API Design · Junior · Question 9 of 75

What does the `Location` header in a `201 Created` response contain?

1The server's physical location
2The client's IP address
✓Correct answer: The URL of the newly created resource

Explanation

Clients can follow it to fetch the new resource. Many APIs also return the created object in the body.

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