Http Status Code Lookup API

POST https://api.findutils.com/api/tools/http-status-code-lookup/execute

Return the meaning, typical use case and fix for HTTP status codes. Look up one code (e.g. "404"), a class ("4xx"), or search by name or keyword ("too many requests"); filter by category.

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Request body

application/json

query

string optional

Status code, class or keyword, e.g. "404", "5xx", "rate limit". Empty returns the whole table.
category

string optional

Limit results to one class. One of all · 1xx Informational · 2xx Success · 3xx Redirection · 4xx Client Error · 5xx Server Error. Default "all".
limit

integer optional

Maximum number of results (1-100). Default 10.

Example arguments

Verified

{
  "query": "404"
}

curl -X POST https://api.findutils.com/api/tools/http-status-code-lookup/execute \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "query": "404"
  }'

const response = await fetch('https://api.findutils.com/api/tools/http-status-code-lookup/execute', {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: { 'Content-Type': 'application/json', Authorization: 'Bearer YOUR_API_KEY' },
  body: JSON.stringify({"query":"404"}),
});
const data = await response.json();

import requests

response = requests.post(
    "https://api.findutils.com/api/tools/http-status-code-lookup/execute",
    headers={"Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_API_KEY"},
    json={"query":"404"},
)
data = response.json()

$ch = curl_init('https://api.findutils.com/api/tools/http-status-code-lookup/execute');
curl_setopt_array($ch, [
    CURLOPT_POST => true,
    CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => ['Content-Type: application/json', 'Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY'],
    CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => '{"query":"404"}',
    CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
]);
$data = json_decode(curl_exec($ch), true);

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Call http_status_code_lookup from Claude, Cursor or any MCP client. Same arguments, same output.

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MCP reference

Rate limit: 60 a minute, per IP
Auth: API key
REST id: http-status-code-lookup
MCP name: http_status_code_lookup
Category: Network
Machine-readable: openapi.json · markdown.md

Request body

Example arguments

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