
>> Not useful if you're using your API also as a website; A web browser
>> won't act too kindly to a 404 response, even with a body, AFAIK.
> If a body is returned, a browser will display it exactly the same way as if
> the status code were 200.

Internet Explorer in some rare situations doesn't display the response
body, which may be what Gregg was referring to:

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/16741062/what-rules-does-ie-use-to-determine-whether-to-show-the-entity-body

Remember to pad your error responses :)

-- Kuno.

Received on Friday, 1 August 2014 20:59:14 UTC