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21.11. http — HTTP modules — Python 3.5.10 documentation

http is a package that collects several modules for working with the HyperText Transfer Protocol:

http is also a module that defines a number of HTTP status codes and associated messages through the http.HTTPStatus enum:

21.11.1. HTTP status codes

Supported, IANA-registered status codes available in http.HTTPStatus are:

Code Enum Name Details
100 CONTINUE HTTP/1.1 RFC 7231, Section 6.2.1
101 SWITCHING_PROTOCOLS HTTP/1.1 RFC 7231, Section 6.2.2
102 PROCESSING WebDAV RFC 2518, Section 10.1
200 OK HTTP/1.1 RFC 7231, Section 6.3.1
201 CREATED HTTP/1.1 RFC 7231, Section 6.3.2
202 ACCEPTED HTTP/1.1 RFC 7231, Section 6.3.3
203 NON_AUTHORITATIVE_INFORMATION HTTP/1.1 RFC 7231, Section 6.3.4
204 NO_CONTENT HTTP/1.1 RFC 7231, Section 6.3.5
205 RESET_CONTENT HTTP/1.1 RFC 7231, Section 6.3.6
206 PARTIAL_CONTENT HTTP/1.1 RFC 7233, Section 4.1
207 MULTI_STATUS WebDAV RFC 4918, Section 11.1
208 ALREADY_REPORTED WebDAV Binding Extensions RFC 5842, Section 7.1 (Experimental)
226 IM_USED Delta Encoding in HTTP RFC 3229, Section 10.4.1
300 MULTIPLE_CHOICES HTTP/1.1 RFC 7231, Section 6.4.1
301 MOVED_PERMANENTLY HTTP/1.1 RFC 7231, Section 6.4.2
302 FOUND HTTP/1.1 RFC 7231, Section 6.4.3
303 SEE_OTHER HTTP/1.1 RFC 7231, Section 6.4.4
304 NOT_MODIFIED HTTP/1.1 RFC 7232, Section 4.1
305 USE_PROXY HTTP/1.1 RFC 7231, Section 6.4.5
307 TEMPORARY_REDIRECT HTTP/1.1 RFC 7231, Section 6.4.7
308 PERMANENT_REDIRECT Permanent Redirect RFC 7238, Section 3 (Experimental)
400 BAD_REQUEST HTTP/1.1 RFC 7231, Section 6.5.1
401 UNAUTHORIZED HTTP/1.1 Authentication RFC 7235, Section 3.1
402 PAYMENT_REQUIRED HTTP/1.1 RFC 7231, Section 6.5.2
403 FORBIDDEN HTTP/1.1 RFC 7231, Section 6.5.3
404 NOT_FOUND HTTP/1.1 RFC 7231, Section 6.5.4
405 METHOD_NOT_ALLOWED HTTP/1.1 RFC 7231, Section 6.5.5
406 NOT_ACCEPTABLE HTTP/1.1 RFC 7231, Section 6.5.6
407 PROXY_AUTHENTICATION_REQUIRED HTTP/1.1 Authentication RFC 7235, Section 3.2
408 REQUEST_TIMEOUT HTTP/1.1 RFC 7231, Section 6.5.7
409 CONFLICT HTTP/1.1 RFC 7231, Section 6.5.8
410 GONE HTTP/1.1 RFC 7231, Section 6.5.9
411 LENGTH_REQUIRED HTTP/1.1 RFC 7231, Section 6.5.10
412 PRECONDITION_FAILED HTTP/1.1 RFC 7232, Section 4.2
413 REQUEST_ENTITY_TOO_LARGE HTTP/1.1 RFC 7231, Section 6.5.11
414 REQUEST_URI_TOO_LONG HTTP/1.1 RFC 7231, Section 6.5.12
415 UNSUPPORTED_MEDIA_TYPE HTTP/1.1 RFC 7231, Section 6.5.13
416 REQUEST_RANGE_NOT_SATISFIABLE HTTP/1.1 Range Requests RFC 7233, Section 4.4
417 EXPECTATION_FAILED HTTP/1.1 RFC 7231, Section 6.5.14
422 UNPROCESSABLE_ENTITY WebDAV RFC 4918, Section 11.2
423 LOCKED WebDAV RFC 4918, Section 11.3
424 FAILED_DEPENDENCY WebDAV RFC 4918, Section 11.4
426 UPGRADE_REQUIRED HTTP/1.1 RFC 7231, Section 6.5.15
428 PRECONDITION_REQUIRED Additional HTTP Status Codes RFC 6585
429 TOO_MANY_REQUESTS Additional HTTP Status Codes RFC 6585
431 REQUEST_HEADER_FIELDS_TOO_LARGE Additional HTTP Status Codes RFC 6585
500 INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR HTTP/1.1 RFC 7231, Section 6.6.1
501 NOT_IMPLEMENTED HTTP/1.1 RFC 7231, Section 6.6.2
502 BAD_GATEWAY HTTP/1.1 RFC 7231, Section 6.6.3
503 SERVICE_UNAVAILABLE HTTP/1.1 RFC 7231, Section 6.6.4
504 GATEWAY_TIMEOUT HTTP/1.1 RFC 7231, Section 6.6.5
505 HTTP_VERSION_NOT_SUPPORTED HTTP/1.1 RFC 7231, Section 6.6.6
506 VARIANT_ALSO_NEGOTIATES Transparent Content Negotiation in HTTP RFC 2295, Section 8.1 (Experimental)
507 INSUFFICIENT_STORAGE WebDAV RFC 4918, Section 11.5
508 LOOP_DETECTED WebDAV Binding Extensions RFC 5842, Section 7.2 (Experimental)
510 NOT_EXTENDED An HTTP Extension Framework RFC 2774, Section 7 (Experimental)
511 NETWORK_AUTHENTICATION_REQUIRED Additional HTTP Status Codes RFC 6585, Section 6

In order to preserve backwards compatibility, enum values are also present in the http.client module in the form of constants. The enum name is equal to the constant name (i.e. http.HTTPStatus.OK is also available as http.client.OK).