418 - I'm a teapot

    This code was defined in 1998 as one of the traditional IETF April Fools' jokes, in RFC 2324, Hyper Text Coffee Pot Control Protocol, and is not expected to be implemented by actual HTTP servers. However, known implementations do exist.

    More pics of the kitten: www.ns-nakagawa.com/blog/blog/category/27/page:2

    Comments and faves

    1. ★

      cazphoto.co.uk, aaron.powell, Bunny Mickley, Boldewyn, and 100 other people added this photo to their favorites.

    2. jens_hausherr (17 months ago | reply)

      This is not an HTTP status but an HTCPCP status (see: www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2324.txt). But very cute anyway...

    3. squiggleslash (17 months ago | reply)

      I've been linking this a few places and I keep getting asked what is going on.

      This should hopefully explain - www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2324.txt

      2.3.2 418 I'm a teapot

      Any attempt to brew coffee with a teapot should result in the error
      code "418 I'm a teapot". The resulting entity body MAY be short and
      stout.

    4. KathyReid (17 months ago | reply)

      I don't understand why this status would be in the 400 range though. The 400 range is reserved for error codes. This should rightfully belong in the 200 status code range. ie 218 - I'm a teapot.

    5. Phill Sparks (17 months ago | reply)

      see 's reply; this error is given when trying to brew coffee in a tea pot.

    6. KathyReid (17 months ago | reply)

      Ah. Now it makes sense :-)

    7. xfyndr (17 months ago | reply)

      Nice to see our cat Daisy featured...wonder where you pinched it from ?

    8. xfyndr (17 months ago | reply)

      ...she's the one unwrapping her Xmas presents early

    9. j l t (17 months ago | reply)

      my favorite error

    10. greyaenigma (17 months ago | reply)

      I'm with Kathy, the standard should be correct so that coffee is the error, and tea is the standard response.

    11. GirlieMac (17 months ago | reply)

      xfyndr, your kitty!? I found the pic on Google image search and found it the best fit for 418! Now I know the kitty's name :-)

    12. Desitins Child (17 months ago | reply)

      I want to fave your brain. This whole series is genius.

    13. SimonWhitaker (17 months ago | reply)

      If ever a single image encapsulated the whole internet... ;-)

    14. jsa005 (17 months ago | reply)

      +100000000 Awesome.
      CUTE KITTIES, AREN'T THEY?
      Aww...
      Click here for a real 418 I'm a teapot error:
      www.jsathost.co.cc/~dsisite/nintube/teapot.ph p

    15. maxcelcat (5 months ago | reply)

      I just went and translated the page this cat picture is from. This was a little abandoned kitten someone found at about three days old, and tried to save. The little tacker survived for 37 days before succumbing suddenly... Suddenly I'm sad.

    16. MichaelFindlay (5 months ago | reply)

      I got away with referencing this in my dissertation, I hope the person marking it had a few giggles over it.

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