204 No Content

What 204 No Content means {#what}

The request was successful but there’s no body to return. The response ends with the headers. Common for DELETE operations and updates where the client doesn’t need a response body.

When you’ll see a 204 {#when}

• DELETE /resource/42 — deleted, nothing to return
• PUT or PATCH where the server doesn’t echo back the updated resource
• Preflight CORS requests

When to use 204 {#use}

• Use for DELETE and update operations that don’t need to return data
• Never send a body with a 204 — it will be ignored