Setting Response.Status Generates “HTTP Status String is Not Valid” Exception

That’s because the Status property is the complete status line sent to the client, not only the message. You can either write: response.Status = “404 File not found”; Or, preferably: response.StatusCode = 404; response.StatusDescription = “File not found”; Note that, according to its documentation, HttpResponse.Status is deprecated in favor of HttpResponse.StatusDescription.

Requests — how to tell if you’re getting a success message?

The response has an ok property. Use that: if response.ok: … The implementation is just a try/except around Response.raise_for_status, which is itself checks the status code. @property def ok(self): “””Returns True if :attr:`status_code` is less than 400, False if not. This attribute checks if the status code of the response is between 400 and 600 … Read more

What does the HTTP 206 Partial Content status message mean and how do I fully load resources?

From user166390’s answer to the question Why does Firebug show a “206 Partial Content” response on a video loading request? This Partial Content code (206) may be sent from the server when the client has asked for a range (e.g. “give me the first 2MB of video data”). It is vital for downloading data in … Read more

What is the correct HTTP status code to send when a site is down for maintenance?

HTTP 503 – Service Unavailable would be the most appropriate. The Web server (running the Web site) is currently unable to handle the HTTP request due to a temporary overloading or maintenance of the server. The implication is that this is a temporary condition which will be alleviated after some delay. This post on the … Read more

RESTful Login Failure: Return 401 or Custom Response

First off. 401 is the proper response code to send when a failed login has happened. 401 Unauthorized Similar to 403 Forbidden, but specifically for use when authentication is required and has failed or has not yet been provided. The response must include a WWW-Authenticate header field containing a challenge applicable to the requested resource. … Read more

What is “406-Not Acceptable Response” in HTTP?

Your operation did not fail. Your backend service is saying that the response type it is returning is not provided in the Accept HTTP header in your Client request. Ref: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_HTTP_header_fields Find out the response (content type) returned by Service. Provide this (content type) in your request Accept header. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTTP_status_code -> 406