The request succeeded and a new resource was created; the Location header usually points to it.
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The request succeeded and a new resource was created; the Location header usually points to it.
It belongs to the 2xx Successful class of responses, defined in RFC7231#6.3.2.
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201 belongs to the 2xx Successful class and is usually cacheable per headers such as Cache-Control (e.g. 200, 301, 304).
2xx Successful: The request succeeded and a new resource was created; the Location header usually points to it.
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Updated 2026-09-13
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