HTTP status code in downloading derivative files

Question

I would like to know two things about an API to download a derivative file:

• Is there any case in which I get status code 206 (PARTIAL CONTENT) when I send a request without specifying Range in header?
• If the answer is YES, what is the reason (e.g., the requested derivative file is too large)?

Answer 1

I will double-check with the dev team but I believe that the status code 206 is only returned when requesting a specific range.

Quoting MDN:

The HTTP 206 Partial Content success status response code indicates that the request has succeeded and has the body contains the requested ranges of data, as described in the Range header of the request.