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201

Created

The request has been fulfilled and resulted in a new resource being created. Typically used for POST requests.

Common Causes

  • Resource creation via POST
  • New user registration

Code Examples

// Express.js - Create new resource
app.post('/api/users', (req, res) => {
    const user = createUser(req.body);
    res.status(201).json(user);
});

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