Don't rely on HTTP codes for anything other than content-related status. The idea of REST (using HTTP codes and actions), in practice, has almost universally re

Don't rely on HTTP codes for anything other than content-related status. The idea of REST (using HTTP codes and actions), in practice, has almost universally required customization/workarounds. I've never understood the insistence of REST as an API, fullstop. It's just one aspect of an API which you necessarily have to augment to leverage within a more robust protocol.