What? REST is just some API philosophy, its doesn't even have to be on top of HTTP. Why would you think HTTP status codes are made for REST? They are made for

What? REST is just some API philosophy, its doesn't even have to be on top of HTTP. Why would you think HTTP status codes are made for REST? They are made for HTTP to describe the response of the resource you are requesting, and the AWS API uses HTTP so it makes sense to use HTTP status codes.