HTTP Response Status
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List of HTTP status codes and respective descriptions.

2xx success
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* ``200 OK`` - standard response for successful GET or POST requests

4xx client errors
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* ``400 Bad Request`` - the ohsome API cannot or will not process the request due to a client error (e.g. malformed request syntax)
* ``401 Unauthorized`` - the client does not have valid authentication credentials for the target resource
* ``404 Not Found``-  the requested resource could not be found
* ``405 Method not allowed`` - the requested method is not supported (e.g. a POST request for resources which accept only GET requests)
* ``413 Payload Too Large`` - the request is larger than the ohsome API is willing or able to process

5xx server errors
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* ``500 Internal Server Error``- generic error message, given when an unexpected condition in the ohsome API was encountered
* ``501 Not Implemented``	- the ohsome API either does not recognize the request method, or it lacks the ability to fulfil the request
* ``503 Service Unavailable`` - the ohsome API cannot handle the request (e.g. because it is overloaded or down for maintenance); temporary state