# What's your favourite status code for an API to return? **URL:** \ **Category:** Archive\ **Tags:** api-testing\ **Created:** [21 April 2021 07:00 UTC](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/whats-your-favourite-status-code-for-an-api-to-return/49343 "2021-04-21T07:00:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![heather\_reid](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/club.ministryoftesting.com/heather_reid/32/29_2.png) [@heather\_reid](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/u/heather_reid)\ **Post date:** [21 April 2021 07:00 UTC](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/whats-your-favourite-status-code-for-an-api-to-return/49343/1 "2021-04-21T07:00:32Z")
Thought it might be fun to have a bit of a different thread about API status codes after last nights AMA 😁 What’s your favourite status code for an API to return? I love a good teapot returned 🍵 ---
**Author:** ![mirza](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/club.ministryoftesting.com/mirza/32/9965_2.png) [@mirza](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/u/mirza)\ **Post date:** [21 April 2021 07:09 UTC](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/whats-your-favourite-status-code-for-an-api-to-return/49343/2 "2021-04-21T07:09:27Z")
I like the **420** - _Enhance Your Calm_, ya mon 😆 ---
**Author:** ![kristof](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/club.ministryoftesting.com/kristof/32/10839_2.png) [@kristof](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/u/kristof)\ **Post date:** [21 April 2021 07:09 UTC](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/whats-your-favourite-status-code-for-an-api-to-return/49343/3 "2021-04-21T07:09:33Z")
418 the teapot of course, what else could it be! ![unnamed](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/ministryoftesting/original/2X/7/7c406deb8ce2da37ca54b64ca91c439f41875c76.png) Besides that one… 450, if you are seeing that… then you got some lovely parents! ![450](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/ministryoftesting/original/2X/1/1968dcc533e34f7b169e1febe263b32c993876a3.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![maaike.brinkhof](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/club.ministryoftesting.com/maaike.brinkhof/32/8329_2.png) [@maaike.brinkhof](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/u/maaike.brinkhof)\ **Post date:** [21 April 2021 08:22 UTC](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/whats-your-favourite-status-code-for-an-api-to-return/49343/4 "2021-04-21T08:22:18Z")
My time to shine!! This website is a must visit [https://http.cat/](https://http.cat/) 😍 ---
**Author:** ![kristof](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/club.ministryoftesting.com/kristof/32/10839_2.png) [@kristof](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/u/kristof)\ **Post date:** [21 April 2021 08:34 UTC](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/whats-your-favourite-status-code-for-an-api-to-return/49343/5 "2021-04-21T08:34:05Z")
That Method not allowed 😃 Got me good! ---
**Author:** ![meowy24](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/club.ministryoftesting.com/meowy24/32/8234_2.png) [@meowy24](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/u/meowy24)\ **Post date:** [21 April 2021 09:20 UTC](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/whats-your-favourite-status-code-for-an-api-to-return/49343/6 "2021-04-21T09:20:09Z")
Gotta love a teapot 😁 I do love achieving unexpected 500s Quite like a 422- unprocessable entity mostly as my brain associates the word entity with ghosts so unprocessable ghost, ghost framework etc 👻 ---
**Author:** ![flynnbops](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/club.ministryoftesting.com/flynnbops/32/7757_2.png) [@flynnbops](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/u/flynnbops)\ **Post date:** [21 April 2021 09:29 UTC](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/whats-your-favourite-status-code-for-an-api-to-return/49343/7 "2021-04-21T09:29:47Z")
I love HTTPCats. 😍 I’ve used it to talk about testing at an apprentice open evenining. The internet is just full of cats afterall ---
**Author:** ![restertest](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/club.ministryoftesting.com/restertest/32/9342_2.png) [@restertest](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/u/restertest)\ **Post date:** [21 April 2021 09:31 UTC](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/whats-your-favourite-status-code-for-an-api-to-return/49343/8 "2021-04-21T09:31:10Z")
500 error codes really make me happy 😃 But I do admit I did not see or know all of the below ones [https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Status#server\_error\_responses](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Status#server_error_responses) ---
**Author:** ![emna\_ayadi](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/club.ministryoftesting.com/emna_ayadi/32/4541_2.png) [@emna\_ayadi](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/u/emna_ayadi)\ **Post date:** [21 April 2021 22:09 UTC](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/whats-your-favourite-status-code-for-an-api-to-return/49343/9 "2021-04-21T22:09:34Z")
**501 (Not Implemented)** ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/ministryoftesting/original/2X/0/0b5d1f022010917886a40ed53c46f782d4991652.jpeg) The server either does not recognize the request method, or it cannot fulfill the request. ---
**Author:** ![seasidetesting](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/club.ministryoftesting.com/seasidetesting/32/9734_2.png) [@seasidetesting](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/u/seasidetesting)\ **Post date:** [22 April 2021 06:57 UTC](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/whats-your-favourite-status-code-for-an-api-to-return/49343/10 "2021-04-22T06:57:25Z")
Given the meaning in the ranges… - 1xx: You may like to know… - 2xx: No worries, all OK - 3xx: Look elsewhere - 4xx: You’re doing it wrong - 5xx: We broke it it’s clearly in the 500 range 🙂 ➙ It’s likely a bug. :bug: To be precise: ‘501 Not Implemented’ is great: Something should be there, but isn’t implemented. ---
**Author:** ![restertest](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/club.ministryoftesting.com/restertest/32/9342_2.png) [@restertest](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/u/restertest)\ **Post date:** [22 April 2021 07:14 UTC](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/whats-your-favourite-status-code-for-an-api-to-return/49343/11 "2021-04-22T07:14:11Z")
Just saw this one and had to share it ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/ministryoftesting/original/2X/3/32c70f800aa5ef28b513d49ae8a6f6444c9a53b2.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![meowy24](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/club.ministryoftesting.com/meowy24/32/8234_2.png) [@meowy24](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/u/meowy24)\ **Post date:** [24 April 2021 12:25 UTC](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/whats-your-favourite-status-code-for-an-api-to-return/49343/12 "2021-04-24T12:25:05Z")
Fantastic! Love these.