Returning different status codes in Spring Boot - Interactive Code Practice

Practice - 5 Tasks

1fill in blank

easy

Complete the code to return HTTP status 200 OK from a controller method.

Spring Boot

return new ResponseEntity<>("Success", [1]);

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AHttpStatus.OK

BHttpStatus.NOT_FOUND

CHttpStatus.BAD_REQUEST

DHttpStatus.INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR

Attempts:

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💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using HttpStatus.NOT_FOUND instead of HttpStatus.OK

Forgetting to specify the status code

The HttpStatus.OK constant represents the 200 OK status code, which means the request was successful.

2fill in blank

medium

Complete the code to return HTTP status 404 Not Found when a resource is missing.

Spring Boot

return new ResponseEntity<>("Resource not found", [1]);

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AHttpStatus.OK

BHttpStatus.NOT_FOUND

CHttpStatus.FORBIDDEN

DHttpStatus.CREATED

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using HttpStatus.OK instead of HttpStatus.NOT_FOUND

Using HttpStatus.FORBIDDEN which means access denied

The HttpStatus.NOT_FOUND constant represents the 404 status code, which means the requested resource was not found.

3fill in blank

hard

Fix the error in returning HTTP status 201 Created after creating a resource.

Spring Boot

return new ResponseEntity<>(createdObject, [1]);

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AHttpStatus.CREATED

BHttpStatus.OK

CHttpStatus.ACCEPTED

DHttpStatus.BAD_REQUEST

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Returning HttpStatus.OK instead of HttpStatus.CREATED

Using HttpStatus.ACCEPTED which means request accepted but not completed

HTTP status 201 Created is represented by HttpStatus.CREATED and indicates a resource was successfully created.

4fill in blank

hard

Fill both blanks to return HTTP 400 Bad Request with a custom error message.

Spring Boot

return new ResponseEntity<>("[1]", [2]);

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AInvalid input data

BHttpStatus.BAD_REQUEST

CHttpStatus.UNAUTHORIZED

DOperation failed

Attempts:

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Common Mistakes

Using a success message with a 400 status

Using HttpStatus.UNAUTHORIZED which means 401 status

The message "Invalid input data" explains the error, and HttpStatus.BAD_REQUEST returns the 400 status code indicating a client error.

5fill in blank

hard

Fill all three blanks to return HTTP 500 Internal Server Error with a detailed message and log the error.

Spring Boot

logger.error("Error occurred: [1]");
return new ResponseEntity<>("[2]", [3]);

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Aexception.getMessage()

BInternal server error occurred

CHttpStatus.INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR

Dexception.toString()

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Logging a generic message instead of the exception message

Returning wrong status codes like 400 or 404

The logger records the exception message, the response message explains the error, and HttpStatus.INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR returns the 500 status code.