status code

HTTP reply number

A status code is a standardized number returned by a system to indicate the result of an operation.

Most commonly encountered in web browsing, HTTP status codes tell you whether a request succeeded (200), redirected (301), hit a missing page (404), or crashed the server (500).

The API returned a 403 status code, meaning access was denied.

Status codes appear across computing wherever systems need to communicate outcomes programmatically.

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