What is the meaning of the HTTP status code 204?

The correct answer is B. server successfully processed request; no content returned. HTTP status code 204 'No Content' means the server successfully processed the request but is intentionally not returning any response body. It is commonly used for DELETE operations, PUT/PATCH requests where no response body is needed, or any action that succeeds but has…

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Arequest completed; new resource created
Bserver successfully processed request; no content returned
Cstandard response for successful requests
Dinvalid query parameters

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(27 responses)

A
4% (1)
B
85% (23)
C
4% (1)
D
7% (2)

Explanation

HTTP status code 204 'No Content' means the server successfully processed the request but is intentionally not returning any response body. It is commonly used for DELETE operations, PUT/PATCH requests where no response body is needed, or any action that succeeds but has nothing to return. Option A describes HTTP 201 (Created). Option C describes HTTP 200 (OK), which also returns a body. Option D describes HTTP 400 (Bad Request) or 422 (Unprocessable Entity). The key distinction of 204 is success + no body.

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