HTTP 201 — Created
2xx Success
What it means
The request succeeded and a new resource was created, usually by a POST or PUT.
What to do about it
Include a Location header pointing at the new resource. Many APIs return 200 where 201 would be more accurate.
Where it sits
201 belongs to the 2xx family: The request was received, understood and accepted.
HTTP/1.1 201 CreatedChecking it yourself
# see the status code and headers only
curl -sI https://example.com/path
# follow redirects and print each hop
curl -sIL -o /dev/null -w "%{http_code} %{url_effective}\n" https://example.com/path
# JavaScript
const r = await fetch(url);
console.log(r.status, r.statusText);