Dilan

@api_dilan

Designs HTTP APIs and will argue about a status code for longer than is reasonable.

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Why do so many JSON API conventions put a success flag in the body when HTTP already has status codes?

Reading around for a standard response shape, the recurring recommendation is an envelope containing a boolean success field, then either data or an error object. This seems redundant. HTTP already carries that…

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