HTTP Cats(httpcats.herokuapp.com)

150 pointsby chrisguitarguyvor 15 Jahren30 comments

httpcats.herokuapp.com

http://httpcats.herokuapp.com/

14 comments

198dvor 15 Jahren

So, there's definitely been a few discussion recently about the quality of Hacker News articles and their relevancy to the community. Is this post an indication that LOLCats are of high priority for discussion?

jrockwayvor 15 Jahren

It's a honeypot article. Upvote it and your upvotes count less. Flag it, and your flags count more.

patrickyeonvor 15 Jahren

There's always a discussion about quality and relevancy. What I find most interesting here is that 'cute animal pictures' are specifically called out as off-topic in the guidelines, and cat pictures hold such a strong connotation of lack of content to me.

And then, 130 points puts it at 5th or 6th rank of the front page, sorted just by points (at the time of this post).

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oinksoftvor 15 Jahren

I don't see an issue with web developer-oriented levity. I believe this should be a protected class of LOLCats.

tantalorvor 15 Jahren

A few of mine,

403: https://github.com/tantalor/emend/raw/master/app/static/imag...

404: https://github.com/tantalor/emend/raw/master/app/static/imag...

405: https://github.com/tantalor/emend/raw/master/app/static/imag...

500: https://github.com/tantalor/emend/raw/master/app/static/imag...

503: https://github.com/tantalor/emend/raw/master/app/static/imag...

Toddwardvor 15 Jahren

This would be so much easier if the status codes on the index just linked to the actual pages.

oinksoftvor 15 Jahren

I'll keep this up for a day.

http://oinksoft.com/http-cats.html

rogeriopvlvor 15 Jahren

Yes, you're right. I'll add links to the status codes. Thanks for the feedback!

thedufervor 15 Jahren

In case the original author shows up here: on first glance, the index page looks like an error page. Perhaps a little formatting or color so I don't assume the server is down and hit back immediately?

rogeriopvlvor 15 Jahren

Thanks for the feedback. This was something I did quickly for some friends, so I didn't add any style to it. Never thought that it would get popular.

JonnieCachevor 15 Jahren

If you want this minus the cats (and with more features), try http://httpstat.us/

joshuvor 15 Jahren

http://httpstat.us/404 dumps the actual code.

bryanhvor 15 Jahren

Just in case you want something more full featured (think IP, COOKIES, POST, GZIP, STREAMS, etc...) check out http://httpbin.org/ from the same guy that brought sanity to http requests in Python: http://kennethreitz.com/

100kvor 15 Jahren

I love Heroku, LOLcats, and HTTP so I am very disappointed in myself right now for not thinking of this. Nice work, sir.

chrisguitarguyvor 15 Jahren

Not mine, just stumbled on it. My favorite: http://httpcats.herokuapp.com/418

tectonicvor 15 Jahren

I like this one: http://httpcats.herokuapp.com/599

bkrauszvor 15 Jahren

None of these actually issue the HTTP status code claimed: they're just linked to pages with images.

  Request URL:http://httpcats.herokuapp.com/404
  Request Method:GET
  Status Code:200 OK

rogeriopvlvor 15 Jahren

That's the point. And it's not linked to "pages with images". It actually just returns the image as Content-Type header field reveals :)

timinmanvor 15 Jahren

So great! And then you plussed it with an Easter Egg (418)!

greenyodavor 15 Jahren

That's not an Easter egg; it's a legitimate status code from RFC 2324 (April 1, 1998):

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTTP_418

nickloewenvor 15 Jahren

That doesn't make it not an easter egg, though. Most 'easter eggs' function perfectly for what they are, they're just also amusing and not entirely necessary.

pitiburivor 15 Jahren

You, sir, have just found the perfect nickname for my girlfriend.

pluies_publicvor 15 Jahren

Quite a few RFCs published on April 1st are to be considered with somewhat of a grain of salt, cf. RFC 1149 (http://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc1149.txt)

rwvor 15 Jahren

A gist to load all HTTP cats in your browser: http://bit.ly/vS19gp

nostromovor 15 Jahren

+1 for my favorite code:

http://httpcats.herokuapp.com/418

418: I'm a TeaPot

andrewredsvor 15 Jahren

isn't 418 from the HTCPCP specification, rather then HTTP?

jrockwayvor 15 Jahren

The Flickr discussion made the same point. The conclusion was that pictures of cats are meant to be amusing rather than literal expressions of a single IETF standard.

fiznoolvor 15 Jahren

Amen to that. People need to seriously lighten up. My favourite: http://httpcats.herokuapp.com/426

xentroniumvor 15 Jahren

Cats. Seriously?

CWIZOvor 15 Jahren

I'm wondering what's so special here too. And don't get me wrong I love cats. In fact I literally just brought home two little kittens :)

[deleted]vor 15 Jahren