resp_status: Extract HTTP status from response

In httr2: Perform HTTP Requests and Process the Responses

Extract HTTP status from response

Description

• resp_status() retrieves the numeric HTTP status code

• resp_status_desc() retrieves the brief textual description.

• resp_is_error() returns TRUE if the status code represents an error (i.e. a 4xx or 5xx status).

• resp_check_status() turns HTTPs errors into R errors.

These functions are mostly for internal use because in most cases you will only ever see a 200 response:

• 1xx are handled internally by curl.

• 3xx redirects are automatically followed. You will only see them if you have deliberately suppressed redirects with req |> req_options(followlocation = FALSE).

• 4xx client and 5xx server errors are automatically turned into R errors. You can stop them from being turned into R errors with req_error(), e.g. ⁠req |> req_error(is_error = \(resp) FALSE)⁠.

Usage

resp_status(resp)

resp_status_desc(resp)

resp_is_error(resp)

resp_check_status(resp, info = NULL, error_call = caller_env())

Arguments

resp	A httr2 response object, created by req_perform().
info	A character vector of additional information to include in the error message. Passed to rlang::abort().
error_call	The execution environment of a currently running function, e.g. caller_env(). The function will be mentioned in error messages as the source of the error. See the call argument of abort() for more information.

Value

• resp_status() returns a scalar integer

• resp_status_desc() returns a string

• resp_is_error() returns TRUE or FALSE

• resp_check_status() invisibly returns the response if it's ok; otherwise it throws an error with class ⁠httr2_http_{status}⁠.

Examples

# An HTTP status code you're unlikely to see in the wild:
resp <- response(418)
resp |> resp_is_error()
resp |> resp_status()
resp |> resp_status_desc()

httr2 documentation built on Aug. 8, 2025, 7:52 p.m.