HTTP status codes / 2xx — Success

201 Created

In one sentence

A new resource was created; Location usually points to it.

What it means

The canonical answer to a successful resource-creating POST (or PUT to a new URL). Well-behaved APIs include a Location header with the URL of the new resource and often return the created object in the body.

Common causes

  • A resource-creating POST/PUT succeeded
  • Check the Location header for the new resource URL

Reproduce it in cURL

curl -i -X POST https://httpbin.org/status/201

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How to debug it

If your API returns 200 instead of 201 on create, clients relying on the Location header may break.

The fastest way to pin down a 201 is to reproduce the exact request and inspect what actually went over the wire — status, headers, timing and body, without your app code in the way. That is what an API client is for; ReqPad does it from your phone, with every request saved to history.

Related codes

200 OK · 202 Accepted · 203 Non-Authoritative Information · 204 No Content · 205 Reset Content · 206 Partial Content — or the full reference.

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