#418 I'm a teapot

[rugessnome]

I am unfortunately a bit fixated on "Thus Spoke Carly Rae" (it's very catchy) but I cannot help but be reminded of the Kirkegaard copier error from Existentialist Comics by the verse with the line "Is man an error of god's?"

The paper is a relation that relates itself to itself or is the relation's relating itself to itself in the relation: the paper is not the relation but is the relation's relating itself to itself

Søren, buddy, #REF! was right there

[juliaferraioli]

and I so wanted a nice cup of tea 🍵

[hackernewsrobot]

418 I'm a Teapot

https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Status/418

[dailyhalaffirmations]

418 I'm a teapot

Day 16:

[posttexasstressdisorder]

welp...time to put that evening pot on, eh?

[ms2253]

[song] i'm a teapot (the 418 song) — fairy bot orchestra feat. the chaos communication choir and the orccchestra

[reliqus]

What Is HTTP 418 Status Code (I'm a Teapot) and Why It Exists

The HTTP 418 status code, "I'm a Teapot," is a whimsical and unconventional error code defined in the Hyper Text Coffee Pot Control Protocol (HTCPCP) as part of an April Fools' joke in 1998. The code was originally intended to be humorous, indicating that a teapot, when asked to brew coffee, would respond with "418 I'm a teapot" because it cannot perform the requested action.

Despite its origins as an April Fools' prank, the HTTP 418 status code has found a place in internet culture and is occasionally used by developers for various lighthearted purposes. It serves as a reminder of the creativity and humor inherent in the tech community. The status code effectively communicates that the server, in this context represented as a teapot, refuses to brew coffee because it is not designed to do so.

In practice, HTTP 418 is rarely used in serious applications, but it remains a fun and memorable part of HTTP status codes. Its presence is a nod to the flexibility and sometimes playful nature of web protocols. While not a part of the standard HTTP status codes used in typical web development, it continues to be a beloved Easter egg among developers and tech enthusiasts, symbolizing the lighter side of internet history.

[streetsofdublin]

I'M A TEAPOT - IT IS ACTUALLY THE NEWELL TEAPOT OR IF YOU PREFER THE UTAH TEAPOT

The Utah teapot, or the Newell teapot, is a 3D test model that has become a standard reference object and an in-joke within the computer graphics community.

THIS IS LOCATED IN SMITHFIELD CLOSE TO THE TRAM STOP HTTP Status Code 418 I’m a Teapot. In the context of web development, the HTTP Status Code 418 I’m a Teapot is a client error response code that indicates that the server refuses to brew coffee because it is, permanently, a teapot. This code is often used as a joke or a way to indicate that the server is not functioning properly. It is not a…

[nevertoleratelactose]

Http error 418 is *actually* "I'm a teapot."

Wild.

who made this one? Lmao.

[minashiro-mcl-etc]

Armin Épisode 3 - 418 I’m a teapot

Alexy n°1

Alors, si je te livre le petit déj pendant 1 semaine, tu m’en voudras un peu moins?

A. Vendu! Je t’en veux déjà beaucoup moins! +5 B. Ça me semble un peu léger. Disons... deux semaines? C. Tu n’avais pas besoin de faire ça, je ne t’en voulais pas tant que ça!

Alexy n°2

C’est original comme radio, juste après la pub, remettre du silence...

A. Tu sais, la radio du campus, c’est assez amateur... +5 B. Mais c’est quoi ces insinuations! C. Ok, c’est bon, tu m’as eue.

Armin n°1

Alors pourquoi tu m’as dis de me planquer?

A. Écoute, j’en sais rien, j’ai paniqué, c’est tout. B. Je voulais juste pas donner raison à Alex. +5 C. Par ce que j’ai pas forcément envie que ça se sache pour l’instant.

Armin n°2

J’ai parlé de ton après-midi, pas du mien...

A. Mais je croyais qu’on passait la journée ensemble?! B. Méfie-toi avec tes blagues: je pourrais te prendre au mot... +5 C. Bien essayé, mais je sais très bien que tu blagues encore.

