What httpstatuscode to use?

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If 90% of requests get a (202) Accepted but the odd one requires some more information, what httpstatuscode I return to signal this?

I.E.:

request:
POST (host/sale/endpoint)
Sales data

response: 202

POST (host/sale/endpoint)
Sales data


response: ??
We need to know the collection date

^ bad example but you get the idea

This issue is that in some cases we need to start processing the order so as to hit the issue in the first place.

so what status code says "Thanks for this info, can we have a bit more before completing that last request, please"?

I'm sure there's no hard rule, but as long as you can justify your choice, I can try to justify it to my team ^_^

Thanks
Andy

What I have tried:

I looked at decimal responses but not sure what that would affect. We do have full control over the clients so we could add a custom status code if we needed.

Posted 15-Oct-18 6:31am

Andy Lanng

Updated 15-Oct-18 8:38am

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summiya1 15-Oct-18 13:02pm

I think you should return back 200 response with your response message asking for more information.

ZurdoDev 15-Oct-18 13:06pm

List of HTTP status codes - Wikipedia[^]

Andy Lanng 16-Oct-18 3:54am

Oh thanks. Didn't look at the first link on google at all!

MadMyche 16-Oct-18 9:19am

IMHO one of the best lists out there.

Andy Lanng 16-Oct-18 11:31am

agreed

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MadMyche · Accepted Answer · 2018-10-15T08:38:00

Solution 1

I'm a big proponent of using the codes that are already out there.

In your case "Thanks for this info, can we have a bit more before completing that last request, please", I would be inclined to use an IIS extended code:

449 Retry With: The server cannot honour the request because the user has not provided the required information

Posted 15-Oct-18 8:38am

MadMyche

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Andy Lanng 16-Oct-18 3:55am

Ooh - didn't see that one. Looks perf ^_^
Thanks