val: "@jkb@octodon.social clearly the body should say "…" - Octodon

Jun 01, 2023, 06:50

JKB @jkb@octodon.social

In Azure DevOps, if you type in the wrong item ID in a URL you get :
- HTTP 200
- with an error message in the body
- that says "Server error"

Microsoft software design in a nutshell.

val @val@oc.todon.fr

@jkb clearly the body should say "error 500"

Jun 01, 2023, 07:11 · · Web · · ·

Jun 01, 2023, 07:49 *

Pilum::🌞 @pilum@octodon.social

@val @jkb I've integrated vs apis like that. 😆

HTTP 200/Body { "status": 500, "message": "server error" }

A.k.a. HTTP 200: Error Successfully Delivered

Jun 01, 2023, 07:51 *

Pilum::🌞 @pilum@octodon.social

@val @jkb I've also integrated with APIs where HTTP 200 <empty body> means there's an error and you need to call their GetErrors endpoint to see what's going on.

Jun 01, 2023, 08:01

JKB @jkb@octodon.social

@pilum @val Ah yes, the K&R school of HTTP API design

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