HTTP 200 OK — The Success Response Explained with Examples

When to Return 200

Use 200 for successful GET, PUT, PATCH, and DELETE responses. For POST requests that create a new resource, prefer 201 Created. For successful operations with no response body, use 204 No Content.

HTTP Response Example

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type: application/json

{"id": 1, "name": "Alice"}

Code Examples

app.get('/users/:id', async (req, res) => {
  const user = await db.users.findById(req.params.id)
  if (!user) return res.sendStatus(404)
  res.status(200).json(user) // 200 is the default — .json() alone works
})

// app/api/users/[id]/route.ts
export async function GET(
  request: Request,
  { params }: { params: Promise<{ id: string }> }
) {
  const { id } = await params
  const user = await db.users.findById(id)
  if (!user) return new Response(null, { status: 404 })
  return Response.json(user) // 200 by default
}

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