HTTP 200 OK — Meaning & Usage

200 OK means the request succeeded and the response body contains the result. It is the most common success code: GET returns the representation, POST returns the result.

Key facts

Frequently asked questions

What does HTTP 200 mean?

It signals the request succeeded and the body holds the result.

Does 200 always have a body?

Usually yes for GET; the body carries the representation, though Content-Length may be 0.

Related pages

• HTTP 301 Moved Permanently
• HTTP 401 Unauthorized
• HTTP 403 Forbidden
• HTTP 404 Not Found
• HTTP 429 Too Many Requests
• HTTP 500 Internal Server Error
• HTTP 502 Bad Gateway
• HTTP 503 Service Unavailable

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