Choix de la tenue: GG WP 190G (Harnais 30G, Robe 55G, Bottes 40G, Sac 25G, Sous-vêtements 40G)

Objectif N°1 - Va au Cosy Bear pour participer au Workshop.

TATA

Condition: Avant Cosy Bear Lieu: Sweet Amoris Cadeau: Kitty Lingerie Coût: 20 PA

Hyun n°1

A. On s’est dit que si on apprenait à en faire, on aurait plus à en acheter! B. On est peut-êter en avance...? C. Vos Cupcakes sont vraiment délicieux, c’est l’occasion d’apprendre! +5

Armin n°3

A. Pari tenue! Quand j’aurais gagné, attends toi à passer une soirée très, très pénible... B. Je crois que j’ai déjà quelques idées qui me viennent... C. J’aurais presque envie de te laisser gagner, juste pour voir à quoi tu penses... +5

----------------------------------------------------------                            Choix HOT ----------------------------------------------------------

Sucrette

A. (... Sa petite remarque sur la jalousie m’a piqué au vif. Je n’ai jamais eu l’occasion de le voir jaloux, c’est peut-être le moment...) B. (... Si Clémence le déconcentre, ça me laisse un avantage pour m’appliquer sur ma recette et gagner.)

Hyun n°2

A. (J’ai malaxé la pâte en cambrant le dos et en soupirant lascivement.) B. Hyun, vous aussi, vous avez l’air musclé... C. Hyun, j’aurais bien besoin d’un coup de main moi aussi... +10

Hyun n°3

A. Je peux essayé? Je suis douée avec ces choses-là? B. Hyun, ce glaçage semble vraiment délicieux! +10 C. Hyun, vous maniez ça à la perfection!

Objectif N°2 - Va chez Armin avec lui pour manger vos cupcakes.

Armin n°4

A. (J’ai préféré garder le silence.) B. Ça va? Est-ce que c’est le boulot? C. T’es bien silencieux... Tu penses à ton gage? +5

Armin N°5 (illustration)

Alors?

A. (Maintenant qu’il est aussi près de moi, je ne suis plus sûre d’avoir envie de continuer le jeu.)

B. (J’en crève d’envie; J’ai le souffle coupé par l’excitation.)

----------------------------------------------------------                           Choix SOFT ----------------------------------------------------------

Sucrette

A. (... Sa petite remarque sur la jalousie m’a piqué au vif. Je n’ai jamais eu l’occasion de le voir jaloux, c’est peut-être le moment...)

B. (... Si Clémence le déconcentre, ça me laisse un avantage pour m’appliquer sur ma recette et gagner.)

Armin n°4 (illustration)

A. (Je me suis concentrée sur mon mélange.) B. (J’ai tourné la tête vers Armin pour lui offrir un sourire de compassion.)

C. Tu t’en sors, Armin, mon chéri?

Objectif N°2 - Va au parc avec Armin pour manger vos cupcakes.

Coût de l’épisode: 794 PA et 978 PA (avec tata)

[theshitpostcalligrapher]

req’d by @damnsmartblueboxes

The resulting entity body MAY be short and stout.

[hackernewsrobot]

418 I'm a teapot

https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Status/418 Comments

[caprice-nisei-enjoyer]

It should be a webserver!

I've never had a coffee maker that ran on a schedule before but if I did I would want it to trigger with a cron job. Literally anything else dishonors our Unix heritage

[iamanathemadevice]

It started back in 1998 as an April Fool's Day gag. Written up by Larry Masinter of the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF), error code 418 — "I'm a teapot" — was nothing more than a poke at the "many bad HTTP extensions that had been proposed". Despite its existence as a joke, a number of major software projects, including Node.js, ASP.NET and Google's Go language, implemented it as an Easter egg. A recent attempt to excise the fictitious code from these projects ended up doing the opposite, cementing it as a "reserved" error by the IETF.

