API Design · Junior · Question 18 of 75

What does `404 Not Found` mean for `GET /orders/999`?

✓Correct answer: No order with ID 999 exists (or the client isn't allowed to know it exists)
2The URL syntax is invalid
3The server is down

Explanation

For empty collections, return 200 with an empty list, not 404.

Further reading

MDN: HTTP response status codes ↗

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