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In the case of a missing user ID, if a more verbose response is desirable, why not put the error message in the body of the response? 404: Route not found vs 4

In the case of a missing user ID, if a more verbose response is desirable, why not put the error message in the body of the response? 404: Route not found vs 404: User ID not found seems like it resolves all ambiguity, no?

zinekeller 4y ago
Straight answer: HTTP 2 and 3 killed that (they only send codes, not an arbitrary message)
- jffry 4y ago
  In the headers, yes. But you can still put whatever you want in the response body alongside that 404 code in the header
- quelltext 4y ago
  They can still send bodies, which is where GP said the message should be.