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HTTP 204 No Content — Success with Empty Body

Informational2xx success

Overview

HTTP 204 No Content indicates the request succeeded but there is no content to return.

Key Details

  • Status: 204 No Content
  • Category: 2xx Success
  • Request was successful
  • Response body is intentionally empty

Common Causes

  • Successful DELETE request
  • PUT/PATCH update with no return data needed
  • Form submission that does not need a response body
  • Preflight CORS request succeeded

Steps

  1. 1Do not expect a response body
  2. 2Update the local state based on the successful request
  3. 3Check response headers for any relevant metadata
  4. 4Use for DELETE operations in REST APIs

Tags

http-status2xx-successhttp-204httpstatus-code

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http-205-reset-contentHTTP 205 Reset Content — What It Means & How to Fix It
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Frequently Asked Questions

No — 204 means success with no body. 404 means resource not found.