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I Built HTTP Status Lab — A Simple Visual Cheat Sheet for HTTP Status Codes
As developers, testers, and students, we often work with APIs every day. Whether we are testing an endpoint in Postman, writing automation scripts, debugging a backend issue, or learning REST APIs, one thing always comes up: HTTP status codes.
Codes like 200, 201, 400, 401, 403, 404, and 500 are very common, but many people still get confused about when and why each one should be used.
I have personally seen this confusion during API testing, interviews, defect discussions, and while validating API responses. That gave me the idea to build a small and useful one-page website called HTTP Status Lab.
You can check it here:
https://httpstatuslab.com
Why I Built This
There are already many websites that list HTTP status codes, but most of them are very static. They usually show the code, name, and a short definition.
I wanted to create something more visual, beginner-friendly, and useful for real testing and development work.
The goal was simple:
Make HTTP status codes easier to understand, remember, and apply in real API scenarios.
