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Yes, But... (lemmy.ml)

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[–] [email protected] 75 points 6 days ago (15 children)

I know an architect who designs APIs this way. Also includes a status code in the response object because why have one status code when you can have two, potentially contradictory, status codes?

[–] [email protected] 50 points 6 days ago (3 children)

I inherited a project where it was essentially impossible to get anything other than 200 OK. Trying to use a private endpoint without logging in? 200 OK unauthorized. Sent gibberish instead of actual request body format? 200 OK bad request. Database connection down? You get the point...