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I have added http-response in order to give to the question a wide scope. Also because it's related to http protocol's responses.

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Proper RESTful web service response code usage

Assuming I create a RESTful web service that looks up a user in a database given the id as a parameter.

If the user does not exist, should I return a 404 response (because user not found)? Or a 200 response with a "User not found" error message?

What's the better practice?

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