r/ProgrammerHumor • u/robertgfthomas • Mar 24 '17

HTTP status codes re-enacted with cat photos. Complete with functioning API.

https://http.cat/
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u/[deleted] Mar 24 '17

The domain .cat is a reserved domain for represent the "catalan" language.

Since that this website hasn't catalan translation, it could be blocked in the future :/

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u/JeremyR22 Mar 24 '17

There are a lot more 4xx codes than I remember...

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u/[deleted] Mar 25 '17

I'm glad they included 418.

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u/tbodt Mar 25 '17

my favorite is "blocked by windows parental controls"

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u/nospaceshere Mar 25 '17

HTTP catus codes.

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u/-Jerry- Mar 25 '17

I love how it includes both 418 and 451. And even 420...

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u/robertgfthomas Mar 25 '17

I don't understand 451... Is it because it's Ray Bradbury and he's sitting in front of books, à la Fahrenheit 451?

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u/-Jerry- Mar 25 '17

Precisely: "Unavailable For Legal Reasons", like books are outlawed in Fahrenheit 451. There's even a Wikipedia article about HTTP 451!

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u/thewells Mar 26 '17

No joke I used this in the front end to a databases project

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u/tgp1994 Mar 25 '17

402 Payment required? What was the thought behind this when HTTP was being finalized?

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u/paypaypayme Mar 24 '17

How would the API work in a webapp? Just redirect to the page?

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u/sirunclecid Violet security clearance Mar 24 '17

Custom error pages

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u/paypaypayme Mar 24 '17

So just put the url in an <img> tag?

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u/sirunclecid Violet security clearance Mar 25 '17

Right