I agree with the author. HTTP is used as a transport protocol for your API, not the API itself. It's one layer lower. You don't expect to have to look at what T

I agree with the author. HTTP is used as a transport protocol for your API, not the API itself. It's one layer lower. You don't expect to have to look at what TCP flags you got as part of the API, nor should you care about what HTTP errors you get as part of your API HTTP transports content, and the content is your API. HTTP should not be part of your API