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Found this while scouring this list of HTTP status codes, because I wanted to make sure I was giving appropriate responses in this web API I'm developing.

nonethewiser 3y ago
Its rather funny, isnt it. But I wonder what the context is. Why they added it.
- colejohnson66 3y ago
  It was an April Fools Joke
- imran-iq 3y ago
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyper_Text_Coffee_Pot_Control_Protocol https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyper_Text_Coffee_Pot_Control_... Started off as an April's fools joke, people liked it enough to keep it in.
- KMnO4 3y ago
  It was added as a joke, and kept because (according to https://save418.com https://save418.com) > “It's a reminder that the underlying processes of computers are still made by humans”
  - AmericanChopper 3y ago
    Stupid reason imo. Adding childish humor to a protocol seems like harmless fun until you remember how much of a mess network protocols, and their specs, and their implementation is. Maybe you think a 418 error page is funny, but I think you’ll appreciate it a lot less when your application gets a rather confounding error because some service provider wanted to remind you that the underlying processes of computers are still made by humans, rather than implement the actually correct response.
    - Dalewyn 3y ago
      /me slaps AmericanChopper around a bit with a large trout https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/trout_slap https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/trout_slap
      - throwaway173738 3y ago
        That’s trout abuse.
        askiiart 3y ago
        I thought it was handling fish under discuss m suspicious circumstances.
        Dalewyn 3y ago
        It's (presumably) more humane than whipping some llama ass.
    - kQq9oHeAz6wLLS 3y ago
      ... Nope, it's still funny, we're keeping it.
      - pwdisswordfishc 3y ago
        Nope, it’s still unfunny, it should have been deleted then and there. In fact, it has.
      - AmericanChopper 3y ago
        I promise that knowing it’s supposed to be a joke is _not_ going to make you less frustrated if you ever end up having to debug a non-descriptive 418 error. To make it worse the description and the error code aren’t even consistent. 4xx is a client error, but your web server being a teapot is definitely a server side problem.
        crote 3y ago
anonymousiam 3y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_HTTP_status_codes https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_HTTP_status_codes

nonethewiser 3y ago

Its rather funny, isnt it. But I wonder what the context is. Why they added it.

colejohnson66 3y ago
It was an April Fools Joke
imran-iq 3y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyper_Text_Coffee_Pot_Control_Protocol https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyper_Text_Coffee_Pot_Control_... Started off as an April's fools joke, people liked it enough to keep it in.
KMnO4 3y ago
It was added as a joke, and kept because (according to https://save418.com https://save418.com) > “It's a reminder that the underlying processes of computers are still made by humans”
- AmericanChopper 3y ago
  Stupid reason imo. Adding childish humor to a protocol seems like harmless fun until you remember how much of a mess network protocols, and their specs, and their implementation is. Maybe you think a 418 error page is funny, but I think you’ll appreciate it a lot less when your application gets a rather confounding error because some service provider wanted to remind you that the underlying processes of computers are still made by humans, rather than implement the actually correct response.
  - Dalewyn 3y ago
    /me slaps AmericanChopper around a bit with a large trout https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/trout_slap https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/trout_slap
    - throwaway173738 3y ago
      That’s trout abuse.
      - askiiart 3y ago
        I thought it was handling fish under discuss m suspicious circumstances.
      - Dalewyn 3y ago
        It's (presumably) more humane than whipping some llama ass.
  - kQq9oHeAz6wLLS 3y ago
    ... Nope, it's still funny, we're keeping it.
    - pwdisswordfishc 3y ago
      Nope, it’s still unfunny, it should have been deleted then and there. In fact, it has.
    - AmericanChopper 3y ago
      I promise that knowing it’s supposed to be a joke is _not_ going to make you less frustrated if you ever end up having to debug a non-descriptive 418 error. To make it worse the description and the error code aren’t even consistent. 4xx is a client error, but your web server being a teapot is definitely a server side problem.
      - crote 3y ago

anonymousiam 3y ago

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_HTTP_status_codes https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_HTTP_status_codes