Glossary term
What is Status code?
In Apex Flow Academy, "Status code" means: A number a web server sends back. 200 means fine, 404 means not found and 503 means the server is busy. It is taught in Python Automation: Make the Computer Do Your Boring Work and Node.js: Build the Back End and APIs. Related terms include JSON, Timeout, API and Backoff.
- 2 courses teach it
- plain-word definition
The facts
What is Status code?
A number a web server sends back. 200 means fine, 404 means not found and 503 means the server is busy. (From Python Automation: Make the Computer Do Your Boring Work. 1 other course defines it for their own subject, so each definition follows.)
What does Status code mean in Python Automation: Make the Computer Do Your Boring Work?
A number a web server sends back. 200 means fine, 404 means not found and 503 means the server is busy.
What does Status code mean in Node.js: Build the Back End and APIs?
A three-digit number on every response that says how the request went, such as 200 for OK or 404 for not found.
Where is Status code taught?
Status code is defined in Python Automation: Make the Computer Do Your Boring Work and Node.js: Build the Back End and APIs.
Python Automation: Make the Computer Do Your Boring WorkNode.js: Build the Back End and APIs
Which lessons cover Status code?
These lessons name it in their title or objectives:
- Python Automation: Make the Computer Do Your Boring Work, lesson 5.1: Ask a Web Server for a Page
- Node.js: Build the Back End and APIs, lesson 1.4: Answer with the right status code
- Node.js: Build the Back End and APIs, lesson 2.1: Design the contract: routes and rules
Which terms are related to Status code?
Next to Status code in the course glossaries: JSON, Timeout, API, Backoff, CSS selector, robots.txt, HTML, Log, Route and Router.
JSONTimeoutAPIBackoffCSS selectorrobots.txtHTMLLogRouteRouter
The hard questions, answered straight
Bold questions people really ask. Each answer comes from the course data or a settled Academy fact.
Do I need experience before I learn Status code?
It depends on the course. Each course that teaches it lists its own prerequisites, and all are listed at beginner and intermediate level:
- Python Automation: Make the Computer Do Your Boring Work: Basic Python: variables, if statements, for loops, lists, dictionaries, f-strings and small functions. Lesson 3 of module 1 has a five-minute check.
- Node.js: Build the Back End and APIs: Basic JavaScript: variables, functions, objects, arrays, conditions and loops.