what-the-status-code-cli

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What The... Status Code

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A CLI Tool to help choosing the correct HTTP Status Code by answering some questions.

Installation

$ npm install -g what-the-status-code-cli

installs »What The... Status Code« and makes it accessible globally via wtsc.

Usage

Choosing an HTTP Status Code

Invoked without any arguments, wtsc asks a few questions to help choosing an appropriate HTTP Status Code.

Looking Up an HTTP Status Code

Simply append any number of Status Codes to look up their corresponding text message and their meaning.

$ wtsc 123 230 207 301 308 404 503
┌──────┬────────────────────────┬──────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ Code │ Message                │ Meaning                                          │
├──────┼────────────────────────┼──────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ 123  │ -                      │ This code is unknown or not an HTTP Status Code. │
├──────┼────────────────────────┼──────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ 230  │ -                      │ This code is unknown or not an HTTP Status Code. │
├──────┼────────────────────────┼──────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ 207  │ Multi-Status           │ A Multi-Status response conveys information      │
│      │                        │ about multiple resources in situations where     │
│      │                        │ multiple status codes might be appropriate.      │
│      │                        │ https://httpstatuses.com/207                     │
├──────┼────────────────────────┼──────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ 301  │ Moved Permanently      │ The target resource has been assigned a new      │
│      │                        │ permanent URI and any future references to this  │
│      │                        │ resource ought to use one of the enclosed URIs.  │
│      │                        │ https://httpstatuses.com/301                     │
├──────┼────────────────────────┼──────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ 308  │ Permanent Redirect     │ The target resource has been assigned a new      │
│      │                        │ permanent URI and any future references to this  │
│      │                        │ resource ought to use one of the enclosed URIs.  │
│      │                        │ https://httpstatuses.com/308                     │
├──────┼────────────────────────┼──────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ 404  │ Not Found              │ The origin server did not find a current         │
│      │                        │ representation for the target resource or is not │
│      │                        │ willing to disclose that one exists.             │
│      │                        │ https://httpstatuses.com/404                     │
├──────┼────────────────────────┼──────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ 503  │ Service Unavailable    │ The server is currently unable to handle the     │
│      │                        │ request due to a temporary overload or scheduled │
│      │                        │ maintenance, which will likely be alleviated     │
│      │                        │ after some delay.                                │
│      │                        │ https://httpstatuses.com/503                     │
└──────┴────────────────────────┴──────────────────────────────────────────────────┘

The link to https://httpstatuses.com are clickable on supporting terminals (e.g. cmd + click on OS X).

More Options

Explore other options via

$ wtsc --help

Acknowledgements

Inspired by Choosing an HTTP Status Code — Stop Making It Hard by Michael Kropat.
Pretty similar web implementation: What The Status Code by AlexMeah.

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