I’ve been looking at REST and hypermedia for a current project and wanted to get to know the response codes that are possible. I also wanted to see how conversational they really are so I used a semi-fictitious conversation I had with my wife about private school where she was making requests and I was responding in HTTP Response codes.
A: Steve? What do you think of sending Ayda to private school at 650/month
Me: 102 Processing
Me: 409 Conflict
Me: 400 Bad Request - No
A: Listen to me! If she doesn’t go to a good school her potential could be lost. Look at these scores of the current school?
Me: 202 Accepted – They look pretty Bad
Me: 307 Temporary Redirect I’m watching football can we talk about this later
A: No Look at the curriculum of the private school
Me: 202 Accepted – This looks pretty good. Science taught in the 1st grade.
Me 204 No Content
A: I was talking to the teacher at the private school and she said blah blah blah blah
Me: 414 Request-URI Too Long
A: Can we afford it?
Me: 507 Insufficient Storage and 509 Bandwidth Limit Exceeded
A: We could pay for it by getting credit cards
Me: 403 Forbidden or 406 Not Acceptable
A: Do you think we could ask for help from a you Mom to pay for this.
Me: 407 Proxy Authentication Required
A: Well, You don’t have a choice
Me: 402 Payment Required
