How to know the `status of my API call` when its `success'?

Question

I want to know the status of my API call when its success.

begin
  @project = Project.find( id: '22', authorization: @auth )
rescue ActiveRestClient::HTTPClientException, ActiveRestClient::HTTPServerException => e
  Rails.logger.error("Project find returned #{e.status} #{e.message}")
end

When my API fails to get a project with an id '22', i get the status and the message as exception. But how can i get the status 200 when its a success call.

you need to add your exception api response to the ques. which API u r using? — RAJ, Aug 10 '14 at 17:11
okay... whats the issue with `e.status`? it should return `200` on success — RAJ, Aug 10 '14 at 17:17
How would it return, i guess it catches exceptions... not success calls. — Mathew, Aug 10 '14 at 17:22
yeah u r right, in case you don't encounter an exception, you can try `@project.status` — RAJ, Aug 10 '14 at 17:24
Why do you need to know the status? If there is no exception then you know it's a 20x or 304 response — Frederick Cheung, Aug 12 '14 at 12:04

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Aug 13 '14 at 15:10

From memory, you can access the HTTP status of a response object using simply:

@project._status

https://github.com/whichdigital/active-rest-client/blob/master/lib/active_rest_client/base.rb#L10

I was the main author of this project, although I no longer work for Which so am not really responsible for its future direction. Feel free to ask any other questions.

How to know the `status of my API call` when its `success'?

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