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ako on Dec 12, 2019 | parent | context | favorite | on: API Practices If You Hate Your Customers

404 indicates an error, if the result is just empty but not erroneous 204 "no content" may be better.

wwweston on Dec 12, 2019 [–]

+1, 204 is underutilized for no-result cases.

jbverschoor on Dec 12, 2019 | [–]

In the browser it will also do no page refresh as there is nothing to render.

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