You're likely familiar with other 400 error codes, such as 404 "page not found" or 403 "forbidden". At a basic level, they serve two functions — informing a user as to why a web request failed and providing browsers, servers and other online services a standardised way of recognising and potentially responding to them.

The 418 code wasn't introduced alone, but as part of a larger April Fool's Day joke — the "Hyper Text Coffee Pot Control Protocol (HTCPCP/1.0)". The fake protocol is described thusly by author Larry Masinter:

This document describes HTCPCP, a protocol for controlling, monitoring, and diagnosing coffee pots.

And here's the error code from the specification:

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.

As you can imagine, there wasn't much demand for such a protocol — or the error — back in 1998 and indeed in 2017, the situation has remained unchanged. Even so, over the years, various major software projects decided to add the code. Not for any practical purpose, more as an in-joke for those aware of the prank.

Recently, an attempt was made to remove the code from these projects. Australian programmer Mark Nottingham flagged the code's removal as an "issue" for Google's Go language, the Node.js Javascript runtime and Microsoft's ASP.NET.

Turns out a lot of people had a problem with removing the seemingly harmless error code. Nottingham's argument was that 418 was "polluting [the] core protocol" of these projects.

Aussie Programmer's Attempt To Remove Joke 'I'm A Teapot' Web Error Ends Up Making It Official Instead

It didn't take long for a "Save 418" website to go live and through the efforts of interested internet historians (and jokers), all three of the aforementioned projects have decided to keep the code as it is, though Google will "revisit" the situation with the next major version of Go.

[While this is amusing and delightfully nerdish af, I just wish the people ‘defending’ this prank would spend half as much energy on making their female colleagues welcome and comfortable in the workplace. Then everyone could have fun with computing.]

[missugarpink]

i'm a teapot

418(?)

[rowanpbon745]

HTTP response status codes indicate if a particular HTTP request was successfully finished

HTTP reaction standing codes suggest no matter whether or not a precise HTTP ask for has long been productively done. Responses are grouped in 5 courses:

From the function you obtain a response that just isn't During this checklist, it's a non-standard response, probably personalized into the host's application.

Information responses

100 ContinueThis interim reaction suggests that every thing is Okay and the client must go on the request, or dismiss the solution In case the petition is presently completed. 101 Switching ProtocolThis code is sent in reaction to a Upgrade request header from the purchaser, and signifies the protocol the server is switching to. 103 Historical HintsThis standing code is mainly supposed to get used applying the hyperlink header, letting the purchaser agent start out preloading assets when the server prepares an answer.

Successful responses

200 OKThe request has succeeded. The significance in the accomplishment is contingent on the HTTP approach:

GET: The supply was fetched and it is despatched during the information entire body.

Place or Write-up: The resource describing the result from the action is despatched into the concept system.

201 Produced The ask for has succeeded and also a new source was made Consequently. This is certainly usually the response despatched after Publish requests, or any PUT requests. 202 AcceptedThe petition continues to be received although not yet acted on. It really is noncommittal, due to the fact there's Certainly not any way in HTTP to Later on deliver an asynchronous reaction suggesting the consequence from the request. It's intended for cases where a special course of action or host handles the request, or for batch processing. 203 Non-Authoritative Info This reply code signifies the returned meta-data isn't accurately the same as is out there with the supply server, but is collected from the regional or even a third-occasion backup. This is certainly generally useful for mirrors or backups of another useful resource. Aside from that unique circumstance, the"200 OK" reaction is desired to this status. 204 No Contentthere is completely not any material to ship for this petition, although the headers may perhaps be practical. The person-agent may well update its cached headers for this useful resource While using the new ones. 205 Reset ContentTells the consumer-agent to reset the doc which sent this petition. 206 Partial ContentThis response code is employed although the Range header is sent by the shopper to request only Portion of a resource. 208 Already Reported (WebDAV)Utilized inside of a remedy component to keep away from regularly enumerating the internal members of several bindings to the exact same collection. 226 IM Used (HTTP Delta encoding)The server has fulfilled a GET ask for to the resource, as well as the solution is often a representation on the consequence of additional occasion-manipulations applied to the current occasion.

