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This is an interesting post about api messages and status codes, with examples from top apis: http://apigee.com/about/blog/technology/restful-api-design-what-about-errors
The TL;DR is that only about 8 status codes should be used as a maximum, and they should be used accurately to describe the error obviously.
These 8 statuses are:
200 - OK
404 - Not Found
500 - Internal Server Error
201 - Created
304 - Not Modified
400 - Bad Request
401 - Unauthorized
403 - Forbidden
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