HTTP 416 — Range Not Satisfiable
The client has asked for a portion of the file, but the server cannot supply that portion
When to use it
Use status 416 when this is the correct HTTP response semantic: The client has asked for a portion of the file, but the server cannot supply that portion
Request and response example
GET /protected-resource HTTP/1.1
Host: api.example.com
HTTP/1.1 416 Range Not Satisfiable
Content-Type: application/json
{"error":"Request cannot be completed"}