Redirection messages

300 Multiple Option The petition has above 1 attainable response. The user-agent or client has to pick between these. (There is certainly no standardized way of deciding upon one among the answers, but HTML links to the prospects are advised so the consumer can select.) The brand new URL is presented inside the reaction. 302 FoundThis response code suggests that the URI of requested resource was modified briefly. Additional variations within the URI may well be gained Later on. So, this identical URI ought to be used with the customer in potential requests. 303 See OtherThe waiter despatched this response to manual the consumer to acquire the requested supply at Yet another URI with a GET ask for. 304 Not ModifiedThis is used for caching features. It tells the consumer that the reaction has not nevertheless been modified, Therefore the consumer can proceed to implement a similar cached version of this response. 305 Use Proxy Outlined in a very previous Model from the HTTP specification to reveal a asked for response needs to be retrieved by suggests of the proxy. It can be been deprecated because of security concerns pertaining to in-band configuration of the proxy. 306 unusedThis reply code is not any much more utilized; it truly is just reserved. It was used in a prior version of the HTTP/1.one specification. 307 Temporary RedirectThe server sends this reaction to immediate the consumer to get the requested source at a special URI with exact same strategy which was applied in the earlier petition. This has the identical semantics given that the 302 Located HTTP answer code, with the exception that the consumer agent shouldn't change the HTTP system utilized: When a Article was utilised in the 1st request, a Put up will have to be utilized in the second request. 308 Permanent RedirectThis usually means the useful resource is now permanently Situated at A different URI, presented from the Locale: HTTP Reaction header. This has the same semantics given that the 301 Moved Permanently HTTP response code, While using the exception the consumer consultant have to not improve the HTTP system employed: When a Submit was utilized in the Preliminary petition, a Submit should be applied while in the up coming ask for.

