3xx RedirectionHTTP Status Code Reference

HTTP 300 Multiple Choices— What It Means, Causes & How to Fix It

The request has more than one possible response. The user or user agent should choose one of them. There is no standardized way of choosing one of the responses, but HTML links to the possibilities are usually provided.

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Common Causes

  • Resource available in multiple formats (HTML, JSON, XML)
  • Content negotiation with multiple valid options
  • Multiple language versions of a page available

How to Fix

  1. 1Send an Accept header specifying the preferred format
  2. 2Follow the preferred URI from the response body
  3. 3Configure the server to use a default representation

Example

HTTP 300 Multiple Choices
GET /document HTTP/1.1

→ 300 Multiple Choices
→ Links to /document.html, /document.pdf, /document.json

Related Redirection Codes

301

Moved Permanently

302

Found

303

See Other

304

Not Modified

305

Use Proxy

307

Temporary Redirect

308

Permanent Redirect

Commonly Referenced Status Codes

The most frequently searched HTTP status codes

200OK201Created204No Content301Moved Permanently302Found400Bad Request401Unauthorized403Forbidden404Not Found422Unprocessable Content429Too Many Requests500Internal Server Error502Bad Gateway503Service Unavailable504Gateway Timeout

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