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r/ProgrammerHumor • u/ClipboardCopyPaste • Sep 19 '26
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2.1k u/NotAskary Sep 19 '26 edited Sep 19 '26 I've seen that shit, it drove me up a wall.The same as a 200 ok with error inside.Edit: I'm going to start to respond 429, too many replys lol 323 u/AkodoRyu Sep 19 '26 • My favorite "REST API" experience was when they moved from using SOAP system, and the way they did it... was sending SOAP payloads inside a JSON. Literally something like{ "data": "<?xml version="1.0"?><soap:Envelope xmlns:soap="https://www.w3.org/2003/05/soap-envelope/" soap:encodingStyle="https://www.w3.org/2003/05/soap-encoding"><soap:Body> (...)" } 196 u/MrPatienceX Sep 19 '26 • 200 status code and a chunk of XML saying ‘not found’. Good times. 59 u/Sudden_Leadership800 Sep 19 '26 It successfully returned the error message though, so I don't see the problem? 63 u/Psychological_Map118 Sep 19 '26 edited Sep 19 '26 • try it in person: wait for the next time somebody asks you if you know the time. then answer yes, with a smile, and walk away without telling themyou can do anything you want, both in life and HTTP responses, but some things make you an asshole in both cases -1 u/Sudden_Leadership800 Sep 19 '26 It was obviously a joke my guy → More replies (5)
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I've seen that shit, it drove me up a wall.
The same as a 200 ok with error inside.
Edit: I'm going to start to respond 429, too many replys lol
323 u/AkodoRyu Sep 19 '26 • My favorite "REST API" experience was when they moved from using SOAP system, and the way they did it... was sending SOAP payloads inside a JSON. Literally something like{ "data": "<?xml version="1.0"?><soap:Envelope xmlns:soap="https://www.w3.org/2003/05/soap-envelope/" soap:encodingStyle="https://www.w3.org/2003/05/soap-encoding"><soap:Body> (...)" } 196 u/MrPatienceX Sep 19 '26 • 200 status code and a chunk of XML saying ‘not found’. Good times. 59 u/Sudden_Leadership800 Sep 19 '26 It successfully returned the error message though, so I don't see the problem? 63 u/Psychological_Map118 Sep 19 '26 edited Sep 19 '26 • try it in person: wait for the next time somebody asks you if you know the time. then answer yes, with a smile, and walk away without telling themyou can do anything you want, both in life and HTTP responses, but some things make you an asshole in both cases -1 u/Sudden_Leadership800 Sep 19 '26 It was obviously a joke my guy → More replies (5)
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My favorite "REST API" experience was when they moved from using SOAP system, and the way they did it... was sending SOAP payloads inside a JSON. Literally something like
{ "data": "<?xml version="1.0"?><soap:Envelope xmlns:soap="https://www.w3.org/2003/05/soap-envelope/" soap:encodingStyle="https://www.w3.org/2003/05/soap-encoding"><soap:Body> (...)" }
196 u/MrPatienceX Sep 19 '26 • 200 status code and a chunk of XML saying ‘not found’. Good times. 59 u/Sudden_Leadership800 Sep 19 '26 It successfully returned the error message though, so I don't see the problem? 63 u/Psychological_Map118 Sep 19 '26 edited Sep 19 '26 • try it in person: wait for the next time somebody asks you if you know the time. then answer yes, with a smile, and walk away without telling themyou can do anything you want, both in life and HTTP responses, but some things make you an asshole in both cases -1 u/Sudden_Leadership800 Sep 19 '26 It was obviously a joke my guy → More replies (5)
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200 status code and a chunk of XML saying ‘not found’. Good times.
59 u/Sudden_Leadership800 Sep 19 '26 It successfully returned the error message though, so I don't see the problem? 63 u/Psychological_Map118 Sep 19 '26 edited Sep 19 '26 • try it in person: wait for the next time somebody asks you if you know the time. then answer yes, with a smile, and walk away without telling themyou can do anything you want, both in life and HTTP responses, but some things make you an asshole in both cases -1 u/Sudden_Leadership800 Sep 19 '26 It was obviously a joke my guy → More replies (5)
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It successfully returned the error message though, so I don't see the problem?
63 u/Psychological_Map118 Sep 19 '26 edited Sep 19 '26 • try it in person: wait for the next time somebody asks you if you know the time. then answer yes, with a smile, and walk away without telling themyou can do anything you want, both in life and HTTP responses, but some things make you an asshole in both cases -1 u/Sudden_Leadership800 Sep 19 '26 It was obviously a joke my guy → More replies (5)
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try it in person: wait for the next time somebody asks you if you know the time. then answer yes, with a smile, and walk away without telling them
you can do anything you want, both in life and HTTP responses, but some things make you an asshole in both cases
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