Client mistake answers

400 Bad RequestThe server couldn't realize the ask for due to invalid syntax. That may be, the customer need to authenticate by itself to get the requested answer. The Preliminary goal for producing this code has been working with it for electronic payment solutions, but this status code is often used really infrequently and no conventional Conference exists. 403 ForbiddenThe client doesn't have entry rights to this substance; that is, it can be unauthorized, so the server is refusing to deliver the requested useful resource. Compared with 401, the consumer's identification is known to the host. 404 Not FoundThe device cannot locate the requested source. In the browser, this normally usually means the URL is not regarded. In an API, this can also reveal that the endpoint is genuine nevertheless the useful resource alone isn't going to exist. Servers may also ship this response as an alternative to 403 to conceal the event of the supply from an unauthorized consumer. This reaction code is almost certainly by far the most famed one as a consequence of the frequent event online. 405 Method Not AllowedThe petition method is regarded by the server but has been disabled and can't be employed. By the use of occasion, an API may possibly forbid DELETE-ing a useful resource. The two mandatory procedures, GET and HEAD, need to never ever be disabled and should not return this error code. 406 Not AcceptableThis solution http://discorddownn.moonfruit.com/?preview=Y is sent when the server, right after accomplishing server-driven content negotiation, won't uncover any material which adheres on the criteria supplied from the consumer consultant. 407 Proxy Authentication RequiredThis resembles 401 but authentication is essential for being performed by a proxy. 408 Request TimeoutThis reaction is shipped on an idle connection by a few servers, even without prior ask for from the shopper. It commonly implies the server would like to close this down new link. This response may be utilized noticeably more since some browsers, like Chrome, Firefox 27+, or IE9, make the most of HTTP pre-link mechanisms to quicken browsing. Also Be aware that many servers simply shut down the connection with out sending this information. 409 ConflictThis reaction is sent any time a ask for conflicts While using the current state of the server. 410 GoneThis reaction is delivered once the requested information has become forever deleted from server, with out a forwarding address. Consumers are predicted to clear away their caches and hyperlinks on the useful resource. The HTTP specification ideas this position code to be used for"minimal-time, promotional expert services". APIs shouldn't feel pressured to indicate sources that are deleted with this standing code. 411 Length RequiredServer turned down the ask for since the Material-Length header industry just isn't outlined as well as the server needs it. 412 Precondition FailedThe consumer has indicated preconditions in its own headers that the server doesn't satisfy. 413 Payload Too Big Ask for entity is greater than limitations defined by host; the server may well shut the website link or return the Retry-After header area. 414 URI Too LongThe URI requested through the purchaser is longer compared to the server is ready to interpret. 415 Unsupported Media TypeThe media format of the info which is asked for just isn't supported with the host, Therefore the server is rejecting the petition. 416 Range Not SatisfiableThe variety specified by the Assortment header industry in the ask for can't be fulfilled; it is achievable which the scope is outdoors the scale of this concentrate on URI's facts. 417 Expectation FailedThis reaction code signifies the expectation indicated from the Foresee ask for header industry cannot be fulfilled by the host. 418 I'm a teapotThe server refuses the try to brew coffee using a teapot. 421 Misdirected RequestThe ask for was directed in a server which will not be capable to generate a reaction. This might be transmitted by a server that is not configured to develop responses with the combo of scheme and authority that are included in the ask for URI. 422 Unprocessable Entity (WebDAV)The petition was perfectly-fashioned but was not able to get followed because of semantic errors. 423 Locked (WebDAV)The source that has become obtained is locked. 424 Failed Dependency (WebDAV)The request failed on account of failure of a preceding request. 425 Too Early Suggests which the host is unwilling to threat processing a petition that might be replayed. 426 Upgrade RequiredThe server is not going to do the request with the current protocol but might be ready to take action subsequent the client upgrades to One more protocol. The server sends an Update header at a 426 reaction to suggest the obligatory protocol(s). 428 Precondition RequiredThe supply server demands the petition to turn out to be conditional. This response is intended to safeguard against the'shed update' issue, the place a client gets a useful resource's point out, modifies it, and Places back again to the server, when a third party has altered the state within the server, leading to a battle. 429 Too Many RequestsThe person has delivered too many requests in the precise sum of your time ("amount restricting"). 431 Request Header Fields Too Big The server is unwilling to course of action the ask for simply because its header fields are excessively massive. The request may be resubmitted right after lessening the dimension from the request header fields. 451 Unavailable For Legal ReasonsThe person-agent requested a resource which often can't lawfully be furnished, including an internet site censored by a federal government.

Server error responses

500 Internal Server ErrorThe server has encountered a situation it isn't going to learn how to tackle. 501 Not ImplementedThe petition technique isn't supported with the server and are unable to be handled. The one procedures that servers are required to persuade (and as a result that should not return this code) are GET and HEAD. 502 Bad GatewayThis mistake reaction means that the server, when employed as a gateway to have a reaction necessary to manage the ask for, obtained an invalid reaction. 503 Service UnavailableThe machine is just not ready to contend with the request. Regular leads to really are a host that is definitely down for routine maintenance or that is certainly overloaded. Notice that with this response, a person-welcoming web site detailing the problem must be despatched. This solutions should really be useful for short-term disorders in conjunction with also the Retry-Right after: HTTP header must, if at all possible, include the approximated time previous to the recovery of this service. The webmaster need to also acquire care about the caching-related headers that are sent collectively with this particular response, since these short term condition answers ought to ordinarily not be cached. 504 Gateway TimeoutThis error response is provided when the device is performing as a gateway and are unable to obtain a response in time. 505 HTTP Version Not SupportedThe HTTP Variation used in the petition is not really supported with the host. 508 Loop Detected (WebDAV)The server detected an infinite loop whilst processing the ask for. 510 Not ExtendedAdded extensions to the ask for are demanded to the waiter to match it.