HTTP Request Methods and Status Codes

Learn about the request methods that can be used to retrieve or modify resources on SaaS Security API and the related status codes.

HTTP Request Methods

The following request methods can be used to retrieve or modify resources on SaaS Security API.

Verb	Usage
GET	Retrieves a resource
POST	Creates a new resource
PUT	Replaces an existing resource
DELETE	Deletes an existing resource

The following is a list of the HTTP Status Codes that SaaS Security API returns in response to the requests listed above.

Status Code	Usage
200 OK	The server successfully processed the request.
201 Created	The server successfully processed the request and created a new resource.
202 Accepted	The server accepted the request for processing, but the processing is not completed.
204 No Content	The server successfully processed the request, but did not return any content.
400 Bad Request	The server cannot process the request due to a client error due to a validation or because the quarantine action is not supported.
401 Unauthorized	The server cannot process the request because it lacks valid authentication credentials for the target resource.
403 Forbidden	The server refused to authorize the request.
404 Not Found 404 Asset Not Found Incident Not Found	The requested resource (asset or incident) could not be found.
500	Internal server error or unexpected error.