Moderate REST Question 108 of 226

Which status codes would you return for create, update, and delete in a pragmatic REST service?

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Create: 201 with Location, or 200 if the body includes the resource.

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Before you speak the answer, walk the interviewer through these steps:

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Create: 201 with Location,
or 200 if the body includes the resource.
2
Update: 200 with body
or 204 if empty.
3
Delete: 204, or 200
with a payload if clients need confirmation.
4
If the resource was
already gone, many teams still return 204 so DELETE stays idempotent.
5
Common mistake
What juniors usually get wrong.
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Close
When you pick this over the alternative.

Here's a short line you can speak, broken into clear beats:

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“Delete: 204, or 200 with a payload if clients need confirmation.”

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Delete204or200witha

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Create: 201 with Location, or 200 if the body includes the resource. Update: 200 with body or 204 if empty.