This is basically the difference between HTTP 4xx and 5xx error codes. 4xx means the client did something wrong (invalid request, tried to load something that doesn’t exist, doesn’t have access), whereas 5xx means the request was OK but something broke on the server.
Yeah, I know how http status codes work. I just followed the existing pattern at my current place with gRPC and this post made me realize I don’t know most gRPC error codes and best practices.
me with gRPC error codes: nil, paramter error, app error – OK, you fucked up, we fucked up. Edit: forgot NotFound.
I really should read about the various ones that exist at some point, but I’ve always got bigger fires to put out.
This is basically the difference between HTTP 4xx and 5xx error codes. 4xx means the client did something wrong (invalid request, tried to load something that doesn’t exist, doesn’t have access), whereas 5xx means the request was OK but something broke on the server.
https://http.cat/
Yeah, I know how http status codes work. I just followed the existing pattern at my current place with gRPC and this post made me realize I don’t know most gRPC error codes and best practices.
The way you phrased it made it sound like you definitely don’t