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bobbyrne01
bobbyrne01

Reputation: 6745

Correct http status code to use if delete was only partially successful?

I have a REST API that allows users to delete documents in a nosql database. Any child documents will also be removed. ..

DELETE /api/document/dummyId

So this would delete document with id of dummyId and any child documents.

If successful, respond with a status code of 204.

If 2 out of 3 child documents fail to delete, for whatever reason, I'd like to include these in the body of response back to client.

What status code is most appropriate here? Considering some documents where deleted and others were not.

Upvotes: 2

Views: 797

Answers (1)

Evert
Evert

Reputation: 99533

There is no correct HTTP status code for this, because the DELETE statement MUST either fully succeed or not do anything at all.

There's not really a "partial success" in HTTP. WebDAV does add this to some features, but even in WebDAV the DELETE must fully succeed or not affect the state of the resource.

Upvotes: 3

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