Should HEAD's response status code be the same as GET's status code?
As I know, HEAD is the same as GET, but without response body. If I request resource that doesn't exist, GET will response with 404 Not Found. What status code should return HEAD request in this case? 200 OK or 404 Not Found?
http http-get http-status-codes http-method http-head
asked Nov 14 '18 at 22:08
neluzhinneluzhin
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As I know, HEAD is the same as GET, but without response body. If I request resource that doesn't exist, GET will response with 404 Not Found. What status code should return HEAD request in this case? 200 OK or 404 Not Found?
http http-get http-status-codes http-method http-head
asked Nov 14 '18 at 22:08
neluzhinneluzhin
267416
You get astatusresponse from thehttprequest, and not from the method ! So for sure it will be 404 ! developer.mozilla.org/pt-BR/docs/Web/HTTP/Status
– SachaDee
Nov 14 '18 at 23:34
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As I know, HEAD is the same as GET, but without response body. If I request resource that doesn't exist, GET will response with 404 Not Found. What status code should return HEAD request in this case? 200 OK or 404 Not Found?
http http-get http-status-codes http-method http-head
asked Nov 14 '18 at 22:08
neluzhinneluzhin
267416
As I know, HEAD is the same as GET, but without response body. If I request resource that doesn't exist, GET will response with 404 Not Found. What status code should return HEAD request in this case? 200 OK or 404 Not Found?
http http-get http-status-codes http-method http-head
http http-get http-status-codes http-method http-head
asked Nov 14 '18 at 22:08
neluzhinneluzhin
267416
asked Nov 14 '18 at 22:08
neluzhinneluzhin
267416
asked Nov 14 '18 at 22:08
neluzhinneluzhin
267416
asked Nov 14 '18 at 22:08
neluzhinneluzhin
267416
asked Nov 14 '18 at 22:08
neluzhinneluzhin
267416
267416
You get astatusresponse from thehttprequest, and not from the method ! So for sure it will be 404 ! developer.mozilla.org/pt-BR/docs/Web/HTTP/Status
– SachaDee
Nov 14 '18 at 23:34
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You get astatusresponse from thehttprequest, and not from the method ! So for sure it will be 404 ! developer.mozilla.org/pt-BR/docs/Web/HTTP/Status
– SachaDee
Nov 14 '18 at 23:34
You get a
status response from the http request, and not from the method ! So for sure it will be 404 ! developer.mozilla.org/pt-BR/docs/Web/HTTP/Status– SachaDee
Nov 14 '18 at 23:34
You get a
status response from the http request, and not from the method ! So for sure it will be 404 ! developer.mozilla.org/pt-BR/docs/Web/HTTP/Status– SachaDee
Nov 14 '18 at 23:34
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As you said yourself, the response should be the same except there is no body.
This means that both the status and headers need to be the same as they would be for a GET request.
answered Nov 14 '18 at 23:45
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As you said yourself, the response should be the same except there is no body.
This means that both the status and headers need to be the same as they would be for a GET request.
answered Nov 14 '18 at 23:45
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As you said yourself, the response should be the same except there is no body.
This means that both the status and headers need to be the same as they would be for a GET request.
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As you said yourself, the response should be the same except there is no body.
This means that both the status and headers need to be the same as they would be for a GET request.
answered Nov 14 '18 at 23:45
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As you said yourself, the response should be the same except there is no body.
This means that both the status and headers need to be the same as they would be for a GET request.
answered Nov 14 '18 at 23:45
EvertEvert
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answered Nov 14 '18 at 23:45
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answered Nov 14 '18 at 23:45
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statusresponse from thehttprequest, and not from the method ! So for sure it will be 404 ! developer.mozilla.org/pt-BR/docs/Web/HTTP/Status– SachaDee
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